The Best Pizza You Ever Ate!

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (beijinger)

Sun, 04 May 2008 09:52:02 GMT

Having grownup in southern CT you know my choice infact rumor had it mom was addicted to Pepe's and when i was born i was IV'd Peppe's at birth. 1999 moved to West Coast ment no more pizza till I was turned on to Papa Murphy. My annual return to Bellingham Washington starts with a Papa Murphy and my flight back to China one is tied to my tongue.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (llg)

Sun, 04 May 2008 09:24:33 GMT

Has anyone ever tried Portofino in Charlotte, NC? Trying to decide if it's worth the trip from Greensboro. We need a pizza fix really bad. Only get to New Haven about 2 times/yr.

Nothing better than New Haven, CT Pizza. We love any one of 10 Neopolitan pizza places in the New Haven area.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (BTB)

Sun, 04 May 2008 08:52:08 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by slcgrad

And I also like Domino's thin crust which I suppose will get me kicked off this forum.

No, but it then does make us wonder about the quality of the rest of your choices.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (slcgrad)

Sat, 03 May 2008 16:16:26 GMT

1) John's, on Bleecker St. -- Sausage pizza

2) Vinny-Van-Go-Gos -- Savannah, Georgia -- I like the Hawaiian pie

3) And I also like Domino's thin crust which I suppose will get me kicked off this forum.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (leethebard)

Sat, 03 May 2008 14:29:36 GMT

You can judge a Pete & Elda's lover by the amount of souvenir shirts they've earned!!!!

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (MetroplexJim)

Sat, 03 May 2008 10:16:23 GMT

Finally! Great pizza, Neapolitan-style, has come to Dallas!

http://www.olivellas.com/

Everything's fresh and of superior quality.

BTW: Patsy Grimaldi's just opened a branch downtown and is soon going to be baking with coal in Allen. I'm looking forward to Allen's store, but I must say that Olivella's is superior to what I ate at their Scottsdale location.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (nicolem)

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:57:28 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by cmarie

Has anyone ever had Pete & Elda's in Neptune NJ? Really great with a super thin crust.

Yummy!!!!

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (mattie405)

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:54:10 GMT

Have to say it was the Patsys up on 117-118th on First Ave in Manhattan, before it was sold in the mid 90's, still decent but not the same. There was another one up on Second Ave by the bus stop on 116th, I can't remember the name now but it disappeared in the late 1960's, it had a very distinctive taste, another was by the arcade and rides out in Staten Island by South Beach. They were what we grew up on in NYC in the 50's and none I have ever had all over in my travels have ever compared to them. I think it is what you grow up on that forms your opinion of "Best", if you enjoyed it than usually none will ever compare to it.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (Smiley22)

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:58:45 GMT

New York Style: Consol's Family Kitchen (aka Duff's) in Endicott, NY. I know, pretty random place but I went a few times and never let me down for a perfect NY pie.

Chicago Style: My Pie on Clark st. in Chicago. Awesome!!!

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (bbires)

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:22:04 GMT

I've got to give some props to southern pizza. Pepe's (now defunct) in Venice, Fla. is the best I've ever had--it's how I imagined NY pizza to be, but it turned out to be better. Mama Leone's, in the same city, is also very, very good, though not as classic New York. Here in Chattanooga, our own Lupi's makes an exceptional pie, and I'll through in a + for ambience. Unlike the cramped John's Pizza in NYC, it's fun to hang out for an extended time at Lupi's, drink a Foster's on draft, have a great salad or bruschetta as well.

All over the south, there is exceptional pizza. Mellow Mushroom, though, is too doughy. If I want a loaf of bread, I'll make one.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (myterry2)

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:05:32 GMT

The best thin pizza in Lake County, Illinois is without question the Quonset Hut in Waukegan. Also, good meatball sandwiches with a great red sauce.

