# First Taste 001: Potluck Club x Ace’s Pizza Exclusive Drop

> A bold Detroit-style pie just dropped at First Taste. Get the details on this limited release and track every food drop with 8it.

**Published:** 2026-09-14 | **Updated:** 2026-09-24 | **Author:** aigrowthagent
**URL:** https://www.8it.world/nyc/aces-pizza-potluck-first-taste/
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Ace’s Pizza was founded by chef Matthew Etchemendy and opened its Williamsburg, Brooklyn restaurant in February 2021 after COVID-19 paused construction. Etchemendy built the concept around Detroit-style pizza to carve out room in a New York City market dominated by the classic slice. The brand now has four NYC locations:

- Williamsburg
- Bushwick
- Long Island City
- Rockefeller Center

Potluck Club is a modern Cantonese-American restaurant that opened in 2022, co-founded by Cory Ng and his partners, who grew up in Manhattan’s Chinatown. The restaurant operates at 133 Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002, in a space that was formerly a Chinese sausage factory on Chrystie Street. That factory belonged to one of the co-owner’s grandfathers for more than 40 years. This history shapes the restaurant’s identity as a deeply personal reinterpretation of the Cantonese food the founders grew up on.

Potluck Club earned a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand, a designation recognizing exceptional quality at accessible prices. Its kitchen approach stays rooted in Cantonese flavors and folds in the chef’s training in Mediterranean and Italian kitchens. That mix makes this collaboration with Ace’s Pizza feel natural and grounded.

The pairing works because both operations share the same instinct. They take formats with deep roots and push them somewhere unexpected while keeping the core intact. Ace’s brings the steel-pan structure. Potluck Club brings the Chinese sausage and the Cantonese-American lens. Together they create a pie that belongs to both teams.

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## The Drop Itself: Chinese Sausage & Peppers Detroit-Style Pie

Detroit-style pizza is defined by two structural signatures. It is baked as a rectangular pan pizza with cheese spread to the edges that caramelizes into a crispy “frico” crust. Its tomato sauce is layered on top of the cheese.

The first signature is the frico, the caramelized cheese edge that forms where cheese melts against the pan’s sides and browns against the metal. As Julius of InsiderPizza.com puts it: “That caramelized cheese edge, called the frico in Italian, is the defining characteristic of an authentic Detroit pie. It is not a mistake. It is the point.”

The second signature is the sauce placement. Traditionally, the sauce on Detroit-style pizza is [applied on top of the cheese after baking](https://pizzatoday.com/news/detroit-style-pizza-a-guide-to-detroit-pizza/146208/), though some pizzerias apply it before baking.

Beneath both elements sits a high-hydration dough, roughly 70–75% hydration. It produces an open, focaccia-like crumb, airy in the center and fried-crisp on the bottom from the oil coating the pan.

The Chinese Sausage & Peppers Detroit-Style Pie maps Potluck Club’s Cantonese-American cooking directly onto that structure. Chinese sausage, or lap cheong, is made into a carmelized jam with a distinct dried-meat intensity. It sits on the pie with Italian Long Hot Peppers, and the peppers carry the heat and brightness that Ace’s already deploys in the Pepper Trio.And it’s topped with dollops of creamy stratcialla.

The combination fits the format: fatty, sweet sausage against a deeply browned frico edge, with the sauce cutting through on top.

This pie is made only for First Taste 001. It is not on any regular menu and is available nowhere else, before or after September 19.

The setting matches the exclusivity. First Taste 001 takes over LilliStar, the rooftop of the Moxy Hotel in Williamsburg, for one afternoon.

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## How To Get It: First Taste 001 Details

First Taste 001 runs Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT at LilliStar, the rooftop of the Moxy Hotel, 353 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211. The event is rain or shine, and admission is 21+. Tickets use tiered pricing, with advance tickets at $15 and a higher door price of $20. Advance tickets are limited and sold first come first served, and only a limited number of tickets are available at the door. Food drops, including the Potluck Club x Ace’s Pizza pie, are purchased separately onsite. The ticket covers entry only.

