How many times have you heard—when not on the East Coast—that a pizza spot is cooking up real New York-style slices? And then you bite into a thick crust with unbalanced flavors topping a pie that could not be less New York-style in any way, shape or form? As a once-East Coast resident, specifically New York and New Jersey, I’ve often eaten the real deal New York slices, and I’d be hard-pressed to find an equal here in Las Vegas—until I ate one at Richie Palmer’s Mulberry Street Pizzeria of Beverly Hills at Resorts World Las Vegas.

“We wanted to do New York pizza on the West Coast. Not New York-style but New York pizza. Very authentic,” said Darren Tripicchio, general manager of Richie Palmer’s Mulberry Street Pizzeria of Beverly Hills. His family, specifically his uncle Richie, opened the first shop in Beverly Hills in 1991, and today they have four spots in L.A. The first Las Vegas location opened along with Resorts World Las Vegas in 2021.

Many of the recipes come from Tripicchio’s grandmother’s kitchen—the sauce, the ziti, the salad dressings. “We’re real New Yorkers coming in and bringing our pizza,” he said. “… Our focus on that balance with the sauce, the cheese, the dough—that old-school New York Bronx pizza, that’s what it’s based on. (It’s) a very thin crust and crispy. And it’s all about the balance and the ratio between the dough, the sauce and the cheese. It’s an art. The balance of the three is what makes a pizza excellent.”

Besides two of the most-popular pies, the cheese and the pepperoni, Tripicchio is pushing the envelope with unique creations that were supposed to be on the menu for a limited time, but became so popular they’ve become mainstays: the bulgogi pizza is a Korean barbecue-style pizza with bulgogi beef in a made-in-house marinade, onions, scallions and homemade spicy mayo; and the carne asada pizza with carne asada steak, pico de gallo, cilantro, salsa verde sauce and a made-in-house cilantro aioli drizzle.

“Please come visit us and you’ll see—a lot of people tell us we’re the best,” Tripicchio said. “We never abandon quality; it’s always going to be top-notch.”

Insider tip: Don’t skip out on ordering the frozen margaritas. They partnered with good friend Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and his Teremana Tequila brand to create two frozen margaritas that have become best-sellers. The Rockarita is made with Teremana, pineapple and coconut, and the Teremana Sunrise is made with pineapple, coconut, orange, grenadine and Teremana.

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