The Pizza Thread

F Me In The Brain · March 2018

mcgruff10 said:

dankind said:

Meltdown99 said:

mcgruff10 said:

Meltdown99 said:

So what are some people opinion of pizza chains? Any favourites?

Dominos with bacon when I m drunk is fantastic!!

I like Domino’s as well, I think I like that no matter where you are, if your hungry for a pizza, Domino’s is usually nearby...

I remember the ads about Domino's improving their product, but I still wouldn't try it. I have scruples.

We have Bertucci's here in the Boston area. The one near my apartment in grad school would add an entire bag of rolls to our order gratis. The pizza was passable, but the people working at that location were sweethearts and really took care of me and all of my roomates (anywhere from five to eight dudes in a four-bedroom apartment).

Does Boston have a cheap local beer like natty bo in Baltimore?

Rubbing Alcohol
Oh wait, that is Lowell

RiotZact · March 2018

HesCalledDyer said:

Pizza Hut is terrible now. The crust on the pan pizza is never done and always just results in a droopy slice of pizza where the cheese and toppings fall off the end.

Pan pizza from Pizza Hut is by far my favorite of the chain pizzas. I get various results in quality depending on which one I go to, but the one about 20 minutes from my house, which only offers carry out/delivery is significantly and consistently better than the other 2 places near me that have seating areas. Perhaps it has something to do with that?

Indifference71 · March 2018

Meltdown99 said:

So what are some people opinion of pizza chains? Any favourites?

If I had to pick a chain, it would definitely be Jet's Pizza. The burn cheese crust is pretty damn good.

Used to eat Papa John's all the time in college when we were wasted, but that shit is just gross now.

HesCalledDyer · March 2018

RiotZact said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Pizza Hut is terrible now. The crust on the pan pizza is never done and always just results in a droopy slice of pizza where the cheese and toppings fall off the end.

Pan pizza from Pizza Hut is by far my favorite of the chain pizzas. I get various results in quality depending on which one I go to, but the one about 20 minutes from my house, which only offers carry out/delivery is significantly and consistently better than the other 2 places near me that have seating areas. Perhaps it has something to do with that?

We only have ones with seating in my area and they all have sucky, unfinished, droopy pizza. Consistently.

But I agree, a properly cooked Pizza Hut pan pizza is tough to beat. I used to love going there as a kid, dining in, and they'd actually bring the cast iron pan to your table and cut slices and serve you.

F Me In The Brain · March 2018

Only time in the last 15 years I have had any pizza from a chain was a delivery made to our hotel after my buddy was married a handful of years ago in NorCal. They brought 15 pies from Dominos and that stuff was incredible. Some of the most enjoyable pizza I ate over that time. He had rented out the bar in the hotel until 2 AM and it was probably 1 when the pizza got there.

Suffice it to say that we were drunk as hell and devoured that pizza very quickly. I think I had 3 pieces and they were gone.

Was it actually any good?

Who knows -- I loved it at the time. Didn't care.

Thirty Bills Unpaid · March 2018

I'm with many of the others vouching for Pizza Hut as the tastiest of the chain variety pizza joints.

I'm a big fan of the pan crust Supreme (and dining in seems to taste much better than delivery for some reason?).

bbiggs · March 2018

HesCalledDyer said:

RiotZact said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Pizza Hut is terrible now. The crust on the pan pizza is never done and always just results in a droopy slice of pizza where the cheese and toppings fall off the end.

Pan pizza from Pizza Hut is by far my favorite of the chain pizzas. I get various results in quality depending on which one I go to, but the one about 20 minutes from my house, which only offers carry out/delivery is significantly and consistently better than the other 2 places near me that have seating areas. Perhaps it has something to do with that?

We only have ones with seating in my area and they all have sucky, unfinished, droopy pizza. Consistently.

But I agree, a properly cooked Pizza Hut pan pizza is tough to beat. I used to love going there as a kid, dining in, and they'd actually bring the cast iron pan to your table and cut slices and serve you.

