[thoughtomator]

The standard for great pizza is set in Brooklyn, NY. An average pizza in Brooklyn is the best-of-the-best anywhere else.

Ironically, Italy makes particularly bad pizza. Most Americans would barely recognize it as pizza at all.

[mylife]

Yup and yup

[miss marmelstein]

I generally don’t eat pizza in Italy because there are so many other options. But one day, we were stuck for lunch and ordered pizza in Rome at some shop (I forget what it was). It was like the worst pizza I’ve ever had. It was probably the wrong place to order pizza and the wrong place to eat. But bad pizza can be had all over the planet, I fear. God knows I’ve had it!

[wally_bert]

Never had Brooklyn pizza and no doubt it’s great but I love Chicago style.

My aunt makes a fantastic homemade pizza that I would put up against anyone’s.

Here’s a slice:

http://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-4389302

[jpsb]

I’m sure the Pizza is great in Brooklyn I know the pizza was great back in the 60’s a few miles away in Port Washington. One of the few things I miss about the NYC area, good pizza.

[Claud]

Ironically, Italy makes particularly bad pizza. Most Americans would barely recognize it as pizza at all.

Italians use the word "pizza" much more broadly than we do in the states. Sometimes my mom just puts olive oil and garlic on the dough. That's it. Still a pizza.

If you go expecting flat, round pies with tomato and cheese and you get something like that, then yeah, your average American is going to be like "what is this?".

But it ain't "bad". I grew up eating real Italian pizza and I still make it often. It's delicious.