If you like cheese pizza my choice would be Brooklyn Pizzeria in Humble. I've been back a few times recently and it's good, very similar to the pizzas I ate in New York. An 18" cheese is about $13. Adding toppings would be at least $2 each though.
If your looking for NY/NJ pizza....I am afraid you are in the wrong part of the country, it is not here. I travel the country a lot...and food is distinctly better in its respective areas of the county, no matter what it is.
Brisket in Texas cannot be duplicated anywhere...even central Texas does it different than around the Gulf Coast area or DFW...