# Best pizza in your neck of the woods? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741 "2010-04-11T16:30:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![notsoheavyd3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85e7bf/32.png) [@notsoheavyd3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notsoheavyd3)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/61 "2010-04-12T18:44:22Z")
Hmm lets try that again. The best pizza around here IMHO is Pizzeria Regina. (Sort of a micro chain in eastern Massachusetts.) ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/62 "2010-04-12T19:38:14Z")
> [@Neptunian\_Slug](#): > > A lot of people rave about Taconellis. Never been. You have to call ahead and reserve the dough. Frankly, pizza is not something I plan out 24 hours in advance and then drive all the way to Port Richmond to eat. I go to Taconelli’s 1-2x a year, and it is the best pizza in the Philadelphia area. It is worth the ride, and worth planning ahead for… byo as well… ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/63 "2010-04-12T20:49:40Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > We have the same thing go on around here in greater Cincinnati. Year in and year out, LaRosa’s consistently takes top honors in the Best Pizza polls, and every year it remains consistently average pizza _at best_. It’s enough to make you want to chew your own foot off. I don’t know about your area, but the local restaurant polls and awards around here are so obviously stuffed that it’s right past frustrating and straight on to just hilarious. There’s a good but by no means great place called Oregano’s that won EVERYTHING a couple years back-- even categories they shouldn’t have been entered in. They won something like “Best ‘Fast’ Lunch” for god’s sake-- at the time, my job had to tell everyone we were no longer allowed to go there for lunch because they were notorious for being the slowest place in town. It took 2 hours to get in and out for lunch, even when they weren’t particularly busy. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/64 "2010-04-12T22:45:32Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > You knw, when we moved to the Sacramento area we were told to go to Zelda’s and while it is very good pizza it doens’t really strike me as being special. IN fact my favorite Pizza is BJs, which may shock some people, I suppose, but it is a thick crust that is still light as a feather and then the baked in cheese around the edge, the whole tomateos, it is a really really good pizza, IMO. Otherwise I have not found anything truly stand out exceptional in the Sacramento Area. Actually, I know quite a few people who don’t care for Zelda’s pizza. I always put it down to being a thin crust/thick crust thing… ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/65 "2010-04-12T23:21:09Z")
We have a place in Little Rock called Brick Oven Pizza. As the name suggests, they have a specially made brick oven that makes very crispy pizza crust. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/66 "2010-04-13T01:04:23Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > You said it all for Phoenix! I live very close to Mama Mia and love it. No love for Oreganos? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/67 "2010-04-13T01:08:25Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Colorado doesn’t really have any great or really popular chains. Blackjack Pizza is locally owned, but it is your generic delivery pizza like Pizza Hut or Domino’s. Beau Jo’s is a local chain that gets some love, but I just don’t get it. It’s overdone in every way - too much topping, way too much cheese, and sweet sauce. The “cool” thing about it is that they have honey dispensers at the tables that you are supposed to squeeze onto the leftover crust, which is huge. In Colorado Springs, do NOT stop at Old Chicago Pizza. It’s horrible and service is crap. The night I was there, out of 5 tables (including ours) 4 had their orders messed up. ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/68 "2010-04-13T02:56:00Z")
My neck of the woods: St Louis, MO. Best pizza: [Pi](http://www.restaurantpi.com/). I like the locations in the Central West End and the Loop. [Note: this is **not** St Louis style pizza, so you can stop yer gripin’ right now.] ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/69 "2010-04-13T03:08:37Z")
Frattelli’s in Rio Rancho (used to be A&K’s) is the best pizza in the area, IMHO. It’s a New York style (which is my personal preference) and the owner/operator is from back East. It’s just a little hole in the wall place. Of the chains in town, Dion’s is really good (it’s a local chain though…don’t think it’s outside of New Mexico, but could be wrong there) and downtown there is a NYPD Pizza that’s not bad. Other than that, New Mexico is kind of a pizza wasteland, compared to places like New York… -XT ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/70 "2010-04-13T03:12:12Z")
