Let's Talk Pizza

[KOLPIN]

My favorite pizza chain pizza is Pizza Hut. When I lived in FL. there was a place called BABE'S PIZZA. They served the best Chicago style pizza I had ever eaten! I do prefer Chicago style pizza over NY style.

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[CAJUNLAWYER]

Right now as far as chains go it's Papa Johns for me. As far as individual joints-we unfortunately don't have any down here
But growing up in New Orleans there was a place called Cicero's on Maple street that made a mean WOP salad and a great pizza.

 

[DeadAye]

In my not so humble opinion:
Mellow Mushroom has the best *flat* pizza.
Giordano's Pizza (in Chicago) has the best *Chicago Style* pizza - AND they'll send some right to your house - Wherever you live

 

[Moonman]

TROLL!,

Everybody knows that NEW YORK PIZZA is only GOOD FOR USING AS SHIM STOCK,

to raise something up that's SLIGHTLY out of SQUARE.

The real problem is YOU THINKING that Pizza Hut Pizza is a REAL PIZZA.

 

[BillK01]

Been years since I've been here (wife lived in the area when we dated so we went a fair bit) - but it's still considered one of the best pizza joints in the Pittsburgh area. Welcome to Mineo's Pizza House!

There really nothing near us now that jumps out at me as far as being really good pizza. Probably Fox's Pizza Den down the street from my house is the best of what we have available.

 

[ladder13]

Chain pizza? Never.

 

[Hunter8282]

Another Pizza Hut fan here!

 

[DeadAye]

Another Pizza Hut fan here!

Our local choice is ONLY Pizza Hut.
We've been having Pizza Night every 2 weeks for years....
Now they've *improved* the hand tossed pizza dough so that it's the consistency of cardboard.
So much for Pizza Night

 

[blujax01]

It's all good...

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[timn8er]

I like Papa John's pretty much. I used to love Domino's till their prices got so high. Papa Johns has some pretty good deals fairly often, & I really like the Garden Fresh. My all time favorite was a place in Lubbock TX called Pizza Express. I ordered from them so much they knew who I was! I always ordered the same way(twice the sauce & twice the jalapenos!)on a supreme. It got to where all I had to do was call them up, give them my name & tell them where I was, since they delivered. Excellent Pizza! Man, I'm getting hungry!

Had to add, & I don't know how I forgot it, but here in OKC Hideaway Pizza is my favorite. They have a barbecue chicken pizza that is out of this world! They're kinda pricey, though.

 

[BearBio]

When we were in SoCal, it was Fio Rita's in Lakewood and Los Alamitos. Family run. Manager died and they closed the Lakewood store. Still eat at the Los Alamitos store when we're down visiting family.

Up here, we were stuck with chains when we got here. Now we have Saddlerock Brewery, which is good.

 

[Mcwsky09]

I haven't tried the "new" Dominos - Papa Johns is okay - my son will only eat Pizza Hut if given a choice - the new Digornio recipe is not quite as good as the old recipe but then we are not big on spicy foods.
The single best and single worst pizzas I can recall ever having were both at the same place at a pizza shop in Western Massachusetts back in college - can't recall the name of the place - brick oven in a mall kinda place.
The wife and I go to Crostata's for lunch about once a month and get their pizza - brick oven.
There are some good brick oven style places in Morgantown VA and Raleigh NC.
Pizza Pan and Little Caesars are okay if you want fast and cheap.
Had a Greek Pizza in college once - that left a stain on the carpet under the box it was in while we were eating it.
If your are going to do the Digornio style frozen pizza get a Pizzaz Pizza oven - those things are amazing - 18 minutes from frozen to ready every time - just have to let it cool for a minute or two. Cooking them in the oven takes about 40 minutes to get it right including pre-heat - high temp cook - low temp finish - and cooling time.

 

[Jaysq]

Chain pizza? Never.

CHAIN Pizza
Sounds like a good way to break a tooth for sure. Maybe Pepperoni but not Chains

 

[Jaysq]

I live in a small town here in the Smokys and we have a local pizza place that really puts out some great pizza. As far as delivery we like Dominos over Pizza Hut.

 

[Bozz10mm]

Although the Big Franchises are not too bad, Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Papa John's, etc., nothing beats the take and bake from Papa Murphy's. Great pizza at a great price.

 

[wbraswell]

My favorite chain store pizza is Dominos. My local one has been around a long time. We once heard it was the busiest one. It is always consistant, and I really like the thin crust. But any of three local Italian restaurants, have really good thin pizza, particularly Joe's. I'm sort of a traditionalist about pizza. If it ain't got tomato sauce, it ain't pizza. I love fried chicken, but not chicken pizza. No fruit either, unless it's for dessert. I don't get frozen box stuff, I'll make my own.

 

[ladder13]

I live in a small town here in the Smokys and we have a local pizza place that really puts out some great pizza. As far as delivery we like Dominos over Pizza Hut.

I was in Cherokee about 3 or 4 years ago. Besides the casino, the best food we could find was a Pizza Hut. That one was horrible even by Pizza Hut standards. I think they use ketchup.
The hotel we stayed at(Marriot or Hilton, forgot which) was even worse, their buffet rivaled dog food.
I lost 5 lbs that week.

 

[boatme99]

Chicago doesn't have pizza, they have over yeasted bread they put all the leftovers from the refrigerator onto.

