do you eat at a 'clean' chain pizza place, or a dirty indie one?
Ok, there are like 5 indie pizza shops around our place, and 2 chain places (a pizza hut and a papa john's). I have tried each of these. I have picked up from each place, and I am kind of annoyed about the state of the kitchens in all of the indie places, and have started always getting pizza from a chain. Now, the chain pizza has become normal for me (in a "this is what I expect", not necessarily the "best" way). Should I just think that the chain would always be cleaner (because of corporate) and go with what tastes best, even though I am watching someone take my money and then go back to kneeding dough? Or do I avoid the whole situation and make my husband pick up the pizza from now on?
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5 Comments:
If they make good pizza, I don't care what the kitchen looks like.
Look at the good pizza places in New York and New Haven. They look a little old and dumpy. But I'll eat at those places over the chain places if given a choice.
JohnL at 8:51PM on 12/18/06
the crappier the better
norman at 12:53AM on 12/19/06
I'm with JohnL. Doesn't matter what it looks like as long as the pizza is awesome. Case in point: Di Fara.
The kitchen may look cleaner at the corporate places, but you also don't know what kind of shenanigans the workers are getting up to: The 10 Most Nauseating Stories About Fast Food Meals.
Adam Kuban at 9:50AM on 12/19/06
I've never eaten chain pizza, having lived in NYC all my life, but the indies I prefer tend to be a little ragged around the edges. If I've got a choice between a great slice and a gleaming tabletop, I've going with the slice every time.
Barbara Hanson at 11:10AM on 12/19/06
You say the pizza at the chains is decent but not great, but you don't mention the quality of the food at the indie chains. Which do you like the best?
Also, a spotless looking kitchen can be a sanitary disaster while a grubby kitchen, if the food is held at the right temperatures and the areas that need to be clean are clean, can be totally safe.
Also, if you live in New York, you can check any restaurant's Health Dept. score online.
smalera at 1:34PM on 12/19/06