Pizza...

[s&wchad]

As my brother likes to say, don't expect too much and you won't be disappointed!

A new pizza parlor just opened near our home. They advertise Italian style stone oven baked pizza made with 00 flour, fermented dough and premium toppings. It's less than a half mile drive and we like to support local businesses, so I decided to check them out.

I ordered their 16" cheese pizza with sausage, mushrooms and peppers. It set me back $23 and change. I had high hopes, but they crushed them like a bug.

I arrived about 10 minutes before their estimated pick up time. My pizza was already boxed and sitting on a shelf when I got there. It was barely warm by the time I got home.

The crust was OK, but a little tough. To say they were stingy on toppings is being generous. Here's the half we didn't finish. It weighed in at less then a pound...

Compare that pathetic pie to the sourdough crust pizza we make on a cast iron pan at home. The dough needs to be started a day or two in advance and making the pizza is a fair amount of work, but the ingredients are under $10. No contest in my mind...

 

[twodog max]

Yep the toppings are sparse.
Disappointment in todays service world is the norm

 

[s&wchad]

The box cardboard was thicker than their pie!

 

[crazyphil]

I don't expect you will be going back anytime soon.

 

[s&wchad]

I don't expect you will be going back anytime soon.

Wanna buy $12 worth of leftovers?

 

[Truckman]

The box cardboard was thicker than their pie!

And likely just as appetizing......Ben

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

The best pizza in the country is Frank Pepe’s in CT. Close to it is Upper Crust outside of Phoenix.

Nothing else even comes close.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Back when I was still single, a group of teens from church were running around and we decided to grab a pizza. We grabbed two 18" Pepperoni from a new shop. it was so bad that 9 teens couldn't finish them and left about 1/2 of one on the parking lot.

You know how hungry teens react to pizza: Grab the first piece and wolf it down, grab a second and about half way through, the conversation starts again. Nobody took a third piece!

That shop didn't last 45 days! most likely the one close to you won't either.

Ivan

 

[s&wchad]

Back when I was still single, a group of teens from church were running around and we decided to grab a pizza. We grabbed two 18" Pepperoni from a new shop. it was so bad that 9 teens couldn't finish them and left about 1/2 of one on the parking lot.

You know how hungry teens react to pizza: Grab the first piece and wolf it down, grab a second and about half way through, the conversation starts again. Nobody took a third piece!

That shop didn't last 45 days! most likely the one close to you won't either.

Ivan

I don't see how they'll survive, given the local competition. Gino's Pizza in Keego Harbor is only 5 miles away. They sell this "Special" for $5 less and it's excellent.

Another local market (Grapes & Hopps) is even closer and sells these deep dish behemoths for about the same price. One of these will feed 6 good eaters!

 

[Maddog 521]

We've been looking for a good cheese and sausage pizza for quite a while around here. It seems they are pushing pepperoni and way to much gooey cheese. I'm about to give up.

 

[zeke]

That sour dough pizza looks freaking delicious! For a lot of newer pizza shops, it appears someone invented a slicer that makes the toppings semi transparent.

 

[RobertK3026]

As my brother likes to say, don't expect too much and you won't be disappointed!

A new pizza parlor just opened near our home. They advertise Italian style stone oven baked pizza made with 00 flour, fermented dough and premium toppings. It's less than a half mile drive and we like to support local businesses, so I decided to check them out.

I ordered their 16" cheese pizza with sausage, mushrooms and peppers. It set me back $23 and change. I had high hopes, but they crushed them like a bug.

I arrived about 10 minutes before their estimated pick up time. My pizza was already boxed and sitting on a shelf when I got there. It was barely warm by the time I got home.

The crust was OK, but a little tough. To say they were stingy on toppings is being generous. Here's the half we didn't finish. It weighed in at less then a pound...

Compare that pathetic pie to the sourdough crust pizza we make on a cast iron pan at home. The dough needs to be started a day or two in advance and making the pizza is a fair amount of work, but the ingredients are under $10. No contest in my mind...

Wow!!
That makes Domino's pizza look like gourmet pizza!!

 

[Mercury]

It is a shame that most places make a pizza pie that is disappointing. Your homemade pizza looks delicious.

My wife started making pizza from scratch and has really perfected it. She makes them with the usual toppings but she also has an interesting specialty, a roasted sweet potato, butternut squash with red onion pizza.
She uses no red sauce and the three-cheese dough is first cooked in the oven by itself to get it crispy; it's infused with three cheeses; typically, Mozzarella, Asiago and Pecorino Romano. After which, she adds the other ingredients and lets it bake to get it hot and crispy. She then tops it with fresh basil. She drizzles hers with some balsamic vinegar.
It's surprisingly delicious. The flavors really blend together well.

 

[s&wchad]

We've been looking for a good cheese and sausage pizza for quite a while around here. It seems they are pushing pepperoni and way to much gooey cheese

I had no idea there was such a thing!
Gooey cheese....
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

 

[DWalt]

We stopped going out for pizza years ago. It got too expensive and was often not very good. We always make our own, using large burrito/quesadilla-size flour tortillas as crust. Couldn’t be simpler, just ladle on some canned pizza sauce, shredded cheese, sliced pepperoni or sausage, or whatever other toppings you want, then put it in a hot oven for 10 minutes. As good as, or better than, any you can from a pizza place, quicker, and vastly less expensive. We prefer thin crust pizza, and flour tortillas work very well for that. We used to buy frozen pizza, like Red Baron, etc., but they have gotten too expensive also.

 

[Funflyer]

For you guys who like to make pizza at home, get a good pizza oven if you don't have one already. I worked at perfecting my pizza for a few years with my home oven using both a pizza stone and steel but it was never quite "there". Then I bought a pizza oven and my pies went from very good to Italian restaurant quality. We now make pizza once or twice a week and never get tired of it.

The oven I have is the Halo Versa 16 and worth every penny.

 

[bigmtnman]

Ledo's ...... College Park, Md.

If you are from the D.C. area ....you know who has/had the BEST pizza !!

 

[Farmer17]

I actually prefer the taste of a gluten-free cauliflower crust pizza. I buy a frozen one from our local grocery store or Walmart and a bag of mix grated mozzarella, Gouda, and Swiss cheese and I pile it on thick with so much pepperoni you can’t hardly see the pizza crust. I won’t hardly eat a wheat crust pizza anymore and everyone who tries my pizza seems to love it.

 

[Rustyt1953]

The "OCD Special".

 

[StrawHat]

Compare that pathetic pie to the sourdough crust pizza we make on a cast iron pan at home. The dough needs to be started a day or two in advance and making the pizza is a fair amount of work, but the ingredients are under $10. No contest in my mind...

That sourdough pie looks fabulous!

You are only about 240 miles away, when is dinner?

Kevin