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Oh man, I used to love me some pizza puff when I lived in Chicago. I would buy the frozen variety and bake two at a time for a healthy dinner. When baked, they never seemed quite as good as the deep fried variety from a hot dog joint (they use the exact same product, but drop it in that nasty fry oil), but they did the trick.

A pizza puff is probably one of those things I'll never eat again as I'd prefer to remember them as tasting totally awesome. Somehow, I doubt my 30-year-old self and my 20-year-old self would see eye to eye on pizza puffs ... or anything, really.

I'm glad I finally know the answer to that Twitter guessing game you had us playing!

Why not hit a Scott's Pizza Tour? The walking tour hits three spots and the bus tour (Sundays only) hits four. If you're gonna spend 30 minutes each way going to Queens and an hour eating, what's another hour on the walking tour? I've been on both tours and the variety of slices is great (on the last bus tour I took, we hit 2 coal ovens, a sicilian stop and one of the artisanal joints).

In the interest of full disclosure, I am a friend of Scott's, but I've been on the tour with non-friends who absolutely loved it. He's got a perfect five star rating on Yelp and is the number 2 NYC activity on Trip Advisor (take that, lady liberty).

Anywho, that's my $.02 - you may now return to your regularly scheduled slice enjoyment.

Is that chocolate custard with pb whipped cream going to be on the menu for a while - or was it a special? I must try it!

Like unpocojmoney, I had a similar experience on a visit to ATL. If he can get his staff to turn out the pies at or near the quality he was producing in his home, there will be a new joint to discuss in the pantheon of pizza greatness.

I ate at Patsy Grimaldi's in Scottsdale, AZ and found no lack of char. I took a picture of the pie, but unfortunately not the upskirt. You can see the charring on the cornicione, however. Flickr Pic

On a recommendation from a friend, I checked out Apart on my last Chicago visit. I was very disappointed and found it to be only slightly better than frozen pizza. The piles of cheap mozzarella overwhelmed the wimpy crust - which didn't get the least bit crispy.

As a former Chicagoan, I thoroughly enjoy Daniel's reports. That being said, he's missed the boat with this one...

Though not in New York, Grimaldi's Hoboken has a coal oven and would fit on this map.