The Pizza Thread

HesCalledDyer
HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
edited September 5 in All Encompassing Trip
Discuss the all-encompassing pie - PIZZA - here!

Share pics, discuss your favorite toppings, cheeses, sauces, styles, bakers, etc.  Calzones, strombolis, okonomiyaki, etc are welcome!

I'll start with an Annapolis, Maryland staple - the "spotted pig" from Vin 909.  Sopressata & wild boar meatballs w/provolone.


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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,828
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Discuss the all-encompassing pie - PIZZA - here!

    Share pics, discuss your favorite toppings, cheeses, sauces, styles, bakers, etc.  Calzones, strombolis, okonomiyaki, etc are welcome!

    I'll start with an Annapolis, Maryland staple - the "spotted pig" from Vin 909.  Sopressata & wild boar meatballs w/provolone.


    Suprassata on a pizza?  I love that idea!
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,610
    When I was a kid there was a restaurant called the Union House in Framingham, MA. It's been gone for years and I don't have a great picture but it was among the best pizza I've ever had. Square, thin, perfect amount of cheese and incredible sauce.

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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Oh for the love of Pete.  I'd never heard of okonomiyaki and looked it up.


    Thanks for adding to the list of foods I must try.

    (and thanks for making me crave kickass pizza in general now)

    Hrrrmph to you!
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,388
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    Ohhh yeah!

    I am not a pizza snob....but my wife is.  I like trying different places....
    Round Cherry Hill NJ - favorite places?

    For Brick Oven pizza?  It is in Haddon Township but Bruno's is the shit.
    Bonus is there is a liquor store right next door making for convenient BYO



    For regular pizza?
    Cherry Hill's Vitarelli's is strong and a new place that opened recently, Mimi's fucking kills it.  Folks are from Italy and make great pies.

    My wife is partial to Manco & Manco down the shore



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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,610
    We have a lot of "greek pizza" around here and it is usually fantastic.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_pizza

    Greek pizza refers to a style of pizza crust and its preparation, rather than its toppings.[1] This style is baked in a pan, instead of directly on the bricks of the pizza oven, (as is more traditional for Italian pizza).[1] The pan used is a shallow pan, in-contrast to the deep pans used in Chicago-style deep dish pizza. The pan is heavily oiled with olive oil.[2] It has a crust that is usually chewy and puffy, almost like focaccia bread but not as thick.[3] The crust is also rather oily, due to the heavily oiled pan used for the cooking process.[1][4] Due to the use of a larger tomato paste-to-crushed tomato ratio the sauce is typical tangy and thick with a strong taste of oregano.[5] The sauce amounts are greater, relative to the light amounts of cheese placed on the pizza. The cheese itself is typically, (but not always), a blend of mozzarella and cheddar.

    This style of pizza may be referred to as "Greek pizza" even when it has non-Greek toppings, since it is typical of pizzerias owned by Greek immigrants. (These pizzas are similar to the pizzas served in Italian-style restaurants in Greece itself.) These establishments often also sell Greek specialties, such as Greek salads and gyros, and tend to brand themselves as "Pizza and Pasta" or as a "House of Pizza"; a code signifying that it is not an Italian restaurant, but a Greek restaurant serving Italian-style food. In the United States, the latter usage is common in New England cuisine.[1]





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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,020
    Every town in Mass has a _____House of Pizza run by a Greek family.
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,610
    Poncier said:
    Every town in Mass has a _____House of Pizza run by a Greek family.
    I had no idea it was a New England thing or that "House of Pizza' was code for it until just now when I googled pictures of it. Learn something new everyday.

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    I did not know that!  (About House of Pizza being a nod to Greek ownership)
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,609
    my favorite pizza in my old home town, worthington, ohio. I love the nearly burnt pepperoni. I have been known to eat there twice a day when I visit.


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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    ^^ That looks really good.  Heavy pepperoni coverage is a plus.
    Is it cut into strips, though?
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Is it wrong that I love(d) the pizza from elementary school?  Square-shaped, little chunks of pepperoni, decent crust...from a kid's perspective, anyway.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,610
    hedonist said:
    Is it wrong that I love(d) the pizza from elementary school?  Square-shaped, little chunks of pepperoni, decent crust...from a kid's perspective, anyway.
    If that is wrong I don't wanna be right! Friday was pizza day and pizza day was double-lunch day for me more often than not in high school. Gooey...cheesy...yummy.

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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,610
    Wobbie said:
    my favorite pizza in my old home town, worthington, ohio. I love the nearly burnt pepperoni. I have been known to eat there twice a day when I visit.


    Yuuuuuuuummmmm...
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,186
    Vic s pizzeria, Bradley beach, nj. Thin crust pizza with corn meal on the bottom. One of the best!
    My wife and I ate there last night before u2. 
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    edited June 2017
    Wobbie said:
    my favorite pizza in my old home town, worthington, ohio. I love the nearly burnt pepperoni. I have been known to eat there twice a day when I visit.


    Where is that, Rob?  Next time I'm in Columbus I'm gonna have to head up the Olentangy and try it out.
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,828


    Lia's Pizza in Oceanside Long Island.  This here is called a Grandma pie.  Once you try this regular pizza is just an afterthought.

    Enjoy.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,186
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Ohhh yeah!

    I am not a pizza snob....but my wife is.  I like trying different places....
    Round Cherry Hill NJ - favorite places?

    For Brick Oven pizza?  It is in Haddon Township but Bruno's is the shit.
    Bonus is there is a liquor store right next door making for convenient BYO



    For regular pizza?
    Cherry Hill's Vitarelli's is strong and a new place that opened recently, Mimi's fucking kills it.  Folks are from Italy and make great pies.

    My wife is partial to Manco & Manco down the shore



    That tomato pie looks awesome. Where down the shore?
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    tempo_n_groove said:


    Lia's Pizza in Oceanside Long Island.  This here is called a Grandma pie.  Once you try this regular pizza is just an afterthought.

    Enjoy.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    Ocean City....
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