Terry

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (Andoo)

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:48:45 GMT

Marty's Pizza in Brookfeild, WI. Great thin crust with fennel sausage. It's where I learned to love anchovies.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (strongy78)

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:43:10 GMT

Totonnos in Brooklyn!

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (Breedoni)

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:13:34 GMT

Nancy's in Chicago

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (phlmaestro2000)

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:06:18 GMT

We hit Pizzeria Delfina (add a .com for their web site) while on vacation in San Francisco last week. I'm not sure I'd declare it the best pie I've ever had, but it was certainly among the best. I had the clam pie. It had just a light sprinkling of cheese; about as little as you'll see short of a flat out tomato pie. But the crust (very thin with some black in spots, but raised considerably around the edge) and sauce were tremendous, and the Cherrystone clams were tasty too.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (Robearjr)

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:20:52 GMT

Iggies in Baltimore is fairly new, but I love their neopolitan pizza. The crust is thin but still with chew. Too often thin crust pizza is like a cracker.

I get the Anatra, which is duck confit, asparagus red onion and blue cheese.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (Mel54)

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:10:39 GMT

Casa Bianca's sausage pizza in Eagle Rock, Calif.

Brooklyn Pizza and A mano in Ridgewood, NJ.

Bicoastal!

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (wickedgoodhotdogs)

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:51:15 GMT

SAL'S JUST PIZZA

WICKED GOOD!!!!!!
SUNAPEE, NH

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (PamF)

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:22:53 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Brad_Olson

My wife and in-laws preferred Alex & Aldo's pizza (31st St., LaGrange Park, IL). They make a nice thin crust pizza but we haven't eaten there for years; hopefully it hasn't changed.

Alex & Aldo's still there and still serving wonderful thin crust pizzas. Restaurant changed owners about 5 or 6 years ago but kept original pizza recipe.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (eatingteam)

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:10:28 GMT

These are what I came up

Rank
NAME LOCATION RECOMMENDATION
1 *Lombardi's NY Any
2 *John’s NY Any
3 Penndel Pizza Penndel, PA Any
4 Rustic Pizza Northern Liberties, PA Specialty
5 Ray Famous Manhattan, NY Loaded Meat
6 Papas Chambersburg, NJ Any
7 Marras South Philadelphia, PA Sausage and Broccoli Rabe
8 Nina's II Trevose, PA Any
9 Nicolosi’s Phillipsburg, NJ Double Cheese Pepperoni
10 Schiano’s Warminster, PA Any
11 Celebres South Philadelphia, PA Old Style Pizza
12 Soho Old City, PA Any
13 *Taconelli’s Philadelphia, PA White
14 Yalda Grill Kabob Horsham, PA Buffalo Wing, Sloppy Joe
15 Grand Stand Pizza Franklin Park, IL XL Pan Pizza DBl chse /
Buffalo Pie
16 Macks Wildwood, NJ Any
17 Grimaldi's Brooklyn, NY Plain
18 Mr. D's Wildwood, NJ Plain
19 DeLorenzo’s Chambersburg, NJ Tomato Pie
20 *Di Fara’s Brooklyn, NY Double Cheese

These would be my top 20. I have plenty more but these are the best ones I have eaten.

Tony

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (phillytim)

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:47:37 GMT

The ORIGINAL ITALIAN PIZZA, there in Avis, Pennsylvania, really makes the best pizza I've had...and I've had a LOT of pizza in my life!

They're a cute little shop that's been there since the 60s or 70s. They do pizza right!

Great, deep sauce; loads of cheese; spicy pepperoni; fresh, daily home made dough. Baked to perfection in a flavorful oven.

The guy is totally italian, a rarity for my neck of the woods there in northeaster PA!

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (jerzeydawg)

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:35:59 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

quote:
Originally posted by Polish guy

Most of you may be to young to remember real Pizza. Back in the later part of the 1940, Gary, Indiana, the first place to make Pizza in the United States, per Collier's Mag. was FLAMINGO'S, on West 5th. Ave. near Adams St. This was PIZZA, none like it since.

Do you, anyone, remember this?

