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Favorite pizza, if you must eat outside of your home or order in (Original Post) steve2470 Sep 2014 OP
There is a small family-owned restaurant here that makes good white pizza. femmocrat Sep 2014 #1
I actually like Papa Murphy's Veggie Delight, thin crust. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #2
pizza and champagne, what a place ! steve2470 Sep 2014 #4
You know... pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #5
what's your fave place, pinboy ? steve2470 Sep 2014 #6
Vince's Pasta & Pizza, Lancaster, California pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #16
what kind of wine ? steve2470 Sep 2014 #19
They actually do have a couple of good bottled reds pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #23
There is a small chain called Punch in the Twin Cities hifiguy Sep 2014 #3
Mellow Mushroom ! eppur_se_muova Sep 2014 #7
there's one near me, my son loves it ! nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #8
Me too, if I must eat pizza, has to be MM! nt DawgHouse Sep 2014 #9
MM has great pizza, but is way too loud JimDandy Sep 2014 #31
Yes! Raffi Ella Sep 2014 #38
I think there's only two kinds of people that can make a good pizza d_r Sep 2014 #52
There's a Mellow Mushroom near where I work in Atlanta discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #60
A local place shenmue Sep 2014 #10
A family owned place in Orlando. ohnoyoudidnt Sep 2014 #11
hi neighbor (sort of) steve2470 Sep 2014 #12
Hey. ohnoyoudidnt Sep 2014 #13
I used to be, on Nordrassil, for Alliance mainly steve2470 Sep 2014 #15
Aerie Peak and Akama, horde. ohnoyoudidnt Sep 2014 #17
Thai Chicken! From Papa Murphy's. trof Sep 2014 #14
The Mom & Pop Italian Restaurant about a mile down the street. They have been known... BlueJazz Sep 2014 #18
Round Table or Dominos are my top favorites, Jamaal510 Sep 2014 #20
I'm gathering from your sig line yu are from Oakland Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #22
Yeah, there's still one on Fruitvale and MacArthur. Jamaal510 Sep 2014 #28
I used to live at 17th and Webster above the Happy Burrito Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #32
I'll admit that I like Domino's too pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #27
I do not live in the Chicago area. When I vsit, the 1st place I go is Lou Malnati's Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #21
My personal favorite - Oggis Pizza Initech Sep 2014 #24
In Santa Fe, Pizza Centro lovemydog Sep 2014 #25
Ghetto gem DavidG_WI Sep 2014 #26
Imos logosoco Sep 2014 #29
Smack Pie Pizza the Date a Bacon mackerel Sep 2014 #30
Several good "Mom & Pop" pizzarias in my area: and in the south no less Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #33
That's sounds sooooooo good. I think I need to stop reading this thread. LOL mackerel Sep 2014 #34
When I lived in Houston, nothing but Star Pizza would do Trailrider1951 Sep 2014 #35
Giordano's. Chicago has the best pizza nt riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #36
Them's fightin' words around here! KamaAina Sep 2014 #40
Chicago style deep dish is awful. bigwillq Sep 2014 #45
You have them in the correct order! KamaAina Sep 2014 #47
BAR is across the street from Louie's Lunch, another great spot bigwillq Sep 2014 #50
That does sound a little familiar KamaAina Sep 2014 #51
Possibly bigwillq Sep 2014 #53
Lol, you do know they also serve thin crust pizza right? riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #65
yes, my only issue is with Chicago style deep dish bigwillq Sep 2014 #66
Fellini's is excellent, love that place. Raffi Ella Sep 2014 #37
Tacconelli's in Philadelphia GoneOffShore Sep 2014 #39
There's a little place pipi_k Sep 2014 #41
There is no pizza in San Jose KamaAina Sep 2014 #42
That's okay. Nobody knows the whey to San Jose anyway. pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #48
I see what you did there. KamaAina Sep 2014 #49
I had an Amici's near my college sakabatou Sep 2014 #58
Nothing KamaAina Sep 2014 #61
Ooooh sakabatou Sep 2014 #62
To paraphrase the immortal George Jefferson, KamaAina Sep 2014 #63
We have regular rail, car, and bike sakabatou Sep 2014 #64
Frank Pepe Pizza Napoletana - for their white clam pizza DinahMoeHum Sep 2014 #43
Modern Apizza in New Haven, CT bigwillq Sep 2014 #44
To clarify, you want to rate pizza based on being sober Yavin4 Sep 2014 #46
False bigwillq Sep 2014 #54
Hi steve Crewleader Sep 2014 #55
yea I love pepperoni pizza too steve2470 Sep 2014 #57
Pesto pizza from Pizza my Heart if I'm eating out. sakabatou Sep 2014 #56
Johnny's Pizza in Mt. Vernon, NY when I go back east for a visit. SeattleVet Sep 2014 #59
even in Fort Worth, the best pizza is in the Mom and Pop places yellowdogintexas Sep 2014 #67
Vegan pizza from Ledo's. No cheese, and it is very good. kwassa Sep 2014 #68

