# Types of pizza **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [March 25, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716 "2021-03-25T19:35:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/82 "2021-03-28T07:22:56Z")
Hawaii does have some decent pizza. This evening, we picked up one from a hole-in-the-wall takeout place called Slice of Waikiki. One of our favorite pizzas, named “Death by Meat.” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/83 "2021-03-28T08:07:17Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Are you talking about pizza king pizza? As a sidenote, though I’ve only been to Ohio once by way of a day stop in Cleveland (and I wouldn’t recommend it), I’ve heard of Pizza King, and I understand they serve a “stromboli” that, unlike the rolled-up pizza that that name refers to elsewhere, is actually a sort of Italian sausage chili-cheese sub sandwich. I suppose that might count as a “type of pizza”. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/84 "2021-03-28T11:24:57Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I normally don’t even like supreme, but something about their supreme is amazing. Is “supreme” a standard set of toppings, like “Hawaiian”? I’m not familiar with it. Pepperoni, onion, and pepper? ---
**Author:** ![OldManLogan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oldmanlogan/32/5237_2.png) [@OldManLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldManLogan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/85 "2021-03-28T12:12:46Z")
I don’t know about a fixed standard but usually includes pepperoni, ground sausage, onions, green peppers, black olives. Other toppings frequently appear in a “supreme” like mushrooms, ham, bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/86 "2021-03-28T21:37:30Z")
As for “supreme” pizza, that seems to be a mainstay of Pizza Hut. That’s where I learned it. Good stuff it is too. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/87 "2021-03-29T00:46:15Z")
One of the first types of pizza introduced to the US was Trenton style tomato pie. It’s basically like New York style pizza except the sauce is on top. You can find it in the Trenton area as well as around Philly. > **[Trenton tomato pie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton_tomato_pie)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Trenton tomato pie or New Jersey tomato pie is a type of circular, thin-crust Italian tomato pie created in Trenton, New Jersey, United States around the early 20th century in which cheese and other toppings are added on first, then the sauce. > The distinction between pizza and Trenton tomato pies is in the process of making the pie. Unlike the thicker square Italian tomato pie, Trenton tomato pie is often circular, of the thin-crust variety and i... ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/88 "2021-03-29T00:58:22Z")
As a pizza lover, I sometimes think it would be cool to travel around North America to sample different cities’ pizza. I’m particularly interested in Rust Belt pizza: Detroit, Toledo, and St. Louis. I’ve heard New Haven style’s pretty good as well. I’ve had Philly (I guess) and New York pizza, couldn’t tell you the difference. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/89 "2021-03-29T00:59:46Z")
That’s what I was referring to when I said NYC and Philly pizzas were similar (in my view anyhoo) - the tomato pies. You see 'em around Jersey, near NYC and Philly. Maybe there are different styles of “New York” pizza? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/90 "2021-03-29T01:15:53Z")
I wouldn’t count it as a style per se, but my adopted hometown of Olympia, WA has a signature pizza topping - cashews. It was introduced in the '70s at a long-running Italian family restaurant called “Dirty Dave’s” and has become a fixture at all the other non-chain pizzerias in town. (It’s also popular in Woodlands, CA, where the eponymous Dirty Dave also owned a bar/restaurant before moving north.) According to the restaurant it was inspired by a very drunk patron who asked for a packet of bar nuts while eating a pizza, spilled the nuts on the pizza, and kept eating it anyway. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/91 "2021-03-29T01:18:59Z")
Oh, that sounds yummy. Is it normally a singular topping or paired with something else? Should I assume a pie with red sauce and cheese as a base? I’ve had nuts on pizza before, and they can be quite good. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/92 "2021-03-29T01:21:55Z")
The signature pizza at Dirty Dave’s is pepperoni, sausage, onion, and cashews, with a red sauce/mozzarella base. Another place in town uses them on a sausage alfredo pizza, which is also very good. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/93 "2021-03-29T01:37:37Z")
New York style we were mightily impressed with. I remember flying from Bangkok to New York, an epic journey, and by the time we had checked into our Upper West Side hotel, we were exhausted. The wife just collapsed, and I went out to find something to bring back to eat. I ordered a pizza in a deli a block away. Man, that fucker was HUGE! It accounted for I think it was three meals for us. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/94 "2021-03-29T04:21:15Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > That’s what I was referring to when I said NYC and Philly pizzas were similar (in my view anyhoo) - the tomato pies. You see 'em around Jersey, near NYC and Philly. Maybe there are different styles of “New York” pizza? There is a ton of really bad pizza in NYC. I don’t know if that’s considered a style. There are a lot of gems too. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/95 "2021-03-29T10:45:36Z")
i have learned these days little Caesar’s pizza doesn’t qualify as pizza nor edible food … ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/96 "2021-03-29T12:35:19Z")
It’s cheap, though…for a reason, lol ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/97 "2021-03-29T14:39:31Z")
20 years ago, those Stouffer French Bread pizzas were almost a staple of any grocery store visit. We stopped eating them when bread became public enemy number one. I tried one a few months ago, and I can’t figure out why we liked them so much in the past. There are tastier things in the freezer compartment that allow me to burn my mouth on hot cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/98 "2021-03-29T14:44:45Z")
I used to buy those as well, but they’re really not good. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/99 "2021-03-29T14:58:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The signature pizza at Dirty Dave’s is pepperoni, sausage, onion, and cashews, with a red sauce/mozzarella base. Otherwise known as a [Gay 90s](https://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2010/03/27/gay-90s-was-popular-local-hangout/). Add ortega chilis and you have an Ort’s Special, which has been a house specialty at Gay 90’s Pizza in Redlands, CA since the early 60s. Gay’s was the inspiration for _Cheers_. The Charles boys went to the University of Redlands and hung out there a lot (like every other student in town over the decades.) Dave was a former owner of Gays, so that figures. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/100 "2021-03-30T01:25:34Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Dave was a former owner of Gays, so that figures. Yes, I mistakenly said “Woodlands” instead of “Redlands” earlier. Dirty Dave’s in Olympia was originally called “Dirty Dave’s Gay '90s”, but that part of the name was dropped about 10 years ago or so. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716/101 "2021-03-30T02:52:12Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Gay’s was the inspiration for _Cheers_ Uh…no, it wasn’t. Bull and Finch in Boston’s. > **[Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Fun Facts About The Real Cheers In Boston](https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinraven/2020/01/30/where-everybody-knows-your-name-fun-facts-about-the-real-cheers-in-boston/)** > > The TV show "Cheers" is still beloved around the world. Here are some things you may not know about the real bar in Boston that inspired the legendary show. Lots more cites saying the same thing. Boston, Bull and Finch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/types-of-pizza/938716.md?page=6)