Oh, and NY Italian is definitely different than California Italian (and different that Kansas & Missouri).

Why?

Because NY and KC are mainly populated by Sicilians (like myself). The food in Sicily is completely different than the food in Italy, especially Rome.

In Sicily, you'll find the meat balls, sausage, ricotta cheese, arancini's and veal as staple foods. In Roma & Tuscany, it's more prosciutto on very thin cracker-like bread, more olive oil and light creme pastas, etc.

Cal-cuisine, especially Italian Cal-cuisine, is based on Northern Italian cooking. It was very difficult to get used to but I "get it" now. But I still prefer Sicilian food, although there are no Mom & Pop places around here that know how to cook the food correctly. I haven't found a single place in LA, and I've tried them all, that knows how to make Italian sausage even half as well as Scimeca's or Mendolia's. I found a place in the SF Bay area that makes "acceptable" Italian sausage called Podesto's, but we rarely make it up there these days.

The only even decent Sicilian restaurants are both chains: Buca De Pepo and Maggiano's. Neither hold a candle to places in KC like Garozzo's.

Mmmm pizza. I imagine all the ass beatings given to Mizzou add a little salt in the pizza from all the tears being shed?

I got thrown out of that fun-factory for mule-kicking the X-men machine when it stole my quarters.

To this day, my buddy and I will ocasionally walk up to each other and, in our best insulting arabic accent, mutter "Hey you, get the !@#$ out of my store..."

Good times.

Ok you made me spit out my chocolate milk.

I never went to Minski's Nub-Tard Pizza, so I couldn't say. Bitch. :evil:

I understand. I'm just poking fun at your overcomplicated way of describing cuisine. It's all a turd in the end.... :D

Yeah, I guess I've lived out here too long

:D

Dane, you ****in' Guinea. :p

Make yourself useful and go whack Saccopoo.

LMAO

Okay - Next Door Pizza in the New Longview area of Lee's Summit should be in any discussion about KC area pizza. Delicious Chicago style. Screw you Pizzeria Uno.

How good is the crust at Next Door Pizza?

Fun House Pizza used to be good but I think they changed ownership it sucked last time.

I buy all my Powerball tickets at the Red X because it looks like the type of place that would produce a lotter winner. Well I was in there in '05 buying a Powerball ticket and saw the biggest pancake titty I've ever seen. This braless Riversider had a pair that looked like something Adam Richman might take on in a food challenge. Man vs. Titty. My wife still tells the story, we were both blown away.

Deep dish crusts are always thick and heavy, as are the toppings.

I am intimate with Chicago style pizza. I want to know Phobia's estimation and reasons for forming said estimation of Next Door's quality of crust.