Same here. We used to go for something called “Book It” I think, which was a program through the school district that tracked the number of books kids were reading. When you got enough gold stars to fill up the Book It tracker, you got a free pan pizza at Pizza Hut. Good memories and I remember loving the pepperoni pan pizza.

HesCalledDyer · March 2018

Meltdown99 said:

So what are some people opinion of pizza chains? Any favourites?

Not really a fan of any of the major chains. I'll order Papa Johns occasionally ONLY because I almost daily have a 50% off code and I can order and have it delivered to my house without speaking to another human.

Pizza Hut - used to be my favorite until they started baking all their pizzas at 275F/135C for 8 minutes.
Papa Johns - only buy it bc it's cheap and convenient. Papa John can go fuck himself otherwise.
Dominos - why the hell does the bottom of the crust look and feel like an english muffin?
Little Caesars - if you have $5 and you're drunk, go for it.
CiCi's - wtf?
California Pizza Kitchen - decent but overpriced
Sbarro - Please don't judge all New York style pizza based on us!
Uno - Please don't judge all Chicago style pizza based on us!

bbiggs · March 2018

^Sbarro is some good shit! Or at least it was in the food court at the mall in the 90’s lol

RiotZact · March 2018

I really don’t have anything against pizza chains, but honestly, with the exception of Pizza Hut pan (if done right) I think I’d rather have a Red Barron frozen pizza over all of them.

PJ_Soul · March 2018

RiotZact said:

I really don’t have anything against pizza chains, but honestly, with the exception of Pizza Hut pan (if done right) I think I’d rather have a Red Barron frozen pizza over all of them.

I've got Megabite Pizza here, it's a chain, and it is GREAT (I don't like Pizza Hut btw - weird greasy crust and the toppings are all chopped weird and the cheese is never quite right). However, only some of the franchises are good. I tried a new one not long ago, and it was garbage. I'll just stick to the ones who do it right.
But there are a few good frozen pizzas out there. I like to keep a few in my freezer at all times for drunken late night snacks, lol. Dr. Oetker is always great. Ultrathin crust by McCains are really good too (I think Dr. Oetker might have actually bought that out recently). Amy's frozen pizza is also not bad, kind of marketed towards healthier people though, lol. Like gluten free and all that shit.

RiotZact · March 2018

PJ_Soul said:

RiotZact said:

I really don’t have anything against pizza chains, but honestly, with the exception of Pizza Hut pan (if done right) I think I’d rather have a Red Barron frozen pizza over all of them.

I've got Megabite Pizza here, it's a chain, and it is GREAT (I don't like Pizza Hut btw - weird greasy crust and the toppings are all chopped weird and the cheese is never quite right). However, only some of the franchises are good. I tried a new one not long ago, and it was garbage. I'll just stick to the ones who do it right.
But there are a few good frozen pizzas out there. I like to keep a few in my freezer at all times for drunken late night snacks, lol. Dr. Oetker is always great. Ultrathin crust by McCains are really good too (I think Dr. Oetker might have actually bought that out recently). Amy's frozen pizza is also not bad, kind of marketed towards healthier people though, lol. Like gluten free and all that shit.

Don’t think I’ve tried any of those you mentioned, might have to keep an eye out next time I’m at the grocery store.

bbiggs · March 2018

Jacks for frozen. It’s cardboard but it’s good cardboard.

Wobbie · March 2018

dankind said:

As many of you may recall, I have griped quite often about the awful pizza in Boston, but @Ninetytworules is on point about Santarpio’s. Great pies out that way.

I would also give my nod to the original Pizzeria Regina in the North End for a good (not great) sit-down pie with pitchers. In fact, that one might be the out-of-towners’ best option, since they wouldn’t have to go to Eastie. Both places will have a line. Don’t bother getting a slice from anywhere. The slice shops exist solely to sustain drunk college kids, and the fare is often just as much of a sloppy mess as the clientele.

Craft pizza is a thing here, though, since the area can’t pull off the real thing. Some of those places are pretty decent, but I don’t really count what they serve as real pizza.

hating on the sloppy mess clientele

HesCalledDyer · March 2018

PJ_Soul said:

RiotZact said:

I really don’t have anything against pizza chains, but honestly, with the exception of Pizza Hut pan (if done right) I think I’d rather have a Red Barron frozen pizza over all of them.

