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Best Pizza in the U.S.A. Is in THIS City

The best pizza in the entire United States is not in New York City. Or Chicago. It's in Phoenix, Arizona. That's the word from New York food critic Ed Levine who just wrote the book, "Pizza: A Slice of Heaven."

This mouth-watering, just-have-to-get-it pizza is from Pizzeria Bianco in downtown Phoenix. "In many ways, it's the definition of a perfect pizza," Levine told The Arizona Republic in an interview. When he first ate it while researching his book, he said, "I was blown away."

While this is great news for the little pizzeria in Phoenix, those in the Big Apple are none too pleased. "I know it's not true," L. Goldberg, one of the partners in Totonno's Pizzeria Napolitano, boasted to the Republic. Her pizzeria is a descendant of a place called Lombardi's, which was the first licensed pizzeria in America, founded 1905. "It's the water. New York's got the best water. And yeast," she insisted. "Does he cook over coal? We use coal." No, he does not. The stove is wood-fired at Bianco's.

But New Yorkers take heart: Owner Chris Bianco was born in the Bronx. "He grew up here, he learned to make pizza here, that makes him one of us," Nick Angelis of Nick's Pizza in uptown Manhattan exclaimed to the Republic.

So if you can't make it to Phoenix, what's the best national pizza chain? For the second consecutive year, that would be Papa Murphy's Take 'N' Bake Pizza, according to Restaurants and Institutions magazine. It operates 850 restaurants in 28 states with plans to open another 100 locations soon. American City Business Journals reports that these rankings are based on customer opinions on food quality, menu variety, value, reputation, service, atmosphere, cleanliness, and convenience. Some 200 of the nation's largest pizza chains were part of the survey.

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I've been there and it's very good.  It can't compare to the two spots on Wooster Street in New Haven though; Frank Pepe's and Sally's Apizza.

News: Pepe's is opening a second location, in Bridgeport.

Many people say that pizza in this country began in New Haven, not New York.

BTW, props have to be given to the pizza on Ave J & E. 16th St in Brooklyn, forgot the name - amazing pizza.

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Y'all are high. The best pizza comes from Chicago. Although, living on the near west side, I'd never know it. But, damn I've had pizza from all over the country, and there ain't no place that will top some of the pies you can get here, especially in Old Town and Lakeview.

Unfortunately, I must also confess to living near the WORST freakin' pizza place ever. It's balanced by living within walking distance of Dusty Groove, but damn, I'm forced to call a place up in Jefferson Park to get good pizza delivered to my door (this is about 33 blocks north of me).

Free For All Newbie

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And what's your Chicago preference JP?

I'm an UNO's man myself.

Not the franchises though- only the Chicago version. There's an UNO's in KC and it ain't even close. :tdown

Oh yeah, Gino's is pretty good too.

How about Lou Malnati's?

Is the Pompei Bakery still around? They had some good stuff there.

Shit, I miss Chicago. :(

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Isn't Chicago the place where they pile so much glop on the crust it turns into a casserole instead of a pizza? Don't mind me; I feel that thick crusts are an abomination unto the lord...

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Pizza, as they say, is a lot like sex (or even jazz). When it’s good, it’s very good. But when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good...

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Isn't Chicago the place where they pile so much glop on the crust it turns into a casserole instead of a pizza?  Don't mind me; I feel that thick crusts are an abomination unto the lord...

Ummmm. I love thick crust... :excited:

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I used to be a thick crust fan, but I agree it is a bit of overkill.

Thick crust pizza/lots of cheese = imminent nappage.

I'm a thin crust fan these days- less cheese too.

I will occasionally take the incapacitating route though.

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And what's your Chicago preference JP?

I'm an UNO's man myself.

Not the franchises though- only the Chicago version. There's an UNO's in KC and it ain't even close. :tdown

Oh yeah, Gino's is pretty good too.

How about Lou Malnati's?

Is the Pompei Bakery still around? They had some good stuff there.

Shit, I miss Chicago. :(

I'm so scared of the Uno's franchise that I won't go even to the original. Due's is untouched though, and right up the street (I believe it's on Ohio...)

Malnati's is awesome, but man, that stuff will stop you dead in your tracks. You can't move after a couple of slices of that stuff.

Gino's is good, and so is Father and Son (the aforementioned place in Jeff. Park). Uncle Tony's (in Wicker Park) is pretty good, but their veal sammich is way, way, way better than their pizza.

There's a place that I just checked out on Madison and Wabash that was really good. They claimed that their pizza would kick Due's ass any day of the week, and while that's a stretch, it is damn good, and for the address, cheap as can be.

meanwhile, the greater Humboldt Park/West Bucktown area gets stuck with Pizza Metro and Pizza Hut. Those bastards!!!!!!!

I actually had it really good in the suburbs, pizza wise. Pal Joey's (named after the movie) was consistently ranked in the top 10 pizzas in the chicago area, and Luigi's (a mob owned joint with the worst location on the planet) was also damn good. For my money though, the place when I was growing up was a greasy, nasty, noisy joint called Dominick's that had the best stuffed pizza I have ever eaten. When I went back to play that town's arts festival last year, I was bummed, as they changed owners and recipes.

On a side note, my favorite Chinese place ever (which, ironically, was owned and run by Mexicans, and right down the street from Dominick's) closed down and turned into a sub-standard hot dog joint. That was a crushing day my friends...

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There used to be an incredible all-you-can eat pizza/stromboli/mojo potato spot in Pasadena which I frequented when I was cleaning pools for my Uncle. This place put Shakey's to shame. I was mighty bummed when I went and the windows were boarded up.

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There used to be an incredible all-you-can eat pizza/stromboli/mojo potato spot in Pasadena which I frequented when I was cleaning pools for my Uncle.  This place put Shakey's to shame.  I was mighty bummed when I went and the windows were boarded up.

But at least there is Casa Bianca in Eagle Rock, which many hold as the best pizza in the Los Angeles area. I'm not a pizza lover, but it is quite good.

What I found amazing was that survey. I've never even heard of the chain that won. And it said that there are at least 200 pizza chains in the country. 200 chains!

patricia Newbie

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Isn't Chicago the place where they pile so much glop on the crust it turns into a casserole instead of a pizza?  Don't mind me; I feel that thick crusts are an abomination unto the lord...

Ummmm. I love thick crust... :excited:

The best thick crust pizza I ever had was from a little, Italian family-owned restaurant called Franco's in Prince George, B.C. Canada, where my daughter lives. The pizza crust was light and fluffy. The toppings were fresh and not mushed up. Light layers of whatever was around that day and sauce to die for, topped by just enough cheese. You could eat there, at little tables, served by the owner's family. Or they would deliver and, God knows how they did it, the crust never got soggy. The restaurant was in a really crummy part of town. Hookers and drunks staggering around was common. People felt like they were risking their lives going to the restaurant, but they went anyway.

Sadly, the old man wanted to retire and none of the kids wanted to go into the business. It was sold to somebody from somewhere who didn't know from pizza and knew about cost control and selling franchises. DOOM!!

But, I still remember that pizza from heaven itself. YUMMM.

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