Margot’s Pizza

This pizza was absolutely fantastic. Buying an online ticket for a pizza pop-​up took me to a whole new level of yuppieness I’m alarmed to have reached, but it was worth it. I hope they get their own spot.

If you don’t know what bar pizza is… then join the club. Margot’s has a whole webpage dedicated to explaining what it is:
Basically, the main difference is a thinner crust that gets super crispy.
I’d been trying to come to Margot’s for months. First time, I missed the ticket sale by 3 minutes and they were all sold out by then. Second time, I was sitting in front of my computer with two browser windows open, hitting refresh; I had tickets selected three times and all three times they became unavailable. Third time was the charm though. For once, tickets were on sale on a Friday and I was able to snag two of them.
A useful clarification about ordering tickets:
–each ticket is one pizza and one drink (beer or wine). You can bring more people than tickets.
–you can order more drinks, but it’s cash only.
–when you order your tickets, you have to choose which pizzas you want. You can change it later via email though.
The pizzas I went with were the Hot Supreme and the Funghitown. The Hot Supreme had sausages, pickled jalapenos and red onion. The thinness of the crust really allowed the rest of the flavors to pop. The crust itself also popped (in a onomatopoeic sense) due to how crispy it was. I’ve never had crust that crispy before. It was a gamechanger.
The second pie was equally as good. As the name implies, the Funghitown was a mushroom pie (with three types) as well as some truffled cheese. Do you remember in the 90s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, they would always be eating mushroom pizza? The Funghitown pie is what my brain has always imagined it to taste like. Loved how all the mushroom and cheeses melded together.
All in all, Emily is one of my favorite restaurants in Brooklyn, and the Margot’s popup has given me even more reason to love them.
It’s a wonderful system they have. Since you order your pizzas ahead of time and they know when you’ll be coming in, you barely have to wait for your food to arrive. Super efficient and it allows them to serve more tables.
If you can manage to get tickets, I’d definitely recommend Margot’s!

4.5 stars. Finally got tickets to this elusive pizza popup. They sell out literally seconds after the tickets go on sale, so have multiple people try to obtain the tickets to maximize your chances. You have to choose your pizzas as soon as you purchase your tickets online, so have your decisions ready.
On the site, it says you are free to bring extra people, as the ticket guarantees you the pizza + side or drink, not a seat at the restaurant. However, I think the pizza can be easily finished by one person, at least I did mine because I’m greedy like that.
We decided on getting the kale salad instead of the drink. The salad is very lightly dressed with pecorino romano and sherry-​thyme vinaigrette. Emphasis on the very lightly. There were few dried cherries to speak of in that huge bowl of kale. I would have gladly paid less to skip the salad and just get the pizza.
For the pizzas we decided on the Funghitown and the Collaboroni. This was my first time eating bar pies. I really enjoyed how thin and crispy the crust was. It was almost like eating a Parmesan crisp. The pizzas came out really quickly, only 10 min. after our salads came out. They weren’t piping hot as I expected, but actually kind of luke warm. Still delicious though.
Funghitown: sauce, Romano, cheese, mushroom mix (cremini, shiitake, white button), +truffled sottocenere — This is so permeated with mushrooms. Definitely get this if you are a mushroom lover. The taste of truffle oil is also strong. Other than that, it is more subtle in taste and not very cheesy. I do think it needed more salt.
Collaboroni: pepperoni, pickled jalapeños, post-​oven honey — The Collaboroni was much stronger in flavor and had a spicy kick to it from the pickled jalapeños. I did enjoy the combination of saltiness from the pepperoni and cheese with the sweetness from the honey.
I enjoyed these pizzas and the staff is very courteous, but I do find it overpriced. $ 25 for a pizza and salad is a bit much. The other pizzas do sound just as enticing, and the experience of successfully getting the tickets themselves was fun. I wouldn’t mind coming back for round 2.

So this is not a formal restaurant but a monthly 25 seat pop up that you have to reserve tickets online for, hosted by the one and only Adam Kuban, founder of Slice on serious eats and master of the bar pizza!
Don’t stop refreshing until you get your tickets!!! Seriously. A week before, our tix went on sale at 3 pm and before 3:01 they were sold out, but we lucked into two tickets that someone dropped.
The pop up is hosted at Emily, another local pizza joint in Brooklyn that is still on my to-​eat list. Tiny joint, nice long bar and small tables, subway tiles lining the open kitchen and wine and beer on tap. Can’t go wrong. Especially with how sweet their servers are and boy do they know how to put together some yummy cocktails!
Alas, I digress. Tickets are $ 25 pp, which gets you a seat, a bar pizza and either a drink or salad credit. We ordered the Margo-​Rita and the love supreme. And OH MY GAWD. They made the all time top 3 list. Perfect doughy, yet crunchy thin crust, sauces that were sweet and savory and toppings that were perfectly cooked with a great cheese to sauce ratio. There were no leftovers and I will be stuck craving them until my next vacation. Sigh.

I am so glad I was one of the lucky few to get on the Margot’s Pizza website in time to pre-​order one of the tickets to this awesome Saturday-​only pizza popup inside of the also excellent Emily Pizza.
As a follower of Adam Kuban, the well-​known pizza expert and founder of the blog Slice, on both Serious Eats and his Instagram account, I was aware of his growing interest and skills in making «bar pies», the very thin, crispy style of pizza. A few months ago, I signed up to receive updates about this upcoming popup named after his daughter, in which he would be cooking the pies himself. I jumped at the chance to order tickets the day they went on sale and secured them for a 12:10 slot on Saturday.
Each ticket costs $ 25 and gets you a whole pie and a salad or drink. The two of us each chose one of the two available salads, the Arugula and the Kale. The Arugula was fine, a good plain salad with some chopped up walnuts. The Kale on the other hand, was really excellent. The light dressing provided a really delicious flavor and the chewy cranberries made it even better.
Who cares about salad though — on to the pies. After a few more minutes of anticipation, the fresh, piping hot pies arrived. Of the 4 available choices, we chose the Pepperoni and the Love Supreme (skipping the plain Margot-​rita and the mushroom heavy Funghitown). I do believe this was my first time having a bar-​style pizza pie, and if others are anywhere near as good as this, I am hooked. I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy it going in, with doubts about how satisfying such a thin crust would be, but it was not only one of the most delicious pies I’ve had in recent memory, but it was also extremely satisfying. The pepperoni was applied liberally and was slightly crispy and not too oily. The Love Supreme was just as good, consisting of sausage, green peppers and red onions.
The service and atmosphere in here are great too, as it is run by the very friendly and cool Emily (you should definitely come back here during regular business hours too by the way, as the pizza at Emily is delicious in its own right:
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I can’t emphasize enough how amazing the incredibly crispy crust and the dough were on these pies. I am addicted and am already contemplating going back and looking out for the email announcing the next available dates for the popup.