# Favorite Chain Pizza **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chain-pizza/486943 "2009-02-22T14:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chain-pizza/486943/101 "2009-09-29T23:27:38Z")
Not counting the real (and pricey) Chicago pizzas like Lou Malnattis, Gino’s East, etc. I have to go with Pizza Hut as well. I delivered Dominoes one summer, I can’t stand them and agree with everyone else’s assement on their bland awfullness. Funny how a lot of people agree with this. Little Ceasar’s is pretty bad, but they’re super cheap and when you have a couple kids who only eat cheese pizzas, getting a couple for 5 bucks is a bargain. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chain-pizza/486943/102 "2009-09-30T13:13:10Z")
All this talk about Shakey’s is getting me verklempt. I can tell we have some California (or at least west coast) dopers in the house. Egad, but the pizza was awesome. And the player piano. Remember the jingle sung by a barbershop quartet? “We’ve got fun at Shakey’s \ also pizza \” I worked there one summer and by that time things had long since changed. But I digress. . . Round table would be my next favorite but that’s also a left coast thing, AFAIK, so the choices here in Florida are Pizza Hut (a thousand times no) Dominos (will not dignify with a comment) Papa John’s (I’d rather go hungry) Little Caesar’s (edible but not great) and Hungry Howie’s, which would be my choice if I must order from a chain. I am the opposite of those “I only eat at local mom and pop restaurants” types and frankly find that attitude a little pretentious. However, when it comes to pizza I am the biggest snob I know. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chain-pizza/486943/103 "2009-09-30T13:31:26Z")
IMHO, the best chain pizza places in my neck of the woods (NE Ontario) are Pizza Pizza and Mrs. Vanelli’s. I find our local Pizza Hut to be far too greasy. ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chain-pizza/486943/104 "2009-09-30T19:32:02Z")
In NZ here. I would say **Hells.** They have gone international too. [Hell Pizza - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Pizza) I haven’t eaten Pizza Hutt since they stopped having restaurants - but they used to be good placs to take young children for meals. I’ve never eaten at Dominos. Generally I buy pizza bases (or pita bread) from the supermarket & make my own. The kids help. My son is a picky eater, so if we make small ones, everyone can have what they like. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chain-pizza/486943/105 "2009-09-30T19:58:40Z")
**Pizza Luce** is my drug of choice. I don’t know if they exist outside of Minnesota, but their Pizza Athena is possibly the best thing ever. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chain-pizza/486943/106 "2009-09-30T20:06:54Z")
Round Table; I guess I’d go with Pizza Hut if RT doesn’t count. I loved Straw Hat when I was a kid, but I went to one decades later (late 90s) and it was horrendous. In fact, I believe it had American cheese on it. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chain-pizza/486943/107 "2009-09-30T20:31:28Z")
> [@maplekiwi](#): > > In NZ here. I would say **Hells.** They have gone international too. > [Hell Pizza - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Pizza) I haven’t eaten Pizza Hutt since they stopped having restaurants - but they used to be good placs to take young children for meals. I’ve never eaten at Dominos. > Generally I buy pizza bases (or pita bread) from the supermarket & make my own. The kids help. My son is a picky eater, so if we make small ones, everyone can have what they like. There’s a pizza place called Hell? Imagine the advertising possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chain-pizza/486943/108 "2009-10-01T01:02:16Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > There’s a pizza place called Hell? Imagine the advertising possibilities. Especially since it was such a great place for kids. Imagine telling your kid: “If you’re really good all week, on Saturday, you can go to Hell!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chain-pizza/486943/109 "2009-10-01T09:38:11Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Especially since it was such a great place for kids. Imagine telling your kid: “If you’re really good all week, on Saturday, you can go to Hell!” 😃 I said **Pizza Hut** t used to be a good place to take kids when they had restaurants. **Intergalactic Gladiator** - Believe me, Hells have thought of all the possibilities in advertising. (see the Wikipedia link) A couple of them have really crossed the bounds of good taste. I wouldn’t eat there during the sketeton of Sir Edmund Hilary one. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chain-pizza/486943/110 "2009-10-01T10:09:29Z")
> [@maplekiwi](#): > > I said **Pizza Hut** t used to be a good place to take kids when they had restaurants. > > **Intergalactic Gladiator** - Believe me, Hells have thought of all the possibilities in advertising. (see the Wikipedia link) A couple of them have really crossed the bounds of good taste. I wouldn’t eat there during the sketeton of Sir Edmund Hilary one. Well, then, that’s what I get for reading (and posting on) the Dope when I’m exhausted, which I totally was, last night! :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chain-pizza/486943.md?page=5)