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GQ's best pizza in America

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ksan said:
No, it's not! :lol

At least not as silly as this article!
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There is a cheese called "American" that does indeed suck, but we do not put it on pizza. We can make our own mozzarella, provolone, whatever. We have a lot of cows here.
 
XiaNaphryz said:
I don't think he means American cheese specifically, but in the general term of "cheese made in America."
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Yeah but that's just stupid lame. If he meant actual American cheese (product) then it's stupid funny!
 
Seth C said:
There is a cheese called "American" that does indeed suck, but we do not put it on pizza. We can make our own mozzarella, provolone, whatever. We have a lot of cows here.
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Well, I know, but I doubt that could even be considered plastic, that's more like waste from plastic production.
Also, my view on cheese produced in US still stands :lol

Best thing is American Parmesan though, even the way people pronounce it is hilarious (in a way that makes you want to throw up) :lol
 
ksan said:
Well, I know, but I doubt that could even be considered plastic, that's more like waste from plastic production.
Also, my view on cheese produced in US still stands :lol

Best thing is American Parmesan though, even the way people pronounce it is hilarious (in a way that makes you want to throw up) :lol
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Well, the only real Parmesan is made in Parma, Italy. Real Parmigiano-Reggiano is amazing stuff. We make Parmesan just as good as anywhere else (other than Parma) though. Unless you're just talking about the aged, powdered stuff? Because it sounds like you've just never ventured outside the Wal-Mart cheese selection.

And we make some damned fine cheddar.
 
I can't stand pretentious pizza. You can keep your pizzas with the flowery names. Just give me an oily slice of sausage with the cheese dripping off.
 
Seth C said:
Well, the only real Parmesan is made in Parma, Italy. We make Parmesan just as good as anywhere else (other than Parma). Unless you're just talking about the aged, powdered stuff? Because it sounds like you've just never ventured outside the Wal-Mart cheese selection.

And we make some damned fine cheddar.
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I'm sorry if it sounds like that, however I usually have real Parmesan to pasta.
However it's obviously a bit harder to come by in the US.

And ye, I know that there is some good cheese made in some places in the US.
The problem is that the general idea of cheese is usually the disgusting plastic stuff, therefore it's easy to mock it!
 
ksan said:
The problem is that the general idea of cheese is usually the disgusting plastic stuff, therefore it's easy to mock it!
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Er... no. No, it really isn't. Neither the individually wrapped, overprocessed pieces of crap called American Cheese, nor the orange powdery cheez that you get on Cheetos and such, are "the general idea of cheese." That stuff is used for fast food and other cheap, crappy food-like substances.

I'm guessing you've never actually visited America?
 
Eaten at all of the NYC pizza places. Not a bad selection, I think that either Joe's or Rosario is good bet for decent street pizza in Manhattan.
 
Cyan said:
Huh.

I'm sorry doctor, it's a hopeless case!
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I'm sorry too :(

My point is that the Walmart mega processed cheese really is normal cheese for quite some people.
However, that doesn't mean that there's ONLY bad cheese in the US, I just wanted to talk about something close to as ridiculous as the article (I was on my way getting there, but there was still quite a bit left)!
 
ksan said:
I live here/there!
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in that case have you ever cooked your own meal, using cheeses that you bought? I guess if you don't live near California or the upper midwest the cheese must suck. I've been to Tuscany (I really have no idea if this a good cheese producing region), it was the sauce that drove me wild, not the cheese.
 
max_cool said:
in that case have you ever cooked your own meal, using cheeses that you bought? I guess if you don't live near California or the upper midwest the cheese must suck. I've been to Tuscany (I really have no idea if this a good cheese producing region), it was the sauce that drove me wild, not the cheese.
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Did you read my earlier posts?
I have specifically said that I know that there are good cheese in the US too, but that wasn't my point at all.
 
#3 is a five minute drive from my house and I've never even heard of it.

Looks like I'm having pizza this week.

