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Mar 9, 2010#1

DarkAudit

Pizza that is.

Can you guess which one is the $9.50 one, and which is the $11.99 one?

Yeah, the answer is obvious if I'm posting this thread. The Papa John's "large" is the other place's small, and is only $5.50. (all prices for a cheese pizza only, toppings not counted)

That's Pizza Al's, considered by most as the best in town, if not the state (suck on THAT, Charleston!)

Mar 9, 2010#2

HowDroll

In b4 Chaz.

Also, lrn2pizza.

Mar 9, 2010#3

phil

HowDroll said:
In b4 Chaz.

Also, lrn2pizza.

I want that.

in my belly.

holy shit

Mar 9, 2010#4

Shakey

I worked at Papa Johns for a while. Still remember when my boss put a whole bunch of pizza dough outside cause it was old and he was going to throw it. Later that night he realized he wasn't going to have enough dough and he wanted me to bring it back in. I told him there was no way in hell I was going to touch that stuff, he ended up bringing it in himself and using it. Not a big fan of the place anymore.

Mar 9, 2010#5

Dave

Shakey said:
I worked at Papa Johns for a while. Still remember when my boss put a whole bunch of pizza dough outside cause it was old and he was going to throw it. Later that night he realized he wasn't going to have enough dough and he wanted me to bring it back in. I told him there was no way in hell I was going to touch that stuff, he ended up bringing it in himself and using it. Not a big fan of the place anymore.

The actions of 1 stupid manager are not an indication of how the rest of the chain is run. I'd bet if that manager's district boss knew about it he'd be fired.

I worked at a Chili's for a time. Cleanest place I'd ever worked. Every night we'd scrub the place from top to bottom. Every night the floors got scrubbed, the fryers got changed out & the vents above the grills got washed and cleaned. Every night. It was a pain in the ass but we had to do it. Then I was asked to fill in at another Chili's because their head cook was suddenly out & they needed someone ASAP. I did it but the place was a shithole. I would never eat there again because of their shoddy way of doing things. In fact, that one is no longer there because they got shut down.

Same chain, two VERY different stores.

Mar 9, 2010#6

Shakey

I know, but if you're reminded of it every time you eat there it's not going to be very appetizing. Doesn't matter where it is.

Mar 9, 2010#7

makare

Our Papa John's wasn't very good either, it closed. I don't know if it was for sanitation reasons or what though. I know the bigger pizza is the better deal but is the medium the same size as the PJ large then? Sometimes you just want that size pizza.

Mar 9, 2010#8

Rob King

I think the problem was less the size, and more the cost of the offending sizes.

And damn you for making me long for pizza.

Mar 9, 2010#9

The Lovely Boehner

local food places usually better than national chains, news @ 11

Mar 9, 2010#10

Allen, who is Quiet

HowDroll said:
In b4 Chaz.

Also, lrn2pizza.

:drool:

Mar 9, 2010#11

Philosopher B.

That is a beast of a pizza. A beasta?

Mar 9, 2010#12

Cajungal

Oh my God, pizza... this stupid healthy dinner is pissing me off now. :humph:

Mar 9, 2010#13

Shannow

What a shitty thread. I had thought it was going to feature this person at some point:

Mar 9, 2010#14

GasBandit

Papa Johns are a bunch of worthless funksucking bastards unfit to exist and should be shot into the sun. I wish them to die a thousand horrible, pox-riddled agonizing deaths and their souls to forever wander in torment.

And I haven't even eaten their pizza. This is my opinion of them based upon dealing with their advertising department.

Mar 9, 2010#15

makare

GasBandit said:
Papa Johns are a bunch of worthless funksucking bastards unfit to exist and should be shot into the sun. I wish them to die a thousand horrible, pox-riddled agonizing deaths and their souls to forever wander in torment.

And I haven't even eaten their pizza. This is my opinion of them based upon dealing with their advertising department.

hehe fucksucking bastards. That's almost as creative as my mom's curses.

Mar 9, 2010#16

Cajungal

Wow... As far as the delivery chains go, that's the one I always pick. The Dominos and Pizza Huts around here are terrible. Mellow Mushroom and Peppers are the best, though.

