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I agree with you wordksi but who are you correcting? All I see are responses to a silly hyperbolic email none of which claim that NYC has the best pizza.

bobbob at 2:08PM on 11/12/09

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Dear Slice: 'You Missed the Best in Bay Area Pizza'

"I can't tell you how many people tell me NY pizza is the best but have never been to Chicago, San Francisco, Verona, or anywhere else for that matter. Try pizza all over the world THEN come back and tell me NY pizza is the best!!"

I haven't been ALL OVER the world and still have a lot of places to hit here in the U.S., but THE BEST pizza I've had yet has been in Phoenix.

Adam Kuban at 1:51PM on 11/12/09

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Dear Slice: 'You Missed the Best in Bay Area Pizza'

I've been to over 200 pizza places this summer and I have to say NYC has some real bad pizza but the best that NY has is the best. Pizza outside of this area just looks and taste dif. Just the way it is. For the one or two great pizzas in other cites they have ten bad. With NY's moving and making pizza lets say in SF that will improve what that city has to offer.

pizzalove at 1:35PM on 11/12/09

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Dear Slice: 'You Missed the Best in Bay Area Pizza'

wordski :
Often the answer was "its the water used to make the dough"

I found it hillarious recently to hear the same BS argumentative theories between pizza makers in Naples.

seriouspizza at 12:47PM on 11/12/09

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Dear Slice: 'You Missed the Best in Bay Area Pizza'

Alright, lemme tell you somethin about NY pizza....it's some of the BEST pizza out there.

BUT,

That doesn't mean its THE BEST.
First of all, its an opinion so everyone's answer for the best pizza will differ...period.
I can't tell you how many people tell me NY pizza is the best but have never been to Chicago, San Francisco, Verona, or anywhere else for that matter. Try pizza all over the world THEN come back and tell me NY pizza is the best!! Give me some reasons why NY pizza is the best! Don't just say that it is.
Having lived there for a number of years this conversation would come up constantly. Often the answer was "its the water used to make the dough" Awesome. There's some substance to the answer, but why? Why is the water better? Because it comes from upstate? What's different about the water there than the water from the Sierra Nevadas? or Colorado Rockies?

I love NY pizza. Especially Emelio's and Lucali. Can't find pizza like that anywhere but NY. Just like Gino's East in Chicago, Zachary's in Berkely, and MellowMushroom in Atlanta.

My point is, New Yorkers are doing themselves harm by saying that NY pizza is the best because thats all they know or that it is just because it is.

wordski at 12:29PM on 11/12/09

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Dear Slice: 'You Missed the Best in Bay Area Pizza'

Heh, I was mostly just joking. I'm sure Anthony has no problem badmouthing New York pizza under his own name :beer:

ratbuddy at 11:53PM on 11/11/09

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Portland, Oregon: Apizza Scholls

Unfortunately, the best pie in Brian's repetoire hasn't been on the menu in a long time: the clams casino -- the bacon bianca with littlenecks in shell. Yeah, yeah, it'd be easier to eat if the clams weren't in the shell, but then they wouldn't release their essence to the top of the pie, which is what made it so fantastic. Here's the version Bourdain had when he came:

http://www.extramsg.com/albums/album600/boudain_at_apizza_25.sized.jpg

extramsg at 7:24AM on 11/10/09

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Portland, Oregon: Apizza Scholls

the last time i was at scholls was in march. i had a barfday gathering. we had a reservation, but still ended up waiting for a little over an hour, which given the circumstances wasn't so bad—our group ballooned from 9 people to about 16, which was technically over the limit for a reservation. the servers seemed somewhat nonplussed by the size of the group, especially since the place was already jam-packed with customers. the pizza was great though.

the waits are somewhat prohibitive on the weekends though, and i haven't actually been back since then... which i am ashamed of... this will have to be remedied.

egadman at 12:28PM on 11/06/09

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Here's a Tip: Mediocre Pizza Is Better When You Order It 'Well-Done'

@NYC Food Guy the Binghamton campus pizza was terrible wasn't it? For some reason slices in the food court were more thoroughly cooked than the sloppy underdone pies they'd deliver to your room.

bobbob at 12:55PM on 10/29/08

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Here's a Tip: Mediocre Pizza Is Better When You Order It 'Well-Done'

I order well done pizza all the time. So much so that I am banned from a local place after they messed up my order and I sent it back...enthusiastically.

nhfoodie at 9:50AM on 10/29/08

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Here's a Tip: Mediocre Pizza Is Better When You Order It 'Well-Done'

Agreed!

1. Give it a nice crisp in the oven so the bottom of the crust chars a bit
2. Sprinkle some Maldon sea salt flakes

Rescues any mediocre pizza.

kathryn at 5:19PM on 10/28/08

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Here's a Tip: Mediocre Pizza Is Better When You Order It 'Well-Done'

When I want it well done, I order it "crispy."

Kerosena at 3:07PM on 10/28/08

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Here's a Tip: Mediocre Pizza Is Better When You Order It 'Well-Done'

@smile:

Well, I'm not from SE MI. I'm from NY Metro originally, which is why I comb SE MI looking for NY style pizza. It's not an easy job. Of course, I do love Buddy's pizza too. I'm currently living in the Ann Arbor area.

Summerfield at 11:34AM on 10/28/08

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Here's a Tip: Mediocre Pizza Is Better When You Order It 'Well-Done'

@Summer- where in SE are you from? I'm originally from Macomb County...

But I always ask for well-done pizza... my mom always did it and now I started.

smile at 1:02AM on 10/28/08

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Here's a Tip: Mediocre Pizza Is Better When You Order It 'Well-Done'

I live in the pizza wilderness of SE Michigan and a place very near my house makes a passable NY Neapolitan style of pie. Passable, that is, when I say, "half the cheese and make it well-done." It's...good. Funny thing is, I know the owner and he was complaining about how much money he was spending on cheese. I said to him, "Just use half as much!", but he didn't hear me.

Summerfield at 11:39AM on 10/27/08

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Here's a Tip: Mediocre Pizza Is Better When You Order It 'Well-Done'

I actually do this all the time, but instead of saying well done, I tell them "very, very hot!"

bionicgrrrl at 1:39AM on 10/27/08

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Here's a Tip: Mediocre Pizza Is Better When You Order It 'Well-Done'

How odd--I suppose I'm in the minority, but when I ate really crappy pizza, as in school square pizza or Lean Cuisine French Bread diet pizza, I would always eat it underdone, for the 'molten cheese' effect. To me, overdone pizza just tastes burnt--you might as well eat burnt toast.

The only kids who liked the burnt pizza in school were the kids who came to school high :p

HeartofGlass at 8:17PM on 10/26/08

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Here's a Tip: Mediocre Pizza Is Better When You Order It 'Well-Done'

I usually order well dont too, but for take home pie, I prefer to preheat the oven when ordering and just slide it in for a few when I get it home. Ill admit I usually cant wait either so Ill sometimes sneak a slice as is.

Slicey at 5:05PM on 10/25/08

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