Best Pizza Style

[cytor]

Godfathers taco pizza absolutely rules.

 

[Gonzo]

Godfathers taco pizza absolutely rules.

I'll see your Godfather's taco and raise you a Happy Joe's Canadian bacon and sauerkraut.

 

[Cmonwhatarewedoinghereman]

I feel like growing up my folks would take us to Godfathers/Happy Joe's types of places.
Like a pan/hand tossed hybrid?

Most saturday nights as 10 yr old me about 30-some years ago. Saturday night mass over in 40 minutes, Godfather’s giant pizza and the dessert pizza was something else, groceries at no frills and head on back to the house.

 

[baller21]

Agree. I can smell this picture from here.

Ah yeah, the aroma of a glowing cancer stick while you’re chowing down on your pan pizza.

 

[Gonzo]

Ah yeah, the aroma of a glowing cancer stick while you’re chowing down on your pan pizza.

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That makes that pic even cooler. Lol.

 

[JP4CY]

I was going to mention Godfather's. In the 80's that was the absolute best. Followed by a Pizza Hut Thick crust.

We would go to Shakeys too. Barely remember that place.

 

[HFCS]

Detroit style had a real moment in NYC a few years ago.

If anyone finds themselves in NYC and want to try it, Emmy Squared is very good. A bunch of other Detroit style places opened, but many have since closed.

I like places that have a “grandma pie” that is kind of somewhere in between Detroit style and a more traditional Sicilian square pizza. Same as Detroit you can make it at home without buying a bunch of equipment.

 

[HFCS]

I wish Pizza Hut would just scrap it all and go back to the recipe from 20-30 years ago. Stop trying to chase the inexpensive carry out chain places. Go back to the eat in quality pizza place. Even if it is more expensive, I think they’d do better than they are now with all the gimmicks they’ve tried.

Nothing was better than a Pizza Hut pan in the restaurant.

Someone could start a non licensed chain and make a fortune.

 

[HFCS]

We would go to Shakeys too. Barely remember that place.

They still have them all over CA. Actually pretty good value pizza. Probably best affordable pizza around me. My dad grew up with it in Iowa and we went last time he visited, he loved it.

 

[Clone9]

Borderline Pizza and Forest City, IA.

 

[Cmonwhatarewedoinghereman]

I wish Pizza Hut would just scrap it all and go back to the recipe from 20-30 years ago. Stop trying to chase the inexpensive carry out chain places. Go back to the eat in quality pizza place. Even if it is more expensive, I think they’d do better than they are now with all the gimmicks they’ve tried.

Nothing was better than a Pizza Hut pan in the restaurant.

If they just had the white sauce back it wouldn’t even be close

 

[2122]

They still have them all over CA. Actually pretty good value pizza. Probably best affordable pizza around me. My dad grew up with it in Iowa and we went last time he visited, he loved it.

Shakeys Pizza was believe it or not in Japan back in the day, may still be for all I know.

 

[baller21]

Then you just eat more until you are full

Hey we’re not all rich accountants that can afford $10 a slice.

 

[HFCS]

Shakeys Pizza was believe it or not in Japan back in the day, may still be for all I know.

It’s crazy how that happens. We had Mister Donut in Iowa as a kid, now it’s nearly defunct in USA but huge in Asia.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

I'll see your Godfather's taco and raise you a Happy Joe's Canadian bacon and sauerkraut.

The OP does Canadian Bacon and Sauerkraut better but Happy Joe's is super solid.

 

[isufbcurt]

Hey we’re not all rich accountants that can afford $10 a slice.

Geno's Pizza in Preston, IA is my all time favorite Pizza. Get it every time I am back in the area.

In fact in a couple weeks I am going to Ohio to race and I am having my mom go there, get me 2 larges (one ham/mushroom and one pepperoni/sausage) then meet me around the I74 exit by Bettendorf so I can get them from her for my trip.

 

[harimad]

Growing in both Central IL and Chicago suburbs I thought tavern style was garbage and deep dish was the stuff of gods. Now I vastly prefer tavern style.
Probably for the original reason it was made in the first place (salty and savory enough for you to get more beer but not fill you up).

Same, except I will always choose Pequods over anything else. That pizza is blessed by the gods.

 

[baller21]

Geno's Pizza in Preston, IA is my all time favorite Pizza. Get it every time I am back in the area.

In fact in a couple weeks I am going to Ohio to race and I am having my mom go there, get me 2 larges (one ham/mushroom and one pepperoni/sausage) then meet me around the I74 exit by Bettendorf so I can get them from her for my trip.

Nice, you’ve got a good mom.

 

[danvillecyclone]

“Oh, look! A Sbarro. My favorite New York pizza joint. And I'm going to go get me a New York slice!”


This is one classic pizza pie and one classic The Office moment !

 

[clonechemist]

When done properly, that crusty gold around the edges and corners with the extra cheese they pack in between the dough's crust and the cooking pan is kind of an experience all its own.

Yeah I don’t generally think of it out of the blue, and it’s not where my mind goes when I think about getting pizza, but this thread definitely has me thinking I need to go back to Emmy Squared soon.

There’s like a unique oily/buttery/cheesy/crispy quality to that crust that really stands out. Wouldn’t want it more than maybe once a month, but man this thread has got it in my head