Mar 9, 2010#17

figmentPez

HowDroll said:
Also, lrn2pizza.

Why are you posting pictures of a casserole in a pizza thread?

Mar 9, 2010#18

Chazwozel

Shannow said:
What a shitty thread. I had thought it was going to feature this person at some point:

Tell em Large Marge sent ya.

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figmentPez;351813][QUOTE=HowDroll said:
Also, lrn2pizza.

Why are you posting pictures of a casserole in a pizza thread?[/QUOTE]

Here you go:

And nothing beats a NYC pizza from a hole-in-the-wall in Queens. P.S. Manhatten pizzerias are for tourists.

Mar 9, 2010#19

Hylian

Man now my taste buds are all screwed up for pizza.

Mar 9, 2010#20

Philosopher B.

hylian said:
Man now my taste buds are all screwed up for pizza.

I am beginning to salivate strenuously.

Mar 9, 2010#21

makare

figmentPez said:
Why are you posting pictures of a casserole in a pizza thread?

That's what I was thinking. Flat pizza is where it's at. If I didnt just have a big plate of nachos I would be having pizza.

Mar 9, 2010#22

Chazwozel

makare1;351829][QUOTE=figmentPez said:
Why are you posting pictures of a casserole in a pizza thread?

That's what I was thinking. Flat pizza is where it's at. If I didnt just have a big plate of nachos I would be having pizza.[/QUOTE]

FINALLY!!!!! WE AGREEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mar 9, 2010#23

makare

Someone mark the calendar. Today is truly an auspicious day.

Mar 9, 2010#24

Hailey Knight

Which pizza is better, DarkAudit?

Mar 9, 2010#25

Chazwozel

escushion said:
Which pizza is better, DarkAudit?

The better question is why the fuck would someone buy a Papa John's pizza in addition to a good local pizza just to take a picture to prove a point to an internet forum?

Mar 10, 2010#26

Dave

I had Papa John's pizza last night. It was very good.

Mar 10, 2010#27

Chazwozel

Dave said:
I had Papa John's pizza last night. It was very good.

i got no major beef with the Papa, other than the outrageous prices for chain pizza.

Mar 10, 2010#28

ElJuski

I do love some of that chi-town deep dish, but I love flat crust the best, so...sorry Droll

Mar 10, 2010#29

Covar

I make two pies every Friday Sicilian style. I have about 3/4 of a pie left that serves as lunch through the week.

Cheese pizza is king during lent.

Mar 10, 2010#30

Baerdog

Cheese pizza is lame pizza. You could at least be throwing some onions and peppers on those pies during Lent.

Mar 10, 2010#31

Cajungal

Or spinach and mushrooms.

Mar 10, 2010#32

Baerdog

Cajun, I think we are on the same page here.

Mar 10, 2010#33

Cajungal

I think they go BETTER on pizza. I don't really like pepperoni or ground beef on pizza. Occasionally I;ll have one with chicken, but veggie pizzas are my favorite.

Mar 10, 2010#34

Baerdog

CG, you should try this sometime: pesto base pizza (instead of tomato sauce), white meat chicken, tomatoes, and onions. It's pretty darn good.

Mar 10, 2010#35

Cajungal

I've had something similar at a local place here. Pesto base is the bee's knees. :drool:

Mar 10, 2010#36

Baerdog

When I worked at one of the local pizza places we would experiment with various pizza bases. Pesto and ranch dressing were actually on the menu, but one of the cooks actually made a Thai pizza sauce that was delectable.

Mar 10, 2010#37

Cajungal

Interesting... I'd like to try that. I do love Thai.

Mar 10, 2010#38

Baerdog

I can't remember how they made it, but it was like a spicy kind of peanut sauce. It was yummy.

Mar 10, 2010#39

sixpackshaker

My college town had the shittiest pizza place. The pies there were swimming in sauce. It was like a flat, cheese covered soup. To get a decent pie, I told them to leave the sauce off my veggie supreme, and put it in a bowl.... I need to find a new pizza place that will do that for me.

