Best Pizza

Who has the best pizza?

  • Chicago, fresh filled with cheesy goodness. It is eaten by the smartest and best looking people

    Votes: 16 57.1%

  • New York, but what do I know, I have sex with farm animals

    Votes: 12 42.9%
  • Total voters
    28
  • Poll closed .
You mean like a Chicago election? Vote early and often? :)
 
Trapper John said:
What style is it?
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I am not sure what Tony's pizza is.

But I should point out that in Chicago there are two style. While NY has the floppy, greasy cheese bread style they call there own. Chicago has the stuffed and also a great thin crust. It is a wonderful thin style of pie too. Good rich sauce, cheese, and a crust that is so thin it is almost cracker like. Then it is cut into squares that can easily be picked up and eaten. You do not have to fold it to hide the cheese grease like in a NY pie.

It sounds like Tony's favorite pizza is a Chicago thin crust style.
 
Red Baron - it's avation related!
 
tonycondon said:
thin crispy crust, full of yummyness.

or two crusts thick for something a little chewier. but not like a loaf of bread with sauce and toppings.
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That is the type we get most often. There is a really nice thin crust pizza place close to 3CK called Nick's. We should have a PoA dinner flyin there sometime.
 
rpadula said:
That, IMO, is the key to a great pizza. I don't care if the crust is a Frisbee -- if the sauce sucks, so does the pie.
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And that applies to more than just pizza.
 
I don't see California pizza on the list :rofl:

Neither is my answer, I much prefer european pizza.
 
Oh the Pizza Foundation in Marfa, TX is pretty good too.
 
tonycondon said:
dirty secret is we actually go there for the pizza, the soaring is just a side benefit.
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...and Tony's dad yells out into the night: "THIS IS NOT MY SON!!!"
 
Ted DuPuis said:
...and Tony's dad yells out into the night: "THIS IS NOT MY SON!!!"
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oh i go to estherville for the pizza too. note that i did not say that the Pizza Foundation was better than Woody's, just that it was good.
 
Neither. Hand-tossed (damn Chicago, I am eating a pizza, not a loaf of bread with stuff on top) with SAUCE (damn NYC, pizza is supposed to have SAUCE), decent cheese and other goodly toppings.
 
tdager said:
Neither. Hand-tossed (damn Chicago, I am eating a pizza, not a loaf of bread with stuff on top) with SAUCE (damn NYC, pizza is supposed to have SAUCE), decent cheese and other goodly toppings.
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If you were eating something that had bread that think your were not eating Chicago style. That is deep dish pizza. A tourist mistake. Far too many think deep dish = Chicago style but it does not.

Deep dish is lots of dough stuffed into pan and then topped with sauce and cheese.

Chicago style stuffed is also made in a similar dish. But the crust is much thinner, then ingredients and cheese go in, lastly sauce is put on top. This needs to be done because of the long cooking time would burn the cheese if left exposed like on a deep dish or thin crust pizza.
 
Chicago style is just regular pizza but with an extra 15% cost added to it.
 
tdager said:
Neither. Hand-tossed (damn Chicago, I am eating a pizza, not a loaf of bread with stuff on top) with SAUCE (damn NYC, pizza is supposed to have SAUCE), decent cheese and other goodly toppings.
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Any independent pizzeria in New York City will be happy to alter the recipe to your taste. If you want extra sauce, just ask for it. No extra charge for sauce. Extra cheese, however, will set you back between a quarter and fifty cents per slice, or a few bucks per pie.

-Rich
 
I wouldn't call that cake they serve in Chicago "Pizza". Baked dough-based tomato and cheese pie, maybe.

The best pizza was the pizza my late father-in-law made at his pizza house. I'd tell people that, they'd poo poo me, then when they tasted the goods, they finally saw the light.

Frickin' Alzheimers. What a ******n scourge!:mad:
 
ScottM said:
If you were eating something that had bread that think your were not eating Chicago style. That is deep dish pizza. A tourist mistake. Far too many think deep dish = Chicago style but it does not.

