Alej said:

Oh honey. uh..... somebody, an L.A. orger needs to take our Alej to M & M's Soul Food (I prefer the one on West Adams) restaurants. I know you have some visa issues. Hell, if I thought we could meet up I'd treat you to a dinner(s). i've never.....

My cousin ordered Dominos earlier, and when I came out to get some, it straight up smelled like rotten chicken and trash, I kid you not. I am SICK of Dominos.

We had a string of Pizza Inns down here for years. They were real good. Now there's only one though and it's in a suburb town where a bunch of snobs live.

I don't know if these were national chains back in the day but we had Pasquale's, Gibb's, and Mr. Gatti's, all which were delicious. When the huge corporations and delivery places took over like Domino's, Papa John's, and now Pizza Hut, the others (the good ones) went out of business (I hate huge companies and that's why ).

ScarletScandal said:

I don't know why, but that has me rolling! They really do need to check themselves.

Vendetta1 said:

I noticed that Queens have the best "local" resturants. Best Jamaican food, best Indian food, best Shami(Arabic) food, best Mexican food, best Chinese/Thai food, best soul food,,,everything

we had Pizza Hut last Friday for the first time in years.
We're not all that fussy, but DAMN was it the worst pizza we've had
in a long time

abigail05 said:

too oily?

Of the national chains that most of us would know about, who do you like the best? Pizza Hut is SO greasy, but it hits the spot about once a year. Love Papa John's from way back in the 90's in Tulsa. Being in NY, there's always some local place that tends to have good food, as well.

Dominos seems to be attempting new strides w/ their latest ad campaign showing focus groups dissing their crust and sauce. Of course, if you check back about 10 or 15 years ago, they were also saying "We've improved our crust with garlic butter!" They're saying the same thing now. Not much of a change, it seems, but I've not tasted their pizza in a while.

Back home in Oklahoma there are Pizza Inn's, and Little Caesar's, which was always tasty (and fed a lot of people).

I'd love to have some Papa John's. The closest one is across the river here, so I'd probably have to go get it, which is a good 8 miles or so.

I think that pizza is probably the only mainstream cuisine where the local neighborhood joint consistently hammers the big chain restaurants. With burgers, you'll have your McDonalds or Wendy's devotees, with chicken you'll have people who swear by KFC's original recipe chicken or Popeye's spicy chicken, and even with Italian food you'll have a sizable group of Olive Garden fans. But when asked about pizza, I have never seen anyone claim that the big chains (Pizza Hut, Domino's, Little Cesars, Papa John's) are better than the local neighborhood pizza place. In fact, most people who order from the big chains do so because it's either cheap, fast, have no time to wait, or need to feed a lot of people quickly on a budget. But they never claim that it tastes awesome.

johnart said:

tell 'em!

nothing like pizza made by a real Eye-talian named Luigi, Mike, or Sal in Brooklyn! And buying by the slice!

728huey said:

I´m not really into burgers but I think that burgers are almost ALWAYS better when you buy them from a local neighborhood place. The only ones that probably come close to that are places like Fuddruckers´ or Carls´.....most chains make really bland tasting burgers these days.

KoolEaze said:

Speaking of burgers, I don't get all the hype and accolades for Five Guys. The burgers seem rather tasteless to me, but those boardwalk fries are the bomb, especially with vinegar!
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TonyVanDam said:

Godfathers used to be the shit!!

Shoot, back in the day, Woolworth's in Trenton, NJ had some damn good pizza by the slice!

Shyra said:

Oohhh, I loved eating at Woolworth's!!!!!

Shyra said:

Oohhh, I loved eating at Woolworth's!!!!!

ernestsewell said:

My grandma used to take me there!

Nothing beats the pizza you get in NY/NJ (sorry Chicago folk ).
You couldn't get good pizza down here in the DC area (NY style). THANK GAWWWWWD Flippin' Pizza http://flippinpizza.com/ opened up in the area. It's pretty decent and works when we miss pizza from back Northeast.

For specialty pizza's I love Z Pizza http://www.zpizza.com/food
Their Thai Pizza...