NYC’s 2 Bros. Pizza Says Bye-Bye to the $1 Slice

The house owners of the 2 Bros. Pizza location in New York Metropolis’s East Village held out for so long as they might, however they’ve lastly needed to say bye-bye to the $1 slice.

New signage was positioned on the restaurant on Friday, March 17, based on EV Grieve. Gone had been the indicators touting pizza for $1. The present indicators promote a value of $1.50 per slice or two slices with a can of soda for $3.99, based on the signal. The New York Put up reviews that the worth hike will even go into impact at a 2 Bros. location within the Bronx this week.

A number of different 2 Bros. shops had already raised their slice value to $1.50. The East Village restaurant is the unique 2 Bros. location.

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In 2021, 2 Bros. co-owner Eli Halali instructed the New York Instances that he and his companions had been “dedicated to maintain our plain slice at $1 the place we will for so long as we will.” However they lastly reached a breaking level as inflation continues to rise, as Halali defined just lately to the Put up.

“Over the previous few years, we had achieved every little thing in our energy to maintain the cheese slices at $1 whereas refusing to compromise on our high quality,” Halali stated. “We had been not in a position to break even.”

Halali blamed the worth improve partially on larger cheese costs. However his brother and companion, Oren Halali, instructed the Put up that inflation has been “affecting each single ingredient, each single merchandise we use: flour, cheese, tomatoes, gloves, paper items, paper plates, napkins. The whole lot. Labor is unquestionably up as nicely.”