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Category: Pizza
Neighborhood: North Beach/Telegraph HillMon-Thu. 11:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Fri-Sat. 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Sun. 11:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
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3.5 stars.
What a great way to end a night of bar hopping in North Beach! The cheese was super gooey and delicious with a nice crispy, slightly burnt crust, and yummy pepperoni! With the first bite, the cheese just started oozing out! MmMmMmmm! The only thing is that the dough was a little undercooked as it just came out of the over. Boo.
Be prepared to wait in line at least 5-10 minutes, but well worth the wait! Servers here are also super nice.
Why have I not heard about this until now?
I thought I had experienced the best drunken munchie food, but I was gladly mistaken. Golden Boy's definitely topped my list.
For $5, you get a soda and a huge slice of pizza, with nothing but a sheet of wax paper to hold your hot out-of-the-oven slice.
The food is bomb, the wait is short, and you meet quite a lot of interested inebriated characters. What's not to like?
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Best drunken munchie pizza I have ever had.
Open late.
3 dollar slices.
Amazing flavor...even the sober would swear by it.
Seriously, a MUST eat if partying anywhere in North Beach!
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Great delicious pizza with fresh gradients.
Dammnit I have been missing out on golden boy! This is seriously one of the best pizza ive ever had......
3 Dollars slice, to have the pizza melts in your mouth! The pizza comes in Cheese, Pepperoni or Sausage, pesto, garlic clam, and combinational.
Drunken munchies, here I come!
Taking a break from a city-wide party/event, a friend convinced me this is the place to get a fast bite of deliciousness. I was wary, as I'm a New York style loyalist, and these pizzas just seemed pretty generic looking.
Don't be fooled! A slice of pizza from this place is pizza joy. I think it has something to do with the cheese. They use lots of it. And it's delicious. I had to double back after I was finished to get another slice-even tho I wasn't hungry.
I wonder if they deliver. And I wonder if they'd consider delivering to Austin.
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When I first moved to SF, I live 3 blocks up the hill on Green.
After I tried Golden Boy, this was my go to dinner spot for the first few months. Amazing focaccia crust and the supreme is fantastic.
I miss cutting in front of people at 2 am to get one of the last pieces...
Golden Boy pizza is truly O R G A S M I C .
i don't usually eat pizza when I'm sober, but I get excited thinking about Golden Boy. And it's a guilt-ridden exception that I shamelessly make every now and then. It's loooove, and I never fake it!
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Oh, how I adore these unconventional square pieces of deliciousness. Brimming full of orgasmic cheese, this pizza is seriously as addicting as everyone makes it seem. The crispy foccacia crust is crunchy, the cheese is gooey and the toppings are mouth-wateringly delicious. Fresh, cheap and quick. What more can a girl ask for at 2am in the morning?
I know...the pizza without the wait.
Got to work on that one ;)
Popped into Gino & Carlo's (bar) late yesterday afternoon. Said hi to some friends, had a couple drinks, and shot some killer pool. Had a craving for pizza and had someone pick up a couple slices for me at Golden Boy next door. Hot out of the oven, it was celestial! So reasonably priced too!
Friends, pool, good drinks, and foccacia bread pizza...life just doesn't get any better than this! One of these days, I'm going to buy a whole sheet of the stuff...Golden Boy rocks!!!
Oh wow, just looked at my review from almost exactly one year ago and noticed I said almost the same thing! "just doesn't get much better than this!"
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Pizza. Oh, pizza.
While I love pizza and am convinced that there's no real way one could mess it up, there is a real way one could make it soooooo good. And Golden Boy Pizza does make it soooooo good (imagine me pumping my hips rhythmically while you read that).
There sizable squares of gooey cheese and crispy crust take me straight to heaven. Seriously, you have got to try Golden Boy Pizza if you want to meet me there!
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Love this place, if I can find parking or walk! They got a nice friendly staff and good selection of beers. Lets not forget the unique square pizza, you hardly ever see it anymore. It taste good but is a tad bit more expensive as the years have gone on. I'll continue to come back here for years. Oh, don't expect a sitdown, its all bar seating!
