Honestly for me pizza is pretty much pizza.I like all the local places and mom and pop shops but there's really never been one kind/brand that blew me away.:shrug:

Two times in my life I've been blown away by pizza:

1) Marco Polo's in KC (although subsequent trips weren't as impressive)
2) Giordono's in Chicago

A place in Pensacola called Ozone. It was a pizza with chicken cream cheese cashews ...and some other goodies I can't recall.

Gino's East in Chicago.. the upstairs dining room is the shit.

Bandera Pizza on West Pine Avenue in St. Louis, MO in the 1960's. It was in the basement of a house and had a Health "C" rating. It was always packed. Anyone that had a pizza there always said it was the best they ever had. My favorite was salami and sardine.

You think?

Rosati's > the rest, unless you're talking taco pizza then i would go with Minskys.

this...although there's another place down the road in Jeff City that's better. Pizza Quick is the same pizza, but I guess all the dirt and grime in the place adds flavor. Better have an iron stomach.

Pizza Kwik is yuk. Around here you have to get to Kostakis in Columbia.

Pizza is like sex. Even when it's not very good, I still have a boner.




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coal brick oven style - Grimaldi's
NY Style - Ray's on Prince Street
Sicilian - L&B Spumoni Gardens

If anyone visits NY, I wouldn't go to Grimaldi's or Lombardi's for a NY style. They are among the best I've ever had but it's different from the giant, foldable slice. A lot of people will make the coal oven slices a fork and knife job, especially if you are eating at the restaurant.

Giordanos is Chicago by far. Second would be Waldo Pizza

http://anthonyscoalfiredpizza.com

Best Pizza on Earth. (That I've had of course, and I've had it in 10 states, and 3 continents, oops 4 had it in Tokyo too...and yep, in Italy)

It's on another level.

This guy knows Pizza.

My new current favorite is Old Chicago's Thai Pie.

Bomb dot com.

Not around anymore, but the best was a Gutbuster slice from Garcias in Rantoul or Champaign-Urbana.

Don't believe they are around anymore but there was this pizza place in overland park called Leos then they changed there name to Georges and now I think they are gone,
Imos is smialer but they used this provel cheese that was out of this world.

There's still a Leo's north of the river off Englewood. Same place.

Provel cheese is the nastiest thing you will ever put in your mouth. It's velveta and provolone. And it was developed in st loser as if there could be a larger reason to hate it.

I miss Kelso's in KC. Is it still around? I love their pizza. The thin crust had a hint of beer in it. That shit was good.

In Atlanta, Fellini's is #1.

Jalapenos, Grilled onions, roasted chicken, roasted red peppers and Thai chili sauce.

Dayum. Dayum. DAYUM!

Still KOSTAKI'S pizzeria in columbia MO

It'll be the pizza I eat in NYC on Sept 21st....4 weeks, 1 day

Really? Kostakis? I think that place kinda stinks even among the Columbia, MO pizza joints. I'd go Wiseguys, Gumby's and Shakespeares over all 3.

I really like the wood-fired, I just don't think Kostaki's does a great job of it.

My favorite pizza that I can recall was at a place called Anthonino's on the hill in St. Louis. Absolutely fantastic wood-fired pizza.

Oh, and seconded on Kelso's. I think they closed the mall location but they used to have a carry-out joint at Zona-Rosa. I'd imagine it's probably gone as well. The Kitchen Sink was a killer 'za.

Kelso's still operates on Armour Rd just off Burlington.

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Old Chicago Pizza ( http://www.yelp.com/biz/old-chicago-pizza-petaluma )

Petaluma Ca (a bit north of SF)

Ive been all over, including Italy / New York....

Never had anything as good.....Some have come close...

Union Hotel in Occidental has a very good shrimp pizza w white sauce.


Im hungry now.

The best ive ever had was on the boardwalk in jersey (never been to new york). But in cali i would say frankie and johnies in hollywood or beach pizza near lax.

does anybody remember back in the 80's when Pizza Hut made a stuffed pizza called Priazzo? they had 3 different kinds but all I remember is Priazzo Milano was the one we'd always get. big ole thick chicacgo style stuffed pizza. good stuff.

Zepi's on Wornall Road circa 1978.

Old School pizza in Olympia, WA; NY style and it's glorious.

The Dish in KC (actually Liberty) has great deep dish Chicago style pizza
Happy Joe's, inventor of the taco pizza, up in the quad cities (Iowa/Illinois) as well as St Louis is amazing.
Ginos in Chicago wins over everything
The Wheel Pizza up in Lawrence. My God that crust owns everything.

Piss pour pizza.

Gusanos. Joplin MO

ellio's

found in the frozen aisle at your supermarket...

or in school cafeteria's around the country on Fridays...

Comparing Chicago deep-dish to NY or Italian pizza is just silly. Actually, comparing Italian pizza to any type of pizza is just silly.

Ive always loved minskys

This place in Rome, Italy... AWESOME!!!

Chicago style - Talayna's in CWE
NY Style - Italian Beef at Racanelli's in The Loop
Greasy Style - Shakespeare's in Columbia


Risking all rep, I still have a soft spot for the cheese Godfather's used to use, something uniquely awesome about it's chew factor. Ran across a Godfather's in S.IL a few years back and they still had the goods cheese-wise. I hold no pretensions that their product is on par with my picks above overall, but that cheese is like crack to me.

Honestly, Minsky's. (the one on Fece road) It's pretty damned great.

