If you’ve ever felt the delivery area for Uber eats was just too darn small, let JetBlue give you hope for the future. In an amazing marketing stunt dubbed “Pie in the Sky,” the domestic airline carrier will travel cross-county to deliver authentic New York-style pizzas of the iconic Patsy’s Pizzeria of East Harlem to Los Angeles residents.
Between May 9 and May 11, JetBlue will fly a total of 350 cheese and pepperoni pies from JFK to LAX each day. A team on the ground in LA will then see that it makes it directly to your door. And considering the cost of fuel and the salary of a professional pilot as your delivery driver, cheese is a very reasonable $12 and pepperoni $15. Ordering opens on www.jetblue.pizza at 12 a.m. PDT daily throughout the promotion.
Patsy’s opened in East Harlem in 1933, and is one of the oldest coal-fired pizza shops in the city. It has been drawing in locals and celebrities ever since — Frank Sinatra was rumored to have frequented the restaurant. Patsy’s even claims to be the first pizza joint to sell by the slice.
Patsy’s might be known for slices, but if you’re going to order pizza over 2,800 miles, you’re going to have to spring for the whole pie. You can track your order as it flies cross-county, and you’ll be notified on delivery ETA — estimated to be between 7 and 10 p.m. PDT.
Famed director and producer Spike Lee is involved in the promotion. When the Atlanta native moved with his family to Brooklyn, he became a big fan of New York-style pizza.
“My mother would give me a quarter for lunch every day,” the 61-year-old told Metro. “It was 15 cents for a slice and a dime for a Coke. Every day, I would have a slice of pizza and a cup of Coke, in a paper cup for a quarter.”
Here are Spike Lee’s tips on what to do and not do with your delicious Patsy’s Pizza:
https://youtu.be/NLbnwuRdfw4
Also see, The cheesiest pizza in the world has 111 cheeses.