Great delicious pizza with fresh ingredients.
I love how their pizzas were cut. You get a nice square slice that was just the perfect portion for one. There were very little of those annoying pizza crust (or pizza bone as referred by some). Almost the entire slice was covered with delicious toppings.
I had the combination pizza and it was so good that I devoured the whole slice in no time.
This place is cash only and there are not many seats available. It is perfect for just a quick bite.
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Best. Pizza. Ever.
Okay in making this statement I fully realize that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some love NY pizza, others love Chicago, and the list goes on. I am a NY style lover to be sure. Deep dish is not my thing at all. But Golden Boy- oh how I do love a late night slice of your pizza!
After a night out (usually with copious amounts of alcohol involved) there is nothing better than a piping hot square of Golden Boy.
It is thicker than NY style, but with similar flavors and grease levels. They bake the pizza on huge rectangular sheets, which means you get retangular/square slices.
I just can't begin to tell you how delicious this pizza really is. Only pizza I ever liked better was in Italy. Seriously, you must try this pizza.
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Better than average, but I have to say I don't get the whole Golden-Boy-as-religious-experience vibe I've heard from so many people. It's tasty, it's thick & rich, it's near a bunch of bars so it makes good pre / post drinking food, and the crispy focaccia crust is interesting and different. On the other hand, it's kind of overpriced, there's always a line, and there isn't usually space to eat inside (especially on a weekend). I think I still tend to go there because it is pretty tasty, it's open late, & I don't know North Beach that well so I tend to frequent the same spots over and over. If you're going to take you out-of-town peeps to one pizza joint in SF, though, I'm not sure I see any real reason to make it this one.
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Definitely solid pizza. I think the sauce gives it a little something different. If you want a sit down place this is not the restaurant for you. The space is pretty small and tends to be packed but that's because the pizza is so good! The employees are pretty friendly and efficient. If you are ever in north beach this place is certainly worth a visit! Oh ps did I mention that for a slice of cheese it is only $2.75. Cheaper than every other pizza place in north beach. Yay!
Wow! Its always a treat, a San Francisco treat at that to go to Golden Boy Pizza. This is one of those places that you don't wanna go to all the time but when you do go its like "haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" and your in heaven. My favorite is the pepperoni. See let me break down the flow of havin a good lunch. I go here to GB and get 1 or 2 slices and then I head down to the Gelato Shop down the street (forget the name but it got 2 entrances to it), and then you're good to go. Price is good and taste is good. What more can you ask for? Anyone who doesn't like GB must got bad taste buds or maybe got their taste buds compromised by the cardboard flavors of Dominos.
Highly recommended!!!!
I ran into Golden Boy Pizza between sets at Grant and Green. I couldn't resist the square slices of cheesy goodness I spied from Golden Boy's window. I selected a slice of cheese pizza for about two dollars and fifty cents (including tax, I guess!). It didn't take long for the server to warm the pizza for me and hand it over. This pizza tasted so much better than the pizza I have delivered from the chain stores in The East Bay. I enjoyed every delicious bite. It's a good thing I don't live in the city because I would certainly eat this regularly.
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I'm not a big fan of deep dish, but Golden Boy's is still legit! The crust is still extra crispy, especially if you order by the slice. It's always pretty packed in here with people coming and going, but it doesn't disappoint. It's also located on Green St. which is the Italian food jackpot of The City, so come hungry!
This place has a cool old school vibe with a diner-like theme. The employees are nice, laid back people. You can order by the slice or a whole sheet with 16 slices! We ordered a sheet of half pepperoni and half cheese and it came out to around $40. Kinda pricey but it filled all 10 of us perfectly. I love the use of the fork and knives cause it keeps everything nice and clean. I'm coming back soon for another slice f'sho!
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Ate here during a bar crawl two weeks ago.
