Yet another, but VERY IMPORTANT pizza thread...

[AGDee]

Detroit (and suburbs): Buddy's Pizza. It's amazingly good! Voted #1 in Detroit by every major news paper, magazine, etc.

I'll agree on Uno's, originally from Chicago, but they do have a chain now and the one that opened near me recently is just as good as the original!

Dee

[valkyrie]

In Chicago, the best place to go for pizza is Pizzeria Uno or Pizzeria Due -- but ONLY the original locations in the city. I think that the chain Pizzeria Unos suck.

If you want thin crust in Chicago, my personal favorite is Giordano's, but usually every little neighborhood hole in the wall has good thin crust.

In Colorado, well, I'm still looking for really good pizza. I don't think there is any.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by valkyrie
In Chicago, the best place to go for pizza is Pizzeria Uno or Pizzeria Due -- but ONLY the original locations in the city. I think that the chain Pizzeria Unos suck.

If you want thin crust in Chicago, my personal favorite is Giordano's, but usually every little neighborhood hole in the wall has good thin crust.

In Colorado, well, I'm still looking for really good pizza. I don't think there is any.

Chicago blows for thin crust (or normal as I like to call it). But have you ever had Lou Malnatti's with butter crust? Awesome. I'd say for thin crust there is a place near rush and division but they charge about 4 bucks a slice which is a rip. I personally don't know how great it is because each time I've had it, I've been gnarly trashed from one of the bars/clubs around there.

-Rudey

[Rudey]

Originally posted by AXJules
Most people will tell you Lou Malnati's is the place to go in Chicago, but those who really know what they're talking about will tell you to go to Giordano's or Pizzeria Uno.

WTF are you talking about? Pizzeria Uno maybe. Giordanos??? Noooo way. Maybe even Ginos East but not Giordanos. Next you'll say Pizza Capri and Eduardo's are awesome. All same crap.

-Rudey

[Rudey]

Originally posted by russellwarshay
1. Totonno's pizzeria, in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, is a place where we would get pizza, on occasion, when I was growing up. It has been there since 1924. Best pizza, and the absolute worst table service anywhere.

2. Patsy's on 1st Avenue, in East Harlem. This small Italian enclave has produced some of the most notorious mobsters in American history. The pizza at the original Patsy's, open since 1932, is the best of the Patsy's clones.

3. John's of Bleeker Street, open since 1929, is the best in Greenwich Village.

I almost cried reading this. What I would do just to sit in Totonno's for a bit right now.

-Rudey
--Oh well...Indian food it is.

[AXJules]

Originally posted by Rudey
WTF are you talking about? Pizzeria Uno maybe. Giordanos??? Noooo way. Maybe even Ginos East but not Giordanos. Next you'll say Pizza Capri and Eduardo's are awesome. All same crap.

-Rudey

Edwardo's= SICK SICK SICK. How can you compare Giordano's to Edwardo's?? Not a fair comparison.
And I totally agree with Valkyrie- the Pizzeria Uno & Due chains are nothing like the original.

[valkyrie]

Originally posted by Rudey
Chicago blows for thin crust (or normal as I like to call it). But have you ever had Lou Malnatti's with butter crust? Awesome. I'd say for thin crust there is a place near rush and division but they charge about 4 bucks a slice which is a rip. I personally don't know how great it is because each time I've had it, I've been gnarly trashed from one of the bars/clubs around there.

-Rudey

LOL you hang out around Rush & Division! I can never trust your judgment about anything ever again.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by valkyrie
LOL you hang out around Rush & Division! I can never trust your judgment about anything ever again.

Don't even start. Only for a couple of the food places there, le passage every once in a while, and possibly if one of my boys talks the rest of us into coming back with him. I hit on a 30 something year old who had just been a bridesmaid there once...of course I got nothing out of that but I don't think I could have done that in any of the places in Fullerton or whatever.

-Rudey

[mmcat]

in el paso
house of pizza
italian kitchen
both good traditional pizza with lots of sauce.
you can even get green chiles if you want.

[AlphaSigOU]

In Elmhurst, Queens, ya gotta do Singa's Pizza. On Broadway next to the LIRR station.

Here in Texas, this is chili country, they can't make good pizza to save their lives around here... unless there's some hole-in-the-wall pizza joints I don't know about!

[sigtau305]

Originally posted by ADPiAkron
DONATO'S PIZZA!!

It is absolutely awesome! They have pizza, subs, and salads. Also, they just came out with the Low Carb Pizza (no crust)! Check out their website at www.donatos.com

They are located all over Ohio (originally founded in Columbus), in select cities in Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

We have Donato's here in Cleveland.

Other Pizza Places in Cleveland:

CiCi's Pizza
A Touch of Italy
Panini's
Italian Cafe'

[valkyrie]

Originally posted by Rudey
I got nothing out of that but I don't think I could have done that in any of the places in Fullerton or whatever.

-Rudey

Ahaha Fullerton. You're such a Chad.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by valkyrie
Ahaha Fullerton. You're such a Chad.

There's no winning with you but I don't have a car and I'm not some 6'4'', 200lb, jetta driving frat boy so I can't be.

Were you like a Wicker park girl or something or hang out at places like buddha lounge?

-Rudey

[Betarulz!]

In kansas city...

Minsky's is pretty good but I haven't eaten there in years. There also was a regional chain called Gambino's that I absolutely loved, but the location by my house closed while I was still in HS.

Torre's is probably the best local place in KC.

Other than that the place my family usually gets pizza from is called Rosati's. It's another franchised place but I guess the original is in Chicago and their website shows about 70 locations in Illinois. I love it b/c they put crushed tomatoes on in place of sauce so you always get a rich tomato taste.

In Nebraska: VALENTINO'S!!! the best pizza ever, and the most mammouth buffets outside a casino. Just a great pizza, and there's nothing like getting a slice of regular hamburger at a Nebraska Football game for $3. Awesome, it's making me hungry.

Finally b/c I do work at Old Chicago, I'll put in a push for our pizza, especially our original creations. Our dough is handmade on the premises, as is all the sauce, the cheese is grated in the restaurant, and you can taste it. Personally our deep dish isn't deep enough for me and the crust gets too crisp (I hate thin usually), but other than that it's all good1

[valkyrie]

Originally posted by Rudey
Were you like a Wicker park girl or something or hang out at places like buddha lounge?

-Rudey

I've never been to the Buddha Lounge, but I did used to hang out in Wicker Park. It's too bad that in recent years it has pretty much turned into Lincoln Park West.