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Danzz said:
Greek pizza can be avoided if you follow one rule. If it doesn't have an Italian name keep driving. Names like Olympic or Athena are dead giveaways but be suspicious of any name that doesn't sound Italian. There are exceptions to be sure but you are safer if you follow the Italian name rule.
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What about ambiguously ethnic names like Tommy’s? Could be Irish or Italian

And honestly some of the better Boston spots I found in my three years there were named Steve’s and Beauty’s (not that’s saying a lot; most pizza in Boston is crap)
 
August_West said:
as long is it isnt a Greek monstrosity.

I am going to run for state representative on a 2 issue platform of legal weed (I dont puff myself, but it should still be legal ;we need the tax $), and making greek pizza illegal so it doesnt water down our state batting average.

#MCGA
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We do not have Greek pizza in Pittsburgh. I've been out here 16 years now and after 10 years I managed to convince myself that I missed Greek pizza. So on a return trip I stopped in at Hope Pizza and got one. I'm good for another few years.

I'm actually OK with it once a decade but don't call it pizza either. It's gluttony. I think one could eat 3 Colony hot oil pizzas and still be short of the calories and fat in a medium Greek pizza.
 
I live by a simple rule: If a pizza place offers wings, you may have a shot at decent wings because a monkey could make decent wings, but you'll not find great pizza. I really haven't found exceptions to that.
 
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Rocktheworld said:
What about ambiguously ethnic names like Tommy’s? Could be Irish or Italian

And honestly some of the better Boston spots I found in my three years there were named Steve’s and Beauty’s (not that’s saying a lot; most pizza in Boston is crap)
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There are plenty of exceptions but if you don't know stick with Italian names. That said I once had an outstanding pizza in Manhattan at a place called Goldberg's Pizzeria. Still pizzerias with Italian names are safer unless you have other information.
 
Had Little Caesar’s a few times in KC when I lived there. It was much better 20 years ago than it is now. Still not good mind you, but better.

Papa Gino’s can make a nice pizza. It depends on the flunky teenager making it that day. But I’ll take it over most of the “Greek” places. The British Beer Company may make the best pizza in my town. Sad but true (except they have BOGO pizza on Tuesday). Great tap list.

Pizza Hut can also be decent, but you have to know what to order among the 3000 options. Hint: not pan. They all went out of business around here a few years back.
 
The only good Greek pie I gave ever had was at Beverly's in Black Rock, but that one was especially good, provided you know what to order.
 
Rocktheworld said:
What about ambiguously ethnic names like Tommy’s? Could be Irish or Italian

And honestly some of the better Boston spots I found in my three years there were named Steve’s and Beauty’s (not that’s saying a lot; most pizza in Boston is crap)
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You are not saying that Little Stevie’s is good are you?
 
storrsroars said:
I live by a simple rule: If a pizza place offers wings, you may have a shot at decent wings because a monkey could make decent wings, but you'll not find great pizza. I really haven't found exceptions to that.
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eh idk. Stanziato's in Danbury is legit and they do wings. The wings are terrible though
 
auggie22 said:
You are not saying that Little Stevie’s is good are you?
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I mean I was stoned 95% of my Boston nights when I was there as a 22-25 year old but I lived in Cambridge, Beacon Hill and Bay Village and Steve’s was up there. I’m not saying it was great, nowhere close to felcaro or Boston kitchen or Rome, but relative to a lot of other places I tried it was fine.

And I’m from New Jersey. I know pizza

Or wait is that the place I always got my slob buffalo chicken and mozzarella sticks combo... I can’t keep them straight especially now 3 years since living here
 
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Rocktheworld said:
I mean I was stoned 95% of my Boston nights when I was there as a 22-25 year old but I lived in Cambridge, Beacon Hill and Bay Village and Steve’s was up there. I’m not saying it was great, nowhere close to felcaro or Boston kitchen or Rome, but relative to a lot of other places I tried it was fine.

And I’m from New Jersey. I know pizza

Or wait is that the place I always got my slob buffalo chicken and mozzarella sticks combo... I can’t keep them straight especially now 3 years since living here
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I always thought Pinocchio’s in Harvard Square was good - but i’m Not sure I was ever in my right head so who knows. I used to think Stevie’s was good until I had it sober. WOW is it bad.
 
auggie22 said:
I always thought Pinocchio’s in Harvard Square was good - but i’m Not sure I was ever in my right head so who knows. I used to think Stevie’s was good until I had it sober. WOW is it bad.
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Never got pizza up in Harvard. Actually didn’t go out up around there much at all to be honest and when I did it was Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, or Felipe’s

NYP easily the most overrated pie in the city that I’ve had

And the actual straight up worst I’ve had was Emilio’s from the south end. One of the only outright inedible pizzas I’ve had
 
Way back in the day, there was a blizzard at UConn during spring break - two feet of snow, easily. My roommate and I normally did not plan meals more than two minutes in advance, so we were in trouble.