Waited in line and walked out with an open pizza box with my friends' and my slices. Then, the unthinkable happened: My pepperoni slice slid down the top of the box, onto the concrete below, cheese side down.
I literally got down on my knees, crying to the heavens "NOOO!" before looking down and trying to pick it up quickly with my fingers. But alas it was no good. The cheese was so hot it burned my fingers and were melted onto the ground. I felt like crying.
Luckily, another friend was still ordering so I yelled at him to get me another slice. He could tell I wasn't fucking around and promptly brought me my new slice. And it was damn good. i think what it is is that the sauce is super garlicky and the cheese is super cheesy.
Would stop here whenever I'm in the neighborhood though I think it's a little pricey. I could eat like $20 worth of pizza as a snack probably.
It's decent.
Drink a few beers, and all of sudden it's amazing.
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On my out of the city, I saw a pizza by the slice joint and figured to check out what Yelp would have to recommend near my area at that time. Which took me to this establishment, just a mile away. I am very happy to have Yelp on my iPhone, let me tell ya! I ordered 2 pepperoni slices and a pesto veggie. Piping hot, very tasty and the bread was just right. I wish I had this place near my home (actually i'd be about 20 pounds fatter if I did, so maybe not) A brought a slice home for my step daughter who had no knowledge of Golden Boy's rep and commented that this was the best pizza she had ever eaten.
Love this place... definitely a stopping point while in the city.
In my quest to find the best frozen yogurt, my traveling companion and I went to Golden Boy between yogurts to "cleanse the palate," as it were. he introduced me to this fine establishment back in February, and I've always enjoyed it since!
The best thing about their product is that although their crust is a deep dish sort of thing, the crust is still very crispy on the bottom. Their prices are a little high for the size slice you get (Nizario's, for instance, charges the same for a much larger slice with comparable quality if different style), but it's North Beach, so expect prices to be higher. The Veggie Pesto pizza is nice, with lots of fresh veggies, and although I'm not a huge pesto fan, it works well in this situation.
The jars of red pepper flakes on the bar are stale and lack much heat, so I had to keep shaking some out onto the pizza to feel any kind of bite, but the powdered Parmesan cheese was salty and cheesy, so that was good.
The staff is attentive and friendly and flirty, even considering how busy it was, so extra bonus point!
All told, this is a great slice of pie!
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Ultimate fantasy:
When the big quake hits, I will happen to be enjoying a slice at Golden Boy. Coincidentally, Mila Jovavitch and Nicole Kidman will be eating there as well. The counter person and cook happened to have stepped out briefly.
Then-quake. I am trapped inside for two glorious weeks with Nicole and Mila. As rescue workers frantically try to rescue us, Nicole, Mila and myself will survive making delicious pizzas and sweet, sweet love.
But seriously and logically, this place may be my most favorite place I have ever eaten. I groan in ecstasy with each bite and, taste per dollar, it's the greatest meal value in the U.S.
Dammit, I love this place. it's what NY sicilian style is all about and even just a tiny bit better. There, I admitted it. It's my favorite pizza place ever.
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This is terrific NY-style sicilian pizza. Delicious.
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Tasty pizza! I love that they give you a knife and fork. My advice is to take it to go and eat somewhere else though. It's not so much that it's small, it's that the setup doesn't really accommodate people in line ordering and people sitting at the bar at the same time. And with a park just one block away, why not eat outside?
Clam pizza.
There are others... but they are just secondary to my CLAM PIZZA! Get a beer with that.
The end.
Scouring the streets of North Beach late at night looking for some good eats? Just look for the huge glowing neon finger pointing down at this little pizza joint.
After a few rounds at the bars in North Beach and waiting in line for 20+ minutes at 2:00 a.m. smelling the undeniably intoxicating aroma of a pizza being baked, it is literally the best slice of pizza you've ever had. After having returned here a number of times during the day to get a fair sampling of the pizza, I still really like it, but it's charm is still in being the late night pizza spot.
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Greasy, cheesy, golden goodness.
