Pizza by the slice is a rare find in the vegan circles I find myself in, so I was extremely excited for the opportunity to go to Screamers Pizzeria, which is an all vegan place. There are two branches, both in Brooklyn, and we went to the Crown Heights location where I found myself quite spoiled for choice. It’s quite a small place with a few tables, and it’s not too cramped, which is always a treat. They also appeared to be doing a roaring takeaway trade. For anyone else who has had few opportunities to indulge in pizza by the slice, I’ll explain the process – we ordered at the counter, then the staff slid our slices into the pizza oven to heat them up, and then we collected them from the counter.

We had a few different slices between us. I limited myself to two, which was more than enough for lunch – pepperoni, which I can never resist, and the screamer, which was cheese and mushroom (the bottom two in the picture above). Pepperoni and mushroom are my favourite pizza toppings, so I was very happy indeed. Part of me wonders if I should have been bold and got the mac and cheese slice, but I think these were smart choices.

Mother HH played it safe with a simple margherita, which she said was really good. She’s still not a big lover of vegan cheeses, so we’ll call this a win!

Dr HH of course tried three different slices. The spicy nona (the square slice in the top left corner of the top picture) had a good thick crust and a different texture than the other slices we had. It contained cheese, pesto, and chilli oil, so he was very happy. Next to that one in the picture up top is the buffalo, which had tasty buffalo cauliflower florets on it. And pictured just above here is the artichoke, which combined pesto, artichoke, and crumbled meaty bits. He was happy with everything, though the buffalo was his favourite.

We had worked up our appetite for the pizza with a morning in Prospect Park – though it’s also in Brooklyn, it is not near the pizzeria, unfortunately. We had a lovely time wandering around and spotting the early signs of spring, along with some birds, of course.

And we saw some chipmunks and turtles as well! As someone who only knows chipmunks form the famous Alvin, I had no idea they were just freely scuttling around in public. It felt very exotic! We read that there are guided birdwatching walks every weekend, so it’s a shame we didn’t have our wits about us to attend one of those. But even as clueless amateurs, we were pleased with what we spotted and ready for our pizza reward.

Can you get vegan pizza by the slice easily? Does it encourage you to make bolder pizza choices?