--What is the absolute BEST pizza you recall eating?
 

The other thread was too damned depressing to read.

For me, I've had myriad slices from The Scheme in Salina, Kansas. There is some good pizza out there, in Chicago, New York, Seattle, San Fran and the like, but for me, The Scheme is the best pizza in America.

What about you?

CiCi's.

Domino's

showbiz pizza.

rock out, with your cock out!

Gino's East in Chicago.

:banghead:

Minsky's

Minsky's. It's the best in KC.

The Pizza Man.

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Giordano's in Chicago.

Leo's (in the Northland).

That's in my list. Also...

Fun House
Waldo Pizza
Pappi's and Tim's Pizza (both Fun House clones)

Pulcinella's Pizza in Ft Collins is the best I have ever had.

Best pizza I've ever had is Pizzeria Bianco down in Phoenix. I wanna hit up NY and try Lombardi's I've heard that's the best in the country.

Some other delicious ones here in AZ are Fratelli's, Oregano's, Roma's, Alpine and NiMarco's. KC is shit for pizza. Best BBQ in the world though.

Hawaiian BBQ Chicken from Papa Johns with a side of ranch.

Minsky's is the best pizza I had when I lived in KC! It was so unhealthy, but for a while I eat a whole medium pizza there myself once per week!

When I visit in Baltimore I always get an Italian sausage and mushroom pizza from a little place called Dominic's. Best I've ever had and I frequently crave it, which is a bitch being as I'm 2000 miles away.

Pepperoni and jalapeño from Imo's.

Wow. I remember as a very little kid when we would come up to KC How much I loved that place. I don't even remember what the pizza was like. I just remember the game room and the show with dinner. Talk about some old faded memories....

Papa Johns Chicken Hawaiin pizza. I thought a pizza that substituted pizza sauce for BBQ sauce would be disgusting but it's ****ing awesome.

pizza that I make myself. Although, this place in downtown chicago had bomb deep dish pizza, that's probably first actually.

This.

Best pizza I have had is here:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/old-chicago-pizza-petaluma

pictures of the pies here:

http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/qvpOe...h65azM9HDQ3cKw



Anyone who comes to visit pawnmower in the lonely boonies of Nor CaL gets to go there...open invitation


their large pizzas weigh art minimum 5 pounds......plus toppings LOL

any big chain, they are equally bad. Dominos has a slight edge since their revision, but this whole advertising campaign of theirs is smart and effective, but it pisses me off at the same time. What is wrong with this country when places try to make a huge deal advertising that they are making your food the right way. It still can't compete with a place that has a pulse, but it's slightly better than papa johns and pizza hut.

When I used to work at Papa's we would make a thin crust pizza with spicy buffalo sauce, chicken, bacon, and jalapenos. It was ****ing delicious.

We also would make cheesesticks with ranch and bacon that Papa Johns would make a killing off of if they would sell it.

That sounds awesome.

wow I feel terrible for you.

Minskys

Best Pizza ever is in Chicago and it's deep dish, Geno's I think, (Chicago style)I took my son there for an MLG tourney and the Pizza was the best I ever ate. Deep dish!

this. nothing comes even close on the deep dish side.

i prefer Old Shawnee Pizza for a nice thin crust pizza.

but Giordano in Chicago is simply amazing. two pieces and you are done.

heh, I'm making my bomb pizza right now. There is this lebanese shop that sells the BEST Lebanese pita bread, it's like 14" and makes a great thin pizza crust. Plus it's only $1.75 for a bag of 6 of them, best deal ever. I would seriously pay like $10 a bag.

I'm using cream cheese spread like a sauce with a swirl of franks red hot, some baked chicken breast cut into pieces, red onion, fresh jalapenos, a swirl of ranch, topped with sorrento mozzerella and then I put spices over it, black pepper, garlic and crush red chili's. bake it for like 15 min on 400

DA BOMB

Minsky's, sadly.

I'm gonna try and find some really good New York pizza later this month. Anyone know any good places?

why? I've had some amazing pizza, I just enjoy that more than traditional pizza. The flavor combinations are amazing.

it just sad if papa johns is the best pizza that you've had. But hell, I grew up in a town where the only choices were Casey's and pizza hut, so papa johns seemed amazing when I first had it, lol. So I guess I can relate.

Joe's Pizza in Westport.

Imos in Overland Park

Giordano in Chicago. Nothing else even comes close. The shrimp stuffed pizza is absolutely amazing

Totonno's in NYC. Giordano's in Chicago...just tried this during a trip a few weeks ago whoa.

Also strangely enough a place called Pizza Dr in Tupelo, MS.

New Park in Howard Beach, NY

How does that relate? I've had some truly amazing traditional pizza. None of the chains even come close when talking about traditional pizza. The Hawaiian BBQ Chicken pizza just happens to be a specialty pizza that tastes perfect to me. If a real pizza joint made it, I'm sure it would be 10x better but I've never seen it anywhere else.

I grew up where Gambino's Pizza was what you had unless you wanted to drive 45 minutes to the next closest town for Pizza Hut. So 5 years ago, your post would make sense. Since then I've tried a lot of great pizza.

Wait... you realize Old Chicago is a chain, right?

Johnny C's Pizza....Shawnee

Zepi's Pizza circa 1978 on Wornall road. I ate at the re-opened Zepi's two years ago and was completely disappointed.

