Avoid At All Costs

[BrianL]

I agree the inside of a place needs to be clean, but while a place may be a hole-in-the-wall and offer some good food (and I've been to many) if the outside looks offsetting I'm not going to find out how clean it is in the inside. Not a big investment to put a fresh sign up or clean off the rust on the front sign. I owned a business for 28 years and keeping the outside looking good was as important as keeping the inside looking good. Not flaming you at all; You are a braver soul than I am and perhaps a better person by not judging a book by its cover. But when it comes to putting something in my pie hole to eat, I'm just not as brave.

Yeah, I hear ya, but it's just a sign, and an obviously very old one at that. What that tells me is that the place has been around for a while. Without seeing the rest is is hard to judge, and I do have my limits, but sometimes these little dumps have such good food. Around here, a lot of the barbecue joints look like that - but let me tell you, the 'cue is on-point! It's Memphis, so it kinda has to be, but still.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Looking at that sign, I'll pass on the Florida-style pizza.

I must say though, I always love when someone says I'm from this place or that place, so I know what good pizza, seafood, steak, wings and etc taste like. I guess since I'm just a 50-something from Cleveland, Ohio I'll stick to hot dogs and hamburgers since I don't have a discernable palate. (I say this in humor, please don't get offended).

Well you know what they say. You don't go to Cleveland for the food. You go for the ambiance.

 

[mrodgers]

Pizza snob? What? Do you know how I know Chicago style pizza isn’t pizza. Because if it were pizza they would just call it pizza! They wouldn’t have to say Chicago style.
Just kidding- Lou Malnati’s. Amazing.

Ha, no doubt Chicago Pizza Casserole is probably delicious, but pizza it is not. It's a casserole.

 

[Gracedis1]

Does anyone watch Abbott Elementary? They mentioned different styles of pizza in a recent episode. Baltimore style is extra crunchy and extra wet.

 

[goofy4prez]

Well you know what they say. You don't go to Cleveland for the food. You go for the ambiance.

I should be offended by that. But it is pretty funny.

 

[Minnesota!]

They don't seem to have my favorite, which is the kind made by Cheese Board Pizza in Berkeley, California. That's not exactly a variation on California-style. They came up when they were messing around at their cheese shop and bakery with some sourdough and someone decided to make a pizza with it for lunch and I guess they liked it enough to start selling them to customers. Eventually they aided other similar cooperative businesses (where all the workers own the business) and formed the Arizmendi Association of Cooperatives. I've been to 4 member businesses. Their location in Emeryville is supposed where Pixar writers got the ice for the broccoli pizza from Inside Out.

I rather like it when they arugula on the pizza.

I've had all sorts around the country, but I can find traditional American style all over. But it is interesting seeing all sorts of regional variations like square cut round pizzas and places going for authentic Italian regional variations. But what the heck is Florida style?

Arugula on thin pizza is heaven. Absolute heaven!

I have had a lot of pizza in my time, but still my fave is MN style. Thin crust, cheese from wall to wall, slightly spiced sauce, cut in squares. Nothing better!

 

[porschegrl]

Arugula on thin pizza is heaven. Absolute heaven!

I have had a lot of pizza in my time, but still my fave is MN style. Thin crust, cheese from wall to wall, slightly spiced sauce, cut in squares. Nothing better!

Pizza cut in squares tastes better. That's a fact.

 

[Imzadi]

Ha, no doubt Chicago Pizza Casserole is probably delicious, but pizza it is not. It's a casserole.

A friend had a frozen Amy's organic "thin crust" pizza. The crust was 3 times the thickness of our typical NYC thin crust pizza. Made me wonder how thick Amy's average crust pizza is? Like a loaf of bread? At some point it's no longer a pizza.

 

[aprilgail]

It is probably as bad as that casserole that they call "pizza" in chicago LOL.

 

[BrianL]

It is probably as bad as that casserole that they call "pizza" in chicago LOL.

How about this weird thing - Rhode Island Bakery Pizza:



It's basically just bread with tomato paste on it. It may be known as "red strips" too. I certainly found it odd when I was visiting family up there (I was born there).

 

[bcla]

How about this weird thing - Rhode Island Bakery Pizza:

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It's basically just bread with tomato paste on it. It may be known as "red strips" too. I certainly found it odd when I was visiting family up there (I was born there).

I remember seeing something on a menu called "tomato pie". Not sure what it was, but when I ordered and got it, what it looked like was just cheese pizza.

 

[BrianL]

I remember seeing something on a menu called "tomato pie". Not sure what it was, but when I ordered and got it, what it looked like was just cheese pizza.

In this case, there is actually no cheese on the RI pizza. It's literally just a thick sauce.

 

[bcla]

In this case, there is actually no cheese on the RI pizza. It's literally just a thick sauce.

I've seen focaccia like that.

 

[Imzadi]

How about this weird thing - Rhode Island Bakery Pizza:

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It's basically just bread with tomato paste on it. It may be known as "red strips" too. I certainly found it odd when I was visiting family up there (I was born there).

I had that as a kid. It was called tomato pie where we were. It is quite tasty for tomato paste smeared on thick bread.

 

[BrianL]

I had that as a kid. It was called tomato pie where we were. It is quite tasty for tomato paste smeared on thick bread.

Oh, it's not that it's that bad or anything, but calling it "pizza" is a bit of a stretch!

 

[Mysterian]

No thank you, Florida Style Pizza.

I wonder what “Florida Style” pizza is

Apparently, they deep fry it.

And sprinkle it with crystal meth, for that authentic Florida flavor.

 

[Mysterian]

How about this weird thing - Rhode Island Bakery Pizza:

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It's basically just bread with tomato paste on it. It may be known as "red strips" too. I certainly found it odd when I was visiting family up there (I was born there).

This looks like something I made as a kid, only I would have added Kraft Parmesan. Another exciting entrée' in Chef Mysterian's eclectic culinary repertoire!

 

[Mysterian]

Well you know what they say. You don't go to Cleveland for the food. You go for the ambiance.

In Florida, "Ambiance" is a colloquialism for hallucinating in an ambulance after OD'ing on Abien.

 

[Timandalicia]

Ha, no doubt Chicago Pizza Casserole is probably delicious, but pizza it is not. It's a casserole.

 

[Timandalicia]

Fat Slice? It closed a few years ago. I grew up in the area and when I first went it was 75 cents for one cheese slice. For a high schooler or in college, it was what I could afford.

Blondie's is still there, although it's a weird sage. There are/were other locations, but the owner was the same one who owned Raspitin's Records. Eventually it was renamed "Abe's" but now it's back to Blondie's. I don't go there any more as I have higher standards, but a place like that serves a purpose.

Omg! Fat Slice! That’s it. Yes it was all I could afford too except taco trucks before they went all trendy. I lived in Berkeley for a year to try to find myself. I wasn’t there so I went home, but it was an amazing experience. Thanks for that walk down memory lane.