There was a Little Caesars across the street from EO Smith.

It was the only place in Storrs that opened that day - we took my $450 K car out because we didn’t care if we crashed it, and we bought $30 worth of Little Caesars pizza. (They had a permanent promotion back then where if you bought one, you got two - we got roughly three days’ worth of pizza.)

I don’t remember the pizza other than they were square and that the guys that opened in that blizzard were heroes.
 
A friend had a 12th birthday party where we started out by making our own pizzas at Little Caesars (the "sausage" was a pink gelatinous material in a vat) and we then headed to Milford Jai-Alai, where we played jai-alai with minimal instruction and supervision. (Ah, the 80s.)

I'm not sure which was the more dangerous activity.
 
I can't remember the last time I saw one of these buildings in Connecticut. Do they exist anymore?

pizza-hut.jpg
 
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Augie, if you want to grab a pie at Wilson Pizza Palace in Windsor, my treat and I’ll be curious to see if you’re not a Greek pie fan.
 
Haven't had Pizza Hut in years. Don't remember it being bad for chain pizza though.
 
UcannUconn said:
Had pizza at Roseland in Derby one time. Easily one of the best pies I've ever had. The sauce was unbelievable.
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I love the pie at Roseland. My wife hates it.
I think it's more the service she hates. If you're not among the regulars, your food will still be great, but you may grow old waiting for it.
 
Walker11 said:
The only good Greek pie I gave ever had was at Beverly's in Black Rock, but that one was especially good, provided you know what to order.
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Paradise Pizza in Stratford makes a very good Greek pizza. Been there over 50 years and is always busy.
 
RichZ said:
I love the pie at Roseland. My wife hates it.
I think it's more the service she hates. If you're not among the regulars, your food will still be great, but you may grow old waiting for it.
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Isn't it also crazy expensive for a pizza and red sauce place in an old house in the Valley?
 
Huskyforlife said:
Haven't had Pizza Hut in years. Don't remember it being bad for chain pizza though.
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It was foul. I went there with a buddy of mine and we blew off getting a sucky pizza in favor of getting subs. one of us got a meatball and the other goat a sausage sub and a pitcher of beer. I ate a little of mine and realized it sucked as my buddy asked how it was. I said pretty good, how about yours. He said good, want to swap halfs. We did, tried it and immediately realized that the other was lying his ass off. We pushed the subs away, finished the beer and left. We were probably 19,20 something like that. Not eating everything insight was unheard of, but those nasty ass subs just weren't worth it.
 
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Kemba'sYogurt said:
Papa Johns and Papa Gino's are where it's at. Papa Gino's might just be a Massachusetts thing not sure... Both are nasty, but I love them.
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There was a Papa Gino’s in the student union at UConn, so... not just a MA thing. I’m sure it’s long gone, however, and for the best. It sucked.
 
superjohn said:
Isn't it also crazy expensive for a pizza and red sauce place in an old house in the Valley?
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Depends on what you get. Their seafood pie is market price and crazy expensive (around $45+ iirc last time I was there many years ago), but it's also a ton of seafood--basically a seafood casserole of fresh lobster, shrimp and scallops placed on top of a pizza crust. I remember we had two small pieces left and my brother in law insisted that I take them home with me. We had guests coming over the next night for dinner and I cut them into 1" squares and served them as appetizers and they were amazing. But not really "apizza" imo.

Their fresh pasta is also homemade and the portions are huge.
 
8893 said:
We had guests coming over the next night for dinner and I cut them into 1" squares and served them as appetizers and they were amazing. But not really "apizza" imo.
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Tip of the hat for that idea

Yeah although I’m hardly looking for something nice and light when deciding on pizza, the seafood “pizza” I’ve had in the past is always so damn rich. I think the last one I had was at Willy pizza now that I think on it
 
Deepster said:
Augie, if you want to grab a pie at Wilson Pizza Palace in Windsor, my treat and I’ll be curious to see if you’re not a Greek pie fan.
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ha. Ive had it.Numerous times. It is literally around the corner from my band rehearsal place on skitchewaug st. almost every time im at rehearsal a pizza from there ends up in the room.

Its absolutely edible. not my preferred style but definitely about as good as you can have in that style.
 
MrP said:
There was a Papa Gino’s in the student union at UConn, so... not just a MA thing. I’m sure it’s long gone, however, and for the best. It sucked.
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The Union does (did? At least as of 2014) their own pizza that was actually pretty good.
 
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