OK guys...let's play a Pizza and beverage game...

[bluecollar2]

Imagine a fellow DUer just won the lottery and now has the opportunity to fulfill the hidden guilty desire to est the best pizza ever.

Since expenses are irrelevant they can drive/fly/cruise to any place you recommend for the best pizza
Only rule is it can't be a nationally advertised chain...e.g. Mr. Jim's. Domino's...etc.

Although I am in Miami...I'm going to submit San Francisco... Pasquale's Pizza. If you ever visit the City you have to hit up Pasquale's...

[Phoenix61]

1. Leonardo's, Millhopper Shopping Center, Gainesville, FL.

Best deep dish pizza ever! They’ve been in business almost 40 years.
Runner-up - Pizza Time, St Augustine, FL. Italian gentleman from New Jersey makes an amazing pizza.

[PJMcK]

2. Grimaldi's under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City

Their pizzas are a whole different food group.

Seriously.

The best pizzas I've ever had.

https://www.grimaldispizzeria.com/locations/1-front-street-brooklyn/?utm_source=Yelp&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=yelp

[SeattleVet]

3. Johnny's Pizzeria in Mount Vernon, NY.

Established in 1942, still owned and run by the same family with the same recipes. Last time I was back in NY I introduced a 5th generation of our family to their fare. My grandfather took my mother there when she was a child!

They've moved twice.

Barstool Reviews gave them a 9.1. Here's another view:

[bluecollar2]

5. Tks...n/t

[bluecollar2]

4. Kick...

We have feedback from Florida and New York.

[Ohio Joe]

6. Rudy's Pizza in Closter NJ

I’m 58 and the same guy is still there (Matty) making the same pies as when I was a kid. It’s a good pie.

[bluecollar2]

7. New Jersey, New York. California

Have checked in...

Looking forward for this thread to move forward....

Maybe we can move it forward to some sort of a fundraiser...

[bottomofthehill]

8. Santarpios, East Boston

Right by the airport. Amazing taste of home

[gay texan]

9. Bending the rules ever so slightly

Invent a time machine and go back to mid 70's Shakeys pizza in the old part of Springfield, Missouri.

They had a piano that used the old paper rolls. Great pizza and a killer atmosphere!

[GReedDiamond]

10. I'm 12 minutes away from Casa Bianca, established in 1955...

...in the Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles.

In 2017, Casa Bianca was featured on the Vice Channel "Pizza Show."

Casa Bianca is lhe last pizzeria featured in the Los Angeles episode, skip ahead to 22:05 to see it.

I try to go there around once a month or so.

It is my favorite food of all time.

[werdna]

11. Pisanello's Pizza, Bowling green, Ohio

Distinctive quality and flavor for a basic, affordable hand tossed pie. From 1970 through 1994 or so my oldest brother, third oldest brother, myself, my younger brother, and younger sister worked there (in one combination or other) in near continuous succession as we matriculated the State University. Now owned and operated by the original owners' daughter in the same location.

https://bgpisanellos.com/

[First Speaker]

12. Abate's, in New Haven...

...if it isn't New Haven, it isn't real pizza...

[bluecollar2]

13. This is great

Eventually I hope we'll get all fifty states covered.

[Auggie]

14. Tommaso's in San Francisco

North Beach, specifically.

[bluecollar2]

15. Kicking

It appears San Francisco's Pasquale's has a challenger...

[Tikki]

16. One of those pizza by the slice on a corner take out place in Manhattan...cheese only pizza

slice and I babied that slice for two days. I didn't want it to end. It was a pretty big slice.

I am in California...the trip to NYC was from a trip we won.


Tikki

[yellowdogintexas]

17. definitely a slice from just about any shop in Cambridge MA

at least when I lived there in the early 70s.

We have a sole owner shop near us that has a fabulous pie. I am looking forward to mr Yellowdog feeling comfortable enough to actually go there to eat in the restaurant.

A couple of local family restaurants make great pizza too. The owners of one place are hard core Democrats. Our Democratic Woman's Club has lunch there once a month after our club meeting. This place is BYOB and there are usually a dozen bottles of wine on the table. (also: great pasta dishes, salads and soup - large portions, low prices too.)

If you are ever in the Fort Worth area, Prima Pasta &Pizza is a great place to go



I love a good glass of red with pizza or other Italian food.

[bluecollar2]

18. Kick...n/t