An order of the famous original pie, with Italian sausage.
Which just sat there. One rat sniffed around but …
… left without trying anything. Total: 0 slices
Williamsburg Pizza
Motorino
An order of prosciutto di Parma with fragrant oregano.
This rat couldn’t grab a piece fast enough, and kept coming back for more.
The slices went quickly — customers were swarming after all the positive word-of-whisker — but a few scraps were left. Total: 3.8 slices
WINNER: Lombardi’s
The original pie — mozzarella, Romano — with pancetta.
After an exploratory period, one rat took the first slice.
Suddenly the cardboard was crowded with happy diners. Total: 8 slices
*A version of this article appears in the December 14, 2015 issue of New York Magazine