I've got Megabite Pizza here, it's a chain, and it is GREAT (I don't like Pizza Hut btw - weird greasy crust and the toppings are all chopped weird and the cheese is never quite right). However, only some of the franchises are good. I tried a new one not long ago, and it was garbage. I'll just stick to the ones who do it right.
But there are a few good frozen pizzas out there. I like to keep a few in my freezer at all times for drunken late night snacks, lol. Dr. Oetker is always great. Ultrathin crust by McCains are really good too (I think Dr. Oetker might have actually bought that out recently). Amy's frozen pizza is also not bad, kind of marketed towards healthier people though, lol. Like gluten free and all that shit.

Dr. Oetker is what I posted a couple pages back. Shit was good! I pretty much only buy their brand any more.

kce8 · March 2018

Dr. Oetker is the best frozen pizza for sure! I mean hey it's German

Seriously I'm happy you all like it.

Talking about Pizza Hut.
When I was in Texas in 1995 we went to Pizza Hut and it was amazing. I even had no idea there would be pizza with cheese inside the crust exist at all. And to be honest I never saw Pizza that thick before. Very cool.
So we ordered Pizza and then got these sticks filled with cheese as an appetizer. We even didn't know we would get it, so if I remember right the sticks were for free. What also was completely new for me was the fact that we got coke and water for free too. Well it was my first time in America and I was pretty young then... I had no clue about all that stuff

Anyways, I remember that these sticks and the Pizza was so good I just loved it.
A few years later you could find Pizza Hut in the bigger Citys in Germany so I told my friends how good it would be. And then it was horrible, don't know why but everything was oily and soft. I think I never tried Pizza Hut again.
But now I'm sure I would try again if I had another chance to return to the States.

PJ_Soul · March 2018

HesCalledDyer said:

PJ_Soul said:

RiotZact said:

I really don’t have anything against pizza chains, but honestly, with the exception of Pizza Hut pan (if done right) I think I’d rather have a Red Barron frozen pizza over all of them.

I've got Megabite Pizza here, it's a chain, and it is GREAT (I don't like Pizza Hut btw - weird greasy crust and the toppings are all chopped weird and the cheese is never quite right). However, only some of the franchises are good. I tried a new one not long ago, and it was garbage. I'll just stick to the ones who do it right.
But there are a few good frozen pizzas out there. I like to keep a few in my freezer at all times for drunken late night snacks, lol. Dr. Oetker is always great. Ultrathin crust by McCains are really good too (I think Dr. Oetker might have actually bought that out recently). Amy's frozen pizza is also not bad, kind of marketed towards healthier people though, lol. Like gluten free and all that shit.

Dr. Oetker is what I posted a couple pages back. Shit was good! I pretty much only buy their brand any more.

Yeah, me too! It's the only brand I will buy, and when I have it, I am specifically thinking, "Yum! This is so fucking good!"

dankind · March 2018

So we've moved onto frozen pizzas?

How about DiGiornio?

Also, we've got Cape Cod Cafe pizzas in the frozen food aisles here, and those are good for the oven or the grill.

I also have certain weakness for Stouffer's French bread pizzas.

PJ_Soul · March 2018

Frozen pizza must be discussed! DiGiorno is the American version of Delissio in Canada I believe... Delissio/DiGiorno is fucking terrible IMO. That crust is just awful. Even the thin crust kind are pretty yuck and flavourless, and the entire pizza just dries out when you cook it.

RiotZact · March 2018

dankind said:

So we've moved onto frozen pizzas?

How about DiGiornio?

Also, we've got Cape Cod Cafe pizzas in the frozen food aisles here, and those are good for the oven or the grill.

I also have certain weakness for Stouffer's French bread pizzas.

I’ve gotten my hopes up for several of diGiornio’s pizzas, only to be disappointed.

Never had Stouffer’s but I do like those frozen French bread pizzas, don’t think I’ve ever had a bad one.

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