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Ahhh...Miller's. The last time I was there, and it's been too long a while, I ate two burgers without condiments. It's the way to go. Now, if I can just get up the energy to make the 300 mile round trip drive to Redemak's in New Buffalo.

Todd, There's a Culver's near me and I'm hitting it soon. Burgers aside, you've got to put the wife and kids into the minivan and get over to Varasano's Pizzeria and review it. The Slice guys don't have a pizza person in Atlanta, so...if you can do burgers, you can do pizza. The world needs to know. God, I'm gettin' hungry.

God, the pizza was so bad at this one place, I had to immediatley forget about it. It was probably in Ann Arbor. It's a good thing that there were no seagulls around, or I'd have probably had to fight them off the "pizza". No...on second thought, let them take it.

@Daniel: Next time, could you mail me a slice?

My family and I stumbled into this place in the summer of 2000, right after we had some Asian food at Kelly and Ping. It was my first trip back to NY Metro in 10 years. The cheese pizza was great. I remember the pizza coming out of the oven and the server bringing it to the table and I grabbed a piece and cracked it down the middle and devoured it. It was dee-licious. We ordered a second one.

@Kenji: I can't seem to make your Spanish Tortilla (fritata) recipe in Cook's Illustrated work. When I use your proportions I seem to overwhelm my 10-inch non-stick pan. I guess I'll just have to fool around with it. God I'm gettin' hungry.

Domino's pizza is so bad that it almost ruins Van Morrison's song (Domino), and that's bad. I'm just glad that I live relatively close to the heart of Domino's so that I can avoid them from close range. Perhaps I'm trying to say that Domino's is white noise. Or maybe it's cheese noise. They forgot the pineapples.

@Umama: She's Miss Turkey. That's a singularity, regardless of how one feels about beauty contests. The illusory nature of the World is another matter. Also, I suppose there is the play on words - turkey burger/Miss Turkey. That's probably considered clever in advertising circles. Personally, I don't watch TV. And, I can't speak for Robyn. So, never mind...

Anchovies shouldn't even be fished out of the sea. They should be ignored, like children craving attention.

Maggie, nice to see more reviews on SE Michigan pizza. I sampled a simple plain pie at Brooklyn Pizza a couple of years ago when my wife and I were in the area. While not in Tomatoes Apizza's class, it was a solid tasty pie and was not over-cheesed. An amusing little scene unfolded in front of us as we were eating. A customer was ordering a plain pie and he asked for extra cheese. The pizzaiolo asked him "why do you want that as we put just enough cheese on the pie as is necessary". And he refused the customer's request for extra cheese. I almost fell off my chair.

Not far from Brooklyn Pizza is My Cousin's New York Pizzeria on Woodward. One of the owner's, Ronnie Gonzalez is from Brooklyn. Have you tried it? It's a decent slice, if you are in the area.

@seriousb: No, you definitely pick it up in your hand and wolf it down - no knife and fork.

It looks like there is way too much cheese on that pizza.

Adam, way to go. What can I say? I feel a sense of validation. Was Mr. Weinstein himself the pizziolo during your visit? I have to say, my first experience at the coal-fired oven store didn't meet expectation as the pizzas were a little dry. Perhaps Mr. Weinstein cured this by adding a bit more sauce and a bit more cheese because the last two pies were incredible-edible. You noted this yourself. I don't agree with Team Rogers that the coal-fired oven pizzas are better than the electric oven (I asked) store's pizzas. Tomatoes' coal-fired pizza is a bit more charred, but the Halstead store's pizza is also nicely charred. There is really an amazing consistency between the two stores which, I think, is a credit to Mr. Weinstein's method, and the training he has given to his pizzaioli. I'm just so glad you were able to sample Tomatoes. Insofar as I have to travel 90 miles round-trip, Detroit area is still a bit of a pizza wilderness to me. Great article, Adam. Next stops have to be Supino's in Detroit and Sylvio's in Ann Arbor. I'm gettin' hungry.