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
1. There is a small family-owned restaurant here that makes good white pizza.
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 05:48 PM
Sep 2014

I'm not a pizza fan, though. It tends to be too greasy for me, so I prefer home-made.

Haven't been in a Pizza Hut in over 20 years.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
16. Vince's Pasta & Pizza, Lancaster, California
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 07:43 PM
Sep 2014

Their pizza's good, though I usually go for their pasta (with garlic bread)--and they do serve beer and wine.

But what mostly endears them to me is that they host a lot of our charity events, like fundraisers for the project started by a group of local high school students to provide a new home for a local wounded warrior and his kids and his caregivers.

When we did a week-long display of our half-scale mobile replica of the Wall over last Veterans Day, the husband-and-wife owners of Vince's personally came out bringing a couple dozen pizzas for the Wall Team and volunteers. They are involved in their community, and the community supports them in turn.

I'd have to check on the cham-pag-na thing. I usually just go for a bottle of wine.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
23. They actually do have a couple of good bottled reds
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 08:32 PM
Sep 2014

But I found it's best to order early before they run out.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
3. There is a small chain called Punch in the Twin Cities
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 06:26 PM
Sep 2014

that makes a pie that is the closest thing I have ever found to Lombardi's (the legendary First Pizzeria in the US, still in NYC, used to be in Philly as well). Punch is celestially good and is certified by the Neapolitan Pizza Authority or whatever it's called; it's like the Appellacion Controlee label on French wines.

Pizza Hut is definitely better than Domino's or Papa Johns.

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
31. MM has great pizza, but is way too loud
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 10:43 PM
Sep 2014

to stay and eat there. Yummy chicken, artichoke and white sauce pizza.

d_r

(6,907 posts)
52. I think there's only two kinds of people that can make a good pizza
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 02:45 PM
Sep 2014

a guy from new york wearing a white outfit with red sauce stains, and hippies.

I love mellow mushroom.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
60. There's a Mellow Mushroom near where I work in Atlanta
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 03:35 PM
Sep 2014

Management often gets lunch for us from there. Very good stuff.

shenmue

(38,503 posts)
10. A local place
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 07:02 PM
Sep 2014

Mezzaluna, New Port Richey
Slice of Life, New Port Richey

If I have to go to a chain store, then Marco's.

Best pizza I've ever had: Ralph's, Oyster Bay. That man is a child of God.

ohnoyoudidnt

(1,858 posts)
11. A family owned place in Orlando.
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 07:29 PM
Sep 2014

Rossi's. Thin crust, crispy, all the meats. It's not the best/safest location in town, but they have good food for the price. They also make a pretty good burger.

ohnoyoudidnt

(1,858 posts)
13. Hey.
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 07:35 PM
Sep 2014


I am a bit north of Orlando, but I do occasionally make the drive to eat there.


I took a glance at your journal. Are you a WoW player, if so what realm?

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
15. I used to be, on Nordrassil, for Alliance mainly
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 07:41 PM
Sep 2014

With the new expansion pack coming, I might login again to try it out. Good luck to you !

