Pizza thread, 2009.

[schwerty]

Took down one of th best cheese slices ever at cafe ponza in Jackson yesterday. I could go for a pepperoni for breakfast.

Rideit - the hot skier chick was not there to throw my slice in the oven.

[rideit]

Update, 2010. [BLOG]
So, I went to a greek pizza joing in West hartford (Park Place) yesterday.
I got my two slices, and I was prepared to be dissapointed...they were short and stubby, and didn't look like the classic NY slice. Thicker, too.
Bit into one, and DAMN, it was good. The dough had mad flavor, the cheese was perfectly bubbled, and the thing was overloaded with pepperoni.
I waddled away with a new, open mind.

Now, the meatball Grinder I had today on Farmington was awesome, too. Those Greeks, you would think they were close to Italy, or sumpin'!
[/BLOG]

[SweetCorn]

However if I think of pizza, the first one I think about is Klondike pizza in Arroyo Grande, CA. "Pizza restaurant with Alaskan atmosphere." They even have reindeer pizza, but I think it's actually moose.

reindeer = Alaskan touron for domesticated caribou
and as others pointed it, it sure the hell ain't moose you're eating.

Moose's Tooth = damn' good pie in AK
Cheeseboard collective in Berkeley is orgasmic-like pizza like I cannot explain

[Sirshredalot]

Update, 2010. [BLOG]
So, I went to a greek pizza joing in West hartford (Park Place) yesterday.
I got my two slices, and I was prepared to be dissapointed...they were short and stubby, and didn't look like the classic NY slice. Thicker, too.
Bit into one, and DAMN, it was good. The dough had mad flavor, the cheese was perfectly bubbled, and the thing was overloaded with pepperoni.
I waddled away with a new, open mind.

Now, the meatball Grinder I had today on Farmington was awesome, too. Those Greeks, you would think they were close to Italy, or sumpin'!
[/BLOG]

Park Lane is pretty good. I have a bunch of family in W. Hartford. The delicious thing is that damn near every town in the region has a neighborhood or town pizza joint that has been run by a Greek family for a couple generations. The pie is always full of win.

Yum. Makes me hungry. You ride off a few of those calories at the reservoir or anything?

[SweetCorn]

Folding is for pizza you don't want to taste.

That NY utlra thin crust is for the birds -- you can eat a whole damn pizza and not be full.

x2 I'm not smitten by wafer thin crust and I don't have $20 to spend on a bunch of slices. But different strokes...

A big ups to Giordanos, Ginos East, or Lou Malnitis.

JB Albertos on Morse, mui mui better than Giordanos.

Best pizza in Alaska is at College Town Pizzeria in Fairbanks. screw the mooses tooth.

Fairbanks folks just hate on anything Anchorage anyways no matter what. It's just a rule.

[rideit]

Thread bump!
So, Zagat included a few places for Pizzas in their guide this year, including Settebello in SLC.
What say you, Salt Lickers?

Casual Gourmet: While many of this year's No.1 restaurants are expensive, a number of other standouts included in the guide are more affordable, casual places, like pizzerias: Settebello (Vegas and Salt Lake City), Supino Pizzeria (Detroit), and Dough (San Antonio); sandwich specialists: Baco Mercat (LA), Cochon Butcher (New Orleans) and Melt Bar & Grilled (Cleveland); burger specialists: B Spot (Cleveland), Flip Burger Boutique (Atlanta), and Sketch (Philadelphia); BBQ's: Union Woodshop, Slows Bar BQ and Zingerman's Roadhouse (Detroit).

[rideit]

In breaking local Pizza news, Mountain High in Jackson is done, put a fork in it. It's about time.

[rideit]

Interdasting:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tokyo-p...lice-of-japan/

[SB]

Mmmmm, pizza.

[SumJongGuy]

Jumping in to this zombie thread TL/DR, but my decade of experience with NY pizza leans on the folding side.. but the main purpose of folding is to wring the grease out of the GOOD pizza. If it ain't a little greasy then the cheese isn't rich enough.. Fold the slice and squeeze the grease out of it before eating the slice..

[rideit]

Pizza styles (or stuff we have mostly discussed)

https://thetakeout.com/a-guide-to-am...les-1846061908

[gravitylover]

Jumping in to this zombie thread TL/DR, but my decade of experience with NY pizza leans on the folding side.. but the main purpose of folding is to wring the grease out of the GOOD pizza. If it ain't a little greasy then the cheese isn't rich enough.. Fold the slice and squeeze the grease out of it before eating the slice..

And don't forget to hold your elbow above your hand when you're eating it or you will have oil inside the end of your sleeve or down your arm if you're wearing short sleeves.

[old goat]

The reason New Yorkers have to bend the pizza is that the slice has been sitting under the hot lights for a couple of hours getting soggy. A decent sized slice of freshly made pizza doesn't have to be bent. New Yorkers have no standards.

[irul&ublo]

The reason New Yorkers have to bend the pizza is that the slice has been sitting under the hot lights for a couple of hours getting soggy. A decent sized slice of freshly made pizza doesn't have to be bent. New Yorkers have no standards.

You don’t fold it to eat it, the fold, if you want, is to drip off a bit of the pepperoni grease, which in my view is stupid. But hey, some New Yorkers are Mets fans.

No forks.

[rideit]

Thanks for sharing the link - great slideshow of pizza varieties.Especially French Bread Pizza intrigued me.By the way, getting back to the topic - I love to bend the pizza - I think it's the only way to experience the full range of flavor))

Do spambots eat pizza?

[Peruvian]

Pizza styles (or stuff we have mostly discussed)

https://thetakeout.com/a-guide-to-am...les-1846061908

90% of those look gross.

[nickwm21]

[rideit]

90% of those look gross.

Agreed.

[gravitylover]

The reason New Yorkers have to bend the pizza is that the slice has been sitting under the hot lights for a couple of hours getting soggy. A decent sized slice of freshly made pizza doesn't have to be bent. New Yorkers have no standards.

No, it's because the "best" cheese is really oily. That stuff you use out there couldn't make a great pizza if it tried.

You don’t fold it to eat it, the fold, if you want, is to drip off a bit of the pepperoni grease, which in my view is stupid. But hey, some New Yorkers are Mets fans.

No forks.

Picking on the Mets proves just how wrong your opinion on pizza which is.

[rideit]

The ideal NY slice is made hours before, left to cool, and put back on the stone just before serving. Never soggy, always a bit of ‘crunch AND chew’, imho.
And when it comes to folding, this influenced a million people greatly.

[east or bust]

The ideal NY slice is made hours before, left to cool, and put back on the stone just before serving. Never soggy, always a bit of ‘crunch AND chew’, imho.

This guy gets it

[rideit]

The only real debate with NY/Neapolitan is whether a joint uses Blodgett, or Baker’s Pride.

[Peruvian]

Folding let’s you eat it one handed. How else are you going to carry that gallon of paint?

[rideit]

[Core Shot]

The ideal NY slice is made hours before, left to cool, and put back on the stone just before serving. Never soggy, always a bit of ‘crunch AND chew’, imho.
And when it comes to folding, this influenced a million people greatly.

The rare double slice fold.

Haven’t tried that. But next time I’m in the city I’m going to Ray’s for a two slice foldup