THIN CRUSTS ARE AN ABOMINATION AGAINST PIZZA

i don't like thin crusts either. the crust is my favourite part!

Exactly. Thin crust pizza is like eating a sandwich with no bread.

You have never eaten a good pizza in your life, sir.

lol

http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/media/rivers.jpg

i've worked 8 yrs for italians who make authentic thin crust pizza and i will still take a deepdish crust any day.

Hurting what is that even supposed to mean?

arguing about tacos vs. arguing about burgers vs arguing about pizza vs arguing about barbecue

i have never had a thin crust i've enjoyed.

gimme a frickin break it's all good bitch it's pizza pie

haha, pizza on a cracker? START OVER

Thin crust pizza is what pizza is. It's the original pizza. If you don't "get" it, you've never had a proper Neapolitan pie.

Haha, pizza on a bagel? You can have that anytime.

I don't give a fuck what is "proper" I give a fuck what is good to me.

Hurting is right, pizza isn't meant to have a fatass doughy lump of bread under a pile of oily cheese.

But we've done this so much I may as well shout it from a car while flinging tip money at a passing waiter.

good pizza discussion on this thread
Putting syrup on pork based breakfast products: taste sensation or act of madness?

"If you've never wiped your ass with your own hand, you haven't used the original toilet paper."

seattle pizza lol

bite me

that metaphor is so apt, because Italian foods are usually improved by the technological innovation of midwestern restaurants.

Greek pizza (thin crust) is pizza of the gods.

Wisconsin gave the world Charmin.

Little Star Pizza makes one goddamned great thick-crust pizza, tho. (Cornmeal crust = secret goodness.)

woah that sounds interesting. I'd like to try that.

Cornmeal crust = Domino's Pizza, lol

D'oh, pizzinged!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/389330287_1976b301fe.jpg

http://scribalterror.blogs.com/scribal_terror/images/2007/07/27/pizzahutdoublerollpie.jpg

haha Japanese pizza is way far out

I think I'd puke if I tried to eat that.

That's why this pizza never actually dies.

whoa look at that damn delicious meticulously labeled feat of engineering

Hurting is probably catching a seizure staring at that thing.

this is how they make pizza in New York, lol

OK, whoever keeps pulling the string in gabb's back, stop it.

Rev, whatever you do, stay the hell away from Tutta Bella, 'cause it is absolutely proper Neapolitan low-gluten dough thin-crust extravaganza. You should stick with Zeek's or something instead.

I don't know Seattle pizzerias only North End, so that's meaningless to me.

Is Zeek's good or bad?

rev its one thing to start an "i dont like thin crust pizza" thread but right now youre just asking for trouble

i mean you dont see me starting threads telling you whats an abomination against apples, or salmon

"plain fish" sushi is an abomination to sushi

Rev, get theeself to Delaurenti's in pike place market. they have thicker crust square slices. Not quite Sicilian but getting there.

Deep Dish? Wallingford pizza house in Wallingford.

But I love all the chi-chi Neapolitan pizza places here. Sorry, Rev. I could live off Veraci Pizza alone.

Zeek's is eh. Sometimes it's like hot garbage pizza. Sometimes it's decent. Depends on who's cooking that shift at that location.

Mad Pizza is alright too. The crust always has too much rosemary in it.

Thin crust pizza has its uses.

olive oil and vinegar is an abomination to salad dressing

Riley's Pizza in Mukilteo was just about my favorite place on Earth before this happened. Oh what I would give to have one of their sausage, artichoke heart, and sundried tomato pizzas with a nice, thick crust.

I wonder what Viking pizzas were like.

abominations aside this thread is making me so fucking hungry

this crust/ny style pizza is the best imo

Who wants their pizza to be chewy? C'mon.

what does the reverened consider a thick crust to be? like chi stile 4 inches or w/e?

I'm kinda with Hurting2 here. Basically, Seattle's finally excelling in authentic pizza.. that's why there's all the thin crust happening.

Zagi's in Loyal Heights is EXCELLENT thin crust pizza because a slice is about the size of your chest. You'll forget about hating thin crust, Rev. (They also have a pizza called the David Bowie.)

Yeah, Max, I realize that, but I was really pissed off at shitty pizza when I started this. I mean, what if your favorite pizza places all started changing their pizzas for the worse? Wouldn't you be angry?

I would not eat David Bowie, but I would eat Iman.

But would you eat 2men?

Actually, Zagi's closed. :(

http://www.yelp.com/biz/zagis-pizza-seattle

gimme a frickin break it's all good bitch it's pizza pie

-- iiiijjjj, Thursday, May 1, 2008 4:22 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

^^^^i like this guy right here

To me thin crust pizza is not NYC pizza. But then again, this is not NYC anymore ; )

If I want that shit I'll eat a cracker.

http://www.pegasusonalki.com/

Pegasus Pizza on Alki

FOR WU, REV

what does the reverened consider a thick crust to be? like chi stile 4 inches or w/e?

-- J0rdan S., Thursday, May 1, 2008 8:19 PM (Thursday, May 1, 2008 8:19 PM) Bookmark Link

Not really, just any reasonable thickness will do. Certainly not the brittle crust I dealt with this evening.

A lot of my problem with thin-crust pizza is that it isn't filling and thus isn't fulfilling. After eating good pizza, I should be content to die.

If I want that shit I'll eat a cracker.

I'll bet that pizza on a matza would be pretty good.

Mackro, I'm not going to random pizza places that are half an hour or more away (at least not without invitation).

After eating good pizza, I should be content to die.

But then you couldn't have any more pizza later.

Matzah Pizza was always a bit passover thing for me. It's not so much good as "let's slather as much crap on this matzah as possible so we can't taste the matzah."

more thickness for rev

http://www.atlanticstreetpizza.com/

Not on Atlantic St.

matzah pizza is actually way fucking gross

Rev, I may have a lot of times on my hands but here's as much as I can help

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=thick+crust+pizza+snohomish+county

matzah gets all soggy

Oh, man. Matzah is good! Much better than stupid saltines.

Delaurenti's pizza is not bad

olive oil and vinegar is an abomination to salad dressing

lol

i like thin crust 'cause i'm all about the cheese and toppings. not filling up on crust = able to eat more pizza.

matzah pizza is terrible.