 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
18. The Mom & Pop Italian Restaurant about a mile down the street. They have been known...
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 07:57 PM
Sep 2014

...to completely ruin your taste buds for anyone but them.

They have a sample plate that's out of this world...about 14 kinds of pizza. YUM !

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
20. Round Table or Dominos are my top favorites,
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 08:12 PM
Sep 2014

but I'm enough of a pizza fanatic to go along with anything not named Papa John's (their crust is too gummy).

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,780 posts)
22. I'm gathering from your sig line yu are from Oakland
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 08:23 PM
Sep 2014

Do they still have a place called CyBelles Pizza? In the 80s, it was actually pretty good for West Coast Pizza.

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,780 posts)
32. I used to live at 17th and Webster above the Happy Burrito
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 10:55 PM
Sep 2014

We got delivery from CyBelles all the time. I also used to go to the round Table down by Lake Merritt.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
27. I'll admit that I like Domino's too
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 10:11 PM
Sep 2014


They made improvements a few years ago, including adding garlic to the crust. They aso have some good sandwich and chicken options on the menu.

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,780 posts)
21. I do not live in the Chicago area. When I vsit, the 1st place I go is Lou Malnati's
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 08:21 PM
Sep 2014

Best.pizza.ever.

I celebrated my 40th in the downtown store on N. Wells. I'm also very partial to the Schaumberg (restored old home) and Naperville (one-time firehouse) locations.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
24. My personal favorite - Oggis Pizza
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 09:32 PM
Sep 2014

The local location that's by my house is pretty much my home bar - i know a lot of the people who work and drink there. The five cheese pizza - amazing. And the beer is good too!

There's also a Chipotle style pizza place by my school called The Pizza Studio that kicks ass too.

 

DavidG_WI

(245 posts)
26. Ghetto gem
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 10:04 PM
Sep 2014

Some of te best restaurants I've ever been to are in the ghetto, this 93 year old family owned Italian restaurants is no exception http://wellsbrosracine.com/ they've even been named 6th best pizzeria in the country.

Everything I've had there is great, an excellent lunch is a plate of their bruschetta a bowl of whatever of the 4 soups they have that day and a local microbrew beer from a brewery like New Glarus, Stevens Point, Tyranena, MKE, Sprecher, O'so or Gray's.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
29. Imos
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 10:19 PM
Sep 2014

St. Louis style pizza with cracker thin crust.

The quality seems to have suffered in years past, or maybe just my taste buds have changed. But it is still an old family favorite. They also have great house Italian dressing.

mackerel

(4,412 posts)
30. Smack Pie Pizza the Date a Bacon
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 10:28 PM
Sep 2014

Bacon, dates, carmelized onions, cream sauce and top with a balsamic glaze.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
33. Several good "Mom & Pop" pizzarias in my area: and in the south no less
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 01:03 AM
Sep 2014

Large fairly cosmopolitan metro area though. I have 3 within a 5 mile radius. Real pizza made by transplanted NY-ers. 1 of the 3 delivers, but the other two are well worth going to them to pick it up. Pie is right on the money, and they thankfully don't pander to philistines with this "NY style" bullshit. It's just pizza.

Faves are ( other than regular cheese pizza ) either regular with anchovies, or the "white" mozzarella/ricotta pie with seafood and white wine.

Trailrider1951

(3,409 posts)
35. When I lived in Houston, nothing but Star Pizza would do
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 05:56 AM
Sep 2014
http://starpizza.net/


Puts Domino's and Papa Jerk to shame. Now that I live in the middle of nowhere, I have to make my own, with the recipe modeled after their Margherita pizza.
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
40. Them's fightin' words around here!
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 01:09 PM
Sep 2014

I lived in New Haven for many years. I imagine Brooklyn and Boston have some partisans here as well.