 

[UncleEd]

Johnny's

It's regional

Also Publix brands

Born and raised in Chicago. Chicago pizza sucks. But the Chicago Dog and its Italian beef make up for that travesty.

 

[Lost Lake]

I can be in Chicago in two hours from my house.... And Giordano's is an amazing pizza for sure!!

Our best local pizza is Pizzeria Uno, which is the original Chicago pizza company if you believe their advertising. I know I can only eat one slice and I'm stuffed!!

I don't care much for Pizza Hut, Papa John's, Dominoes, or any chain really except Uno's.

But I do love pizza! A good brew-pub pizza made fresh is really good, or I'll buy the pre-made crust and make a BBQ chicken pizza on the grill.

I also like (please don't flame me for this one ) really REALLY cheap pizza. Like the 5 for $10 pizzas. I add a little extra cheese and some onions and I think they are great!

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[arjay]

My favorite food,but I ate too much chain pizza when I was married...

 

[Stephanie B]

"Chicago style" pizza isn't pizza. As Jon Stewart pointed out, it's not pizza, it's a casserole.

You want good-quality pizza? Find a local pizzeria that uses fresh ingredients, quality flour and good cheese. Bonus points if they make their own tomato sauce. The real secret to good pizza is good ingredients.

As for Domino's, their pizza is best served to the starving feral kids being raised by your neighbors. For if you were to sprinkle some budget cheese and cheap pasta sauce on the box and then ate the box, it's be close enough to the stuff Domino's makes.

 

[PatAz]

We have a favorite Pizza place near to us and never frequent the chains anymore.

 

[ChattCat]

Chattanooga boys would say Lupi's is the best. The chains are prefab and throw on the toppings.

 

[Jaysq]

I was in Cherokee about 3 or 4 years ago. Besides the casino, the best food we could find was a Pizza Hut. That one was horrible even by Pizza Hut standards. I think they use ketchup.
The hotel we stayed at(Marriot or Hilton, forgot which) was even worse, their buffet rivaled dog food.
I lost 5 lbs that week.

We just live in the next town over from Cherokee and I know what you are saying . Other than Paul's in Cherokee and the casino, we never eat at any of the local restaurants. We are pretty hard pressed in our town to find good restaurants. We have a pretty good Mexican and a pizza restaurant and that's about all. We go to Asheville to find good restaurants.

 

[ladyT]

"Chicago style" pizza isn't pizza. As Jon Stewart pointed out, it's not pizza, it's a casserole.

You want good-quality pizza? Find a local pizzeria that uses fresh ingredients, quality flour and good cheese. Bonus points if they make their own tomato sauce. The real secret to good pizza is good ingredients.

As for Domino's, their pizza is best served to the starving feral kids being raised by your neighbors. For if you were to sprinkle some budget cheese and cheap pasta sauce on the box and then ate the box, it's be close enough to the stuff Domino's makes.

Ahh Domino's. Domino's = fake cheese on a piece of cardboard.

 

[P&R Fan]

I refuse to eat the chain store pizzas. Might as well be cardboard with cheese on it.
The only exception is Papa Murphy's Take and Bake. That stuff is GOOD. You tell them what you want on it, they assemble it right in front of you, you take it home and bake it. The Cowboy is my favorite.

The best pizza I've ever had is Giordanos out of Chicago. Looks lie a pie. Just as thick, but the crust is very thin. It is FULL of toppings.
We have one privately owned pizza place in my home town. That's about the only place I buy pizza, never the big chains.
Dang it, I'm hungry now.
Jim

 

[doublesharp]

I know what's for lunch after reading this thread, Papa John's.

The original PJ's restaurant is about a mile from me and they have a pizza buffet every day from 11-1:30. All you can eat and it's pretty good and the store is still owned by John.

I've known PJ since he was a teenager, as his family lived 3 doors from my dad's house. John took over my place as gofer when I left home, helping dad with odd jobs and dad let John borrow his pickup for trips back and forth to Ball State.

He really did get his start in a broom closet in his dad's bar but quickly moved to a vacant unit adjacent to Mick's Lounge. Mick's was/is a classic neighborhood watering hole with 3 or 4 pool tables, many games, dartboards and cheap booze. Whenever John would get stood up on a pizza he'd bring it into the bar and sell it for $2 or 3 bucks. Back in his start up days of the 1980s I traded him Christmas Trees for pizza and he always did use fresh ingredients, even to the point of chopping his own onions, mushrooms and green peppers when pre-cut was available.

Louisville has several good independents that beat the chains all to pieces. My favorite is Comeback Inn but Bearnos, Impellizeri's, Rocky's are all good. Also Pizza King has a one of a kind flavor that is kinda like White Castle sliders, when you get the craving there is nothing else that will do.

 

[Salty RI]

We don't have any chain places near me, being mostly a summer comunity they don't want to make most of there money in two months, the mom and pops have the best pizza anyway, I like a thin crust wood fired pizza , we did have a pizza hut in the next town, it only lasted about two years.

 

[Brian41]

We have some local places here that make good pizza we usually order from. My wife likes Little Caesars though for some reason and we get it there sometimes too.
I lived in Italy a couple years and their wood fired ovens made the best pizza. One place here in town has a wood fired oven and does a good pizza too but sadly doesn't deliver.