And to ksan: There are 300 million people in this country. Even if 95% of them enjoy processed yellow crap, that still leaves 15 million people who demand the good stuff. That's a big enough market to ensure that there will always be an abundance of amazing cheese made right here in the US.

Same thing goes for American beer and wine.
 
I was in Chicago a few weeks ago and I tried Giordano's. It was extremely good. It is my goal that every time I visit Chicago I visit a new pizza place. There are way too many good ones there.
 
Any hope of catching some good and not extremely expensive pizza in Vegas? If the US has the best pizza in the world, I have to try it.
 
This thread needs pics of good pizza.

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Closest place in that list is hours away from me. I've had some NY pizza before (from NY), and while good, some of our local places make stuff that's better. Of course next to no one has heard of my town, so that explains a few things.
 
the pizza i had in new york was at a place just called STEVE'S PIZZA. classic new york style, run by a bunch of guys who could barely speak english, absolutely funderful. my understanding is that it perished in the whole 9/11 debacle.

i also very much enjoy PUNCH PIZZA in minneapolis/st. paul. neopolitan style, charred thin crust, fresh tomatoes, buffalo mozarella, etc and so on. it's really excellent, though i can't compare it to anything on the list. look forward to tearing through some of these at the first opportunity.
 
RevenantKioku said:
That's actually what the first 80 paragraphs of his novel are about.
Anyway, Old Forge, Pennsylvania. Good shit. Often ignored.
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All hail our Old Forge overlords. I live about 15 minutes from Old Forge. Good fucking stuff.
 
SapientWolf said:
I can't stand pretentious pizza. You can keep your pizzas with the flowery names. Just give me an oily slice of sausage with the cheese dripping off.
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Me too-- or Sausage/Pep. I like the occasional pretentious pizza, but 9 times out of 10 I'm looking for something more blue collar. Hence I've only eaten at the place in the article 3x.

The last time, they were shooting the pics for this article, and I am in it.
 
So apparently I live 3 minutes from the #1 place on the list and pass by it everyday on the way to work. I always thought it was an antique/furniture shop.

Let me find a pic and you'll see what I mean....

l


:lol

Guess I'll give it a shot now. For my pizza cravings I go to Apart Inc currently, who are pretty damn decent.
 
beelzebozo said:
i need to try some chicago pizza that isn't deep dish.

deep dish is just totally not my style.
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Dude, most people in Chicago DON'T eat deep dish or stuffed crust all the time. It's fucking expensive. We eat Chicago-style thin crust when we order a pizza.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_pizza#Thin-crust_pizza

You can get this kind of pizza pretty much anywhere, even at like Giordano's or Gino's East, places typically known for stuffed crust. Though my favorite thin crust is from Aurelio's.
 
Phobophile said:
Dude, most people in Chicago DON'T eat deep dish or stuffed crust all the time. It's fucking expensive. We eat Chicago-style thin crust when we order a pizza.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_pizza#Thin-crust_pizza

You can get this kind of pizza pretty much anywhere, even at like Giordano's or Gino's East, places typically known for stuffed crust. Though my favorite thin crust is from Aurelio's.
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i'm passing through chicago in july and aurelio's is now totally on my list. thanks man.

and it's heartening to know that even chicagoans don't eat deep dish all the time.
 
Ecrofirt said:
All hail our Old Forge overlords. I live about 15 minutes from Old Forge. Good fucking stuff.
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My grandparents lived there so I spent a lot of my childhood there. (Hell, I lost my virginity in Scranton!) I'll be arsed if I can remember any of the names of the pizza places but goddamn those white pizzas are so fucking good.
 
beelzebozo said:
i'm passing through chicago in july and aurelio's is now totally on my list. thanks man.

and it's heartening to know that even chicagoans don't eat deep dish all the time.
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Aurelio's is pretty good, but I'm surprised to see someone rate it #1. There is one near downtown (right by where I live) that is attached to a Holiday Inn.. address is either Canal or Harrison. It's solid but not earthshattering IMO.
 
