# I'm going to treat you to a pizza. The catch? You're only allowed to pick one topping. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2017, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302 "2017-01-16T10:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/101 "2017-01-17T10:01:34Z")
Anchovies. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/102 "2017-01-17T12:12:33Z")
Spicy chicken. I’m not fussy about chain, but we normally get Domino’s if we do. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/103 "2017-01-17T12:33:47Z")
Bacon is always my go to. In fact, if I’m perusing the menu trying to decide whether or not to try a new place, if there’s no bacon there’s no deal. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/104 "2017-01-17T14:05:21Z")
I’ll take Z-Pizza as the chain, and mushrooms. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/105 "2017-01-17T14:09:32Z")
> [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](#): > > I’ll take “anywhere but Papa John’s” because the one time I had their pizza I didn’t like it. The sauce was too sweet, and the cheese and crust just didn’t taste right. > > Topping: Pepperoni. Or mushrooms. Either one. That’s why I like Papa, I don’t like sauce very much, and theirs has a better taste to it. Their biggest problem is that they use WAY too much sauce, so I always ask for light sauce. And Papas’ crust taste? You ate it without the signature garlic dipping sauce!?!? That’s half the reason to go with Papa in the first place! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/106 "2017-01-17T14:38:24Z")
Vegetarian checking in. I loves me some celery on pizza. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/107 "2017-01-17T14:53:09Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Vegetarian checking in. I loves me some celery on pizza. That’s a new one for me–I don’t think I’ve ever seen it and I’m intrigued. Who offers celery as a pizza topping? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/108 "2017-01-17T14:55:43Z")
Only me, cause I love cooked celery. Just dice it in the blender, leaves and all, and put it on an uncooked pizza. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/109 "2017-01-17T14:56:28Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Only me, cause I love cooked celery. Just dice it in the blender, leaves and all, and put it on an uncooked pizza. Ah. Rule #1 in the OP. 😉 But I will give it a shot next time I make pizza. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/110 "2017-01-17T16:40:15Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Anchovies. [un-type-able, inhuman noise from the 1970s’ _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEStsLJZhzo) Really, I like one slice of an anchovy pizza. But it’s one and done. No mas. Any other topping with them is for texture or decoration. > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Only me, cause I love cooked celery. Just dice it in the blender, leaves and all, and put it on an uncooked pizza. Hmm, I’m inclined to react the same way as before. But dammit, par-cooked celery is so beautiful, greener than it was fresh, and still crunchy. I’ll see how crazy the wife thinks I am when I suggest it as the topping for the third pizza next time. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/111 "2017-01-17T17:31:50Z")
Chain: Fellini’s or Mellow Mushroom (in Atlanta) - Oh, and to answer someone else, re: Nancy’s, not only is it a chain, but they have one in Atlanta as well. Topping: probably Spicy Italian Sausage ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/112 "2017-01-17T17:46:18Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Chain: Fellini’s or Mellow Mushroom (in Atlanta) - Oh, and to answer someone else, re: Nancy’s, not only is it a chain, but they have one in Atlanta as well. > > Topping: probably Spicy Italian Sausage Apparently there’s one in Cali and Missouri, too. I only was familiar with the original location. Surprised there isn’t one in Phoenix, though, as it seems like every section ne Chicago chain ends up there (Rosati’s, Portillos, Vito and Nicks until it closed up shop, etc…) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/113 "2017-01-17T17:50:09Z")
For many years I would’ve said pepperoni, but I’m going through something of a sausage phase. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/114 "2017-01-17T18:01:46Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Bacon is always my go to. In fact, if I’m perusing the menu trying to decide whether or not to try a new place, if there’s no bacon there’s no deal. Bacon is no good without onion. Two toppings, I’d say bacon and onion. Just one, got to go with sausage. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/115 "2017-01-17T18:07:13Z")
Gold Ingots. Okay, that’s probably not on the menu at any conventional pizza place. I’d choose Portuguese Sausage, which is what they call Linguiça in Hawaii. It’s so very very good on pizza. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/116 "2017-01-17T18:51:17Z")
Another Chicagoan for sausage. Any of the local chains already mentioned are fine: Rosati’s, Giordano’s, Lou Malnati’s, Home Run Inn. I don’t have any use for the national chains; we have too many great local places to waste the indulgence. I can’t think of any standard topping I wouldn’t enjoy, even ‘weird’ one like anchovies, pineapple, jalapenos, artichoke hearts, etc. However, pepperoni is near the end of my preferred topping list. It is fine and I’ll happily eat it but it’s just not too interesting. Beef, ground or Italian, is in the same category. A roommate in college would always get gyros meat on his pizza. That was a nice treat. The trick is finding a place that has good gyros and good pizza, two surprisingly uncommon areas of overlap. Another college pizza trick was ordering a side of pesto. I’d have never thought of pesto as a pizza condiment before but it works really well. The legal requirement of fennel or anise in Italian sausage is news to me. I also never put together that Malnati’s sausage doesn’t fit the definition. Neat. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/117 "2017-01-17T18:53:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > For many years I would’ve said pepperoni, but I’m going through something of a sausage phase. That’s what cheese said. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/118 "2017-01-17T19:13:01Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’m not a Chicagoan, but I still chose sausage… > [@John\_Mace](#): > > Me, too. I’m OK with it either way-- “lumpy” or actual slices of links. Given the choice of lumpy sausage or pepperoni, I usually go with pepperoni…if it’s good sliced sausage (and quality varies) that’s my go-to one topping. Two slices of pepperoni is too much grease, so if it’s not just a snack, I would eat two slices of sausage pizza instead of two pepperoni. In my experience lumpy sausage is usually not good sausage. That said, there’s a lot of crappy pepperoni out there too. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/119 "2017-01-17T19:13:18Z")
I’d go with pepperoni, too. **But** I really don’t like the pepperoni that has turkey or chicken in it. And since that saves pizzeria’s money (I think) a lot seem to use it. Sadly, I’d have to get it from Domino’s because it’s the only place I can confirm doesn’t use chicken/turkey in their pepperoni. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/120 "2017-01-17T19:13:54Z")
As for pizzeria, right now I’m gonna go with Dewey’s of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Great 'zas. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > That’s what cheese said. :: rimshot :: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302.md?page=7)