Mar 10, 2010#40

Rob King

The greatest place for Pizza in the entire world is a joint in my hometown of Corner Brook, Newfoundland, called Louis-Gee's pizza. It is seriously the most delicious pizza I have ever tasted. The guy who owns it, Bashir, is awesome too.

In fact ... I wrote a poem for him, about myself and some of my friends who were sitting around one night longing for his pizza. I'm not kidding, either. We sat around, and just lamented that it was 10 hours down the highway, and it had been so long since our last visit.

A Brotherhood of Pizza Pilgrims

There is a brotherhood, born from out a shrine:
I know their heavy burden, for it's the same as mine.
The Lebanese man once offered to show us a new mass,
And pilgrimage was started, when the Eucharist was past.
To partake of his pizza, to eat just one donair!
Unassuming men knew not what would be found there.

With a single bite, the first footfall will strike the dust,
And to stray is then impossible: in Louis-Gee's we trust.
A challenge, it is, to live your lives outside that noble place,
A task to humble any man, and mark hardship on his face.
We pilgrims all live with eternal hope of occasional reunion
With that shrine, that pastor, and that glorious communion.

But now we hear of a brother, in a land so far away.
There, there is no pilgrimage! So tonight we all will pray
That the donair sauce and meat still be blessed all through!
That the vegetables be mighty, because there are so few.
Raise your pitabread chalice in remembrance of his name.
Brother: Keep eyes on the future, when you will partake again.

Mar 10, 2010#41

Jake

Chazwozel said:
And nothing beats a NYC pizza from a hole-in-the-wall in Queens.

I was in Queens last year (well, Rockville Centre, but who's counting?) and had an epic pizza at a place called Blue Moon. Know it?

Mar 10, 2010#42

Chazwozel

Jake;352350][QUOTE=Chazwozel said:
And nothing beats a NYC pizza from a hole-in-the-wall in Queens.

I was in Queens last year (well, Rockville Centre, but who's counting?) and had an epic pizza at a place called Blue Moon. Know it?[/QUOTE]

Dude, my aunt lives in Lynbrook. We order from there all the time!

Mar 10, 2010#43

Jay

What about a Poutine Pizza? YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Mar 10, 2010#44

Frankie Williamson

What the fuck?

Mar 10, 2010#45

checkeredhat

There is a good pizza place here with a name I can never remember. I actually think it MAY be called Mario's, as much as that is uninventive. Anyway, a large pepperoni pizza there is just over $6 after tax (Used to be $5 on the nose up till last year). And yet we normally wind up paying twice that at Gino's just because its closer.
Still, I haven't actually experienced truly..... inspiring pizza other than my dad's homemade stuff.

SeriousJay said:
What about a Poutine Pizza? YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Is there anything one CAN'T add gravy too?

My roommates and I went to Wild Wings after the Zombie Walk this year, and my friend got a plate of poutine chicken wings. They were DELICIOUS.

Mar 10, 2010#46

Cajungal

Oh, man, that's revolting.

Mar 10, 2010#47

Krisken

I'm of the opinion that the more animals that die for my pizza, the better.

As for Deep vs. Flat- I don't care. Sometimes I want flat, sometimes I want deep. All the pizza in this thread made me hungry.

Edit: <HURK!> Well, except for that gravy pizza that suddenly appeared.

Mar 10, 2010#48

Cajungal

Krisken said:
sometimes I want deep

that'swhatshesaid

Mar 10, 2010#49

Allen, who is Quiet

Pepperoni pizza and yellow mustard is delicious.

Mar 10, 2010#50

Jay

Cajungal said:
Oh, man, that's revolting.

I didn't say anything when you posted spinach. RESPECT! RESPECT THE POUTINE.

Mar 10, 2010#51

Shannow

SeriousJay;352408][QUOTE=Cajungal said:
Oh, man, that's revolting.

I didn't say anything when you posted spinach. RESPECT! RESPECT THE POUTINE.[/QUOTE]

No.

