Chuck's Pizzeria and Restaurant

It's the burly man's burek.

At Chuck's it's served with knife and fork; I changed arm angles several times to saw through its chewy layers. By comparison, its cousin on Arthur Ave., the feathery pumpkin-filled spiral at Tony & Tina's, is light enough to be tugged apart with your fingers. It's also sweet enough for dessert, very nearly, while Chuck's cheese burek ($3.50) is salty and satisfying, more of a meal. Below it's trimmed with whitecaps of plain yogurt, which adds lubrication that would be especially welcome on a burek filled with ground meat.

This Albanian-owned business, accompanied by a meat market and grocery next door, also offers the usual pizzeria standards. On a return visit, though, I'd rather tuck into a Balkan hero featuring pleskavic (burger meat) or qevapa (sausage).

Chuck's Pizzeria and Restaurant
340 Victory Blvd. (at Cebra Ave.), Staten Island
718-720-4500

Comments

[timothy somma]

I;m sorry to say but I ordered an eggplant pie and the eggplant was bad. I also ordered a chicken roll and it didnt have any sauce inside. I have never had a chicken roll with no sauce inside. Obviously they dont know the proper way to make a chicken roll. I will never order from them again because they sent me a pizza with bad eggplant.

[Giovanni]

Dont know what the last commenter was referring to I order from Chuck's all the time and Chicken Rolls have sauce and the Toppings are always Fresh. I love there pizza!