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Coal-fired
slices that
bite back.

A Williamsburg pizza joint running a 900° coal oven since day one. Dough cold-fermented 48 hours, whole-milk mozz, char on the crust. Grab a jumbo slice or take the whole pie.

900°Coal oven
48hDough ferment
4.8★1,240 reviews
A coal-fired pizza with blistered crust and bubbling mozzarella fresh from the oven
Jumbo slice$4.50
Whole pie$26
Why it hits

Four rules. Zero shortcuts.

Everything we do answers one question: would we wait in line for it? If not, it doesn't leave the oven.

Coal-fired

A 900° coal oven blisters the crust in 90 seconds — smoky char, blistered edge, never soggy.

48-hour dough

Cold-fermented two full days for that airy, chewy crumb and a crust you'll actually finish.

Real ingredients

Whole-milk mozz, San Marzano tomatoes, and pepperoni that cups and crisps at the edges.

Open late

Slices out the window 'til 3am on weekends. Last call for pizza is a real institution here.

The counter at Ember Slice with pies lined up under the heat lamps
The joint

Started with one oven and a lotta nerve.

In 2014 we took over a skinny storefront on Wythe Ave with a second-hand coal oven and one idea: make the slice we grew up chasing, and never phone it in. Ten years later the line still wraps the corner.

  • Family-run — you'll meet us at the counter
  • Over 90,000 pies pulled last year
  • Dough made fresh in-house every morning
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The heavy hitters

Slices they line up for.

The pies our regulars order without even looking at the board.

A classic cheese slice with blistered crust

The Classic $4.50

Whole-milk mozz, San Marzano sauce, coal-fired char. The one that started it all.

A pepperoni slice with crisped cupping pepperoni

Cup & Char Pep $5.25

Old-school pepperoni that cups and crisps, with a hit of hot honey on top.

A slice of pizza topped with rocket and cherry tomatoes

The Grandma $5.50

Square, thin, crispy-bottomed, garlic-forward sauce, fresh basil. A Brooklyn institution.

A white pie with ricotta dollops

The White Pie $6.00

No red sauce — ricotta, mozz, garlic, olive oil, cracked pepper. Don't sleep on it.

Word on the street

Loved by the whole block.

A few reviews from the folks who keep the line moving.

★★★★★

"That coal char is unreal. I've eaten pizza on three continents and I still drag people here. The cup-and-char pep is the move."

MA
Maya A.Regular since '19
★★★★★

"48-hour dough is no gimmick — the crust is chewy, blistered, and I finished every bite including the bones. No forks needed."

DL
Danny L.Local guide
★★★★★

"2am, wrapped around the corner, worth every minute. This is the last-call slice the neighborhood deserves."

SR
Sofia R.Weekend regular
Fresh outta the oven

Stories from the shop.

Dough science, sauce secrets, and what's going down at 211 Wythe.

Hands reaching for slices of a fresh pizza

Why we ferment dough 48 hours

Cold, slow, and patient. Here's what two days in the fridge does to flavour, texture, and that blistered crust.

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The glowing coal oven at Ember Slice

Coal vs. wood vs. gas: the char test

We fired the same pie three ways. Coal won — here's exactly why 900° of anthracite makes the difference.

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A loaded pizza fresh out of the oven

The Vodka Grandma is back (finally)

Our most-requested special returns Thursday — creamy vodka sauce on a crispy square. Here's the drop.

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Get a hot slice in your hand.

Order online for pickup, walk up to the window, or call it in. No reservations, no forks, no fuss.

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