# Talk:Dollar slice

Of course, the article fails to say 'why' this is an significant thing. Is it that it greatly undersells other pizza places by 50% or more? Why is "one dollar" so important? The background behind my question is simply this: I was buying NYC pizza slices for 25¢ around 1970. So what's the big deal with "one dollar"? Unless it is as opposed to some other price... This article is so undeveloped, it's worth maybe 50¢ ? Shenme (talk) 03:38, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

I've added the detail that mid-range pizza costs $2.50. I can't find any sources more explicitly saying that one dollar is considered very cheap—most sources just take it for granted—but hopefully this is enough context for what you're asking. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 04:27, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
I can't imagine buying any hot food item in NYC now for $1. It's just a personal anecdote but I always ate from these dollar-slice stores when I had the chance as a student living in Manhattan about 6 years ago. Reconrabbit 21:14, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

I was getting 75 cent and dollar slices at Seaside Heights, NJ in the mid 90s. I don’t recall seeing the phenomenon come to NYC until afterwards. I’m not saying it started in NJ, but it was there before NYC. 172.75.49.12 (talk) 22:15, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

"dollar slice is unique to New York City" is wrong. It happened in the 1990s/2000s in Montreal, Canada; before inflation took the price out of the dollar range. There were such shops in Montreal at the turn of the millennium, and they existed for a while, and then disappeared in the 2010s, as inflation killed the low cost slice at that enticing price-point.  -- 65.93.183.249 (talk) 11:42, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi, if you can find a source that mentions this, it can be added to the article. It's true that one-dollar pizza was nothing special before inflation made that a low price, but statements on Wikipedia have to be sourced, not just true. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 18:06, 1 June 2025 (UTC)