If you search pizza near me in Greenwich Village, the first decision is not which topping to order. It is whether you want a single plain slice, a sit-down whole pie, or a thick Sicilian square. Joe's Pizza is the direct answer for the classic New York street slice: the original Village shop serves a plain cheese slice from its counter at 7 Carmine Street. From there, John's of Bleecker Street changes the format to a coal-fired pie, Prince Street Pizza takes you towards crisp squares in SoHo, and Scarr's makes a useful Lower East Side detour. Here is what each stop is for, what it costs, and how to combine them on foot.
Ask Karpo in the app which Greenwich Village pizza stop fits your timing, appetite and route, including whether to start with Joe's or save room for a whole pie. You can also check the best order for a Village, SoHo and Lower East Side pizza run.
Joe's Pizza, Greenwich Village — the plain New York slice
Joe's Pizza is the answer when your search means one traditional New York slice, quickly and without committing to a table. This family-run, counter-service shop was established in 1975 and serves the classic New York-style street slice, including a plain cheese slice, from its Greenwich Village location at 7 Carmine Street. There is a small practical detail worth knowing before you walk over: the original shop is no longer on the Bleecker-and-Carmine corner. It moved three doors away to its current address, so older directions can send you to the wrong frontage.
Joe's is open Sunday through Thursday from 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM, and Friday and Saturday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 AM. A plain cheese slice is about $4.50, while pepperoni is about $5.50, based on recent location-specific listings and customer price reports. Seating at the counter is limited, with a few stools or benches, so Father Demo Square is the useful nearby place to eat outside. Choose Joe's for a solo slice, a quick stop, or the most literal response to pizza near me.
John's of Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village — a coal-fired whole pie
John's of Bleecker Street is the sit-down counterpoint to Joe's, and the distinction matters before you arrive hungry. This traditional restaurant pizzeria serves coal-fired whole pies, calzones, pasta and Italian-American sides in an old-school dining room built around its historic brick oven. The basic cheese order is not an individual slice: John's Original comes as a 14-inch or 16-inch pie. The room has a family-dinner feel rather than Joe's quick counter-service arrangement, making it better suited to a meal shared at a table than an unplanned slice eaten on the pavement.
John's is open Sunday through Thursday from 11:30 AM to 10:00 PM, and Friday and Saturday from 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM. The 14-inch cheese pie is $22 and the 16-inch is $25. The larger pie is explicitly marked as the better value, serving two to three people for only $3 more. Pick John's when you have time to sit down, are eating with others, or want the coal-fired character of a full pie rather than Joe's individual plain slice. It also works well as the second stop on a Village walk, if appetite allows.
Scarr's Pizza, Lower East Side — a slice with a late-night dining room
Scarr's Pizza takes the search east to 35 Orchard Street in the Lower East Side. It combines a traditional slice counter with a more polished bar-and-dining-room format, serving organic-flour New York-style rounds, Sicilian slices, whole pies, beer and cocktails. The interior is darker and more retro-leaning than Joe's, with wood tables and green booth seating. One ordering rule changes the calculation: slices are takeout-only, while specialty pies are available only in the 12-inch dine-in format. That makes Scarr's useful for a slice on the move, but not for sitting down with a specialty slice.
Scarr's is open Sunday through Wednesday from 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM, Thursday from 11:30 AM to midnight, and Friday and Saturday from 11:30 AM to 2:00 AM. The original slice is $4.50, a Margherita slice is $6.50, and a beer-and-slice combination is $14.50 until 5:00 PM. Credit-card menu prices include a 3% surcharge; cash, debit and prepaid-card payments do not carry it. Choose Scarr's for the Lower East Side, an evening drink with pizza, or a later Friday or Saturday stop, rather than as a casual add-on to a Greenwich Village route.
Prince Street Pizza, SoHo — thick Sicilian squares after dark
Prince Street Pizza is the SoHo detour when the shape of the slice matters more than keeping things plain. At the original location at 27 Prince Street, the counter-service shop specialises in Sicilian-style Soho squares as well as New York-style round slices. The signature format is a thick, crisp-edged square, with fluffy crust and curled pepperoni cups on the Spicy Spring, rather than Joe's thinner triangular plain slice. The menu separates its 12-by-17-inch, eight-slice Soho squares from its 18-inch round pies, so check the format before ordering if you are feeding more than one person.
The shop is open Monday and Tuesday from 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM, Wednesday from 10:00 AM to midnight, Thursday through Saturday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 AM, and Sunday from 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM. The Spicy Spring square is about $6.75 per slice, while the Original Prince round pie is listed at $27 through the current ordering menu. Prince Street suits a late-night SoHo walk or anyone after a substantial square. Its Thursday-through-Saturday closing time of 5:00 AM also gives it a different use from John's daytime-and-evening dining room.
How to choose
For the exact pizza near me answer, start at Joe's: it is in Greenwich Village, serves the classic plain cheese slice, and costs about $4.50. John's is the alternative if the group wants to sit down and share a coal-fired cheese pie, with the 16-inch version serving two to three people. Prince Street is for a thicker, crisp Sicilian square and a SoHo route, especially late at night. Scarr's is the furthest change of scene, pairing takeout slices with a bar and dining room in the Lower East Side. In other words, choose by format first: triangle, whole pie, square, or a slice followed by drinks.
Joe's and John's are close enough to combine on foot around Greenwich Village, with West 4th Street–Washington Square as the main subway hub for the area. Prince Street is a short downtown walk from the Village via Broadway or Sixth Avenue. Scarr's, at 35 Orchard Street, is farther east and is best treated as a separate Lower East Side stop, particularly on Friday or Saturday when its late hours run to 2:00 AM. No parking arrangement is specified in the verified details, so do not build a driving plan around assumed shop parking. If you are using public transport, make West 4th the Village anchor and decide whether the downtown walk or a separate Lower East Side trip makes sense.
One correction before you search
Outdated guides that place the original Joe's Pizza at the Bleecker-and-Carmine corner are wrong. The Greenwich Village shop moved three doors down and now operates at 7 Carmine Street. That is the address to use when you are looking for the plain slice, limited counter seating and the nearby Father Demo Square overflow option. The shop remains the same family-run Joe's location established in 1975; only the familiar corner directions are out of date.
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Ask Karpo first
Before leaving, ask Karpo in the app to check which shop fits your departure time, whether you want a plain slice or a whole pie, and how to order the stops around West 4th Street–Washington Square. Use Joe's and John's as the Greenwich Village pairing, treat Prince Street as a short downtown walk, and leave Scarr's for a separate Lower East Side stop, particularly if you are planning a Friday or Saturday visit.