_dementia said:
Can someone repost the list?
I'm at work.
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in ascending order:

"mortadella pie," great lakes pizza, chicago
"plain pie," lucalie, brooklyn
"panna pie," pizzeria delfina, san francisco
"margherita with prosciutto," pizzeria bianco, phoenix
"spinach and mushroom pizza," bob and timmy's, providence
"white pie with potato," sally's apizza, new haven
"the grandma," tomato pie, los angeles
"margherita," co., new york city
"white pie," tacconelli's, philadelphia
"margherita with pepperoni," totonno's, brooklyn
"clam pie," tarry lodge, port chester
"the original tomato pie," frank pepe, new haven
"gourmet veggie pizza," luigi's the original, harrison towship
"wild-nettle pie," gialina, san francisco
"cheese pizza," buddy's, detroit
"pizza del cafone," antica pizzeria, marina del ray
"romana pie," a16, san francisco
"grilled pizza with roasted eggplant," al forno, providence
"square slice," galleria umberto, boston
"slice," famous joe's, new york city
"pepperoni pie," tomatoes apizza, farmington hills
"zucca pie," osteria, philadelphia
"homemade-sausage pie," santarpio's, boston
"cheese pizza with feta," niki's, detroit

Meier said:
Aurelio's is pretty good, but I'm surprised to see someone rate it #1. There is one near downtown (right by where I live) that is attached to a Holiday Inn.. address is either Canal or Harrison. It's solid but not earthshattering IMO.
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give me the quintessential "earth-shattering chicago pizza" suggestion, dude. i want to be completely mindfucked by the deliciousness of a pie.
 
beelzebozo said:
give me the quintessential "earth-shattering chicago pizza" suggestion, dude. i want to be completely mindfucked by the deliciousness of a pie.
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Honestly, I am too new here to be able to offer such a recommendation. I just wasn't blown away by Aurelio's. It's good though, no doubt. Maybe the suburban locations are better.
 
_dementia said:
thanks much, beelzebozo

not surprised there's nothing around me
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no prob duder. when you get a chance to go to the link and check out the slideshow. they have pictures of most of the pizzas and they do look impressive.

and i'm in the same position as you: none of these are near me. all the more reason to get the fuck out of b.f.e., in my book.
 
I live about a block and a half from Osteria in Philly. I have yet to eat there. Perhaps I should remedy this. Still, they left out Lorenzo's on south street, and while it's simple pizza, it is delicious.
 
Meier said:
Aurelio's is pretty good, but I'm surprised to see someone rate it #1. There is one near downtown (right by where I live) that is attached to a Holiday Inn.. address is either Canal or Harrison. It's solid but not earthshattering IMO.
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To be honest, you gotta eat at the original location in Homewood. I'm from the south suburbs so it's really just a 10 minute drive.
 
Artichoke's on 328 E 14th in Manhattan is pretty amazing.

Woo-hoo for SF representing. Although they did miss Zachary's and Little Star as some prior posts already noted.

SaggyMonkey said:
Also he should get the electric chair for missing this one: http://www.pizzaport.com/
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This place is good. But I go here more for the beer than the pizza.
 
Phobophile said:
Dude, most people in Chicago DON'T eat deep dish or stuffed crust all the time. It's fucking expensive.
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And it would kill us.


Outdoor Miner: Then you also walk past my house every day, assuming you are heading East to the train.
 
Zoso said:
I was in Chicago a few weeks ago and I tried Giordano's. It was extremely good. It is my goal that every time I visit Chicago I visit a new pizza place. There are way too many good ones there.
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IMO Giorgano's is not as good as the rest of the famous deep dish/stuffed places here in Chicago; the quality may vary depending on which branch you go to as well. My personal favorite is from Art of Pizza on Ashland near Belmont. When my GF and I feel like gorging we get two pieces of veggie stuffed pizza, an order of onion rings and a "cheese" salad with garlic dressing: we call it the vegetarian heart attack.
 
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