Um... Just how lazy are some people?

[Tinker Gnome]

Pizza is Pizza to me, I dont care whats in it, as long as it tastes good to me it could have cat brains for a toppping.

 

[Terath Ninir]

There's nothing precise about your statement whatsoever. There is no such thing as "Chicago style" or "New York style" pizza. There are literally hundreds of variations and styles of pizza served both here and in New York. The only places that advertise as having "Chicago style" pizza are either elsewhere in in the country, and a very, very few places in the city of Chicago who want to attact tourists. It's a myth. You've beened duped.

Nope, TV told me all about it, and TV never lies to me!

~curls up in a foetal position and whimpers~

 

[Krieg]

There's nothing precise about your statement whatsoever. There is no such thing as "Chicago style" or "New York style" pizza. There are literally hundreds of variations and styles of pizza served both here and in New York. The only places that advertise as having "Chicago style" pizza are either elsewhere in in the country, and a very, very few places in the city of Chicago who want to attact tourists. It's a myth. You've beened duped.

Keep your windy city propaganda to yourself buddy. We all know you eat tomato quiche and try to cover it up by labeling it "pizza".

 

[Stone Angel]

We used to order pizza all the time online in college. Not that big of deal really, good marketing. But really there are people who will just watch whatevers on no matter how much they hate it, just to not look for the remote or walk three feet to the tv and change the channel.


The Seraph of Earth and Stone

 

[MrFilthyIke]

We could discuss it but I think only one of the two of us is qualified to make the determination and, in that, I do have a bies.

Bah to your bias!

I will know refer to everything as tomatoe quiche!

My hat of toemaot piza know no limit!

 

[Xath]

We used to order pizza all the time online in college. Not that big of deal really, good marketing.

Now we have www.campusfood.com And it is a wonderful, wonderful thing.

I have to disagree with the claim that all Pizza-Huts are the same. My PH at home, is actually really nice with a cozy sit-down restaraunt area that has some fantastic salad. (and Stuffed Crust pizza). But I recently went to a PH with friends that earned the nickname Skeezza Hut. Their salad was a block of iceberg lettuce served in a plasticwrapped bowl. And the pizza was palatable, but certainly not my favorite.

My favorite pizza is Dijorno stuffed crust. I don't have to sop the grease off of it before I eat it, and it is mighty tasty and fresh. Tombstone's not bad either, but I much prefer frozen, bake-at-home pizzas to anything else.

 

[Mark]

I have to disagree with the claim that all Pizza-Huts are the same.

There's always the exception due to poor management/employees but, anecdotal evidence aside, it is a corporate/business goal for Pizza Hut, as it is for McDonalds, for a customer to be able to walk into any store in their chain and have the exact same (good) experience (meal, service, etal). They have teams of employees at a corporate level who do nothing else but travel from store to store in an attempt to ensure exactly that. You may simply have been to the best of what Pizza Hut has to offer and the worst of what Pizza Hut has to offer given their acceptable margins for error. The trouble is that they don't set the bar all that high from the start.

My point is that when it comes to pizza, chain stores and frozen pizza just won't compare to the majority of independent pizzarias. When you've had the chance to eat at a few dozen places like this (independent pizzarias), you're bound to find one or two that you just don't like but most are better than any chain and a good number are simply outstanding, never to be compared with mass-produced food of any kind.

Analogously, I used to think that an ex-girlfriend of mine gave "the best" backrubs (and that I was no slouch, either) until, due to a sports-related muscle pull I had to get a professional massage. I had a number of them by physical therapists, licenced therapists, and by masseuses. Quite frankly, I didn't know what a good backrub was. Does it mean I wouldn't take a backrub everyday provided it wasn't a ham-fisted effort? No. I'd still love a backrub. But I know better than to say it is "the best".

 

[drothgery]

My point is that when it comes to pizza, chain stores and frozen pizza just won't compare to the majority of independent pizzarias. When you've had the chance to eat at a few dozen places like this (independent pizzarias), you're bound to find one or two that you just don't like but most are better than any chain and a good number are simply outstanding, never to be compared with mass-produced food of any kind.

I don't know about that. I've been to quite a few independent/local chain pizzarias that only compete with the major chains by being cheaper. There are some excellent local places out there -- and the best pizza I've had has been from small local chains (a "New York" style place in the suburbs of Syracuse, and a "Sicilian" style place in Wisconsin) -- but I like Pizza Hut better than an "average" independent/small chain. The place I normally get pizza from now is local, but I get pizza from them because it's just down the street and better than anywhere I can order online from (Domino's and Papa John's).

 

[Mark]

*shrug*

Then there's a small chain known as California Pizza Kitchen...

I've tried pizza in San Diego, though it was 20 years ago, from some small places and didn't find one I liked either. I may have just missed the good ones, but San Diego isn't really a city "known for it's pizza" like Chicago or New York. Pizza Hut crust just seems too much like bread...day old bread...to me.

 

[drothgery]

*shrug*

Then there's a small chain known as California Pizza Kitchen...

And when you want chicken, BBQ sauce, and pineapple on your pizza, they're great. But for your basic boring pepperoni, they're a bit pricey.