Tripadvisor pizza hall of shame--no New Haven, NY 4th

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<p>I thought I was reading the Onion when I saw the headline that San Diego has the best pizza on the ten best cities for pizza list. I mean c’mon. New York 4th? No Chicago? And no New Haven?</p>

<p>It was delicious–so to speak–that the blurb for San Diego said it tastes like New York, but New York was 4th. </p>

<p>What a joke that Phoenix, Austin, and Seattle were on the list.</p>

<p>Among people who know pizza it’s usually an argument between Goliath, New York, and David, New Haven.</p>

<p>And that’s pretty much all she wrote. The rest of the nation (unless you like deep dish Chicago) is basically a pizza desert.</p>

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<p>The real skinny: <a href=“http://pizzatherapy.com/[/url]”>http://pizzatherapy.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I think pizza in Seattle is great myself.
I think I will go see these guys tonight.
<a href=“http://www.veracipizza.com/[/url]”>http://www.veracipizza.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>But I also have fond memories of Pagallaci. Every Friday almost I would take my 4 yr old there for dinner. ( I had been working at her co-op preschool a couple blocks away & her dad worked swingshift so he wasn’t ever home for dinner)
It was full of college students ( who I was only a few years older than) and had mirrored pillars that D liked to watch herself in as she danced to the music.</p>

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<p>Ridiculous. I am from New Haven and whoever wrote that article is out of their mind.</p>

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<p>Hmmm…maybe you just think it tastes better because you are sitting in sunny San Diego!
; )</p>

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<p>I live in San Diego and have eaten pizza at both Luigi’s and Fillipi’s. They were both excellent pizzas but, as much as I love San Diego, I have a hard time believing those places make the best pizza in the nation.</p>

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<p>It sounds like this article was based on reader’s votes from the various cities. I don’t think the folks in New York and New Haven need to vote to “prove” where the best pizza is made. :)</p>

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<p>I think Pizzagirl should weigh in. :D</p>

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<p>Pizzagirl would say, “Why should I care what other people like? Chicago has the best pizza.”</p>

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<p>Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix has fabulous pizza. </p>

<p>I like New Haven pizza but flatly refuse to stand in line to get it.</p>

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<p>The best pizza i ever had was made in a wood-fired oven in a hole in the wall in Naples and wrapped up in newspaper. So there. :D</p>

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<p>I have to say, I have lived elsewhere where it was hard to find one good pizza. But here in the Chicago burbs, there is good pizza everywhere you go, and many excellent pizzas. It is an embarrassment of riches…</p>

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<p>Pizza Hut makes the best pizza and they are everywhere. Next is Dominos.</p>

<p>A long time ago I went to Italy with the intent of finding the best pizza in the world. It was average at best. The crust was squishy and they put onions on top. Go figure.</p>

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<p>How about Pi in St. Louis?! Wow! Even the president has it delivered to him all the way in DC!</p>

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<p>Haha Soozievt - I don’t even like pizza all that much! It had to do with something in my professional life, and it was a horrible screen name choice, but too late now!</p>

<p>And oldfort - I don’t like Chicago style deep dish - only NY style! </p>

<p>But at least I know enough to know that Pizza Hut doesn’t make the best pizza. Yuck!</p>

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<p>“But here in the Chicago burbs, there is good pizza everywhere you go, and many excellent pizzas. It is an embarrassment of riches…”</p>

<p>If you like eating cardboard.</p>

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<p>New Haven-good but now overrated. been passed and many are as good. Naples-yes.</p>

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<p>Completely agree that New Haven pizza is overrated. Pepe’s white clam pie is a nice novelty, but beyond that it’s pretty ordinary. Generations of Elis have been bamboozled into thinking they’re in on something special.</p>

<p>I like New York pizza but mostly feel the same about it. Most of it is good to very good, very little is outstanding. The great thing about New York is you can get a decent slice almost anywhere in the city, almost any time of day or night. But very little of it reaches a peak.</p>

<p>Chicago deep-dish and stuffed pizza, on the other hand, runs the gamut from horrid to outstanding, probably more of the former. My favorite in this genre is a Giordano’s stuffed spinach. Superb. You really need to pick your spots.</p>

<p>But I’ll take any authentic Neapolitan-style pizza Margherita Extra with San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella di bufala, basil, and EVOO, baked in a wood-fired stone oven at 905 degrees, in a heartbeat. There are more of these popping up in various U.S. cities, and the best of them rival Naples.</p>

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<p>Not sure exactly what the argument is here. If you live in the PNW then you want a paper thin, preferably no tomato base, and so on.
If you live anywhere else on this planet you want a deep dish from Chicago.</p>

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<p>It’s a NY-New England thing. We were just talking about the Pepe’s vs Sally’s rivalry, the other day.</p>

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<p>Not me, Oregon. I live here and I won’t even eat Chicago deep dish. Giordano’s is just eh. If we do pizza, it’s a small local chain.</p>

<p>And don’t get me started on the Midwestern habit of cutting thin crust pizza like a checkerboard. God intended pizza to be cut like a pie.</p>