Philly Tomato Pie

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (hkrall)

Mon, 17 May 2010 00:34:08 GMT

Sam's in Willow Grove is the first place I ever had Philly Tomato Pie. Room temp... & delicious!

It's really remarkably different than regular "pizza", Philly or otherwise.
My go-to place in the city is a tiny shop called La Rosa Pizza at Broad & Snyder where a tomato pie is SEVEN DOLLARS!

You can also find good Tomato Pie at Sarcone's (famous for their bread) on 9th street near the Italian market, also Ianelli Bakery (8th & Passyunk) and Cacia (16th & Ritner).

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (acer2x)

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:26:55 GMT

Altamonte's Deli in Warminster and Doylestown sell room temp tomato pies: www.altamontes.com

So does Sam's Deli in Willow Grove:

www.samsitalianmarket.net

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (martham)

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:16:36 GMT

I like Toni Roni's tomato pie. There's one in Philly on City Ave (Rt 1) The crust is crisp and the sauce has very good flavor and I'm picky about my pizza--I grew up eating Old Forge/Scranton, PA pizza.

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (stricken_detective)

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:03:51 GMT

Thanks, Annie, I will be going there to try it!!!

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (ann peeples)

Tue, 19 May 2009 08:38:37 GMT

Aimee-Scordatos bakery on 50th and Howard has a room temp.tomato pie as described in the 1st post...

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (billyboy)

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:53:34 GMT

TJ Jackson

Billyboy, that looks like Spumoni Gardens' pizza

TJ, I forgot to put the info with that pie. Actually that box is only holding HALF of the tomato pie!! It's from a place called Roma Sausage Co. on Bleecker Street in Utica, NY. I must have knocked back half of that half a pie in a day or so. Very addicting!

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (joclyn)

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:23:40 GMT

i've made it at home and come pretty darn close to pica's (thin crust and served hot). actually, a friend from my highschool days, grandfather used to make pizza every saturday. i was there once while he was making it - was the spitting image of pica's (same rectangular shape and with the sauce on TOP of the other toppings).

anyhoo, i digress :)

the first time i tried making it at home, i cheated and bought pillsbury pizza dough and used jar pizza sauce. i made sure to go to the deli and get some of the sandwich pepperoni (which is what pica's uses) and got is sliced really thin and, of course, some provolone cheese.

i unpackaged the dough and unrolled it and then cut it in half - was just me who i was making it for and only half of it would fit on the cookie sheet anyhoo.

i rolled it out to very thin and then put the cheese, pep and sauce on and then cooked as per package directions. if i remember correctly (it's been quite a while) it was about 15 minutes cooking at maybe 375? not sure about the temp.

it was pretty good. the dough cooked up crisper than i was looking for - can't expect miracles from pre-made stuff though.

the next time i did it, i used my own homemade gravy and beefed it up some with extra garlic and basil for on the pie. that version was much better...never did investigate making my own dough though - i've not had much luck making bread, so i didn't think i'd do much better with the pizza dough (i just can't get the yeast rising right).

if you're looking for a thick crust type, i'm no help. i don't think the packaged dough would work well for that because it's made to be rolled out thinnish.

i suppose you could not put a rolling pin to it and just unpackage it, flatten it out by hand and then top it and bake. that would give you a thicker crust - not quite as thick as what we call 'tomato pie' around here. would be close though, i think.

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (stricken_detective)

Sun, 17 May 2009 23:37:30 GMT

Ok so this begs the question, does anyone have any recipes so I can recreate this masterpiece (tomato pie) here in WI? I remember eating this on the East Coast, but you CANNOT find it here.

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (TJ Jackson)

Sun, 17 May 2009 21:54:36 GMT

Billyboy, that looks like Spumoni Gardens' pizza

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (big g in joisey)

Sun, 17 May 2009 11:45:11 GMT

Pompei Pizza Bayonne,NJ, great thin tomato pie,by the slice or pie.

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (fattybomatty)

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:33:20 GMT

I'll take one of those sicilian pizza slices. Looks good to me!

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (leethebard)

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:53:11 GMT

fattybomatty

joclyn

i lived in nj (in camden county or burlington county) for almost 20 years and never found a place with good pizza...okay pizza, yes. not any that was really good and certainly nothing that compares to pica's (or marrone's even - that's not tomato pie, tho).

lol, love the comments quoting me...yet, no one had any specifics to offer in reply!!??

so...

WHERE in nj is there really good pizza??????? and don't say mack & manco's. please! tasty cardboard with sauce and cheese is NOT my idea of good pizza!! for boardwalk stuff, it's not bad, though.

Joclyn,

You are correct. In South Jersey there is NOOOOOO good pizza. Now before Lee blows a gasket (lee you are the shore to me, NOT south jersey) I will say the south jersey I am talking about is South West. Camden, Gloucester, Burlington etc. I have family from that area and lived out there for 4 years when I went to Rowan. Whenever I would go back up to North Jersey I always had to get pizza at least once because of the crap I ate down there. It got to the point where I just stopped eating pizza down there.

Of course now that I am back north I say I can't get a good cheese steak because those counties do have a bunch of places that make great cheese steaks. Guess they imported the cheese steak makers from philly and not the tomato pie guys. haha

No gasket blown. I agree. Haven't found a great pie in the south...and thanks. We near the shore, are CENTRAL JERSEY, not the south...and we have some great pizza.
This is an Ellen question. Any great pizza in AC?

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (fattybomatty)

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:37:07 GMT

joclyn

i lived in nj (in camden county or burlington county) for almost 20 years and never found a place with good pizza...okay pizza, yes. not any that was really good and certainly nothing that compares to pica's (or marrone's even - that's not tomato pie, tho).

lol, love the comments quoting me...yet, no one had any specifics to offer in reply!!??

so...

