-Chi-town FReepers will probably want to thump me, but deep-dish really isn't my thing. I like it once in a great while, but I'd much rather have a "flat" pie from one of Chicago's Home Run Inn's or maybe a Reggio's (only had those frozen, though).
-Okonomiyaki looks very tasty, but calling it pizza seems a stretch. If they wanted something slightly exotic and non-traditional for the story, they might have gone with a Lebanese meat pie called...something I can't remember right now. :(
-It's not a style everyone cares for, but there should have been at least a mention of St. Louis style pizza. I know people who swear by the "sticky cheese" and will settle for nothing less!
I’ve only had frozen Home run inn but it was really good. Used to love Rosati’s. They seem to have changed. We order at work from a place called Nardi’s and they are excellent. Back when I grew up in Cook Co. a little place called Giacchino’s had the best pizza, heard they are still around.
Regina Pizzeria, In Boston’s north end. Best Pizza I ever had.
Since they never visited me, and asked for a sample of my home made, you know this is bogus.
Alright, lots of comments from people who think they’ve had good pizza. You haven’t...unless you’ve eaten Di Fara’s pizza in Brooklyn. Grimaldi’s is a close, but uneven, second, depending who’s making them that day. The Master, Dom Di Fara, is on his feet all day, every day, making perfect pizza. Until you’ve had one from Di Fara’s, you don’t know pizza...period.
Pizza is like Chilli. Everyone has their idea of what it should be...so to each their own! All the places which made my all-time favorites are out of business.
My wife and I like to go to Savannah as our little “get away” place. A few stops are requirements for each visit, especially “Vinnie Van Go-Go’s” in the City Market.
To me pizza is like sex- it’s ALL good when you’re having it.
Since I grew up in the Chicago area, I prefer the pizza from that area (both deep dish and thin crust). I moved to Orlando a few years ago, and they have New York style pizza here, which I can barely tolerate.
Gino's East is also very good.
Moose’s Tooth - Anchorage, Alaska
Barry’s Pizza - Houston, Texas
Sally’s or Pepe’s - Wooster Street, New Haven CT is pretty much the Gold Standard for real pizza. The bonus is that Libby’s is right down the street. The best Italian pastries and ices. It’s a shame that most of you will never know what you’re missing...
Being in the south I’ve never had the pleasure of NY pizza. The best I’ve found is to buy a dough from a local mom/pop place and make it fresh using indirect heat on a gas grill.
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Caliendos Pizza, Winfield IL.