Clearly some Jewish resentment going on here.

not filling up on doughy crust = not having doughy body

they don't call it the bread of affliction for nothing (xpost)

The Rev is no doughboy.

i like lavosh pizza

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t223/ifiwasagecko/Ba%20Da%20Ba%20Ba%20Ba/thick_n_thin.jpg

Filling up on cheese = cheesy

I like deep-dish pizza, but most regular, thickish American pizza dough is the most boring-tasting thing on earth. I want less of that and more actual flavor.

not filling up on doughy crust = not having doughy body

-- Hurting 2, Thursday, May 1, 2008 8:33 PM (Thursday, May 1, 2008 8:33 PM) Bookmark Link

dude, I'm 6'0 125 lbs

Mario Batali has ruined you all.

Btw - I had seafood pizza in Tokyo and it was pretty stupendous. Crust was thin, though.

And it wasn't that beast-in-a-box Gershy posted (not the blonde beast).

I like deep-dish pizza, but most regular, thickish American pizza dough is the most boring-tasting thing on earth. I want less of that and more actual flavor.

-- Hurting 2, Thursday, May 1, 2008 8:36 PM (Thursday, May 1, 2008 8:36 PM) Bookmark Link

did I say I stood for any old bullshit?

i like thin crust 'cause i'm all about the cheese and toppings. not filling up on crust = able to eat more pizza.

-- Jordan, Thursday, May 1, 2008 8:32 PM (Thursday, May 1, 2008 8:32 PM) Bookmark Link

Flawed argument. Quality & leftovers (!) over quantity.

PIZZA! NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A TACO! :-D

http://www.taquitos.net/blogpic13/TacoTown.jpg

Zeek's is okay - they have one on the north end, so might deliver up your way. Thin crust at Tutta Bella is not crispy like a cracker at all - it is thin and tender like a crepe with a great crusty chewy edge.

We got some good pizza (thickish crust) in Port Townsend two weekends ago at Waterfront Pizza - you could take the ferry over.

Located in Belltown, north Queen Anne, Phinney Ridge, Green Lake, and Ravenna

xp

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8169/imageuploadimagerb1.jpg

huh, I thought they had one north of Lake City

OH WELL!

http://www.translucence.org/proredom.jpg

http://www.aheartylife.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/img-4984.jpg

http://www.kraftfoods.com/assets/recipe_images/Spooky_Graveyard_Dessert_Pizza.jpg

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1660/pizzafacepr7.jpg

"smoke flavoured reformed ham"?? gah.

I just ate an entire Freschetta frozen pizza becuaseo f this thread. I blame my impending obesity on YOU.

http://kulaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/pizzatron-3000.jpg

http://www.headinjurytheater.com/Entertainment/h4%20pizza%20box%202.jpg

ban the reverened please

http://www.scarysquirrel.org/current/pizza/pics/pizza6.jpg

it's about time don't you guys think

go to hell jordan

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4899/imageuploadimagext3.gif

squirrelspizza.jpg is hella scaring me

http://www.geekologie.com/2007/12/07/yoda-pizza.jpg

i was http://i8.tinypic.com/855a5au.jpg homie

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/9627/worldslargestpizzaip1.jpg

I was just telling you where to go

LAS FIERAS DEL PIZZATON

tell me where to go

^^^would eat all this largest pizza

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8229/imageuploadimageiw3.jpg

maybe it's a normal pizza with very tiny, hungry people.

yeah that HUEG PIE looks so fucking good

http://www.chattanoogameetings.com/images/photos/mellow_mushroom_01.jpg

^^^^honestly really good thick crust pizza chain in the South.

mellow mushroom alright

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3610/imageuploadimageza0.jpg

O_O

http://j-walkblog.com/images/conepizza.jpg

^are these the pizza version of koala yummies?

but can you find da pope in da pizza?

Rollerfork = peak of humanity intellect.

INNOVATIONS

B-b-but the slice is already sliced! Why you need to slice it some more?

(or use a fork for that matter)

shhhhh....don't tell anyone

Thin for heaven's sake. Thick crust pizza? Once again American culinary habits disgust me.
-- Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, May 20, 2004 11:54 PM (3 years ago)

So basically the Reverend's Lex Luthor is some guy listening to the least interesting music in the world and spilling pizza sauce from his thin-slice crust onto his tight pants.

I love all the pizza, from the doughy Vera Pizza Napolitana, to the paper thin Romana, to a thick chewey slice to the cheese bomb that is the chicago Deep Dish.

Oh Pizzaria Maletti, you appear to have stopped construction near my house, hurry up damnit your pizza is so very good.

Can't wait for Malletti EC1 to open - might have to go to W1 to get me some of that today. THANKS thread.

lol at "pizza on a bagel"

If the crust is the best part just buy some bread and stop bothering us people who like actual pizza

tell me about this Pizzaria Maletti place...

<3 you for that Tracer

Best pizza: thinnest of thin crust, delicate layer of best made passata, herbs, good veg that marry together well, and quality non oily cheese not overloading everything.

OTM.

Maletti is the best pizza in london, perfect ingredients wonderful crust, good foccacia and pasta too. My only owrry is that I chatted to the guy who owns and runs the soho one and he said he would never do a second restaurant only open for lunch so I hope he hasn't sold it to someone for them to fuck up.

Man I dont think I've been OTMed before, and I'm glad its for pizza =)

VERY INTERESTED IN THE OPINIONS OF FOREIGNERS UPTHREAD.

NOT!!!!!

SUCK A DICK EURODOUCHES!!!!

By all means eat whatever you like best, but what I like about thin crust pizza:

It means they actually have to take the time to properly bake it as opposed to industrial production line pieces of floppy, soggy white bread that has no crunch;

It blends more subtly with toppings, especially with good toppings rather than just being smothered in mediocre sauce, rubbery cow's milk 'mozzarella' and dodgy meat products;

It allows choice toppings to actually be cooked and therefore transformed as opposed to merely being warmed.

I've been to places here like Amicis and Little Star that make decent deep-dish pizze and they're good but not as good, to me, as thin crust.

is rev originally talking about actual deep-dish or just, you know, normal NY-style slices?

normal NY-style slices aren't deep dish!

I think that was what the honorable gentleman was getting at.

ok i'm lost, soz

my 7 year old keeps bugging me for that oreo pizza. I keep telling him, "no." I am a bad father.

show him this http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/aceandvis/diary/media/Daaaam_angelo.JPG

you should just pay a vagrant to shit in your mouth. it's the same thing as eating thick-crust pizza.

Wow, rick ross used to be in pretty good shape...

Deep-dish pizza is pleasant enough to eat but it's like the casserolization of pizza.

Every new pizza place in Chicago now is like thin Neapolitan style, like individual-size with bufala mozzarella circles and torn basil leaves, and the stuff is OK, but it's never really what I crave when I crave pizza.

cankles otm.