Mar 10, 2010#52

Jake

I make some totally wacky pizzas. But I will never sully them with gravy. :humph:

Mar 10, 2010#53

makare

I would rather look at images of those abscess things mentioned in the rant thread than that disgusting gravy covered pizza.

gag

Mar 10, 2010#54

North_Ranger

Hmm... as far as I know, there's no Papa John's in Finland. There's a Finnish pizza chain called Kotipizza ('Home Pizza') that actually won a prize for its reindeer meat pizza - which was named Berlusconi after the fucktard Italian Prime Minister who badmouthed Finnish cuisine. In yo' face, pencil cazzo!

If I want a quick pizza, I go for a €5 special at the pizza/kebab place: usually pepperoni.

If I'm downtown, I sometimes pop by at Rosso, a quasi-Italian family style restaurant for the best (and only) deepdish in town.

Mar 10, 2010#55

figmentPez

Jake said:
I make some totally wacky pizzas. But I will never sully them with gravy. :humph:

What about cream gravy? Mmm, eggs, bacon, sausage, onions, green peppers, mushrooms, cream gravy, cheddar and colby-jack on a whole wheat crust. Yum!

Mar 10, 2010#56

Frankie Williamson

.......Christ.

Mar 10, 2010#57

North_Ranger

Frankie said:
.......Christ.

Yes, my son?

Mar 10, 2010#58

Hylian

I love putting ranch mixed with sriracha on my pizza

Mar 10, 2010#59

HCGLNS

This thread makes me hunger for good pizza. Sadly being in Atlantic Canada, the best pizza I am going to find comes frozen from the supermarket.

Mar 10, 2010#60

Jay

2 slice of that poutine pizza and my favorite nutella queue de castor and I'm one happy man.

Mar 10, 2010#61

Dei

I like to dip my pizza in Marie's Blue Cheese. Mmmm

Mar 10, 2010#62

Rob King

HCGLNS said:
This thread makes me hunger for good pizza. Sadly being in Atlantic Canada, the best pizza I am going to find comes frozen from the supermarket.

I ... have no idea why you would say that. Where are you living that you can't order good pizza? There's some pretty damn good pizza a five minute walk away from me right now, and I basically live in the North Atlantic.

North_Ranger said:
Hmm... as far as I know, there's no Papa John's in Finland. There's a Finnish pizza chain called Kotipizza ('Home Pizza') that actually won a prize for its reindeer meat pizza - which was named Berlusconi after the fucktard Italian Prime Minister who badmouthed Finnish cuisine. In yo' face, pencil cazzo!

I should get to work on Newfoundland regional pizza. Seal meat pizza? Aww yeaah.

Also, I would eat that Poutine Pizza, SeriousJay. I can't say whether I would expect it to be good, but I would give it a chance.

Mar 10, 2010#63

HCGLNS

Rob King said:
I ... have no idea why you would say that. Where are you living that you can't order good pizza? There's some pretty damn good pizza a five minute walk away from me right now, and I basically live in the North Atlantic.

Unless you are making it from scratch, you cannot get a good pizza in Atlantic Canada. Everyone around may swear up and down that it is good, but this is only because they have never tasted good pizza. The best pizza you will get on the east coast is from a Pizza Pizza kiosk in the QEII Hospital. And the only reason it's the best is because it's a franchise from Ontario, and the only reason Ontario has decent pizza is their proximity and access to New Yorkers, who have heavily influenced the Ontario pizzarias.

The only response to eating Atlantic Canada pizza after having eaten good pizza from New York is; "What the fuck is this shit!?"

Mar 10, 2010#64

Rob King

/shrug. You must have much more discerning taste than I, if New York Pizza is the acid test and I still like the shit I find around town.

Mar 10, 2010#65

DarkAudit

I haven't had the chance to sample Ny pizza from Queens, but I've sampled a few hole-in-the-wall establishments in Manhattan that just knocked my socks off.

IIRC one such shop had a letter on the wall from some grateful servicemen. Seems they filled a large order to Iraq during the first Gulf War.