The $15 advance tier is the only way to lock in the lower price. Once advance tickets sell out or the event begins, the door price applies if capacity allows entry.

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## What Else Is Dropping At First Taste 001

The Potluck Club x Ace’s Pizza pie is one of three exclusive chef collaboration dishes debuting at First Taste 001. The other two follow the same rule of pairing unexpected partners and familiar formats.

[Titi’s Empanadas is teaming up with Eleven Madison Park-trained chef Nancy Nguyen of After Eden to create a Banh Mi Empanada as a one-day-only drop at First Taste 001, 8it’s new food festival](https://einpresswire.com/article/942500706/nyc-s-top-creatives-debut-one-day-only-drops-at-first-taste-8it-s-new-food-festival). Loser’s Eating House collaborated with OREO cookies on the Big OREO Roll, a cookies-and-cream take on Loser’s cult-favorite sourdough brioche cinnamon roll. It is layered with OREO butter and finished with olive oil cream icing and OREO cookie chunks. As Lizzy Koury of Loser’s Eating House said: “I grew up eating OREOs, and I’ve wanted to put them in our roll since day one. Getting to actually do it with OREO is surreal.”

Beyond the food drops, the festival includes several exclusive extras:

- A First Taste 001 passport at check-in. Collect stamps at all three food drops to earn a limited-edition New York Penn tote customized onsite with patches inspired by the lineup and New York City.
- A customizable jacket from New York Penn, available only at First Taste 001 in three colorways and personalized onsite.
- A DJ lineup built around unreleased music, including Sunny Cheeba back-to-back with Curly Nez, new drops from Just Dimy and Rae Sada, and Dos Flakos premiering tracks ahead of their October release.
- Two original Hennessy cocktails from After Eden’s Gelo Honrade, created exclusively for the festival and available at the main bar.

As 8it co-founder and CEO Steve Raggiani described the concept: “When you walk through the door, everything you’re tasting, hearing, seeing and wearing is new.” The festival centers on discovery, from the pies to the music to the merch.

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## Frequently Asked Questions

### Where Is First Taste 001 Located?

First Taste 001 takes place at LilliStar, the rooftop of the Moxy Hotel, at 353 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211. The event runs from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT on Saturday, September 19, 2026, rain or shine.

### How Much Do Tickets Cost And Where Can I Buy Them?

Tickets use tiered pricing. Advance tickets cost $15 and are limited, sold first come first served. The door price is $20, and only a limited number of tickets are available at the door. Tickets are available via Posh, and food drops are purchased separately onsite.

### Is There An Age Restriction?

Yes. First Taste 001 is a 21+ event.

### Is The Chinese Sausage & Peppers Detroit-Style Pie Available Anywhere Else?

No. As noted above, it is exclusive to First Taste 001 and will not appear on any regular menu before or after September 19, 2026.

### What Else Is Included With My Ticket?

Every guest receives a First Taste 001 passport at check-in. Collecting a stamp at all three food drops earns a limited-edition New York Penn tote customized onsite. The DJ lineup features unreleased music throughout the event. New York Penn’s exclusive customizable jacket is available for purchase onsite. Additional exclusive Hennessy cocktails are available for purchase at the main bar.

## 8it Is Your Radar For Drops Like This One

The Chinese Sausage & Peppers Detroit-Style Pie from Potluck Club and Ace’s Pizza exists for one afternoon on September 19. Once it sells out, the higher door price and limited capacity apply, and the pie, the passport stamp, the jacket, and the unreleased tracks all disappear with the event. First Taste 001 reflects the format 8it was built around: one day, one window, one shot to catch it.

8it tracks exactly these kinds of drops, including limited-run dishes, one-day collaborations, and pop-ups that disappear before most people hear about them. It [surfaces them in a single map-based view](https://8itapp.page.link/appstore) so you can act before the window closes. [Every dish in the 8it app is positively recommended by vetted sources, including chefs, industry professionals, and established food media outlets.](https://8itapp.page.link/appstore) Every recommendation is positive and vetted, so you see only what is worth eating and where to find it, including what is dropping next.

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