You're joking, right? Lombardi's opened the first pizzeria the United States in 1905 in New York. Frank Pepe opened his pizzeria in New Haven in 1925.

I'm a Lombardi and proud to say that Genarro Lombardi brought Naples Style pizza to America in 1904.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (jerzeydawg)

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:30:46 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Joisey

Jules--Jersey city NJ. Not thick, not thin. Crispy & sauce to die for!

I remember Jules! It was on West Side Ave.
I havent eaten there in about 25 years!!

Going down the other end of West side was another Italian place at the bottom of Woodlawn Ave, called Frango's which was later changed to the Family Tree Restaurant.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (MetroplexJim)

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:31:08 GMT

Best pizza I ever had was Art's Pizza in Beaver Falls, PA.

As I enjoyed this treat in the Winter of 1968, I checked Google before writing this and, yes, they are still in business; for a "Mom & Pop" (especially one in a "depressed area") that fact lends credence to my fond food memory.

I've travelled the world since, yet Art's is still a vivid memory.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (jvsmom)

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:28:36 GMT

I don't know what the absolute best is, but definitely at the top of the list:

Colony Grill in CT;
Modern Apizza in New Haven

Mike's "Special" - Mike's Restaurant, Fairhaven, MA

The one we ordered our first night in San Francisco in July of 1991 - no idea of the name of the restaurant - we found it in the yellow pages and they delivered to our hotel - but boy, it was good.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (MetroplexJim)

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:20:16 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by db1105

Grottos pizza on the boardwalk in Rehobeth Beach Delaware. For some reason it's not as good in the inland locations.

I always looked forward to Grotto's on our many trips to Rehoboth/Dewey. It's like what one can get in Manhattan and that's a compliment!

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (duck1)

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:54:00 GMT

Bobes Pizza in Vincennes Indiana

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (stanpnepa)

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:39:16 GMT

The two best round pies I've eaten were both at Pepe's in New Haven. (A sausage and then years later a clam pie).

The best square pizzas have all come from my hometown area. Ghigiarelli's in Old Forge, PA (crispy crust with perfect blend of tomato and onion), the now defunct Gabello's in Duryea (similar but with a seasoned kick) and the aforementioned Pizza Perfect (oily with cheese and onion) in Trucksville.

While I'm on subject here, let me state that a friend and I visited New Haven about a month ago and were both thoroughly disappointed with the Clam Pie at Pepe's. The pie was overcooked and the clams were dry. I know they say they only use fresh clams, but I'm thinking these could've been canned. Maybe since they are NOW open all day, they are cutting corners? Sure hope not.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (Rick F.)

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:38:11 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by exsquidao

I agree the best pizza (apizza) is probably your A. 1st one and B. where you were raised.

Bearing in mind that I'm feeling deprived, never having had a shot at the great ones I read about on RF:

I remember at least the first pizza place where I ate, though only the city and era (Albuquerque, early fifties). My parents always got a large hand-tossed with everything, and I loved it: would have left-overs the next day for breakfast, which drove the food police at my elementary school nuts!

My favorite, I think, was the kind I made at a chain where I was employed, and could make it exactly the way I wanted. House-made Italian sausage, fresh onions, and mozzarella, easy on the (house-made) sauce, and cooked really crispy. Not sophisticated, and the crust (from the home office) was nothing to write home about, but I loved it and can't find anybody to make one the same way for me.

RE: The Best Pizza You Ever Ate! (stridge)

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:08:38 GMT

I have to say out here in Danville IL my favorite is the "gormet" Itialian Pizza at a rustic shack named " Mr Mustard's" out west on US 150 . The crust is hand tossed (not always round) garlic sauce, fresh toppings. and if Mr Mustard is in you can request this Chicago Irish tennor for a song . It doesn't take much to get him going. They also serve real Chicago dogs, pasta pie pluse a lot of mouth watering treats. They also serve the best local ice cream,Wright's from Cayuga Indiana.