Mar 11, 2010#66

checkeredhat

A conversation with my roommate:

"Hey, poutine pizza, what do you think?"
"YES."
"See, that's what I thought, but everyone on halforums seems to think its disgusting."
"Well, they're Americans, mostly, right?"
"Just come here and look at this pizza"
"Oh my God I thought this was hypothetical pizza. This is- OH MY GOD IT LOOKS LIKE NICE THICK SKI LODGE PIZZA TOO. That looks amazing"

Perhaps there is truth to the stereotype that we like gravy on everything.

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SeriousJay said:
2 slice of that poutine pizza and my favorite nutella queue de castor and I'm one happy man.

I haven't tried this magnificent sounding poutine pizza, but hot DAMN am I on board. However, I cannot agree with nutella on anything.

Mar 11, 2010#67

Rob King

checkeredhat said:
I haven't tried this magnificent sounding poutine pizza, but hot DAMN am I on board. However, I cannot agree with nutella on anything.

How about Nutella on everything?

Mar 11, 2010#68

Chazwozel

Rob King;352561][QUOTE=HCGLNS said:
This thread makes me hunger for good pizza. Sadly being in Atlantic Canada, the best pizza I am going to find comes frozen from the supermarket.

North_Ranger said:
Hmm... as far as I know, there's no Papa John's in Finland. There's a Finnish pizza chain called Kotipizza ('Home Pizza') that actually won a prize for its reindeer meat pizza - which was named Berlusconi after the fucktard Italian Prime Minister who badmouthed Finnish cuisine. In yo' face, pencil cazzo!

Every other country I've been to has really, really shitty pizza.

Mar 11, 2010#69

CynicismKills

Man I had the most amazing pizza in one of those little church-cities in Italy. I wish I could remember the name of the city.

Otherwise the best you can get out here in Atlanta is Felini's or Mellow Mushroom. Both are good, it just depends on how much you want to spend and wether you want a whole pizza or one big old slice.

Mar 11, 2010#70

darkangel6988

Man I'd love to be able just to eat pizza for one day ! Especially Veggie pizza

Mar 11, 2010#71

DarkAudit

"Europe" and "*good* NY-style pizza" are such fundamentally opposing concepts that it's just impossible for me to reconcile them.

Mar 11, 2010#72

Chazwozel

DarkAudit said:
"Europe" and "*good* NY-style pizza" are such fundamentally opposing concepts that it's just impossible for me to reconcile them.

Says the guy from West Virginia... You schmucks wouldn't know a good NYC pie if it was thrown in your face.

Mar 11, 2010#73

North_Ranger

Chazwozel said:
Sorry North, there's only one place in Europe that has good pizza:

Every other country I've been to has really, really shitty pizza.

What do you know? You chew whatever is thrown into the sea. And haggis.

Also, I was not saying anything about Italian pizza. I was merely saying that Silvio Berlusconi is a dipshit.

Mar 11, 2010#74

DarkAudit

Chazwozel;352734][QUOTE=DarkAudit said:
"Europe" and "*good* NY-style pizza" are such fundamentally opposing concepts that it's just impossible for me to reconcile them.

Says the guy from West Virginia... You schmucks wouldn't know a good NYC pie if it was thrown in your face.[/QUOTE]

From, sparky. No one says I stayed there.

Mar 11, 2010#75

Frankie Williamson

Chazwozel;352679][QUOTE=Rob King;352561][QUOTE=HCGLNS said:
This thread makes me hunger for good pizza. Sadly being in Atlantic Canada, the best pizza I am going to find comes frozen from the supermarket.

North_Ranger said:
Hmm... as far as I know, there's no Papa John's in Finland. There's a Finnish pizza chain called Kotipizza ('Home Pizza') that actually won a prize for its reindeer meat pizza - which was named Berlusconi after the fucktard Italian Prime Minister who badmouthed Finnish cuisine. In yo' face, pencil cazzo!

Every other country I've been to has really, really shitty pizza.[/QUOTE]

I've only had good pizza in one place in Alberta, this bar in Edmonton that is run by this little old Italian lady. Her pizza oven is something else and the pizza blows the fucking shit out of the Lebenese specials that make up 99% of the independent pizza business here.

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