That said, I've been to Chicago on business, and the food was great, but we never got pizza. :shake:

LMAO I seem to have a filter problem. That would "Berry", but with an "A".

Rep for going the Godfather's route...

When I was on holidays in Baden-vertenberg, germany this year there was this Pizza place that was perfect.

Yeah, of all the times I've been to Chicago on business, I've had steak at Chicago Chop House, Gene and Georgetti, and Morton's, Italian Beef at Portillo and Al's #1, and hotdogs all over the flipping place, but never had pizza once.

They've got Godfather's down here, which was the first time I'd seen one in years. The cheese is like ****ing crack! They started doing this mozza stuffed pizza. Yeah, about 2 times a year I get it. It's good, not great, but definitely good.

They've got a place here in town called Pizza World that reminds me almost to the letter of one of my favorite places in Seattle called Round Table Pizza. The Appendanza is pretty ****ing good.

I haven't had Minsky's in almost 20 years. I was a boy, and I still VIVIDLY remember getting a pizza there with bacon on it. It was so good I still remember that outing very well.

I also really like Pizza Shoppe. It's not world class pizza, but it's pretty damn good.



Another thing that isn't really great but I still miss it...

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Arris Pizza

http://www.arrispizzaonline.com/

It is on point

I'm also a huge fan of the provel goodness cranked out at IMOs pizza

Did you tip? I hear there are severe consequences should you fail to.

Matthew's Pizza in Baltimore. God Damn!

Free pizza > all

two emails never fails

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I truly miss Pizza Shoppe. Love their Pizza!

Minsky's was damn fine too.

And for those old enough to remember......the "old" (and I do mean "old") Red-roof pizza huts in the 80's had really good pizza (before they went all pre-processed dough and ingredients)


For the record: I ate at multiple Pizza joints in NY.......and I dont get all the hub-bub about NY pizza at all. If you've ate at Sbarro's, you've basically had NY pizza.

Borriello brothers real New York pizza in Colorado Springs

http://www.borriellobrothers.com/

Totino's pizza rolls & Jack Daniels

Not worth it to have to stare at Peyton's fat head twice.

Oh yeah man. Minskys Prime Cut all the way

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Never had pizza in Chicago? The **** is wrong with you people?

#3 6 Pazzi, Tallil

#2 Beajeau's Ft. Collins, CO - All types of amazing topping combinations and crust that could be eaten just by itself.

#1 Pizza Shuttle, Lawrence, KS - Back in the day - I recall that it was really good, on those evenings when I was REALLY hungry.

Eatontown Pizza, out the front gate of the old Ft. Monmouth...then we would drive into Asbury Park and hear Bruce Springsteen play at the Stone Pony for $2 cover charge...ah those were the days.

Arris is by far the best thin crust in the MidMO area...

It might just be nostalgia and the haziness of memories that are 30 years old, but the pizza I remember most fondly is Pryor's Pizza in Rolla, MO. It had a crispy, cracker-thin crust and the sauce was outstanding.

Don't remember what kind of pizza but it was at Uno's in Union Station in DC several years ago. It was some good shit.

My favorite - http://www.pizzaport.com/

Pizza Palace in Seymour, IN wins this by a mile!

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Shakespeare's which is just off the Mizzou campus in Columbia. Can't remember ever having a better pizza. Still there and highly rated from some of the things I've read over the years.

Pizza by Stout in Joplin Mo...

Not rebuilding after tornado...

That is some damn good pizza. :thumb: Anytime I am in Rolla (which is rare anymore), I try to get some of that. Either that or Alex's.

When you're in Atlanta come to Antico. They've won a bunch of awards, including a "best pizza in the world" at an event in Italy.

http://www.anticoatl.com/

I wouldn't feed my dog Papa Peyton's

Tommy's Pizza - Gettysburg, PA

When we flew back from KC, we would always drive through Gettysburg first before even dropping the suitcases off

2nd place would be Via Marconi's Pizza in Hatfield, PA

Minksy's or Fun House here in Independence are my favorites.

One of the worst cases of food poisoning I ever got was from Giordano's Pizza in Chicago.

Pyramid pizza with honey on the crust.

Best pizza ever at 3am with my buddies, and whatever girls we drug out of the Westport bars.

Lou Malnati's in Chicago. Deep dish...yummy.

Actually Funhouse Pizza in KC is very good

I had Giordanos when i was on my honey moon in chicago. Didnt really like it.

I had this when I was in Chicago... it was truly incredible... the one that I had them create from scratch. :-)

Pizza Shuttle in Lawrence. They had one size--$5, or 3 for $10 ( in the early 1990s).

Sure, Minsky's is technically "better", but at 2am or when you were starving, Pizza Shuttle was the best thing I ever tasted.

Papa Don's in Fort Scott, Kansas was the only thing that made growing up there bearable.

Pizza shuttle is pretty good. Reminded me of Original Pizza, which is pretty decent as well.

I wasn't going to start a thread about this... so I'm watching Man vs. Food and he's in Seattle.

Even people "in the know" are dumbasses. Adam is eating crab and says, "This is the freshest crab I've ever eaten!" Really? Unless it's a really unusual circumstance (it wasn't in this episode) you're eating crab that's pre-cooked before it was delivered to the restaurant. (It's dangerous cooking dead crabs, just like lobsters.) Once cooked it's kept refrigerated until the restaurant heats it up. There's nothing "fresh" about it.

/rant

american pizza is dirt.

pizza in canada is the best

I always have back bacon on my pizzas!