Like putting on a proper Viking funeral, producing an old-style Italian pizza requires a respect for tradition, plenty of open flames, and one extra, secret ingredient—love. Embrace tasty customs with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of pizza, pasta, and more at Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza & Pasta in Staten Island. Goodfella's user-friendly menu is blanketed by pizza pies born in a traditional wood-fired brick oven. Specialty pies include the classic Goodfella—plum tomato sauce and mozzarella with roasted peppers and sliced garlic—and the pizza alla vodka—melty mozzarella, prosciutto, peas, mushrooms, and tomato cream vodka sauce ($11.95-$22.50). Circle-shunning diners can also opt for circumference-free dishes including the hearty gnocchi pomodoro ($13.99) or the tastefully cordial apricot-glazed salmon ($17.99), best enjoyed when the mind swims with the stream of consciousness.

Reviews

The International Pizza Expo named Goodfella’s Brick Oven Pizza & Pasta the Nontraditional Winner for 2009. Gayot featured the restaurant, as have a number of media outlets. Yelpers give the establishment an average of 3.5 stars and 78% of Urbanspooners like it.

• Mama mia, do they have a nice selection – Gayot
• the food is great, the staff is friendly and attentive to your needs. – henry, Urbanspoon