Joplin, MO Pizza By Stout–Going strong for about 25 years, founded by Willard Stout and still run by his daughter & son-in-law. English-style pub with a couple hundred varieties of beer. Best cinnamon rolls on Earth. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/71 "2010-04-13T03:23:40Z")
Has anyone in this thread ever eaten at a place called Carbone’s Pizza, in Las Vegas Nevada? It doesn’t exist anymore (it was in northern Las Vegas, well away from the Strip)…this was years ago (in the 70’s). Just wondering if anyone else ever ate there and, if so, what you remember. -XT ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/72 "2010-04-13T03:36:33Z")
Pizzeria Bianco is probably the best (maybe anywhere), but they are impossible to get into, so we tend to go to our runners-up: La Grande Orange, and Cafe Pino, both of which make superb pizzas. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/73 "2010-04-13T04:27:51Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > No love for Oreganos? See post #63 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/74 "2010-04-13T04:34:15Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > No love for Oreganos? There’s one right down the street. I think their pizza is good, but it’s over-the-top. I can only eat one slice - it’s just too thick. Their pizzookie, on the other hand - now **that** is something magical! ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/75 "2010-04-13T04:46:30Z")
> [@rivulus](#): > > My neck of the woods: St Louis, MO. > Best pizza: [Pi](http://www.restaurantpi.com/). > > I like the locations in the Central West End and the Loop. > > [Note: this is **not** St Louis style pizza, so you can stop yer gripin’ right now.] I’ve been meaning to go there since El Presidente ordered it in. Likewise, here in Springfield, the best pizza is Rosati’s followed by Chicago Gyro for thin crust. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/76 "2010-04-13T04:50:43Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > I’ve been meaning to go there since El Presidente ordered it in. Likewise, here in Springfield, the best pizza is **Rosati’s** followed by Chicago Gyro for thin crust. Hmm. A Rosati’s about 15 minutes from my house has been open for maybe the last year or so, and I was wondering if I should try it (especially since they sell by the slice, and you don’t see that all that much round these parts), but I’d heard some meh-ish reviews about the quality of the food, coupled with some more pointedly scathing reviews of the service, so I’d pretty much written it off. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/77 "2010-04-13T05:04:47Z")
My favorite pizza is Popa Johns, but th eone in my area closed last year. I hate most of the pizza in my area. Most of it is “Old Forge Pizza” which is: “This pizza is typically rectangular in shape with a balanced tangy sauce, and topped with a creamier cheese, similar to fontina or white American, on a crispy thicker crust.” - [Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Forge,_Lackawanna_County,_Pennsylvania) To me, it is plywood with spaghetti sauce and near liquid cheese. Yes, I know a lot of people love it, but it’s just not my thing. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/78 "2010-04-13T06:04:44Z")
> [@rivulus](#): > > My neck of the woods: St Louis, MO. > Best pizza: [Pi](http://www.restaurantpi.com/). > > I like the locations in the Central West End and the Loop. > > [Note: this is **not** St Louis style pizza, so you can stop yer gripin’ right now.] My neck is the same! Love me some Imo’s, but I’ve been meaning to try Pi. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/79 "2010-04-13T18:47:15Z")
Here in Seattle, my favorites are [Tutta Bella](http://www.tuttabellapizza.com/) and [Serious Pie](http://tomdouglas.com/index.php?page=serious-pie). For places I used to live, as mentioned above - [Frankie Johnnie & Luigi Too](http://fjlmountainview.com/) in Mountain View. In the Pittsburgh area, [Vincent’s](http://thevincentspizzapark.com/) (I hear Vince recently passed). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741/80 "2010-04-13T19:15:55Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > [Pizzaiolo](http://www.pizzaiolooakland.com/) in Oakland - really great thin-crust pizza made in a wood-fired oven. > > One odd thing about Pizzaiolo is that the place has no sign. The building it’s in used to be a hardware store, and there’s an old Dutch Boy Paint sign in front. The first time I went there I was invited by a friend who told me the name of the place and the nearest intersection. I couldn’t find it and had to go into a store to ask for help. The place is like a speakeasy in that you just have to know it’s there. Despite this the place is always crowded. For their first couple of years in business they didn’t even take reservations. Hmmm, good to know, especially since “Boot & Shoe Service” is less than a mile from our house. I’ve always been partial to Blondie’s–mostly because I lived off the stuff when going to Cal–and have a very soft spot for the potato-pesto at Escape from NY’s and religiously get a slice whenever I’m in the Castro or Haight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/535741.md?page=5)