Deep dish is lots of dough stuffed into pan and then topped with sauce and cheese.

Chicago style stuffed is also made in a similar dish. But the crust is much thinner, then ingredients and cheese go in, lastly sauce is put on top. This needs to be done because of the long cooking time would burn the cheese if left exposed like on a deep dish or thin crust pizza.
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The long cooking time of Chicago pizza is one of the reasons NY pizza is thin. We're into production here, and no one has the time to wait around for an hour for a blasted pizza. Even our Sicilian pies have the crust partially pre-cooked to reduce the time from the order being placed to the pizza being enjoyed to 15 minutes, at the most.

And, of course, New York pizza can be enjoyed one-handed, without utensils.

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Although not recommended by the NYC Pizza Safety and Consumption Administration because of the possibility of burns to the groin, New York pizza can even be enjoyed while driving because of the unique foldability feature. Try that with a Chicago pizza.

But if you're from out-of-town, don't be embarrassed to ask for a knife and fork with your pizza. We understand that proper, one-handed pizza-eating is an acquired skill, and we don't expect you to master it during a weekend stay. No one will laugh at you. Not openly, anyway.

-Rich
 
There's a Chicago style pizza place here in San Antonio that is among the best commercial pizza I've had. Though nothing beats what my mom can make.

Ryan
 
RyanShort1 said:
There's a Chicago style pizza place here in San Antonio that is among the best commercial pizza I've had. Though nothing beats what my mom can make.

Ryan
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I never found any really good pizza in San Antonio. Well, maybe except for the pizza that used a crispy oversized tortilla shell as a crust.
 
RJM62 said:
And, of course, New York pizza can be enjoyed one-handed, without utensils.

But if you're from out-of-town, don't be embarrassed to ask for a knife and fork with your pizza. We understand that proper, one-handed pizza-eating is an acquired skill, and we don't expect you to master it during a weekend stay. No one will laugh at you. Not openly, anyway.

-Rich
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LOL. When I first moved here to Georgia to start at Tech, I went out with some new friends for pizza. I was appalled when they pulled out the knives and forks and started cutting away. "WTF are you doing?" I yelled and showed 'em the right way to eat pizza! :cool2:
 
BTW, what's up with those poll questions. The correct option for #2 should be:

New York, because every self-respecting GA pilot should hold a permanent grudge against *#$%ing Daley for tearing up Meigs!

Damn skippy.
 
wsuffa said:
I never found any really good pizza in San Antonio. Well, maybe except for the pizza that used a crispy oversized tortilla shell as a crust.
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Yeah, you're pretty much right. I'm just saying that the best I ever had here was "Chicago style."

Ryan
 
Johnny C's in Kansas City....St. Louis style is my fav...thin crust with Provel cheese.....NOTHING LIKE IT!
 
when my dad bought the store from his parents in 1981 there was (according to him) not a fork in it. now days though people want their utensils. our pizza is cut in squares which makes it even more of a finger food.
 
EdFred said:
Red Baron - it's avation related!
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Not any more. RB stopped sponsoring the group in, I think, 2006.

BTW: During Fleet Week in San Francisco my younger brother, his wife, and his sons all got to ride in the airshow act sponsored by Red Baron Pizza. They made a VFR Bay Tour on a very beautiful day.
 
Woodie's Pizza formerly of Cambria, CA makes the very best. At age 17 Larry the owner started his avocation of frame off restorations of woody automobles, hence the name. He built his own pizza ovens so he could bake a pizza better than anyone. Every pizza was custom to the buyer. Thin, thick, stuffed...the very best.

And yes, due to family ties in Chicago I have had a lot of pizzas there. Simply no comparison with Woodie's. Woodie's can now be found in San Luis Obispo, CA.

I would chose Chi over NY anytime for I have eaten in NY too.
 
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