If I order Pizza Hut or Papa John's, I prefer thin crust – their crust is waaaay too thick. The problem, though, is that I end up eating more pizza.

don't get me wrong I'll eat any pizza and probably like it but thin crust pizzas are the only ones that ever make me go "fuck yeah now this where it's at"

best pizza in world is at Marcello's in Bordentown NJ, go there and be disabused of your thin-crust-hating ways (it's not cracker-thin but it ain't quilt-thick)

I've never had a deep dish pizza that was any better than "ok"

Don't blame the pizza.

Stefano's in Knoxville makes an incredible deep-dish pizza, with whole-wheat crust - it's so wrong it's right!

its popular to hate deep dish pizza but slavery was once popular too

i <3 deep dish from Due's in chicago, chicago style pizza is a cheese bomb but its a really, really satisfying one

I just stuffed myself with some feta spinach thick crust fuckin wizard shit, it was genius.

Closest pizza=the Hut=no thanks

Every new pizza place in Chicago now is like thin Neapolitan style, like individual-size with bufala mozzarella circles and torn basil leaves,

no it's not.

comparing deep dish and thin crust pizza is like comparing cream of mushroom soup and a plymouth valiant.

Well, obviously "every" is an exaggeration, but Spacca di Napoli, Sapore di Napoli, La Madia, Coalfire, Crust, probably a few more I don't know about? It's definitely a trend.

fuck an individual sized pizza, it's like the enclosure movement all over again

i really wish something bad would happen to crust.

Crust might actually be the best of the ones I named, just because the toppings are a lot more interesting.

never been. they're representative of my growing dissatisfaction with the turn the neighborhood is taking/has taken. i know you're familiar with my stance on sidewalk seating and they are the worst offender of the bunch. with the possible exception of moonshine.

which is the place we went to that had the live band karaoke? the pizza looked really good there (although i remember leaving with n & s at the end of the night and getting some greasy-ass slices down the block, lol).

louie's? quenchers?

the pontiac?

oh, it was Piece. fucking one word hipster restaurants.

the pizza there IS really good! and it's part owned by rick neilson so obviously i dig it.

i haven't been there in forever. i should go back. like today.

are we differentiating between deep dish and stuffed?

Deep dish, stuffed and thick crust are all different beasts

http://www.ilovethe80s.com/beastmaster.jpg

if you haven't had a stuffed that wasn't more than okay, you either have been to the wrong place(s) or don't like food.

Crust is dope/dude i went to h.s. with is a manager there

You could argue that Piece's opening in 2001 was as representative of the gentrification of Wicker Park as Crust's opening in 2007. Didn't Real World cast members work there?

I am an equal ops crust eater. NY style thin crust has my <3 forever but nothing beats the crust of Mark's Pizza in Geneva, NY dipped in blue cheese. Nom.

fine ilx, you win, i'll have fucking pizza for dinner.

goddamnit.

I bet twisting your arm like that really hurts.

piece doesn't block the sidewalk. that's the major difference. it's not the food that bothers me, it's the sense of entitlement.

And I'm around the corner from my favorite thin crust pizza in NJ right now and I don't have time to go because I have to pick up a document in Newark. Fuck you, ILX.

i want high end stuffed crust

Someday, Pizza Hut will invent a crust that is actually stuffed with tiny whole pizzas. Prob. Hut Japan first, tho, then it will become a phenom in USA.

a pizzone?

Someday, Pizza Hut will invent a crust that is actually stuffed with tiny whole pizzas. Prob. Hut Japan first, tho, then it will become a phenom in USA

and when you bite into the crust tiny Sanrio Hello Kitties will jump out.

a pizzone®?

-- chicago kevin, Friday, May 2, 2008 2:52 PM (24 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

oh man that crazy Pizzone® animated gif to thread

of course the tiny pizzas will have even tinier pizzas inside their crusts and so on. Pizzas all the way down.

bacon bar pie that i just ate with some serious thin crust will smack the shit out of some fatASS thick crusted

matroyshka pizzas.

xpost.

You are right, Kevin, that Piece is fantastic. I think the karaoke night was the last time I was there. Great home-brewed beer, too.

For thick crust to work well, you've gotta meet a few conditions:

1. Low-yeast. It's gotta be biscuit-like, not stretchy-bready.
2. Buttered crust. Otherwise, there's no real motivation to get thru the za.
3. Cornmeal. Personal pref here, but it really does work (gabbonimoes aside).

i'm not a big thick crust fan, if i want a casserole i'll make one, but this: 2. Buttered crust. Otherwise, there's no real motivation to get thru the za. is otfm.

I am thinkining that tonite is a Little Star Pizza® nite.

last night was burritos on my way home from the el, tonight might be a couple of slabs of pizza then passing the fuck out.

We are going to the north end for celebratory Italian feast. I might have to get pizza now.

where is gif

pizzeria regina?

FOUND

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/0/3/3/033c93434a6f1c4a4c2d2af7cd41fd29.gif

pizzeria regina?

Maybe! Also, have not yet had opportunity to convince someone into steakbomb heaven but have also not forgotten!

holy fuck a steakbomb is exactly what my hangover needs.

ok, i need to stop thinking about food.

I don't like thin crusts either but I think somewhere along the way I got used to them because Reverend is right, all these places near me (in North End, Seattle) have thin crusts. I used to try to ask Amante's if they'd make a thick crust for me and they always said they would but didn't. I guess at the end of the day I'm not passionate enough about it to make a fuss, but yeah if you ever hear of a place around here that does thick crusts, let me know.

Well, I see Mackro's suggestion about Wallingford...that's a little far south for me, though. At least for delivery purposes.

Zeek's in Phinney Ridge/Greenlake? That's a possibility. I don't know why I've never seen them around there, though. I'll look into it.

libcrypt, I'm thinking the same thing dinner-wise. I agree about the thick crust, too, esp. wrt cornmeal.

Zeeks always tells me it will be 60-90 minutes until they deliver, then boom - at the door in 25-30. I love that you order from them off their website.

btw, Mario's in Pioneer Square = blergh.

imo's imo

this thick-crust thing you think you like, whatever it is, it isn't pizza

it's a tomato/cheese casserole.

italian hot dish

http://chicagoist.com/attachments/Ali%20Trachta/2008_04_ianspizza.jpghttp://chicagoist.com/attachments/Ali%20Trachta/2008_04_ianspizza.jpghttp://chicagoist.com/attachments/Ali%20Trachta/2008_04_ianspizza.jpg

So excited about Ian's in Chicago.

dc/baltimore area really actually has the best pizza of anywhere I've lived.

thick or thin or whatever. but then again I like chipotle, lol

Had Little Star tonite and damn was it good.

Seriously, Chicago people, Ian's is amazing.

