Home Slice Pizza
The italian assorted sub is the stealth MVP at a place with pizza in its name: ham, dry salami, capicola, genoa salami, provolone and enough vinaigrette to cut the meat.1
Why go
The sandwich is why people who have been coming for decades keep coming. It is almost too tall to get into your mouth. A half-size order exists if you want pizza as well.1 The pizza is thin, foldable and heavily sauced. A section called Tried and True holds the traditional combinations. It fills up at dinner. There is a backyard bar to drink at while you wait.1
Order this / avoid
- The italian assorted sub. One per table, and the half-size exists.1
- The meatball sub if you want pizza in sandwich form. Provolone, mozzarella and parmesan over the top, and it is messy.1
- Pepperoni and mushroom, with hot cherry peppers added. The sweet heat is what turns a good pie into a better one.1
- Split a large greek or caesar. Both come drenched in dressing.1
- Avoid: standing in the dinner queue if you only want a slice. More Home Slice is the takeout room next door at 1421 S Congress, a separate business with its own kitchen.1
What locals & experts say
- Matthew Jacobs rated it 8.2 for The Infatuation on 22 October 2024, and ranked the sandwich over the pies:
anyone who has frequented this New York-style pizzeria for the past few decades knows the italian sub is the stealth MVP.
He then concedes,But OK, fine, the pizza's good too.
The outlet carries it in its best sandwiches, best pizza and iconic Austin dishes lists.1
Good to know
- Hygiene: Austin Public Health has the kitchen at 1415 S Congress Ave, scoring 94 on 9 September 2025, 99 in April 2025 and 92 in November 2023. Austin's failing threshold is below 70, so nothing here is a finding.2
- Three premises carry this name and they are three businesses. More Home Slice at 1421 S Congress last scored 92, and a second Home Slice Pizza at 501 E 53rd St in Hyde Park last scored 94. Neither score belongs to this address.2
Verdict
should-visit — Walk in and wait at the backyard bar. Order the sub before anybody orders a pie.