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
45. Chicago style deep dish is awful.
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 02:30 PM
Sep 2014


I work in New Haven. Modern, Sally, Pepe's, Bar pizza is amazing.
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
47. You have them in the correct order!
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 02:39 PM
Sep 2014


although I have not heard of Bar. Then again, it could easily be new since 1996, when I departed the Elm City.
 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
50. BAR is across the street from Louie's Lunch, another great spot
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 02:43 PM
Sep 2014

Not sure what year it opened. I know it's been there as late as like 2000.
It's a very cool place.

http://www.barnightclub.com/

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
53. Possibly
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 02:47 PM
Sep 2014

I started going to the bars/clubs around 1999-2000. As far back as I remembered, they served pizza but, who knows.
If you ever get back up here, check it out. Cool little bar/lounge with some good beers. And the back room is a dance club if you're into that sort of thing (I am!).

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
65. Lol, you do know they also serve thin crust pizza right?
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 09:24 PM
Sep 2014

The "big" name Chicago pizzerias are world class because there's so much more than deep dish....

And the original restaurants that launched their "name" like Pizzeria Uno are bursting with ambiance...small, funky, close, full of excellent smells and fresh ingredients.

Its a blast! (As well as being a gastronomic delight!)

GoneOffShore

(17,309 posts)
39. Tacconelli's in Philadelphia
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 12:59 PM
Sep 2014

They don't deliver and you have to order how many you want in the morning before you go in the evening. Can't just walk in the door.

Or if I'm in Cassis, France - Stazzione from the take out window - 10euros for any topping.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
41. There's a little place
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 01:09 PM
Sep 2014

called "The Hut" in a nearby town that used to serve only ice cream. A guy who was a cook at a larger place bought it and expanded. You can get real food there now.

Their veggie pizza is awesome.


Before that, though, you had to drive 20 miles into the city to a Greek restaurant that morphed into a sports bar. Their Greek pizza was some of the best I've ever had.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
42. There is no pizza in San Jose
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 01:10 PM
Sep 2014

Srsly, Chuck E. Cheese originated here.

Well, okay, there's Amici's and -- get this! -- Pizza My Heart , but neither is anywhere near me.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
63. To paraphrase the immortal George Jefferson,
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 06:21 PM
Sep 2014

"There ain't no 'just' in front of a 30-minute bike ride!" Hell, I could get to town on light rail faster than that!

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
44. Modern Apizza in New Haven, CT
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 02:28 PM
Sep 2014

is my fave pizza place of all-time.

Pepe's, BAR, and Sally's, all also in New Haven, are also very good.

There's a few other locals spots that I order from.

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
54. False
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 02:55 PM
Sep 2014

lol

Went to Albany on business. After my assignment was over one night, I went downtown and visited a few bars. I got drunk. Before heading back to the hotel, I stopped at this pizza joint and ordered two slices. I couldn't see what the pizza looked like before they served it. When my order was up, it was Chicago style deep dish. It was freaking awful!

Crewleader

(17,005 posts)
55. Hi steve
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 03:07 PM
Sep 2014

Love pepperoni pizza but it's got to be gluten free, so I don't eat too many pizzas often but when I do, it's special.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
57. yea I love pepperoni pizza too
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 03:08 PM
Sep 2014

My issue is not the gluten but the cholesterol/bad fats. I LOVE pepperoni, but alas, the classic conundrum of what is bad for you tastes soooo good.

SeattleVet

(5,468 posts)
59. Johnny's Pizza in Mt. Vernon, NY when I go back east for a visit.
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 03:31 PM
Sep 2014

They opened when my mother was a young girl, and the same family still runs the place (they have moved locations twice, though). Thin, crispy, slightly charred and bubbled crust, real mozzarella.

They most be doing something right to have recently celebrate 70 years in business! Last time I was back there I introduced our family's 4th generation to their product...hopefully next time I'll be introducing the 5th & 6th generations!

yellowdogintexas

(22,119 posts)
67. even in Fort Worth, the best pizza is in the Mom and Pop places
Thu Sep 25, 2014, 11:50 AM
Sep 2014

we have a really good one near our house that delivers and two family joints close by that are BYOB

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