Sunnyside · Pizza
Wood-fired Neapolitan pizza on Queens Boulevard, with a string-lit backyard worth the 7 train
Sotto Le Stelle means 'under the stars', which is a hint about where you actually want to sit. The front room is small and rustic and perfectly nice, but the backyard behind it — strung with lights, quiet in a way Queens Boulevard is not — is what turns a pizza dinner into an evening. The pizzas are classically Neapolitan, cooked fast in a wood oven so the rim puffs and blisters and the centre stays soft enough to fold. The sopressata is the benchmark order, the hot honey pie earns a trend that usually does not, and the artichoke pizza is the one regulars talk about. It opens at noon on Friday and Saturday, which makes it one of the few genuinely good pizza lunches in western Queens.
Sotto Le Stelle is wood-fired Neapolitan pizza on Queens Boulevard, with a string-lit backyard worth the 7 train. Regulars order sopressata pizza and hot honey pizza.
Sotto Le Stelle is priced at $$ — approx. $20–$40 per person.
Sotto Le Stelle takes reservations by phone — call (718) 685-2086 to book.
Sotto Le Stelle is at 44-07 Queens Blvd, Sunnyside, NY 11104, in Sunnyside. Street parking on the side streets; the 7 stops at 46th St
Sotto Le Stelle is open Mon–Thu 4–10 PM · Fri–Sat 12 PM–11 PM · Sun 12–10 PM. Hours can change on holidays — confirm on Google Maps before a long drive.