I think this is the perfect time to plug my FAVORITE pr0n site!!

Big Sausage Pizza

i have to say, i've always had a love-hate thing with thincrust. getting a thincrust margarita pie today which i feel very strange about. i mean, i like that kind of thing, but i'm also like a no-bullshit guy when it comes to pizza. sometimes i just need me a half plain/half pepperoni.

i like thin crust pizza the best.

surm are you talking general thin crust, or are you talking thin crust for new york

Rev would < Rocco's in Portland.

The pizza crust there is basically a mixture of clay and stale scone with blocks of cheese and sauce melted on top. I'm sorta weirded out finding their pizza really appealing.

Rev would "<3"

My mother won a freezer full of Green Mill when I was 12 and we were still finding the odd pie in the deepest recesses of her freezer a year later. Therefore deep dish is not my preference - I freezerburned out on it - but it's PIZZA so I will eat it if offered.

In Britishesland there's a phenomenon where sweetcorn is available as a pizza topping but the places that do it are pale imitations of Domino's. I promptly dispose of take-away pizza menus with sweetcorn on the illustrated pizza (and I live less than one block from a La Porchetta so there's no need for the menus).

see, what's the difference max? cuz i just got the pie, and it's thin, but it's not CRISPY thin like i've had

my impression is that relative to the whole USA yr basic nyc pie is "thin crust"--relative to nyc therefore "thin crust" has got to be pretty thin

The pizza crust there is basically a mixture of clay and stale scone

That's not exactly good salesmanship.

my impression is that relative to the whole USA yr basic nyc pie is "thin crust"--relative to nyc therefore "thin crust" has got to be pretty thin

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:48 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

right i see -- so yeah, this seemed to be USA thin, not NYC thin.

it was nice and doughy, which a lot of the time i don't want, but today it was good.

"Thin crust" should be crispy almost like a cracker, imo. Regular NYC-style crust is only thin compared to the Pizza Hut Pan Pizza and its imitators.

we got prosciutto on it -- WOW

yeah, see -- i was expecting cracker style thin crust! but no

I am not 100% endorsing thin crust, mind you, I'm just saying I think it has to be thinner than normal to count.

totally

but i like a chicago deep dish too, it's all dependent on the place and how good it is, not the crust necessarily...

YA

I like it cracker style.

I am not 100% endorsing thin crust, mind you, I'm just saying I think it has to be thinner than normal to count.

― How can there be male ladybugs? (Laurel), Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:56 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

right but "normal" in nyc is way thinner than "normal" in chicago

not that i dont fully endorse making nyc pizza the standard in all things

max, I agree: Everything in life should be assessed of its inherent value by how it measures up against NYC pizza.

real talk

my friend in little rock has it shipped in

I MISS IT SO MUCH

Pizza here in Boston is so shitty in comparison. The first time I took RS to LI we made a pit stop in Manhattan so he could have real NY pizza. He thought I was crazy until he took that first bite. IT wasn't even great NY pizza but it was so much better than anything he'd had at home in UK or here in MA.

The same rule applies to bagels, btw. He hates them but I keep telling him it's because he hasn't had a good NY bagel.

just move here already.

we will welcome RS into our gluttonous little arms.
and you of course.

also thin crust pizza is grebt

In 2006, when the Time Out NYC did its "pizza issue," my girlfriend & I made weekend sport of seeking out the establishments rated in the overall top ten, many of which were in the outer reaches of Brooklyn & Queens. Good times, good times. I have to say that TONY did a pretty good job with the ranking, though my favorite joint is still the (unranked) brick-oven Italian at the Vernon-Jackson 7 stop in Long Island City. I wish I could remember the name..

gonna try to make a thin crust pizza with blue cornmeal

or maybe i'll use it for a deep dish

xpost to myself: Manetta's, that's the place.

thin crust all the way for me. also, new haven pizza >>>>>>>> nyc pizza >>>>>>>>>>> pizza anywhere else

new HAVEN??!

you heard me right

its not crazy talk; new haven is on the pizza belt

new haven has good pizza.

ok ok

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven-style_pizza

Pepe's and Sally's are consistently rated among the best pizzerias in the United States, giving this geographically-limited pizza style considerable culinary and historical importance.

the best pizza i have perhaps ever had can be found at barnaby's (which is a chain in the chicago area). thin crust pizza (though not nyc style) and totally dope.

oooh -- you know i've always wanted to be able to order it sans-mootz like that

xp, but with a little parmesan etc. sounds YUM

the pizza at BAR in New Haven is no joke!

yum:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Mozzarellapie.jpg

yea it's awesome. good beer too. xp

new haven has those clam pizzas! awesome

Guys have you discussed St. Louis pizza yet

I mean, you wanna talk (shamefully delicious) abomination

whenever i get down to half of any slice, i rip it into 2 halves, cuz i like the width a bit more manageable like that pix ^^

can someone start a "how do you eat your pizza" thread?

new haven pizza was part of the tradition when i would visit NYC as a teenager; drive down to new haven, eat pizza, take metro north into the city.

uggggggh st louis pizza is an abomination against all that is good and holy

i always feel like i was spoiled growing up cuz even though i grew up in the danbury area of connecticut all the pizza places near us were owned by italian families from nyc who had basically "retired" to CT and opened up pizza places. and they were all friggin' great. which is why i've always kinda hated most pizza outside the tri-state area. which is annoying, i know. but what can i do? my snobbery goes way back.

nadir of my pizza-eating life: living in wilkes-barre pennsylvania

new haven - philly is the true pizza belt--anything outside of it is going to be iffy

this has always fascinated me so much, this thing with pizza and bagels

is two boots any good? one just opened in l.a., i've been meaning to check it out.

IT'S THE WATER
/jbr

xp to surm

two boots is pretty good.

it is defiantly thin crust, however.

oh and i'm not big on thin crust. but done right it's fine and dandy. i'm not actually even all that big on fancy coal/wood burning ovens cuz the pizza doesn't stay hot enough long enough. i like regular old pizza ovens and pizza so hot it will scorch my mouth and cheese dripping all over my hands and grease and all that. and i'm really not big on those corn meal-y thin crusts.

what was that pizza place in LA that said they had a special filtration system for the water to duplicate NY water?

l.a. has some good pizza joints overall but there's nothing totally inspired like in nyc or chicago.

was that johnny's? xpost

i have been known to fuck w/ two boots--i am suspicious of any and all pizza in LA

i think it was mozza?

yeah that's it

"new haven - philly is the true pizza belt"

i think it actually ends in jersey. philly has so many horrible pizza places. (too many greeks too. i'm sorry! i love them as a people, but...)

johnny's

oh and i'm not big on thin crust. but done right it's fine and dandy. i'm not actually even all that big on fancy coal/wood burning ovens cuz the pizza doesn't stay hot enough long enough. i like regular old pizza ovens and pizza so hot it will scorch my mouth and cheese dripping all over my hands and grease and all that. and i'm really not big on those corn meal-y thin crusts.

