Cold Pizza
I love it. Hot pizza is good, but the most exciting part for me is knowing there willl be leftovers the next day. I was thinking it would be great to start a cold pizza shop. Does anything like that exist?
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22 Comments:
I don't know but if you start one in Seattle and serve beer there I will be a regular. Breakfast of champions.
pjracz10 at 9:56AM on 08/28/09
Put it near any college campus and call it Bachelor Chow. It'll be a big hit. Add the option of having your slice gently sauteed in olive oil for those who must have their pizza warm.
MarvinDog at 10:13AM on 08/28/09
in new york at least when you buy pizza by the slice you can just tell the guy to not put it in the oven and warm it up - i've never done that, but it's not like refrigerator cold, but it's not hot.
@marvindog - sauteeing pizza in olive oil? why not just bake it or even microwave it?
billyburgwife at 10:25AM on 08/28/09
Sorry I hate it. the cold pizza thing.
I wouldn't be a customer.
Solidified Grease makes me want to gag.
But yep! Many do so HEY look into it I guess.
Perhaps with the option tho. Not just EXCLUSIVELY cold pizza.
hungrychristel at 10:38AM on 08/28/09
Room temp is great. Fridge cold is not.
grampart at 11:05AM on 08/28/09
i think that's a great idea-why hasn't someone thought of selling day old cold pizza before? i'd go for it at least once-ultimately depends on how delicious it is.
gastronomeg at 11:10AM on 08/28/09
@billyburgwife-- I got the tip from Ted Allen. I'll also throw some crushed garlic in the pan. It makes the crust very tasty.
@hungrychristel-- If the pizza is greasy, that means your pizzeria uses cheap cheese.
MarvinDog at 11:17AM on 08/28/09
In my bachelor days, I used to consider ordering pizza the basic equivalent of going grocery shopping. Order two large, eat the rest the next day, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. You are allowed to micro the dinner slices, to keep them soft.
My wife now frowns on this behaviour.
NotAmerican at 11:22AM on 08/28/09
I always tell the nice man behind the counter to skip the oven - I love love love room temp or cold pizza. Come to think of it, I prefer most food that way.
GreenBee at 11:25AM on 08/28/09
I loved cold pizza when I ate it regularly, and like @NotAmerican found it very odd when people got upset about its 'second life' prospects, as if this was somehow 'wrong.' But a cold pizza place would never fly--part of the taste is derived from the overnight marinating 'set' in the refrigerator.
HeartofGlass at 11:26AM on 08/28/09
@HeartofGlass: That overnight, leftover aspect is how I would do it for sure. That's the magic of it.
Phylum at 11:46AM on 08/28/09
The only thing I love more than cold pizza is a slice that has come out of the fridge and goes in the toaster oven for a bit so the crust gets even crispier and the cheese just barely starts to melt.
alclyp at 11:53AM on 08/28/09
this is probably wrong but when we order pizza to the dorm we often order an extra one that goes straight into the fridge for breakfast the next morning. cold pizza for breakfast is the best. especially if you have a hangover lol
listener at 12:46PM on 08/28/09
Depends on the pizza. Take out chain restaurant pizza is almost always better cold. Sometimes thin crust is better cold. There are a couple of places in Northeast Pennsylvania (Senape's and Longo's, namely) that are meant to be served either room temp or cold. But if it's deep dish, it's got to be hot!
cycorider at 1:51PM on 08/28/09
If I have had a beer or ten I would eat just about any food that is cold.
happyeats at 2:15PM on 08/28/09
The restaurant I work at has a HUGE Sunday brunch and cold pizza is one of the tons of options...and is always popular.
I'm personally a fan of the cold pizza as well!
emes1 at 2:41PM on 08/28/09
i will eat pizza fresh from the oven, or cold
NEVER warm or reheated
ew
Deeberry at 3:17PM on 08/28/09
cycorider, Senape's pitza is about the best. thing. ever. My grandma always has 2 boxes waiting for me when I visit.
alclyp at 5:44PM on 08/28/09
Bachelor Chow. Wow @MarvinDog, that's brilliant. What else would that restaurant serve? I'm thinking that instead of bowls, they serve soups/chili in tin cans. And they need to have those divided plates like from old school TV Dinners.
Cold pizza is fine for me, but not something I drool to think about.
AliceBlue at 9:55PM on 08/28/09
@Alice; maybe instead of tables and chairs, there could be a row of sinks for people to eat over.
NotAmerican at 1:26AM on 08/29/09
@AliceBlue
Actually, I ripped off the name from Matt Groening from Futurama's opening credits. I love the divided plate idea-- and the rows of sinks. Maybe glass tables over sink bases? How about Dorito or Frito and bologna sandwiches?
I'm making a deep dish pizza tonight, and I'm already thinking about the leftovers tomorrow morning.
MarvinDog at 2:46PM on 08/29/09
Um, why not do both hot and cold pizza? It's hard to picture a tremendous number of people preferring it cold, and you're going to have to cook it every day to have some cold for the next day, so why not sell it hot too? Advertising the "fresh cold" pizza will just be another hook.
lemonfair at 7:36AM on 08/30/09