# Are all national pizza chain pizzas garbage? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 13, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-national-pizza-chain-pizzas-garbage/326116 "2005-10-13T20:10:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-national-pizza-chain-pizzas-garbage/326116/41 "2005-10-14T19:19:11Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > Actually I’m in Cincinnati. Thanks for the suggestions. Too bad you’re not in Columbus. There are a couple of mini-chains in the area that are excellent–Christy’s and Massey’s. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-national-pizza-chain-pizzas-garbage/326116/42 "2005-10-14T19:22:05Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > I’ve liked Sbarro. > > I like Pizza Hut, too, but I haven’t been to one in about 10 years, I bet. I remember it being nice and crusty, with softness in the middle and really greasy, even the crust. > > I agree with the comment that pizza is like sex. Even when it’s bad it’s good, but sometimes there’s too much cheese. I can really only remember one place where the pizza was actually BAD. They had thin little things sitting under heat lamps with old old meat on them. Nah. Bad pizza is definitely _not good_. Little Cesar’s is the worst of the bunch. Domino’s is only marginally better. Papa John’s is the same crap quality as Domino’s, but a slightly different flavor of crap. Pizza Hut and Sbarro’s are at least edible. If I had to pick a national chain, Uno’s probably would make the cut, even though that type of pizza is a whole 'nother beast that deserves its own category. Quite frankly, I would never voluntarily order out thin crust from _any_ of the national chains. It’s not a snob thing; I just think they all suck. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-national-pizza-chain-pizzas-garbage/326116/43 "2005-10-14T20:00:39Z")
My favorite pizza: Pizza Hut’s plain cheese, thinly spread, on a \*thin \* crust. Not too carbo-destructo (for pizza, anyhow), plus they deliver. Yay for late night pizza cravings! Also, they seem to be pretty cool about me stopping and using their bathrooms even when I’m not buying pizza. I have lately to go back and forth on Interstate 70 between Gaithersburg and Baltimore, and I have Nervous Driving Bladder. They’re always swell about letting me pee at the two Pizza Huts I pass en route. What more couldja ask for? ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-national-pizza-chain-pizzas-garbage/326116/44 "2005-10-14T20:10:06Z")
I like Papa John’s. Here in Atlanta, my favorite local chain is Fellini’s. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-national-pizza-chain-pizzas-garbage/326116/45 "2005-10-14T22:21:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It’s hot, you get it all over your face, and not everyone likes the crust? The crust is the best part! Wait, what are we talking about again? ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-national-pizza-chain-pizzas-garbage/326116/46 "2005-10-14T22:42:38Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > I like Papa John’s. Here in Atlanta, my favorite local chain is Fellini’s. I live in Atlanta, too. Fellini’s is pretty good. Have you tried Athens Pizza? Moe’s Pizza is pretty good as well. I order Johnny’s alot, but only because it’s close (it ain’t great, but anything is better than the national chain crap). What about Fritti, great wood oven pizza? My wife, a resident of Italy for three years, assures me it is just like the stuff from over there. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-national-pizza-chain-pizzas-garbage/326116/47 "2005-10-14T22:45:10Z")
I agree that there aren’t any really great chain pizza chains. but I’ll admit to a craving for a thin crust supreme from Pizza Hut about twice a year. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-national-pizza-chain-pizzas-garbage/326116/48 "2005-10-14T23:10:19Z")
I love Papa Johns, actually. It was really annoying a couple of years back when the one close to my apartment closed so I started going to another one and it closed. Luckily, I moved in August and there happens to be one right down the street. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-national-pizza-chain-pizzas-garbage/326116/49 "2005-10-15T04:14:36Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > Actually I’m in Cincinnati. Thanks for the suggestions. Ah! You’re most welcome! I went to HS and college there (many years ago); hope you’re enjoying it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-national-pizza-chain-pizzas-garbage/326116.md?page=2)