# I just had the best damned pizza I ever ate **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288 "2013-05-25T03:20:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/1 "2013-05-25T03:20:40Z")
I stopped in to a fairly new pizza place here in town. It opened last October. I’d recently overheard a coworker talking about getting a pizza there, and since it is pretty close to my home I tried it. OMG, I’ve never had pizza like this. It’s a “build your own place” You choose the sauce, the cheese, and one topping. Extra toppings add to the basic price of $5.00, so with tax and the add ons I chose it came out to $7.35 The choice of veggies, meats, sauces, and cheeses are amazing. When I saw what all they had I kind of had a “Greek” pizza. Tzihtki(sp) sauce, thinly sliced lamb, feta cheese, kalamata olive and fresh(!) spinach leaves, with some white cheese. Service was fast. I took the pizza home and my stomach leaped up and started nibbling at my windpipe it was so good. They make their own crusts too. The only bad thing is that, as the crow flies, this place is about a quarter mile from home. How am I not going to be there **all the time**? The place looked busy, but it is Friday night, probably the busiest time. They have tables too, with TV’s. You can get wine or beer, and it’s close to the university. I really, really hope this place makes a go of it. Have you ever done a “first time visit” to some kind of establishment, food or retail, and known you will be a loyal customer on the spot? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/2 "2013-05-25T03:54:02Z")
There is a pizza joint in the mall located to our east that puts paid to every pizza place I have found in a 50 mile radius. The best, and the right amount of sauce. They make their own dough. They understand the term ‘Extra Cheese’. And it is REAL cheese. The large 20" pizza feeds the house for days. I have NO objection to opening the wallet for the $22 price. It is worth the 30 mile round trip ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/3 "2013-05-25T03:55:42Z")
Ok, I give up, guys. Where do you live? And what is the name of the place (it may be a chain)? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/4 "2013-05-25T04:01:48Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Ok, I give up, guys. Where do you live? And what is the name of the place (it may be a chain)? I’m in Topeka, Kansas. I didn’t name the place because I wasn’t sure if it would be considered “spam” if I did so. It’s: The College Hill Pizza Pub ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/5 "2013-05-25T04:05:24Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > There is a pizza joint in the mall located to our east that puts paid to every pizza place I have found in a 50 mile radius. The best, and the right amount of sauce. They make their own dough. They understand the term ‘Extra Cheese’. And it is REAL cheese. The large 20" pizza feeds the house for days. I have NO objection to opening the wallet for the $22 price. **It is worth the 30 mile round trip** How do you keep the pizza hot for the drive home? I work by a great pizza place in Boulder, Abo’s Pizza, but the 20 mile drive home keeps me from bringing home a pie. I get slices for lunch once a week since I discovered them, but the two times I took one home, It was disappointingly cold. reheating, even in the oven, just isn’t the same. The second time, I gobbled up two slices in the car on the highway, but that was a bit awkward! ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/6 "2013-05-25T04:16:54Z")
> [@Amblydoper](#): > > How do you keep the pizza hot for the drive home? I work by a great pizza place in Boulder, Abo’s Pizza, but the 20 mile drive home keeps me from bringing home a pie. Ask them about an insulated bag. When I managed a pizza joint, we had some foil re-usable ones we gave nobodies, and my regulars I’d give one of the older ones my guys used for actual deliveries. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/7 "2013-05-25T04:42:02Z")
> [@Amblydoper](#): > > How do you keep the pizza hot for the drive home? I work by a great pizza place in Boulder, Abo’s Pizza, but the 20 mile drive home keeps me from bringing home a pie. I get slices for lunch once a week since I discovered them, but the two times I took one home, It was disappointingly cold. reheating, even in the oven, just isn’t the same. The second time, I gobbled up two slices in the car on the highway, but that was a bit awkward! Turn on your heated seats, if you have them. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/8 "2013-05-25T05:04:04Z")
You’re so lucky - I don’t eat pizza very often, but when I do, I want a very good pizza, not some mediocre crap. My thing is the sauce - I want a very tasty, thick, skunky sauce, not some bland ketchup-y stuff. Still haven’t found it here. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/9 "2013-05-25T05:08:31Z")