― scott seward, Wednesday, March 11, 2009 1:43 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

great post

there's some weird pizza joint i always got cheap slices from called cheech's, in los feliz. "weird" because the walls were covered with some strange new agey posters and books and inspirational lit and the like. otherwise it was completely normal.

I don't like 2 Boots, actually. Always too salty and too hurty on the mouth. And never, ever hot enough.

u guys what abt fancy pizza frannys and amorina of the greater downtown brooklyn area are both tiiite

i have to disagree with scott on Greek pizza--the best pizza shops in Rhode Island are owned by the greeks. Gotta love the herbed feta pies.

fanny's is delicious but not exactly a good portion size:cost radio.

ooooh i think that sounds amazing

i guess if you don't get a bottle of wine or two many delicious, delicious appetizers it could be affordable for more than just special occasions.

yah its def $$$ but so good - great restaurant overall imo

frannys is tite

i cannot recommend HIGHLY enough the 4 major pizzerias in my hometown--no joke, WORLD-CLASS pizzas at old world, contes, pizza star and iannos

o lookit slocki over here weighin in on frannys

have you dudes ever had afghani pizza? football shaped, with gyro meat on it and this green type salsa that comes with it? so delish...

Another chiming in to give props to New Haven's pizza.

Hey Joshea! What was the name of the N. End place that you said has the best pizza here?

i had a really good sausage grinder in western mass where we are moving and i was excited about that! the pizza in the place that i got it wasn't that great, but i'm already a step ahead from where i live now. no good sausage/meatball action here. plus, it was cheap.

ernestos god wtf u guys still havent been yet

they're good

"Gotta love the herbed feta pies." = not pizza

x-post I know, I know but at least I know what we're having this weekend now!

o lookit slocki over here weighin in on frannys

― ice cr?m, Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:52 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ya look at me dog i'd eat frannys any day look at that

Piece in Chicago is New Haven-style. Actually, it's funny to read generalizations about "pizza in Chicago" because while we definitely have our fair share of establishments that specialize in deep dish or stuffed pizzas, it seems like these days there's just as many super-thin-crust Neapolitan-style places.

herbed FETA FRIES OMG

yah, Piece is actually pretty good. i was trying to remember which place in CHI it was that had New Haven style....thanks, jaymc!

there's a hole-in-the-ground pizza joint in mchenry, il called the foxhole which is great just for the experience of being underground in a trashy dive bar that happens to serve decent pub-style pizza

i went to piece and i think i had a sandwich instead of pizza for some reason. there was some good beer there.

ha, my friend KK is from McHenry. He hated it.

haha mchenry or the pizza?

i like Piece

i used to like dark beer and thick crust pizzas, but now that i'm old i've moved on to pale ales and thin crust. no regrets.

pilsner and super thin crust

McHenry!

water and air

def pale beer and thin crust, for this guy

yeah mchenry kinda sucks : /

No beer, pizza al tavola for me. Would INHALE New Haven style, but I've never been there.

Man, I've never felt any need to take sides with pizza crusts -- they're all cool, they just support different types of stuff! Thin crusts are great when they're really herby and have fresh ingredients you can really taste. Fluffy medium-height pan crusts are great for just straight-up American-style "I want pizza." Deep crusts are great with their little bit of sweetness, and Chicago stuffed styles are great when the stuff inside feels more cooked through, almost like a cheesy casserole. Which one I prefer usually just depends on what I'm hungry for at that moment.

The only pizza thing I'm against is when people consider dollar-fifty NYC corner-store pizza to be some kind of classic, cause I tend to think that stuff tastes exactly like dollar-fifty eat-it-on-the-street food is normally supposed to (i.e., not great)

a man who stands for nothing will fall for anything

I'll fall for DELICIOUSNESS

$1.50 slices in nyc are like $1 tacos in LA; not the pinnacle of the form or anything but theyre producing food that would be better-than-average in most other towns for a fraction of the price

Thick or thin crust pizzas can be great, as long as they are well made. I like to make my own now, there aren't too many pizzas outside of that that I really like because so many of them seem heavy on the grease.

So open-minded, his brains are falling out.

i've been hittin vinnie's in wburg pretty hard this week fyi.

I like thin crust on seafoody pizza, it seems appropriate w the lemon and garlic. Don't like deep-dish at all, fuck Chicago.

you eat seafood?

i don't mind those deep dish margarita style

you know like with the fresh tomato?

i had some excellent nyc style pizza at a place in sf called escape from new york, highly recommended

that's the kinda shit that needs to be on a crackery crust, surmy.

yeah deep dish margarita does not compute

deep dish is just too much bread - howr u supposed to eat all that

i think chicago deep dish is pretty difficult to get right but when it's done right, o my it is TASTY

the proper deep dish imo doesn't necessarily even have crust that is much thicker than normal pizza, it's just more pie-like in style.

deep dish is... okay, it serves a purpose. chicago pizza is good, not gonna front etc. HOWEVER, when a man in NYC wants a doughy snack he orders a sicilian slice and calls it a day.

AMEN

the problem when i eat pizza is that i cannot stop very easily

tbh i don't think i've had like a real, chicago-style deep dish pizza. haha i think the closest i've had is pizzeria uno when i was 12

and you know, i always convince myself that it's wiser to order a pie

what does this mean to be more pie like in style

when i was going to school in ithaca, pizza was almost the #2 option in town behind a couple of calzone joints.

I've always eaten seafood....??

xp to surmounter yea me neither. i can manage a whole pie without too much trouble

sorry laurel i get confused about your eating habits. i guess yeah, i've seen you eat sushis.

the crust isn't thicker, it's just raised up an inch around the edges to form a pie-like crust, as it were. then fill it with the cheese, then the sauce, and top it with the sausage.

ian OTM: great fresh ingredients + thin crisp crust = good organization

Deep dish isn't super-crusty -- it has a thin, slightly sweet, almost more buttery crust. As far as full-on Chicago stuffed, I think it would have a better rep if it didn't even announce itself as pizza, because it's basically a great (if heavy) dish that's similar to a pizza but has very different assets from what people expect out of pizza

(ice: more pie-like = not a flat thing with flat toppings, but ... like a pie, a bowl-like shape that is then filled with an actual depth of stuff)

so theres a ton of toppings

the chicago style pie is kinda like a quiche for men

i make this sort of pizza pretty regularly and i try to keep the crust thin (within the structure of the deep dish format) when i do.

haha yeah, somewhere in among a quiche, a casserole, and an Italian pot pie

i make the crust with a little cornmeal and some olive oil and make it an inch deep, maximum

ian quit pizza trolling!

