Your favorite place anywhere for pizza?

[Another Fan]

Something of a complement to that other thread.

 

 

I went to Katonah Pizza yesterday in the Woodlawn Heights part of the Bronx.  I was there years ago and remember it being real good.  Went there yesterday and it did not disappoint at all.

 

To me it had the all makings:

 

Thin curst

Generous size portions

Oily but not like real oily or greasy

Served at just the right temperature.  Warm but doesn't burn my mouth

 

And how it digests in my stomach at my age plays a big part as well.  I have a sensitive stomach.  The fact it didn't turn me into a gas/fart machine minutes later tells me it was real good.

 

A modest place but that place is the real deal.  

[qwksilver]

Blasdell pizza was always my favorite. Bella is quite good as well. I make sure to get a pie every time I go home.

Edited Sunday at 03:48 PM by qwksilver

[US Egg]

There’s no Pizza Huts by me anymore.

[Steve O]

Can't miss an opportunity for a shameless plug for The Craft

 

https://wbuf.com/underrated-pizza-buffalo-wny/

 

[ExiledInIllinois]

Just had Lou Malnati's deep dish last night.

 

Chicago:

 

https://www.loumalnatis.com/

 

Deep Dish:

 

Chicago thin crust, cut tavern style (anywhere):

 

Buffalo:

 

 

 

Say Cheese Pizza, Grand Island:

 

http://www.saycheesepizza.com/

 

[Draconator]

Pizza Florian in East Aurora is owned by the same guy who owned Jay's Artisan Pizza in Amherst. Amazing pizza's. 

 

If you want a pizza to bring home and eat while watching TV, Pizza Del Auero's also in East Aurora is also amazing. Really good pizza. 

[Augie]

Naming my favorite place is super easy, but naming second place would be much harder. The best hands down was at InRome Cooking class on our last night in Rome. We made everything from scratch and it was the best pizza and gelato of my life. I have a pic of my wife with a whole pie in front of her, then another showing her taking the last bite. It was so light and airy it didn’t fill you up and they used toppings like prosciutto you don’t usually see on pizzas in the US. 

 

https://www.inromecooking.com/tour/cooking-classes/pizza-making-class-gelato-shared/

On 3/9/2025 at 1:34 PM, ExiledInIllinois said:

Just had Lou Malnati's deep dish last night.

 

Chicago:

 

https://www.loumalnatis.com/

 

Deep Dish:

 

Chicago thin crust, cut tavern style (anywhere):

 

Buffalo:

 

 

 

Say Cheese Pizza, Grand Island:

 

http://www.saycheesepizza.com/

 

 

That last pic reminds me of the pizza of my youth! Yum! 

 

 

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Edited 20 hours ago by Augie

[davefan66]

Papa’s Pizza Oven. Several locations, go to the Lake Ave location.

 

Papa’s

 

Pizza is excellent. Order it with the sweet sauce, cooked well.  By far the best.

 

2nd?  Fat Man’s in Tonawanda. Great pizza also.  

 

3rd. Franco’s because it’s good and consistent. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

On this same topic, does anyone watch the Barstool Sports pizza reviews, and go to his top spots? I have been toying with checking out a few local joints that he rated very highly. 

[The Jokeman]

I grew up in Kenmore and we always had Francos (the original location we went to is now where Curry's is if anyone else remembers) and to this day I still adore it. I also like Bocce, La Hacienda on Hertel (Bob and Johns), Picasso's and Imperial. 

2 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

On this same topic, does anyone watch the Barstool Sports pizza reviews, and go to his top spots? I have been toying with checking out a few local joints that he rated very highly. 

I watch him, is great fun but to me hard judging pizza with just one bite.

Edited Sunday at 09:18 PM by The Jokeman

[Buffalo716]

3 hours ago, davefan66 said:

Papa’s Pizza Oven. Several locations, go to the Lake Ave location.

 

Papa’s

 

Pizza is excellent. Order it with the sweet sauce, cooked well.  By far the best.

 

2nd?  Fat Man’s in Tonawanda. Great pizza also.  

 

3rd. Franco’s because it’s good and consistent. 

Papas expanded so fast it's inconsistent 

 

I've had like 3 good pizzas ... 3 meh

Edited Sunday at 10:13 PM by Buffalo716

[SinceThe70s]

 

No place in particular but New York City pizza is my favorite.

 

Sadly, there are no great pizza places in my town. 

[davefan66]

8 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

Papas expanded so fast it's inconsistent 

 

I've had like 3 good pizzas ... 3 meh

I only go to Lake St. have not had a bad pie. 

That’s a potential problem with multi location local restaurants, they don’t always have the ability or time to make sure the food is the same across the board. Quality can suffer when stretched.

[BuffaloBud]

In Columbus, my favorite is Ange's.

[Sweats]

We used to have a place round these parts called "Nicks Pizzeria".........best pizza in town, bar none and it wasn't even close, however, to keep putting out high quality pizzas, Nick had to increase his prices somewhat and then everyone just kind of went to the 2nd best pizza guy in town and Nick closed down.

It was a real shame.

 

We used to have another pizza joint round town called "Mothers Pizza". They closed down years ago from some bad finances and shady "wise guy" dealings, but to this day, that place is my barometer for pizza joints.

[BringMetheHeadofLeonLett]

On 3/9/2025 at 11:08 AM, Augie said:

Naming my favorite place is super easy, but naming second place would be much harder. The best hands down was at InRome Cooking class on our last night in Rome. We made everything from scratch and it was the best pizza and gelato of my life. I have a pic of my wife which a whole pie in front of her, then another showing her taking the last bite. It was so light and airy it didn’t fill you up and they used toppings like prosciutto you don’t usually see on pizzas in the US. 

 

https://www.inromecooking.com/tour/cooking-classes/pizza-making-class-gelato-shared/

 

That last pic reminds me of the pizza of my youth! Yum! 

Very cool- gonna be in Rome this June- might just check this out!