# Your favorite "fancy" pizza **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386 "2005-05-25T03:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/21 "2005-05-25T16:01:37Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > I never was fond of fruit on pizza. Unless it’s strictly a fruit pizza (i.e. dessert pizza) and has no cheese or tomato sauce on it. So no peppers then, for you? And no tomatoes at all? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/22 "2005-05-25T16:09:35Z")
**Big Bad Voodoo Lou** , thanks for the link. Some of the toppings are pretty strange. “Special Meat Sauce” might be good but it sounds creepy. The picture of the squid ink pizza looks absoultely vile. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/23 "2005-05-25T16:32:58Z")
Cream sauce, potato, rosemary, garlic, olive oil, onions. My favourite. So very good. Grilled chicken, onion, garlic, and olive oil is good, too. I should have lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/24 "2005-05-25T19:20:17Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > So no peppers then, for you? And no tomatoes at all? 😉 Didn’t know we were being botonists here. I’ll rephrase. No sugary fruits on my pizza. This group includes, but is not limited to: pineapples, pears, oranges, apples, grapes, plums, pomegranetes and kiwis. Also marshmallows, olives, televsion components, 1920s style death rays and dishwashing detergent can stay off my pizzas. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/25 "2005-05-25T20:08:39Z")
My favorite that I’ve made here at home had homemade pesto instead of red sauce, asparagus (lightly steamed), and fresh mozarella. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/26 "2005-05-25T20:30:21Z")
California Pizza Kitchen’s BBQ chicken pizza. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/27 "2005-05-25T23:59:00Z")
Okay, this is going to get weirder and weirder as it goes on, but trust me, it’s great pizza. There used to be this Irish pizza place in Dubuque, Iowa (with me so far?) called Kevin McGiffin’s Kitchen. And they had a pizza (darn, I forget the name—possibly just “Hawaiian”) that had Canadian bacon and sliced almonds, and exactly one ring of pineapple on each slice, and then on top of the pineapple slice was a little pouf of alfalfa sprouts. The sprouts were always just a wee bit singed, so they must have added at the end, and the pizza returned to the oven for just exactly the right amount of time. The sprouts and the almonds were crisp and crunchy, and the pineapple was sweet and juicy, and they went out of business in the late eighties. Damn it, the best pizza in the Universe is only available in a completely inaccessible region of the spacetime continuum. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/28 "2005-05-26T00:16:53Z")
A few years ago while in the lounge at Salty’s, a Seattle area seafood restaurant, a pizza with smoked salmon was brought out for the bar patrons to munch on. I could have made a meal of that alone. A bit later when we got our table, I was dismayed to find the pizza was not on the menu and the waitress said it was just something the chef would make every once and a while for the bar. I might just try to make one this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/29 "2005-05-26T00:23:51Z")
The wild mushroom pizza at Goodfella’s in Staten Island. I’ve also been experimenting with a cookbook called **The Williams-Sonoma Kitchen Library: Pizza** that I picked up a garage sale for a song. So far I’ve tried the potato, onion and rosemary version. It was delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/30 "2005-05-26T03:52:27Z")
Dammit, I caved and got my Meddi. Veggie pizza tonight. It was so good. I’m going to try some of these other recipes very soon. Yes, very soon. Almonds on pizza? That’s pretty out there, but I can totally see it being yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/31 "2005-05-26T12:59:37Z")
Oops, I meant ricotta, not romano. And it is excellent. It’s a Rachel Ray recipe, and here’s a link for anyone that’s interested: [Broccoli, Sundried Tomato, and Ricotta pizza](http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/my_recipe_box/review/0,1973,FOOD_9919_21764,00.html) Give it a whirl - you’ll like it! ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/32 "2005-05-26T13:01:34Z")
Dammit! So…the link goes to the reviews. Click [here](http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_21764,00.html) for the real thing. Apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/33 "2005-05-26T15:23:22Z")
A local place makes a terrific white pizza with roasted chicken, rosemary, potatoes, garlic and mozzarella. I like to spritz it with lemon-infused olive oil and add some red pepper flakes. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/34 "2005-05-26T17:07:58Z")
While not “fancy” - it came from Pizza Hut, IIRC - I had a few wonderful run-ins with the “Steak Lover’s Pizza.” 3 or 4 cheeses, LOTS of steak-type meat, and, instead of traditional sauce, a thin layer of A-1 steak sauce. I think it must have been a miserable failure, as I only saw it for a 2 or 3 week period when I went to school in Atlanta in the early 90s… George ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/35 "2005-05-26T19:43:59Z")
While living in the Chicago suburbs, we were introduced to a spinach, garlic and ricotta cheese pizza. If the place knows how to prepare the spinach, its wonderful. Also, we have smoked pizzas. Get your smoker grill up and running, then add a cheese and garlic thin crust pizza. You can taste the smokey flavor in the crispy crust. Yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/36 "2005-05-26T19:52:15Z")
A couple of months ago I went to the Capital Brewery in Arlington, VA, and had their buffalo chicken pizza – just pizza crust with blue cheese dressing and chicken coated in buffalo sauce. Oh. My. GOD. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/37 "2005-05-26T20:50:21Z")
Piecora’s here in Seattle used to make a shrimp-and-pesto pizza (white sauce, thin crust) that was heavenly. I haven’t been there in years so I don’t know if it’s still on the menu. > [@Trunk](#): > > I don’t actually like shrimp on pizza too much They used the little bite-size mini-shrimps, not the finger-size cocktail shrimps, for this reason. It worked really, really well. Now, if I were making it, I’d add whole roasted cloves of garlic, and it’d be perfect… ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/38 "2005-05-26T21:26:16Z")
Round Table Pizza (a chain in this part of the country…is it all over the US?) They have a vegetarian (or a chicken and vegetable) pizza with a garlic white cream sauce. It is really very good! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/39 "2005-05-26T22:05:41Z")
[Joe’s](http://www.joesplacepizzaandpasta.com/menu.html) white pizza with crab, clams, and shrimp. I used to live a few blocks from [The Lost Dog Cafe](http://www.lostdogcafe.com/menu.htm), which serves some of the best gourmet pizza around! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386/40 "2005-05-27T01:32:26Z")
Basilico’s Pizzeria, Dickson City, PA. Tell Pete hi, and order the Chicken Marsala pizza. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fancy-pizza/305386.md?page=3)