ALL KINDS OF PIZZA ARE GOOD DUDES.

i could fuck up a Totinos Party Pizza right now like a motherfuck.

i hav only ever been to chigago for one day and i did not eat pizza - i hav eaten pizza advertised as chicago style tho and it was mad doughy

so wait omar yr crust is an inch thick

inch deep.

big diff.

i am not pizza trolling. i, like most americans, love even shitty pizza.

thats what im wondering

abt thick/deep

that's what she said

sounds like my prom night?

u guys

i love thin pizza crusts, thick crusts are an excuse for bad/less toppings often

Man, I've never felt any need to take sides with pizza crusts -- they're all cool, they just support different types of stuff! - Nabisco OTM

I knew I cd count on u, Ian.

the crust is thin, the pizza itself is an inch deep, maybe a little more. i've had deep dish "chicago style" pizza with thick crust and barely any toppings and that shit is not the real deal.

ideally the crust should be thin but crispy, and strong enough to hold the toppings.

so how thick is the crust

if i had a dollar for every time ilx has dicus'd the pros and cons of our regional pizzas, i would have enough to order one tonight

probably as thick as your average thin crust (at least when i do it)

how abt typically in chicago

crust bigger than a baby's arm?

the same -- it's just denser, more flaky/buttery, maybe a touch more like the crust of a pie

gear, do you cook it in a pan, or on a stone?

jesus i could murder a pizza right now. not been to NYC in two years, Chicago in at least five. Never had a pizza i didn't regret in LA.

so DC is now actually a really good place for pizza. there's not a regionally developing style or anything, but they have a ton of good, brick-oven/woodburning/whatever pizza ovens -- pizza paradiso, ella's, 2 amy's, red rocks. there was also a new haven style place up on connecticut avenue but i don't know if they're still around.

Best Pizza in Twin Cities IMO:

http://www.theoriginalredssavoypizza.com/

BONUS POINTS: Norm Coleman's 80-something year old dad got busted boning a chick in the parking lot a couple years ago.

wowz

(haha important note: the OUTSIDE crust perimeter of a Chicago deep dish should be big and serve as an architectural support and a handle for eating the second half of the slice. But the bottom is really not supposed to be thick. I suck at estimating measurements, but I'd say a quarter inch would rate as a bit on the thick side)

i have to eat some pizza tonight now

i know, i just had some and i'm ready for like a different kind

i usually make two pizzas in a set of 8" pizza pans (1" deep)

Best Pizza in Twin Cities IMO:

What's your opinion of Galactic? I've been there a couple times when my old band played Minneapolis, and I like it pretty well (wide selection of ingredients, including faux meats, is always a bonus), but one of my former bandmates is something of a pizza connoisseur and thinks it's one of the best pizzas he's had anywhere -- and this is a guy who's a big meat-eater, so the emphasis on organic/vegan stuff isn't what's doing it for him.

i think my next deep dish will use the field roast vegan italian sausage o_O

"Italian culture vs. Japanese culture"

still haven't gotten to try galactic, maybe when i'm up next weekend.

so DC is now actually a really good place for pizza.

Add Matchbox to that list as well, but it's still all the same type of pizza, as tasty as it is. DC needs more pizza diversity. Of course there's also Jumbo Slice places in DC, which are comical and necessary and Austin is lacking.

lol oh yea jumbo slice

i forgot

there's also armand's, which i only had once and remember it being pretty terrible

Galactic in Minneapolis is good -- especially their Pizza Alla Vodka and Mexicali Pizza -- for pies with a medium-to-thin crust, but Pizza Lucé (medium crust) bows to none in the Twin Cities if you ask me. NB: I've never had the Original Red's Savoy pizza, of Coleman-Sr.-incident fame, so take that for what you will.

ugh i don't have a good jumbo slice around which is absurd

luce is overrated

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/3220853579_ceb9a56eb7.jpg

@ pizza mart

as a youth i was beholden to the lol hueg slices at little stevies on boylston and the place in the garage in harvard square

wait but have you ever seen a huge slice place around here?

now there's a meal

im trying to think of a lol hueg slice in ny and drawing a blank - it is just not the style i guess

i mean, i know there's some upstate in westchester but that's it :/

w/ jumbo slice i think the size of the slice takes precedence over the quality of the pizza. but yea like others i still like sub-par pizza

Galactic in Mpls is great stuff as well.

Basically like Luce's pizza but better in every conceivable way.

I hate Luce but I'm not sure how rational it is, more just like 2 years of having it all the time for work lunch meetings burned me out.

someone told me they purposely downgraded their quality a couple of years ago in terms of ingredients.

NYC FOLKS:

What is up with coal fired pizza??? this new place called Black Sheep in Mpls just opened and purports to do "real" coal fired pizza which they say is like some places in NYC

i feel like those two places in boston i mentioned hav an excellent style for hueg cheapo slices - 3 simple flavors really thin and kinda floppy served super hot - ws

xpost - totally agreed, there always seems to be an inverse relationships between slice size and slice quality

there's a ridiculous humunogo fold-it-like-a-newspaper slice in Morningside Heights, but I've never enjoyed it: they'd seem to be catering to a late-night drunk/broke student crowd. the sheer volume of canisters of parmesan/oregano/garlic/etc. on the counter is like a visual indicator that no one expects the pizza to taste good on its own

the place in The Garage changed recently and now sucks ;_;

i feel like those two places in boston i mentioned hav an excellent style for hueg cheapo slices - 3 simple flavors really thin and kinda floppy served super hot - ws

― ice cr?m, Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:27 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yummmm

xpost - you heat a brick oven w/ hot coals (usually from wood i think?) to cook the pizza rather than using a regular oven (tho are you asking "what is it?" or just saying "what's with all these places doing it?")

little stevies on boylston

This place grossed me out when i was a lol college student, but a lot of my friends went there all the time.

no i'm asking what is it and is it good...

this is the first coal fired place in MPLS ever

fuck clean coal technology: solar panel heated pizzas are the only way to go

re: the place in The Garage, it's all terribly-done Sicilian-style yuppie pizza now. ;_; ;_; ;_;

some people think that you need a coal fired oven to get the right kind of char on the crust, like some old school places do.

but plenty of great nyc pizzas (difara, nick's) don't use one

i usually don't get much char on the crust, where i usually go. but today there was char. it was really nice

nick's? which one is nick's?

i think my place is officially called nick's

forest hill queens, famous for not using a coal oven and being run by a Greek.

nabisco, I think I went to that jumbo slice place once -- around 110th or and Bway?

i love the char. xp coal fired ovens are awesome.

question:

are wood-fired ovens, brick ovens, and coal-fired ovens basically the same thing?

re: the place in The Garage, it's all terribly-done Sicilian-style yuppie pizza now. ;_; ;_; ;_;

― Wes HI DEREson (HI DERE), Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:30 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is truly sad rip my childhood ;_;

Yeah, it's kind of like "Why are you going head-to-head with Pinocchio's and doing so in the worst, most half-assed manner possible?"

little stevies on boylston

This place grossed me out when i was a lol college student, but a lot of my friends went there all the time.

