> You don't get a lot of overly doughy, bad cheese, bad sauce BS unless you frequent dollar slice shops.
I've eaten at plenty of dollar slice places and honestly find them adequate for the price. I think I've only ever had one terrible slice, ever - and it wasn't a dollar slice place. I was unsurprised when the place closed shortly after.
As someone who lives in the outer edge of an Outer Borough, my experience is somewhat different - most slice places close fairly early (10 pm on average in my area, slightly later on weekends) and long before bars do. As a consequence, my go-to when out and about is a chopped cheese from the local deli/bodega.
I've eaten at plenty of dollar slice places and honestly find them adequate for the price. I think I've only ever had one terrible slice, ever - and it wasn't a dollar slice place. I was unsurprised when the place closed shortly after.