The Basement Pizza Coffee House

There's no basement (at least not for customers), let alone a pot of coffee or spirited coffeehousing.

Though there is a short-order cook at the ready, making all manner of burgers, I stuck with the one namesake that was present in more than name (Sicilian slice; $2.25). For a dollar more, the menu board offered a topping of gyro meat, but there's no rotisserie in sight, either. Friendly folks, though; I'd stop in again for a nosh.

The Basement Pizza Coffee House
1343 Amsterdam Ave. (at 125th St.)