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Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
Multiple locations
Weve pretty extensively explored Connecticuts pizza scene in the past, and it is unequivocally one of the best in the country. The best and most hotly debated places are located in New Haven, where warring coal-fired spots have duked it out for generations. But while Sallys is one of the premier pizzerias in the country, we still have to give the title to the OG New Haven apizza-slinger: Pepes. Their white clam pie, served without tomato sauce, is a national treasure, simple as that....
ILLINOIS
Vito and Nicks Pizzeria
Chicago
This pick might be a bit controversial, what with Chicagos myriad awesome deep-dishes and stuffed pizzas, which are basically the same thing but even more like casseroles. However, well-behaved pizza writers seldom make history. So, after some intense debate, we decided to go with (GASP) a thin-crust joint. Vito and Nicks crunchy-edged game is incredibly strong, theyve been doing it since 1932, and their square-cut slices contain hidden treasures that even the deep-dish guys could learn a thing or two from....
NEW YORK
Di Fara
Brooklyn
Competition is fierce for everything in New York (real estate, walking space, standing space in an elevator, etc.), and the pizza is no exception. But Di Fara ultimately takes the crown for the Empire State, beating out a whole slew of epically qualified contenders like Robertas, Paulie Gees, Totonnos, Lucali, and more. How? This deep-Brooklyn joint has been run by the same guy since 1964, and he meticulously crafts every pizza by himself. He even snips fresh windowsill-grown basil onto each pie after it finishes baking. Sure, you might have to wait an hour for a full pie, but its worth it just to taste a slice (or three) of his genius.
I had no idea Pepe's had expanded beyond Wooster Street.
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)As evident from the comments there's some real crap labelled by these Yahoos as best.
Yavin4
(35,446 posts)Who is it calling?
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)the now-gone Philly branch of New York's deservedly legendary Lombardi's, the first pizzeria in the US. When the gods on Olympus tire of ambrosia, they send out to Lombardi's. Punch Pizza in the Twin Cities is the closest thing I have found to Lombardi's in the midwest. Same ingredients, same type of oven. Punch is superb but it ain't quite Lombardi's.
Bst deep-dish I've had is Giordano's. Though eating at Lou Malnati's is on my bucket list.
begin_within
(21,551 posts)Top Pan Pizza on Central Avenue in Phoenix, 1978. Deep dish but not heavy. The bottom of the crust was crispy but the top was a soft pillow as light as a marshmallow. Have no idea how they got it that way but every bite was heaven.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Everybody knows Modern on State Street rules. As a plus, it is away from tourist-thronged Wooster St. (Little Italy), in a fun neighborhood that featured, in my day, a feminist bookstore.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)Oh man, you can't swing a dead cat in that place without having it smack into a gaggle of Yalies.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)since my day (Class of '85).
And quit swinging dead cats!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Yale was the only law school I didn't get in to out of the ten to which I applied.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)which is more than George W. Bush '68 can say, or even spell.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)University of Minnesota - class of 1985, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
Three years later I graduated from Harvard Law in the same class as Michelle (then Robinson) Obama and a year behind Jennifer Granholm, who was my first boss in the legal profession when she was Editor-In-Chief and I was a staffer on the Harvard Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Law Review.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)what else am I expected to do? Especially after this..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Harvard%E2%80%93Yale_prank
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)edit: Ah yes, the YPMB. Many years ago they marched down Chapel St. in New Haven's Columbus Day parade, with "Leif Erikson Was First" taped on the bass drum. Needless to say, they have not been invited back.
Jokerman
(3,518 posts)Eduardo's of Chicago has a location Munster IN.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)For Missouri, and they even start out with St. Louis, I have never heard of this pizza place. And the blurb even mentions, without saying the name of, the best pizza from around here and that is Imo's!
That is it. There is no other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Paper Roses
(7,475 posts)http://www.santarpiospizza.com/
Best pizza in MA according to many.
Wish it was closer to me. The choices around my neck of the woods cannot compare. Many are good but Santarpio's is the best.
Wish I had a really great local option.
DinahMoeHum
(21,812 posts)Luckily, I live near one of them. And if I'm not having the white clam pizza, I'm having their fresh tomato pie (summer only).
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Which means that I, and I alone, am still the only one who knows where the best pizzeria is in the Beaver State. Mwahahahaha!
bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)Together with Zach and Barbara, the employee owners opened Zacharys San Ramon in September of 2006. Zacharys reached a significant milestone when we became 100% employee owned in 2010.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)paid their workers $10 an hour even before the drive for a rise in the minimum wage started.
Good pizza, too.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Hayabusa
(2,135 posts)Not Shakespeare's Pizza... Bullshit.
I haven't tried Shakespeare, but they certainly missed Dogtown & Imo's which both have a significant following.
I have never heard of the one mentioned.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,380 posts)Best pizza south of NYC. Same place in a strip shopping center for over 30 years and the owner has been making pizza in Miami for over 40 years.
Not to mention he is a friend of mine, so there you go.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)and had nothing to do with taste and/or quality.
Which explains how a shithole pizza joint like Grotto's in Delaware was selected. If the reviewer actually showed up and dined there he would have selected much differently.
ArnoldLayne
(2,068 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)The nerve of these guys...
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)The New Yorker runs New York Pizza at Churchgate; the Italian runs Pizza Metro Pizza in Bandra. I suppose if I had to pick I'd go with the New York style...
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I was figuring you'd be all sad-faced about the lack of pizza in India.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Fortunately there's no shortage of pizza, though they have that weird European tendency to put corn on it as a topping
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)it's a "seasonal".
At this rate, I may be inclined to join you for a slice, though the BJP is hardly an improvement.
edit: Pizza Hut and KFC are both owned by Yum! Brands, hence the co-location, much like you would see at a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Sometimes you can see the trifecta. Breadsticks, chicken, and a burrito is a great combination...
On the plus side, BJP just royally pissed of Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, which can't be a bad thing...
Little Star
(17,055 posts)Worcester, MA. I friggin love their Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza. Crave it, long for it, live to far away now to get it.
http://www.woostapizza.com/menu.php#menu13
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)if someone paid me money to eat it.
When we have a place like Pizza by Elizabeth's then why the hell would they pick something that is just about a half step better than the crapass pizza I'd get from Domino's or Papa John's.
Ok, I take that back. If someone offered me a million dollars to eat it I'd do it then use that money to scorch earth all the Grotto's from the state and put better pizza places in their place.
plcdude
(5,310 posts)They are correct Hideaway is the best in Oklahoma.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Well, you could always bring a dead cat with you.