Now--

Old School Pizza in Olympia Washington.

Andolini's Pizza in Charleston, South Carolina.

Agree!

Cornbread crust.

:clap:

Good to see I'm not the only one. I think that was my first experience with a "food orgasm"

ahh memories :)

After having Italian food in Chicago/Rockford, everything here just seems blah.

The Anthony Joe's Select from Tarantino's Pizza (R.I.P) here in KC. It was better than Giordano's, IMO. It was over by Grand Slam in the River Market around '05-'06 and then moved up by the cop shop near Zoo Bar for a bit before finally closing. I'm pretty sure pizza was their secondary operation.

I don't know really where I would rank it, but the Grateful Head Pizza Oven & Tap Room in Broken Bow, OK... damn good. We went camping up at Beaver's Bend State Park last year and needed a pizza fix.

The place was very good and the pizza's were awesome.

Love the NY-style pizza personally. My favorite place is fat sully's here in Denver, though I'm sure somewhere in NYC there its a better place. Just haven't spent enough time there to find one.

The Miners Saloon in Cooke City, Montana makes some pizza that will rock your world. If you're ever going into Yellowstone that way, it's worth the stop.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/...384e82040d.jpg

Cool picture.

Lombardi's in New York is pretty awesome. Love Varasano's here in Atlanta. There's also a place here called Antico that won a best pizza in the world contest over in Italy. Need to try that one too.

If you're looking for great places to try, or how to make a great (read world class) pizza at home enjoy this:
http://www.varasanos.com/PizzaRecipe.htm#GreatPizzerias

Can't ever go wrong with Papa Murphy's pizza, take it home eat some cheese off the top then put it in the oven. Pretty pretty good pizza.

However

The best pizza I had ever had was home made pizza @ Do Drop Inn, in Pueblo Colorado. ****ing awesome. It has probably been close to 20 years since I have had there pizza but I remember very well how great it was and have been disappointed in most pizzas ever since.

I would like to take a road trip just to go there and experience there pizza again.

In 1988 there was a movie made called Mystic Pizza and in 1991 I had the opportunity to visit there with a slogan of a slice of heaven,they weren't kidding.

Kostakis in Coumbia MO.

Big chunks of garlic, chicken, and alfredo.. mmmmm

Now im thinking about it. I want it. Might have to make the trip tonight now. Damn you CP!

Poppy's Pizza in Estes Park, Colorado. Amazing pizza. Unfortunately, my favorite pizza there is $30 for a large.

Sarpino's or D'Bronx.

Bearno's Little Sicily in Louisville.

Nothing has ever tasted as good as the first large ground beef, that I bought at one of the original Pizza huts, back in the 60s with my own money. The Carney's made a great pizza.

But my preference here in Chicago, is Lou Malnati's Pizzaria.


We don't eat a lot of pizza anymore, but when we order delivery, it is from Amatos or Rosatis.

Both are outstanding.

Boriello Bros Pizza in Colorado Springs. NY style.

There are three that always stick out in my mind, and it's difficult to say any is better than the other, simply because they are all very different from one another.

Anticos in Atlanta
G&D's in Columbia, MO
Pizza Glen in Clinton, MO

I've had Giordano's in Chicago and Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix. Still can't beat true NY style from many pizzeria's in NYC.

interesting - wonder how they get away with the name?

Heh...G&D in Columbia. We used to call it "Goat and Dog." They also served dirt cheap steaks. You could get a small steak, potato and lettuce salad for like six bucks back in the 1980s.

Pizza shoppe circa 1990s and fun house pizza

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Godfathers when it first opened in wichita .. other than that .. my homemade blow all em away .....

Gino's in Chicago.

There's a lot of good pizza in KC, granted I'm not all that picky when it comes to pizza.

There's a lot of pretty good pizza in the Des Moines area.

In Ankeny, Wig and Pen and Leaning Tower are both good.

Felix and Oscars makes a great pan pizza.

Chuck's, Sconovacca's, Fong, Big Tomato...


There really is a lot of good pizza here. I'd be hard pressed to name a best.

My favorite was probably Corigliano's, I think they're closed now. Whenever I'm back home now I always want a slice of Casey's and if I'm lucky some taco pizza from Godfather's.

Centro wasn't bad either...

Sal and Mookies or Pizza Shack (locals)

When I lived in KC, I honestly didn't eat that much pizza. I remember going to the Pizza Shoppe and having their famous pink salad dressing -- it was okay. I also remember going to this place in Westport, Papa keno's, it was pretty good.

If you're not Italian, get the **** out of this thread. :harumph: I really love eating pizza.

Gino's East, Chicago.

probably already been mentioned??

Minskys Philly Cheesesteak Pizza. it's insane. big ole chunks of melted cream cheese.
it's the BEST JERRY! THE BEST! PURE GOLD!

I'll bet that's some good pizza. Chicago style pizza is always best.

Yep. There are a couple of local places that are allegedly better, but I haven't tried them.

Oh, and **** that New York crap.

Gino's East.


But I must admit, to this day I still have naughty thoughts from time to time about that rectangular school pizza.

I don't know, but it would definitely be some place where they put the pepperoni on top of the cheese instead of underneath it.

I had some pizza in Rome a few years ago... it was good, but Gino's is better. :p

Yep.
The Chili Cheese Dog from Big Tomato and the Crab Rangoon from Fong's are incredible.