― mizzell, Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:29 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yah i wouldnt doubt its grossness - lovd it in high school tho - u could by weed and play street fighter there too so u know

not all coal or wood fired ovens are made of brick, so no.
not sure if there is a big difference between wood- and coal-fired.

where on Boylston is Little Stevie's btw, because maybe I can lunch there this summer

Pinnochios= best thick crust pizza I've ever had.

where on Boylston is Little Stevie's btw, because maybe I can lunch there this summer

― Wes HI DEREson (HI DERE), Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:36 PM (11 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

near mass ave, toward the fens

THIS is the joint

hmm, that's kind of far but maybe I will treat myself (I've eaten there, I think, when heading to orchestra rehearsals at Symphony Hall, but that would have been years ago)

Noch's = one of the main reasons I survived my freshman year

i like the tough old school coal fired concept - ive had grimaldis and whatever that other famous place in lil italy im blanking on right now is called - theyre both pretty sweet

yes a good blackened crust is special

grimaldi's is dope

not too blackened obv

what i'm missing in my life is meatball pizza. like with actual sliced meatballs, not ground beef

yeah, Laurel, cheap student place called Koronet. it may have single-handedly drilled this "big slice = bad pizza" equation into my head, but I feel like I've noticed it other places as well. if you can make a really good slice, you don't mess around with making slices for giants.

i know this is kinda a lame thing to say abt what is basically pretty awesome pizza but grimaldis is so overrated and fuck the lines of people out the door and super cramped dining experience

i'm sad that the pizza i will now get tonight won't be an old-world wood-fired charred one.

i know, with red wine in silver goblets

I HAD MEATBALLS ON PIZZA ONCE. IT WAS THE BEST EVER. No where that I've been since then has offered them, but I keep looking!

UGH SERIOUSLY

fuck the lines of people out the door and super cramped dining experience

agreed. i don't know grimaldi's but that's how i feel about certain famous new haven pizzerias, that have huge lines down the block even during winter when there are places with pizza that's nearly as good and much more comfortable

i know this is kinda a lame thing to say abt what is basically pretty awesome pizza but grimaldis is so overrated and fuck the lines of people out the door and super cramped dining experience

― ice cr?m, Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:43 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

This is true; has anyone been to Sam's on Court St? totally sweet old school place which hasn't changed in decades, you even get jokey old waiters. Pizza is nearly as good as all the more famous places, but I don't think there is ever a line.

i mean it's pizza. i think di fara is the only place where i've taken a bite and been like, whoa i would wait in line for this pizza.

yeah waiting in line for pizza is crazy

tour buses pull up to grimaldis and everyone on the bus gets out and stands in line FUCK THAT NOISE

di fara u hav to wait whether or not theres a line ;)

i want to show you all what a caserta's pizza looks like but i can't find an image online

i had an amazing grimaldi's experience where there was a huge line and the sign said it was for takeout orders too, but i just walked in and asked if i really had to wait in line to put in a takeout order, and one of the dudes was just like "aw, fuck it, what do you want?"

you have to believe me that it shames most pizzas. xpost

they pour olive oil on top. after it's cooked. deliberately.

no fronting, i just wish i could share RI style italian bakery pizza with you all so you could say "hey, this is different and really fucking tasty"

they pour olive oil on top. after it's cooked. deliberately.

dom does this at di fara

There's a pizza place here called Pazzo's which is notorious for it's long waits for tables and generally chaotic service that usually ends in most of your food being comped. Early last fall after waiting on the patio 2+ hours for a table for FOUR people my friend called in an order for carry-out, went in to pick it up 30 minutes later, and brought it back out on the patio.

I personally prefer a crust that is directly between thin & crispy and fluffy/crusty. Super thin crust pizza is too much like a saltine snack food and super thick crust pizza might as well be a fucking loaf of bread.

I love olive oil on top of stuff! We do that with our vegan pasta at my restaurant.

yes!! eating pizza now and so happy!

congrats! :)

I ate an entire pizza yesterday, so I today I will abstain.

good luck usa

I had really terrible pizza for lunch today.

zelda's in Sacramento...pizza heaven. Chicago-style...it's on the thin-side but it's like a pie crust rather than a regular pizza crust...best damn pizza I ever had.

i will eat the fuck out of a caserta's pizza, but it really is a horse of a different color. it's a nice opposite to the often over-cheesy greek pizzas in RI.

galactic pizza alla vodka is my jam, basically, and they deliver in superhero costumes, so

had pizzs for lunch.
want pizza again.

Going for a big slice and a bigger beer right now! Hooray for Wednesday night!

Unexpectedly had pizza for dinner tonight! At Enoteca Vespaio. It was thin crust with exotic fragrant cheeses and it was HEAVENLY. The crust was so light it would float up to the ceiling without cheese to weigh it down.

Piece in Chicago is New Haven-style.

I had this tonight. A+

made pizza tonight, thin crust. i used a ready-made mix because i was a bit tight for time, but NUM.

Yeah, I have not been to Piece since Sarah's birthday a few years ago. Keep meaning to remedy that.

i'm not having pizza today, i don't think i'll have it tomorrow and i'm definitely not having it on sunday. this is worrisome.

This is true; has anyone been to Sam's on Court St? totally sweet old school place which hasn't changed in decades, you even get jokey old waiters. Pizza is nearly as good as all the more famous places, but I don't think there is ever a line.

