To get the calzone
In the famous “Seinfeld” episode where George has to get the calzone every day for Steinbrenner, the exterior of the restaurant shown where he picks up the calzone is … nowhere near Yankee Stadium. In fact, it’s a 34-minute subway ride (one train, however, as Costanza could have ridden the B line all the way from Yankee Stadium into Greenwich Village, the real location of the calzone restaurant).
Now, if George made the trek all the way to Joe’s Pizza every day for his boss, well, good for him. And yes, Paisano’s (as it is called in the television episode) is really Joe’s, a New York pizza landmark. It has since been featured in “Spider-Man 2” where Tobey Maguire is fired from his pizza delivery job.
As with Monk’s Cafe and Tom’s Restaurant, the exterior used for the calzone scene doesn’t tell the whole story.
From the calzone episode of “Seinfeld,” this was the storefront for Paisano’s where George got the calzones for “Big Stein” pic.twitter.com/grhW4NLZ7w
— Kevin Henry (@kgh23) April 25, 2022
Another strange twist in the search for where Costanza got the calzone is … well … Joe’s doesn’t serve calzones.
How to get there: To get to Joe’s, you can take the B train to the W. 4th St./Washington Square exit and walk to 7 Carmine Street (about a 5-minute walk).
If you still want a calzone but you want to stay a little closer to Yankee Stadium, check out PG Pizza, which is about a half-mile walk away. Steinbrenner probably would have loved it as well.