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In New York City almost all pizza places will sell customers a pizza slice for a few bucks. One notable exception is John's of Bleeker Street, an establishment which not only does not sell pizza by the the slice, but even puts the words "No Slices" right on its awning. As reported by the Village Voice (replete with picture of the aforementioned awning), there's a reason for this: the mafia mandated it. As the story goes, the notorious gangster Al Capone owned some dairy farms in Wisconsin, and demanded that pizza parlors use his mozzarella -- a lower-quality kind compared to the local stuff -- or sell only pies, upon penalty of firebombing. John's and a few others chose the high-quality cheese, pie-only route.