WHERE in nj is there really good pizza??????? and don't say mack & manco's. please! tasty cardboard with sauce and cheese is NOT my idea of good pizza!! for boardwalk stuff, it's not bad, though.

Joclyn,

You are correct. In South Jersey there is NOOOOOO good pizza. Now before Lee blows a gasket (lee you are the shore to me, NOT south jersey) I will say the south jersey I am talking about is South West. Camden, Gloucester, Burlington etc. I have family from that area and lived out there for 4 years when I went to Rowan. Whenever I would go back up to North Jersey I always had to get pizza at least once because of the crap I ate down there. It got to the point where I just stopped eating pizza down there.

Of course now that I am back north I say I can't get a good cheese steak because those counties do have a bunch of places that make great cheese steaks. Guess they imported the cheese steak makers from philly and not the tomato pie guys. haha

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (dinska)

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:40:40 GMT

Tomato pie without cheese (at least without a cheese layer) just sounds like the best thing ever.

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (doggydaddy)

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:17:42 GMT

billy....

That pie looks pretty good, especially on a Magilla Gorilla plate...

mark

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (joclyn)

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:35:09 GMT

that looks about the same as what is called 'tomato pie' around here. the corropolese pie is MUCH thicker though and doesn't have as much cheese on it - and the cheese is put on after it's been cooked, so it's not melted.

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (billyboy)

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:25:38 GMT

Is one of the versions of Philly Tomato Pie similar to this?

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (joclyn)

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:26:42 GMT

no, cc, i've never been up to hudson county - will keep those places in mind if i ever do head up that way though, thanks!

138, good review and an ACCURATE description of the corropolese offering. comparing it to conshy bakery, corropolese wins with ease!

pica's is a thin pie and best eaten hot - i really don't count it in the same category as the corropolese pie (cold and thick - and cheeseless....gotta have cheese, imo!).

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (weeare138)

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:54:42 GMT

Just thought you guys might like my take on one of the local (Corropolese) Tomato Pie reviews I threw on my new blog.
http://phillysteaks.blogspot.com/2009/02/corropolese-norristownlimerick-red.html

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (Mosca)

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:49:10 GMT

This is the same as what we call "pitza" here in NE PA, best practiced by Senape's and Longo's.

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (CCinNJ)

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:43:59 GMT

Holy Smoke! Have you ever been to Hudson County?

Grimaldi's Coal Brick Oven Pizza
133 Clinton St.
Hoboken NJ

Pompei Pizza (by the slice joint)
480 Broadway
Bayonne NJ

Big Apple Lounge (Bar Pie)
414 Broadway
Bayonne NJ

Just to name a few!

As I clutch my chest and say the immortal words of Fred Sandford "Hold on Elizabeth"

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (joclyn)

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:42:32 GMT

i lived in nj (in camden county or burlington county) for almost 20 years and never found a place with good pizza...okay pizza, yes. not any that was really good and certainly nothing that compares to pica's (or marrone's even - that's not tomato pie, tho).

lol, love the comments quoting me...yet, no one had any specifics to offer in reply!!??

so...

WHERE in nj is there really good pizza??????? and don't say mack & manco's. please! tasty cardboard with sauce and cheese is NOT my idea of good pizza!! for boardwalk stuff, it's not bad, though.

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (MiamiDon)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:38:44 GMT

leethebard

joclyn

pica's is the best pizza/tomato pie!

i've had corpolese - and it's okay...i'm not real big on thick crust though. and i do prefer it hot, so pica's is it for me.

when i lived in nj, i still would travel back to get pica's (there's no good pizza in nj).

Obviously, you're talking about some New Jersey on another planet...A pizza tour of the great pizzerias of theNJ of earth would take days ands days!!!

I've been waiting to see how long it would be before a Jerseyite would notice that comment!

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (RubyRose)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:25:07 GMT

When I saw the words "Tomato Pie" in the title of this post, I immediately thought of Trenton, not Philly. We used to drive the 75 miles to Trenton for dinner at the now defunct Crecco's or Lou Greco's and then stop for a tomato pie to take home for a midnight snack.

Sadly, many of the red neon "Tomato Pie" signs in that area of the city are gone now.

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (leethebard)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:29:33 GMT

Oh and many places around here call "Pizza" tomato pie...one right on the Point Pleasant boardwalk!

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (leethebard)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:27:37 GMT

joclyn

pica's is the best pizza/tomato pie!

i've had corpolese - and it's okay...i'm not real big on thick crust though. and i do prefer it hot, so pica's is it for me.

when i lived in nj, i still would travel back to get pica's (there's no good pizza in nj).

Obviously, you're talking about some New Jersey on another planet...A pizza tour of the great pizzerias of theNJ of earth would take days ands days!!!

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (porkbeaks)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:57:48 GMT

joclyn

...............................when i lived in nj, i still would travel back to get pica's (there's no good pizza in nj).

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (joclyn)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:37:53 GMT

pica's is the best pizza/tomato pie!

i've had corpolese - and it's okay...i'm not real big on thick crust though. and i do prefer it hot, so pica's is it for me.

when i lived in nj, i still would travel back to get pica's (there's no good pizza in nj).

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (big g in joisey)

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:04:53 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

And here I thought the only people who called apizza tomato pie were from New Haven.

A lot of the oldtimers in/from Newark,Nj, still call it tomato pie as well.

RE: Philly Tomato Pie (roossy90)

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:44:54 GMT

Maybe not what they serve in Philly.....pizza pie. LOL
But I like this kind of tomato pie.