ITT we chit chat about our favorite pizza, and pizza places
 

I don't eat a lot of pizza, because most pizza places I've tried haven't been very good. However, I love Edwardo's Pizza. The best pizza ever. When I was an undergrad at the University of Minnesota, my friends and I used to go to Edwardo's downtown Minneapolis all the time. It's SO good. I wish they had an Edwardo's in Michigan. If they do, I didn't know about it.

So what's your favorite pizza? What's your favorite kind of toppings? What toppings do a lot of people get on their pizza that you think is disgusting. I can say, the only toppings I like are Italian sausage, and just plain cheese pizza.

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http://www.flatoutbread.com/pineappl...t-crust-pizza/

This, with Turkey Pepperoni instead of ham.

I used to live in Germany and there was an Italian guy who owned a shop near my house. That was, hands down, the best pizza I've ever eaten.

When I was in college, we had Nizza Pizza right by campus. It's owned by a couple of New Yorkers and it shows. Love it.

http://www.nizzapizza.net/

If I get NY-style, simple pepperoni is enough. If I get "designer" pizza, I love BBQ pizza.

My mouth is watering for a deep dish from Edwardo's, right now. :(

I've worked at California Pizza Kitchen for many years. I still love our Thai Chicken Pizza. Get it on the regular wheat crust, not the thin crust.

Oh Lord, that's good!

You know, I work less than a mile from the Stonebriar location and have never been there. I have bought the grocery store versions, but have never gone in.

I'm gonna have to try that Thai Chicken.

My favorite pizza now and forever has to be Amato's in Etna, Pennsylvania (barely north of Pittsburgh). It's just a little hole in the wall that makes pizza and hoagies to go and my mom tells me it hasn't changed a bit since it opened in the fifties.

About the pizza: each square piece is a little piece of airy Heaven topped with a light tomato sauce and poofs of mozzarella cheese. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it!

Every time I go home to Pittsburgh, Amato's is one of my first stops.

Christopher's Subs & Pizza in Nashua, NH. Hands down.

http://www.christopherssubsandpizza.com/

Best pizza, best subs, best price for what you get.

This is basically the one reason I'm sad that I no longer live in NH.

I've just discovered another pizza favorite; from COSTCO, of all places! It's so good and sososososo cheap!

Nothing fancy, but you know what hits the spot? A bacon and chicken pizza.

I love Pizza Hut. But Mama's Pizza in Plano, TX is oh-so-yummy. Got me through high school. :P

ETA: Brooklyn Pizza in Plano is also pretty good NY style pizza. My mom loves it and says it tastes just like it!

I love, love, love BBQ chicken pizza from Perry's Pizza in Newport Beach. Best pizza I ever had, and that includes the ones I ate in Italy.

In other restaurants I usually have cheese pizza, or pepperoni.

If I make pizza at home I use balsamic onions and goat's cheese, topped with rocket after baking.

Hah, I know Amato's! I used to live in Millvale.

My favorite in Pittsburgh is Fiori's in Brookline. Seriously. It's one of those places where you go for the pie, not for the atmosphere.

I like Frank's Pizza in Ambridge too.

TriBecca Alley in Sardis, Mississippi has real brick oven pizzas with real artisan made pizza dough. Sigh.

There are a few pizza threads. Bump this one because Pizza Hut can go to hell.

I was trying something different today because Pizza Hut had a special but it reminded me of why I only eat Papa Johns or local restaurants.

Pizza Hut is awful. I don't know how people eat that stuff. I have different favorite places for different types of pizza. That said, I am a pizza traditionalist. All this weird stuff on pizza doesn't sit well with this Sicilian. BBQ pizza, Hawaiian pizza, Thai Chicken pizza... those are not REALLY pizza, it's other stuff on a pizza dough, but it's not really pizza.

Faves: deep dish: Hands down, Buddy's (a Detroit chain- Detroit, Warren, Livonia, Dearborn, Farmington Hills) The mozzarella is wonderful and they get a crispiness on the edge of the crust that is divine. The sauce is perfection.
New York Style: Tomatoes Apizza in Farmington Hills- The super thin crust, the cheese, the sauce, the pepperoni- all amazing.
Chicago Style: I like them all- Giovanni's, Gino's East, UNO's.

Of all the things I miss the most since not being able to eat any bread of any kind since July, it is pizza crust. I order pizza and eat the toppings off, but it just isn't the same. It's good, but not the same.

Mellow Mushroom has excellent thin crust pizza and only use high quality cheeses. They are a chain out of Atlanta and frequently in college towns in the south.
When I can eat pizza - I'm allergic to cheese (sigh)

I love CPK. I love the Garlic chicken pizza from there! DH hates CPK :(
In Chicago: Geno's East or Lou Molinari's

And for chains in Iowa who don't cut round pizza into the traditional wedge slices: WTF dude? :confused:

Current favorite pizza place: Coalhouse Pizza in Stamford, CT. The restaurant has a definite jazz theme (I'm not really into jazz, but that's ok) and a lot of their specialty pizzas and other dishes have jazz-inspired names. They also have an awesome beer list. At one point they offered a promo of $5 flights ... I guess too many people took advantage of it, and they lost money, so that was the end of that :( , but they do still offer flights. I often stop in when I have business in Stamford.

