CPW: Delicious Pizza

brij2006

What is your favorite place to order pizza from?

brij2006

Our favorite is from Casey's General Store. Yes, it's a gas station, but it has amazing pizza!

2nd favorite would be Chicago deep dish pizza from Giordano's. I ate way too much of it in college.

PandPMeant2B

Totally depends on my mood.  Sometimes I'm craving Dominos, but other times I want "real"pizza.  There was a REALLY good place where I used to live in NJ, but I have yet to find a good pizza joint in MA. I'm not really looking too hard, though, because it just means I eat less pizza.

DangerMuffin23

Hungry howies :-) I don't know if this is an arizona thing or maybe just a southwest thing? They have flavored crusts. Mmm mmm!

LooneyLife

I prefer non-chain NY style (small, local chains are ok).  But sometimes I can really go for a Pizza Hut pan pizza.

PandPMeant2B

@DangerMuffin23 - you just reminded me of a place we used to go to every time we visited my sister in AZ; Zachary's. Ever have/hear of it? It was near U of A I think.  It was seriously THE best pizza I have ever had and I was so bummed when they closed it down a few years ago. 

DangerMuffin23

PandPMeant2B said:

@DangerMuffin23 - you just reminded me of a place we used to go to every time we visited my sister in AZ; Zachary's. Ever have/hear of it? It was near U of A I think.  It was seriously THE best pizza I have ever had and I was so bummed when they closed it down a few years ago. 

Nope, sorry. I'm really far from U of A, but I've never even heard of Zachary's. Too bad though, I'm always up for a good slice!

PandPMeant2B

DangerMuffin23 said: 

Nope, sorry. I'm really far from U of A, but I've never even heard of Zachary's. Too bad though, I'm always up for a good slice!

I figured it was a long-shot... AZ is a big state.

RockABye

If we want quick and easy, we get Mr. Jim's because it's just a block away. If we want NY style, which is my fave, we either get Nizza Pizza or Joe's. For a sit down pizza joint, we usually do Palio's or on a rare occasion, Uno.

ljraff29

We have a lot of independent pizzeria's by us (we live in NJ so everyone thinks they can make good pizza). There is this place near us called Andy's and they have great pizza! I like mine burnt and crunchy and they actually listen. Most places just make it a little more done, but not crunchy.

 

MmmMm... I could go for a slice!

nberg89

I am committed to the mom and pop type pizza places. I always feel like they produce a better quality pizza. Dominoes, Pizza Hut and Papa John's are far too salty for me, too. My DH looovvess them though so we can never get pizza together. Haha!

zamboni00

Yeah.. There's a different pizza place on every corner around here.  We rarely get any chain pizza.

 

FFC: One of the things we're excited about with the new house is to find a new favorite pizza place It'll probably take months to try them all, even though we're moving 2 towns over.  Welcome to CT.

nightmare_of_beauty

@DangerMuffin23 I live in Ohio and we have Hungry Howie's. I've never had it. 

Gino's or Inky's pizza are the best here. If you ever come to Toledo, you have to try one. We don't shut up about them. 

katieg520

I LOVE Papa John's because their sauce is soooo sweet and yummy!!!

As far as local pizza goes, we have a place called Schlitz and Giggles that is delicious!

Sewilson33

DH would kill me if we ordered from any of those places! Haha!
We ordered Papa John's once and we were completely drunk on our honeymoon, saw it walking back to the hotel, and ordered it for delivery. After that never again!

arj14

Happy Joe's - it's a franchise, but I don't know how spread about it is
Otherwise, I like Papa John's but the dude's reaction to the ACA makes my eye twitch so I may give it up

LuckyAngel07

I was a fan of Papa John's back in college when it was the cheap and available option to be delivered whenever. Now? No thank you!

We usually order from a local place called Amato's. They have a full restaurant menu of Italian dishes, and their pizzas are gooooood. Julio's is another good one if we're in the mood for calzones or stromboli. 

The only chain-style place I like around us now is called Jules Thin Crust. They put all sorts of specialty toppings on! I definitely prefer a thin crust that lets all the toppings shine!

brij2006

@arj14 We have Happy Joe's here too (IL/IA border). It's near my 2nd office, and I like that they have $4 lunch deals throughout the week.

LooneyLife

zamboni00 said:

Yeah.. There's a different pizza place on every corner around here.  We rarely get any chain pizza.

 

FFC: One of the things we're excited about with the new house is to find a new favorite pizza place It'll probably take months to try them all, even though we're moving 2 towns over.  Welcome to CT.

It took us 2+ years but we were way too excited to find "our" pizza place and "our" cheesesteak place when we moved.  

Uptowngirl2009

Love papa johns! I love their sauce. There is also a local place called Stairs that has great pizza too. DH doesn't like it though...boo!

transponster

For delivery, I like Domino's. For take out, Little Caesar's. If it's sit down, I'll go to Zio's, which is local.

arj14

brij2006 said:

@arj14 We have Happy Joe's here too (IL/IA border). It's near my 2nd office, and I like that they have $4 lunch deals throughout the week.

  Definitely around the midwest then! (I'm in WI)

islandmonkey8

In NJ, if you say any of those chains are your favorite you will be destroyed. There are so many family run pizza joints near me that are delicious!  But I have to say, I do like Pizza Hut & Papa Johns, but that's not when I want REAL pizza.

GoodWolf

Dang. Now I want pizza. I can't eat gluten, and cheese turns into a demon in my belly, but if I'm feeling super masochistic then I go for one of the local pizza joints for sure. 

brij2006

@GoodWolf Not sure where you live, but Happy Joes has a gluten free pizza. When I was doing the PCOS diet I tried it, and it was actually pretty good.

GoodWolf

brij2006 said:

@GoodWolf Not sure where you live, but Happy Joes has a gluten free pizza. When I was doing the PCOS diet I tried it, and it was actually pretty good.

I've tried a lot of good GF pizzas, actually. There's certain places with my fave that are not GF though, and the best GF pizza is only Mon-Th so most weekend pizza cravings go unfilled. 

ETA: and the cheese part kind of puts the nail in the coffin. GF/cheese-less pizza can't always fill the void that is greasy pizza deliciousness.

sweetpotato123

Mellow Mushroom - mmmmmmm

LuckyAngel07

sweetpotato123 said:

Mellow Mushroom - mmmmmmm

I've had Mellow Mushroom when visiting my family down in AL. It's yummy!

callitcompulsive

I love PH's pan pizza, and I love the garlic butter from PJ's, but neither are my favorite.

We have our favorite place here in a strip mall that we frequent (almost) every Friday. Our guy knows our order by heart.

R.Wilsonny

I live in NY, so there's no shortage of quality pizza here....I don't eat at the big 'chains' unless I happen to be at a friend's house or something like this and the pizza from one of those places is there (so rarely to never). I used to work 2 doors down from a Papa Johns and one of the workers sometimes would come and give us free pizza...presumably from a wrong order or something where it would otherwise go to waste. Not the worst pizza I've had, but def not the best

barbbhoww

brij2006 said:

Our favorite is from Casey's General Store. Yes, it's a gas station, but it has amazing pizza!

2nd favorite would be Chicago deep dish pizza from Giordano's. I ate way too much of it in college.

Giordano's for SURE!