After a drunken evening with the boyfriend and his friends we stumbled over to Golden Boy where I was told I would experience one of the best pizza slices of my life....and it was just that. We got there around 2a.m. and the line wasn't too bad- we waited for about 10 minutes. I would have waited an hour because it was nothing short of amazing. Oh, and if you're way inebriated as I'm sure most people are when they come here at 2a.m., there's a huge fluorescent finger pointing at the joint so you don't get lost or confused (I tend to fall into both of those categories....and not just when I'm drunk).
I was simple and got a slice of cheese ($2.75/slice). How can a cheese pizza be THAT good you ask??? I have no freakin clue, but it was everything I would imagine the perfect slice of cheese to be- piping hot, perfectly crisp crust on the bottom, doughy center, just the right amount of pizza sauce, all topped with greasy, melted, gooey mozzarella goodness. A sprinkle of red pepper flakes on top and I was in pizza heaven.
I had a bite of the garlic and clam ($3.75/slice) which everybody was raving about. It was definitely good, but I was way more into my slice of cheese.
*Sigh* If only I didn't live in LaLa Land a.k.a. Los Angeles a.k.a the land of crap pizza.
I hope to see you one of these days soon Golden Boy...until then you'll live in my hopes and dreams.
I didn't spend too much time here as I only picked up a couple of slices to go. I tried the vegetarian pizza. It's really gooood, so smoky, has a perfect crust thickness, and tasty toppings. One of the best pizzas I've ever had.
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I'm not going to lie, I prefer my pie, well, pie shaped, and less doughy. HOWEVER, this pizza ain't crap. I was super stoked on my veggie slice (is that right terminology? Their portions are square. I mean, you don't get a slice of brownie. But I digress.). It had lots of different veggies piled on top of mozzarella and pesto, served with real silverware at a bar with plenty of seating and a nice selection of beer (Racer 5 IPA? Yes, please). Now, I'm that asshole who likes to have my cake (pie?) and eat it too, so if my pizza has pesto sauce solomente, I'm going to want some marinara to boot. The pizza jerk behind the counter (he was very nice) obliged and apologized that it would be cold. It didn't matter. Everything was tasty and satisfying, and for a Wednesday night they were doing quite the tidy window service business. Definitely a good spot if you're in the mood for a quick bite and you're over on that side of town. Especially when you're drinking. I have seen the window service get pretty busy on weekend nights.
Calling all pizza lovers: If you haven't been to Golden Boy, you're missing out!
From the veggie combo to their pesto pizza, it hits the spot every time. The thick crust is reminiscent of a focaccia bread. So yummy!
Pluses:
-Relaxed atmosphere
-Cheap eats
-Pizza by the slice so you can order any of their specialties without having to buy a whole pie.
-Open late night for take out
It's Tuesday. Midnight. You're hungry. Not really in the mood for full service, but you are in the mood for tasty food. What about pizza, you think? You don't really feel like paying for a stale and lukewarm slice of pizza. And then you turn the corner. Bells are ringing. Fat ladies are singing. A boys' choir chimes in. It's Golden Boy Pizza. Your wish is fulfilled.
Their pizza is damn good. Crispy, oily, Sicilian pizza. Mmmm.
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Introduced by a friend, I am now a fan of Golden Boy Pizza. Sicilian style pan pizza..super delicious.
I've tried the combination and the pesto vegetarian. They have a good selection of beers, on tap or bottle.
Definitely a must try if you're even in North Beach/Telegraph Hill area or whenever you crave for pizza.
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This is possibly the best "by the slice" pizza in town and my new North Beach addiction.
20 years ago when I worked downtown there was a pizza place on Kearny, it was a walk up window really, that made big square pizzas in a big pan and sliced it in square pieces. I can't remember the name of the place and it's long gone but they had awesome pizza.
I don't know what it is about square pizza that's so good but but this place usually has a line out the door.
Golden Boy pizza is honestly worth traveling to North Beach for, and I haven't tried their famous clam and garlic yet.
