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I Have eaten at John's Wildwood Pizzeria in Edinboro,Pa.
it really is Great Pizza!

I have eaten at 6 of the 13, and this list was phoned in!

Not even one New haven, ct. pizza place? come on!

I RARELY take the time to comment on stuff like this, and I've certainly never made a negative comment before.

But seeing "Windy City Pizza" on this list gave me such a sickly visceral reaction, I just couldn't close the page without saying that this may literally be THE worst pizza we've had.

Yes, as a born and bred New Yorker from the Bronx, I may be a pizza snob. But... my wife's from the UK and my kids are Floridians, and ALL of them took one bite of the coldest pizza we've ever had, and then spit it out.

Rest assured, when two teenaged boys tell you something is awful, it really and truly is awful. Stay away from this place if you have ever had any kind of decent pizza in your life.

Better to eat something frozen out of the supermarket, or even Dominoes.

O.K., now I feel much better.

Carry on.

Oh, the lamentation of the realization that NYC pizza is generally an abomination.

Seems to me that a production model that is based on cooking, sitting at room temperature for a (long) while, and then reheating, is a recipe for mediocrity.

I only lived in New York recently, so I am unfamiliar with the heyday of the NYC slice, but I wonder if in years past, slices were the fast food they are at most Manhattan slicerias. Seems to me that, even at the lower end places, there is a massive difference between a fresh slice and a reheated one. As long as consumers want their slice immediately, pizzerias have no choice but to keep an ample supply of already cooked pies on hand. If customers are willing to wait, then the slice-makers can make sure that everyone gets a fresh slice, a la Di Fara.

In the past, were pizza eaters more willing to wait a few minutes for their food?

I grew up at the Jersey shore and personally I never really cared for Vic's pizza. Pete & Elda's is MUCH better! Tacconelli's is the most overrated pizza place ever. You actually have to call them ahead of time to reserve your dough. Ridiculous! My brother, aunt and I had to try it to see what all the hype was about and were extremely disappointed.