Least favorite pizza places:
1. Savor Pizza in Norwalk, CT. They bill themselves as "healthy" and "organic", but their crust tastes like cardboard. I'd rather eat matzo pizza.
2. Planet Pizza, a chain in Fairfield County, CT. Their pizza was actually decent, but they lost my business through poor customer service - e.g. they left something out of my order, charged me for it, and then outright lied to me about it.

I love wood fire oven pizzas from local restaurants. They make the best pizzas. The topics are more authentic and the crust tastes better. Cibo in Phoenix was a favorite for the years I lived there and was only 4 short blocks from my condo. I haven't found a place that I love in LA yet, but I've been more obsessed with pasta, sushi and ramen.

I truly miss Pizza House in East Lansing. Great pizza and late night delivery. Yum!

Kansas City,
two small chains:Minskys and Pizza Shoppe are great!
Many small single Pizza shps, Nigros for one.

K C, Pizza and BBQ! Oh, cannot forget Steaks, LOL.

Pizza is one of my favorites, too. Serious cheese addict here.

I live in the city where Papa John's got its start. I had Papa John's when it was coming out of the back of his dad's bar in Southern Indiana. However locally we have some really good pizza. Wick's is nice and cheesy, all of the toppings are under the cheese. The only downside to Wick's is that you have to order exactly what you want because you can't see the ingredients to pick off anything you don't want. Also, good here is Boombazz Taphouse. You can order a standard pizza or create your own from a list of ingredients. It's been on Food Network.

In my college town, Bloomington is home of Mother Bear's pizza. Always named one of the best in the state. There's also Cafe Pizzaria downtown. And, as HoosierGirl can attest to, Pizza X. However one does not go to Pizza X for the pizza as much as the breaksticks. They are warm and fluffy with a hint of garlic. Eight breadsticks, two dipping sauces and a drink in a big plastic cup is $5. It's the first thing I get when I get back into town. And their marketing is excellent, but that's another story.

Mother Bear's is about the only good thing about Bloomington. ;-) It's REALLY good pizza.

In West Lafayette (and I believe in a select few other locales around the state) we have Mad Mushroom Cheese Stix: Pizza dough coated with garlic butter and cheese and broiled to perfection. Dipping them in ranch dressing makes them even more delicious.

Indy: Hands down, Bazbeaux pizza. Their Quattro Formaggio is amazeballs

Region aka Northwest Indiana: Tie between Giordano's and Gelsossmo's. I try to eat at least one of these places whenever I go back to NWI.

Chicago: Malnati's or Exchequer

Bloomington--Mother Bears and Pizza X (just for the breadsticks and the cups!). Mother Bears has some of the best pizza I've ever eaten, and I come from the pizza motherland of the Chicago/Region area

Chicago/Region: Giordanos, Lou Malnati's, and Gelsossomos (Region)

Indy: Bazbeaux's...nothing else is good there. And yes, I've had that stupid Hotbox pizza (gal)

DC: Pete's Apizza and Matchbox. I haven't found anything else particularly good, although we do have a Mellow Mushroom that just opened up here. The pizza was good, but they forgot our order and we waited 2+ hours for a medium pepperoni pizza. When we finally opened the box at home, it had a dead fly in it...ew.

In Cincinnati - The Green Lantern pizza from Dewey's Pizza
Name Brand chain - Dominos or Papa Johns
In Ada, OH (home of my alma mater) - white sauce, bacon or chicken with pineapple from Padrone's pizza
In my hometown - Anything from Cameo Pizza

I do not care for the Ohio regional chains of LaRosa's or Donato's.

I had Lou Malnati's in March when we took a trip to Chicago. It was good.

Sorry, IrishLake. LaRosa's, the world's best pizza pie, dominates in Cincinnati (my hometown)!!

Question: can someone please explain thin crust? I mean, if I want pizza on a cracker, I'll reach for the saltines.....

I don't like thin crust.

I tried to like thin crust because less bread was supposed to be healthier but it removed the enjoyment.

I'm also not a fan of veggie pizza. I can get a salad.

@ IndianaSigKap: serious cheese addicts unite. :)

The best pizza that I've had in a long time is in a stall at the Nashville's Farmers Market. Bella Nashville has a wood fired oven and freshly sourced local ingredients. It's the absolute bomb diggity.

props for fanciness:
it's been a while but i had EXCELLENT pizza at this placed called Basic in San Diego. they had interesting toppings but everything worked well together. pizza for dinner was so good i went back for a late night slice after an evening of tomfoolery.

in general:
i love saucy pizza. cheese, toppings, etc can be balanced with each other - but i need lots of sauce w/o it getting soggy for me to say its a good pie.

My favorite Chicago pizza is Lou Malnati's, with a nod to Edwardo's over by the University of Chicago. Malnati's does mail order, so when I'm really missing Chicago I can order a few pies for less than a hotel and plane ticket.

DITTO on the Mellow Mushroom. I go to school in Ohio, but almost any time I take a trip to Tennessee I stop there for dinner. I just recently found out there's a location near Cincinnati and I died.

I'm also a big Papa John's fan (I have way too many rewards points... can you say college lifestyle) not just for the Pizza but their cheese sticks are sooo satisfying.