Try to get a corner piece, or at least an edge.
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Sicilian Style Pan Pizza. WTF! Cheese, Combination, Vegetarian, Pesto Vegetarian, Pepperoni and 2 root beers...bombay combination.And yes, that can be in one sitting if you pack it all in right.
Dont wait for window service. Go through the door, smell what you're about to scarf, listen to some Mac Dre and straight real Bay Area hip hop and tip the people inside what's due. 'nuff said.
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I have to start off by saying I'm not much of a pizza fan. In fact, I can't stand the thought of pizza most of the time. However, I came across this place a while ago on a game night. Lakers! Whoop whoop! Anyway, it was kind of late night, didn't feel like going into an overpriced restaurant when I'd rather be watching the game. The pizza there is actually REALLY good. Finger lickin' good! I had the pesto vegetarian. Bomb!
If you're looking to just chill, hang out, have a slice or two and enjoy a beer, this is the spot. Chill spot for game nights at least!
Let me preface this by saying first and foremost - the best slice in America is in NYC period (I won't say the world, because Italy takes the cake of course).
On a recent vacation, we ventured into North Beach for a street fair of drinking and debauchery. Drinking leads to rumbling tummies, so when we got to Golden Boy, the line for the window service was at least a 25 minute wait.. Lucky for us, we were smarter than THAT crowd and waited in line at the door for the counter (why no one else in that other line thought of this is beyond my comprehension). We got our slices in 5 minutes.
Piping hot and oozing with gooey mozzarella cheese fleckled with oreggano, I took my first bite of this delicious concoction. I'm not one to like a sicilian style pizza, but this baby proved me wrong. SO wrong.
I couldn't belive how good it was. It was a party in my mouth. I was dancing with my pizza in hand, gloating to the other people who were stupid enough to stand at the 25-min wait window line as I scarfed down my delicious pizza. I'm an ess-hoooole when I drink, But my tastebuds know good pizza. This is damn good pizza.
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Great pizza! Anytime I am in North Beach I stop into Golden Boy for a quick slice and a beer. It is sicialian style pizza served by the slice and because so many people go here there are always fresh slices. The beer selection is also awesome, always different brews on tap incluing some of my favorite micros. All this said, be prepared for a line-especially when the weekend bar crowd is out.
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Hot, fresh out of the oven pepperoni corner slice while out in North Beach = Heaven. 'nuff said.
(The line gets long at night so if you dislike lines, like I do, try to hit it up earlier)
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I'm fiercely loyal to thin crust pizza, but, bite by bite, Golden Boy's clam and garlic pizza inched its way into my heart. The thick crust -- crispy skin on the bottom, yeasty and fluffy on top -- is the perfect base for the thick layer of lemony parsley, pungent clams and smell-it-from-a-block away garlic on top. The perfect proportions of sauce and cheese allow the toppings to shine.
I also tried the combo, which was brimming with some excellent sausage and thickly cut pepperoni, but it just didn't have the same magic. It's all about the bright green, truly unique clam and garlic pizza that's the REAL San Francisco treat in my book!
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I was seriously craving pizza one day (I blame google reader for sending me all these links to delicious food reviews and pics), but I was also super lazy and did not want to walk far (that I blame all on the awesome & cheap drinks from North Star Cafe the previous night). So I dragged Laura along with me to check out Golden Boy.
There was barely a line since we were sniffing around at 6p. Most of the inside sitting was filled, but was able to squeeze into a corner.
I ordered two slices: pepperoni was just awesomeness: love the sauce, gooey cheese, & chewy focaccia bottom. Clam & garlic was strong in the garlic so don't eat if you're gonna be hanging with people right after, it was also a bit too juicy for me and by the end of the slice it was pretty soggy, though Laura who also got the clam&garlic said her piece wasn't sweating as much as mine was, so maybe it's all in the location of the slice.
Overall fantastic meal, came out stuffed, a fountain drink + 2 slices was under $10.
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