― mizzell, Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:46 PM

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what the fuck. if someone had the nerve to tell me that i'd give him a fat piece of my mind

is that cheating or something? to order a pie for sit-down? i guess that is kind of an on-the-fence strategy...

it is totally a bs strategy to walk into a restaurant and expect a table when you called ahead for food imho.

you're right, you're right, that is kind of odd

yes they got exactly what they deserved imo!

if i had a pizza place i wouldnt serve anyone who had a tumblr

i finally had two boots. i had a slice of the newman and a slice of the bayou beast. good shit! especially compared to everything else in the immediate vicinity.

honestly i am w balk -- sam's should pay yelp! to move that to their "featured review" spot!

xpost max it is not the tumblr person who said that but the yelp person he was quoting -- unfortunately no one can keep out the yelpers

yelpers are fucking scum

if i had a pizza place i would have a sign that said, 'if you yelp, i will put poison, on your pizza, as a topping'

and before you could order the pizza id make you sign a contract that said youd never yelp

my bf and i decided to put up a really good YELP review the other day cuz we thought it was about time

yelp me yelp me yelp me my pizza is full of poison

(we love our Not Ray's pizza)

dude in this case it makes me really want to try out sam's -- i already have a pizza place i order from but fuck it i want to meet this magical man who calls yelpers garbage to their face and throws them out onto the street

"if you yelp a review of this pizza place i will yelp a review of YOUR MURDER"

tbh surmo not rays doesnt thrill me

sam sounds like he's right out of a kids book

look, i KNOW not ray's doesn't thrill you and joe, ok?

but what do you want me to say? it's my favorite pizza that i've ever had

i dont think ive ever said that before!!!!!!!!

there was a pizza place in SF that had these shirts printed up highlighting all the bad reviews they received on yelp, it seemed like a good "fuck you" kind of plan.

dont act like im all over the place trashing not rays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hahahaha ok. i know j-dawg is less than impressed

i have never had not rays but when i went to the park this past weekend or maybe two weekends ago (whenever it was really hot out) i walked past not rays and giggled at it! why are you guys getting "thrilled" by delivery pizzas btw

some asshole in not ray's called me a retard once.

check out this insane yelp i found today complaining abt how a sandwich was slightly too expensive

Sienna K.

New York, NY
1 star rating
1/30/2009

"It'll be eight dollars."

Without really thinking about it, I pulled a ten from my wallet and handed it to the mousy looking cashier. It was only after grabbing a seat that I realized how much my meal cost.

Eight dollars, really? I thought to myself. Eight?!

Of course, an eight dollar meal is rather a steal in New York, a city where bars have the balls to charge you that much for a beer. But I didn't order a fancy microbrew or anything fancy-- I got bahn mi!

For the folks who never got to try the dish, bahn mi, or Vietnamese sandwich, is a baguette sliced lengthwise and stuffed with some sort of meat and ribbons of pickled carrots, daikon, cilantro, onion, and jalapeno. Bahn mis are not only absolutely delicious, but they're also usually really cheap, something like $4 or less for a sandwich (I really like Saigon in Little Italy-- $3.75!). In fact, my love for bahn mis began in high school, because I realized that the local Vietnamese place sold sandwiches that were half the price of Subway subs but infinitely more edible.

In disbelief, I checked the Hanco's menu-- $5.75 for pork bahn mi, $2.25 for Vietnamese iced coffee. This better be damn good, I thought.

Hanco's is a tiny, but busy Vietnamese shop on Bergen Street and Smith. When my friend and I visited on a cold January afternoon, we were first met with a long line. Oh no, I thought, I'd hate to be without tables and be forced to eat outside in the cold. Luckily for us, most of the people in line were ordering to-go, and after ordering, my friend and I were able to snag a small wooden table in the rather crowded dining space.

Looking at the growing line, I began to imagine that maybe Hanco's charged $2 more than I expected because their sandwiches are that much more delicious. Hanco's already had a strike in my book for being expensive, but that could easily be remedied by an exceptional sandwich.

So we waited. And waited.

And waited.

Bahn mis, like your deli sub, usually take no more than 10 minutes to be made. At Hancos, my friend and I waited an excruciatingly long 30 minutes as we sat in the overheated shop listening to three 13 year old girls talk about boys. I winced every 30 seconds realizing I used to say the same exact things.

When the food finally arrived, both my friend and I dove for the hot sandwiches. Just as I was about to take a bite, my friend commented, "aren't these things suppose to be on a baguette?"

While there isn't a cardinal rule that states bahn mis have to be on a baguette, the hero-roll type bread that the sandwich was made with was a inferior substitution. Not only was it smaller (less food), but it didn't offer as many texture variation as a baguette (who am I kidding? I, like every other girl raised in America, love a good baguette. End of story).

I hated the sandwich from Hanco's. It wasn't just the bread-- it was everything! While the grilled pork was well cooked, it had that distinctive Chinese food flavor to it that I couldn't shake off. While I'm not a stickler for authenticity, I hated that this flavor ran foul with the cilantro. And unfortunately, because their bahn mi spread used way too much mayo, I couldn't even taste the vegetables other than the cilantro and the jalapeno.

This already made a really bad sandwich, but what I really hated was their "spicy" sauce which was just Sriracha sauce. Had I known that their spicy sauce was just that, I would have gotten the regular and added the sauce myself, instead of being forced to eat a sandwich in which the hot sauce was indiscriminately poured on.

And here we come to the embarrassing point in the story. I came here while my lip piercings were still somewhat fresh... and I got Sriracha sauce in.

I almost cried.

Hanco's-- bad expensive sandwiches that makes girls cry.

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that sam's story is a+++
When i was there my waiter told us a story about how he pretended to sell cocaine (which was flour) to some guys who turned out to be undercover cops.

ugh

And here we come to the embarrassing point in the story. I came here while my lip piercings were still somewhat fresh... and I got Sriracha sauce in.

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that lip ring thing is icing on the yelp cake

24 people found that review USEFUL

the whole time i was like "who are the 19 ppl who found this nonsense funny" and then i read the lip piercings thing and lol 4 sure

i suppose i found it USEFUL, insofar as, i now know that if i ever meet up with SIENNA K, i should leave

Hanco's is a tiny, but busy Vietnamese shop on Bergen Street and Smith. When my friend and I visited on a cold January afternoon, we were first met with a long line. Oh no, I thought, I'd hate to be without tables and be forced to eat outside in the cold.

vs

Bahn mis, like your deli sub, usually take no more than 10 minutes to be made. At Hancos, my friend and I waited an excruciatingly long 30 minutes as we sat in the overheated shop listening to three 13 year old girls talk about boys.

oh no! BOYS!

the lone vote for disturbing is otm

most yelp reviews take one or two minutes to read...

i bet the yelp forums are even more fun--never checked them out though

i dunno i think i like yelp

those forums are a GOLD MINE

i had banh mi at this new joint in park slope the other day, it was delicous. a+++, would yelp if i was that kind of scumbag.

i used to talk about boys... not i just yelp about sandwiches