Favorite pizza in the area

[Celeste]

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
 
 I hate chigago style "deep dish" pizza, just nasty, All base, no taste!

I prefer thin crust, myself, however, "deep dish" should not be confused with the "all base" thick crust pizzas you might be thinking of...the deep dish I am referring to has a crust that isn't really that thick, but gets its depth from the fillings...mostly cheese! It is best with red wine to cut the fat and heaviness of the cheese, in my opinion, and you can't really have more than one slice comfortably...
 
 This is where Uno's kind of misrepresents what I consider to be "deep dish" pizza!

[Celeste]

Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
  Rosangela's in Evergreen Park.
 
   

Who are you? I totally grew up in EP!
 
 Rosangela's is good, indeed, but living in the Southwest quadrant of Evergreen, we got our pizza mostly from a place in my dad's old Mt. Greenwood (Chicago) neighborhood, DiGuido's...then he got tired of that and we switched to Barraco's or Palermo's depending on his mood. But, I always wished we could get it from Rosangela's more often!

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

I think Armand's is kinda overrated, although the Armand's carryout on upper Wisconsin is kind of a romantic place to bring a date on a nice spring evening, sit outside and watch the world go by...  eat a couple of foil wrapped slices, share a large coke, and then take her back to your car parked on one of the darker streets near Fort Reno, put on the Barry White and you're in like flint!
 
 I'm glad somoene brought up bagels, that's another thing New York is legendary for where the reality usually falls far short.  Maybe if you go up to some Hasidim's flat in Brooklyn and he throws some dough in a pot of boiling water and cooks one up for you fresh, you'll get something approaching the legend, but the typical bagel in Manhattan is depressingly average.

[you be betty]

Originally posted by HERR PROFESSOR DOKTOR DOOM:
  I think Armand's is kinda overrated, although the Armand's carryout on upper Wisconsin is kind of a romantic place to bring a date on a nice spring evening, sit outside and watch the world go by...  eat a couple of foil wrapped slices, share a large coke, and then take her back to your car parked on one of the darker streets near Fort Reno, put on the Barry White and you're in like flint!
 
 I'm glad somoene brought up bagels, that's another thing New York is legendary for where the reality usually falls far short.  Maybe if you go up to some Hasidim's flat in Brooklyn and he throws some dough in a pot of boiling water and cooks one up for you fresh, you'll get something approaching the legend, but the typical bagel in Manhattan is depressingly average.

the best bagel places are a couple on the lower east side...but the names are escaping my head right now.  we do have a few good bagel places around here (hello?  ROCKVILLE.)...i've had the best bagels on the lower east side, though; and in LA.

[hijinksandsue]

I've been told that the reason New York bagels (H&H, anyone???) and pizza are ... well, unique ... has to do with the water there. I'm not sure why, maybe someone here with a better grasp of science could explain it ...

[anarchist]

new haven.  pepes,sally's,modern.

[you be betty]

Originally posted by hijinksandsue:
  I've been told that the reason New York bagels (H&H, anyone???) and pizza are ... well, unique ... has to do with the water there. I'm not sure why, maybe someone here with a better grasp of science could explain it ...

mmhm--you are absolutely right.  New York, as dirty as it may be, has some of the best-quality tap water in the entire 'States.  and the water you use in bread products is a big variable in how things are going to taste.

[Bags]

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
   

Originally posted by Bags:
  None -- I've looked for New York/Jersey pizza in the city and never found it.
 
 

....and I suppose you can't find a decent bagle outside of the big apple either?   :roll:  
 [/b]

Bethesda Bagels were fantastic -- I used to drive all the way out there from Woodley Park.
 
 I'm not trying to be snobby -- but the pizza we get around Trenton is so fantastic, with bubbles in the super-thin crust.
 
 Pizza's tough, especially delivery.  Any suggestions for delivery around Logan Circle I'd welcome.  I hate resorting to Domino's or Pizza Hut.

[Chip Chanko]

My grandmother lives a few blocks from Rosangela's (thin crust, round pie, square cut) so we get it whenever we're there...usually right after driving from Midway. I've never had the pizza at Barraco's, just the lasagna and stuff like that.
 
 

Originally posted by Celeste:
   

Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
  Rosangela's in Evergreen Park.
 
   

Who are you? I totally grew up in EP!
 
 Rosangela's is good, indeed, but living in the Southwest quadrant of Evergreen, we got our pizza mostly from a place in my dad's old Mt. Greenwood (Chicago) neighborhood, DiGuido's...then he got tired of that and we switched to Barraco's or Palermo's depending on his mood. But, I always wished we could get it from Rosangela's more often! [/b]

[ratioci nation]

if we are talking about anywhere, the best pizza is clearly St. Louis Style Pizza from Imo's Pizza, although almost everybody not from St. Louis hates it
 
 from wikipedia
 
   

 St. Louis-style pizza is a distinct style of pizza popular in St. Louis, Missouri and its surrounding areas. It is also sometimes duplicated in other areas of the Midwest.
 
 The most notable characteristic of St. Louis-style pizza is the distinctively St. Louisan provel cheese used instead of (or, rarely, in addition to) the mozzarella common to other styles of pizza.
 
 The pizza has a thin, round crust, as opposed to Chicago's deep-dish style or New York's pan-style. The crust of a St. Louis pizza is somewhat crisp and cannot be folded easily, and is typically cut into three- or four-inch squares instead of the pie-like wedges typical of other pizza. It is often salty and seasoned with more oregano than other pizza types. Despite its thin crust, it can be layered deeply with many different toppings. Sauces tend to have a sweetness to them, some more noticeably than others.
 
 The two largest St. Louis-style Pizza chains are Imo's Pizza and Cecil Whittaker's Pizzeria.

[kookiemnstr8]

Originally posted by anarchist:
  new haven.  pepes,sally's,modern.

Sally's Clam Pizza is heaven.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by you be betty:
  the best bagel places are a couple on the lower east side...but the names are escaping my head right now.  we do have a few good bagel places around here (hello?  ROCKVILLE.)...i've had the best bagels on the lower east side, though; and in LA.

I never would have guessed LA for bagels.  As for the Lower East Side, I don't know about bagels, but there's a damn good dumpling place down there, just south of the Tenement Museum and off o the left.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Celeste:
   

Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
  Rosangela's in Evergreen Park.
 
   

Who are you? I totally grew up in EP!
 
  [/b]

Word from the wise old man......"DON'T EVER TOTALLY GROW UP"  
 
 On the subject of bagels.....an old boss of mine (jewish) would drive from Potomac to N. Baltimore every saturday morning to buy some bagels that were "the only decent bagel outside of NY" They tasted exactly like the crap you could get at the Giant to me, but maybe you have to be jewish to truly appreciate the bagel or something. I used to say they were absolutely delicious because he was such a nice bloke and I felt I'd be letting him down if I said anything different.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Graace:
   

Originally posted by anarchist:
  new haven.  pepes,sally's,modern.

Sally's Clam Pizza is heaven. [/b]

I think I saw that movie in Bangkok.

Salerno's