> [@Amblydoper](#): > > How do you keep the pizza hot for the drive home? I work by a great pizza place in Boulder, Abo’s Pizza, but the 20 mile drive home keeps me from bringing home a pie. I get slices for lunch once a week since I discovered them, but the two times I took one home, It was disappointingly cold. reheating, even in the oven, just isn’t the same. The second time, I gobbled up two slices in the car on the highway, but that was a bit awkward! Ask them if they can do one partially baked. Then you can finish the baking at home. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/10 "2013-05-25T14:48:41Z")
> [@Amblydoper](#): > > How do you keep the pizza hot for the drive home? I work by a great pizza place in Boulder, Abo’s Pizza, but the 20 mile drive home keeps me from bringing home a pie. I get slices for lunch once a week since I discovered them, but the two times I took one home, It was disappointingly cold. reheating, even in the oven, just isn’t the same. The second time, I gobbled up two slices in the car on the highway, but that was a bit awkward! I think they heat the thing to the point of plasma. A wait time is needed, or third degree burns is forcast. ---
**Author:** ![Orr\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ee59a6/32.png) [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/11 "2013-05-25T16:22:02Z")
> [@Amblydoper](#): > > How do you keep the pizza hot for the drive home? I work by a great pizza place in Boulder, Abo’s Pizza, but the 20 mile drive home keeps me from bringing home a pie. I get slices for lunch once a week since I discovered them, but the two times I took one home, It was disappointingly cold. reheating, even in the oven, just isn’t the same. The second time, I gobbled up two slices in the car on the highway, but that was a bit awkward! We have some insulated bags we got from Target. They aren’t as good as the professional delivery bags, but they pretty much do the trick. They also help keep the frozen goods frozen on shopping days. As for pizza itself, there’s only one small chain with a store not too terribly far from us that has edible pizza. But when I need the real deal (or as close as we can get here), we have Giordano’s mail us some. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/12 "2013-05-25T17:13:45Z")
America’s Test Kitchen gave me one of the best kitchen hints I ever learned. Don’t worry about keeping your pizza hot for the drive home. Instead, just heat a big skillet until it’s piping hot, adding no oil or anything, and lay the pizza slices in it. They reheat in just a couple of minutes, and the bottom gets recrisped simultaneously. I buy to-go pizza in downtown San Jose where I work, and it’s a 45-minute commute home. The pizza’s tepid by the time I get home, but reheats/recrisps in the time it takes for me to put grated cheese and red pepper flakes on the table and put away my purse. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/13 "2013-05-25T18:03:18Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You’re so lucky - I don’t eat pizza very often, but when I do, I want a very good pizza, not some mediocre crap. My thing is the sauce - I want a very tasty, thick, skunky sauce, not some bland ketchup-y stuff. Still haven’t found it here. Canada is generally rough for pizza, I find. Worst pizza I’ve ever had was in Rimouski. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/14 "2013-05-27T04:48:43Z")
I’m so jealous. p.s. thanks for the reheat tip,\*\* teela brown\*\*! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/15 "2013-05-27T05:53:09Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Canada is generally rough for pizza, I find. Worst pizza I’ve ever had was in Rimouski. Worst pizza for me was in Winnepeg, which was also the second worst meal I’ve ever eaten. The winner was a vegetarian Thanksgiving featuring a “barley loaf”. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/16 "2013-05-28T17:22:15Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Canada is generally rough for pizza, I find. Worst pizza I’ve ever had was in Rimouski. It’s good (I suppose) to know I’m not alone in my search for a decent pizza. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/17 "2013-05-28T17:38:01Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > It’s good (I suppose) to know I’m not alone in my search for a decent pizza. 🙂 Well, you obviously haven’t been to Carp pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/18 "2013-05-28T17:39:38Z")
At first I was certain the pie was from Grotto’s. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![the\_O](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@the\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/19 "2013-05-28T18:53:07Z")
Good pizza is a major reason why I’d build an outdoor wood burning oven. I’m honestly surprised that this isn’t done more often. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288/20 "2013-05-28T19:52:29Z")
We love Nuvo’s Chicago Style Pizza here in Indy. Well, I love it, the rest of the family usually goes for pasta dishes, but we all enjoy it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-the-best-damned-pizza-i-ever-ate/659288.md?page=2)