Is there a specific pizza place that you like to go to? If so, is it a chain restaurnat, such as Pizza Hut or do you favor a local, perhaps family owned place? Or, better yet, do you make your own pizza and if so, can you post some recipes?
I ate at Pizza Hut with my daughter today and I have to say that the salad was much better than the pizza and I'm a pizza lover! Also, the service was terrible!
[question posted by goldjay]
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i like going to Pizza Hut and we have a local pizza shop called Cottage Inn and their pizzas are so good [coco526]
I like going to local pizza places. I find that the small places are more authentic and put more time into their products and service. I have been looking for a really good pizza place but haven't been able to find one in my area. I thought I had found one but I have been getting poor service there and they keep raising their prices so that they are very very expensive now. [goldjay]
I love my local pizza place. It's called Apollo's. They have amazing salads, garlic bread, entrees, specials, and desserts as well. After it snows here, half of my town is in that place just to combat cabin fever. [cripfemme]
Wow, you are lucky to have such a great pizza place near your home. I wish we had someplace like that here. Well, maybe we do and I haven't searched hard enough. I'll keep searching! [goldjay]
I like our Pizza Hut a lot, because all of our local pizza places are on the other side of town and they do not deliver to me. However, one of our old ones is moving back to our side of town and I LOVED it as a teen-ager. It is called Pasquales Pizza. I can't wait for them to open so I can see if they are as good as they were 20 years ago. [wmg2006]
Oh, it sounds like you are lucky! I hope that it is as good as you remember it being! [goldjay]
My favorite is Papa Murphy's and is a local chain that makes the pizza and lets you take it home and bake it. You get a large one to feed 4 and it's only $7.95 or so depending on toppings. Then when I get it home I load it up with more stuff before I bake it. [oldbuddy]
This sounds like such a good idea! The pizza places save on electricity by not having to cook the pizzas and you make out because the price is better. Sounds yummy and very cheap! I wish we had a place like that near here! [goldjay]
We prefer a local pizza place here. I like pizza hut pizza but to me the place here in town has better pizza. They also have a better price, its a famly owned business, gotta support the little man. Plus pizza hut is in the next town over, gas is so high. [tba123]
You are lucky to have a great local place! I wish we did. [goldjay]
Pizza Hut is my all time favorite pizza restraunt. I have tried all the other chains and local mom and pop pizza places and I still favor Pizza Hut. I usually have mine delivered, but the few times we have gone into the restraunt to eat, we have always gotten good service. [cwgrlsarefun]
You are lucky to have great service at your Pizza Hut. Their pizza is good but I have notoriously gotten bad service. For example, this past Friday night, we ordered salads and a large pizza plus a personal pan pizza for my daughter. The salads came, no problem then they came to tell us that they didn't have any more large crusts! How can a pizza place run out of pizza crusts! So, we changed our order to a medium. It came but my daughter's personal pizza didn't come. We asked the server and she said it would be out soon. We waited 10 minutes and my husband went up to the counter to ask what happened and they were JUST putting it into the oven! We were pretty annoyed! [goldjay]
Pizza is one of my favorite things to eat so i am not that picky when it comes to wher I get it from. We have several pizza places where I live and several in the adjoining towns. But my favorite place to get a pizza is at the Nice-N-Easy gas station. Believe it or not, they have the best pizza around. I have a recipe for you but its for breakfast pizza. Its really good. You scramble some eggs and put them on the crust in place of the pizza sauce. then you can top with whatever you like. We use cheese,bacon,ham and sausage. [brendalee]
Sounds yummy but if I am going to splurge on pizza then I want the real thing. I eat eggs topped with all kinds of stuff without the crust! (Too much carbs for me!) [goldjay]
My absolute favorite place to eat pizza is at a chain called Cici's Pizza. It is a pizza buffet that also has salad and pasta. The reason I love this place so much is because they have an alfredo pizza. It has alfredo sauce rather than pizza sauce and is topped with (I think) mozzarella. They just opened a store where I live, but I'm really bummed because we're going to be moving to Montana soon and they don't have any there! :( I guess I'll have to find another pizza place! lol [ediechic]
Oh, that makes me think of a place where we haven't been in a long time that also does an alfredo pizza. I think they just call it white pizza. It is a local/beach joint but it has good pizza. I think Olive Garden also does an alfredo pizza, if you have one of those near. [goldjay]
I Usually go to Pizza Hut because they deliver to my house. I have also been having trouble with them. They changed commputer programs, and every thing was messed up. It toke them 3 hrs and 4-5 phone calls,and I still had to go get my cold pizza and reheat it at home. I had 3 kids an 2 adult starving! and you know how hungry kids can be. They did give me a $20 credit and let me take the pizza with pou paying so I did not get to mad. It took All I had to not go postal on the manager when I got there, though. We have eaten there 2x since then and it has been right both times so I'll stay with them for now. I really do love treir pizza! [tammyr]
Sorry to hear of your terrible expereince. We have had some bad ones too but I think I would have gotten pretty mad at your situation. Glad to hear it got better though [goldjay]
As far as a pizza chain, we'll go to Domino's. We know of 2 local places though that are SO MUCH better then DOmino's so we prefer to go to one of those [tara2126]
Sorry to say but I don't like Dominos. They leave flyers in my door all the time about deals they are having and they all include delivery but when I've called for delivery they say they don't deliver to my house. WHY DO YOU LEAVE FLYERS HERE THEN!!!!! [goldjay]
We really like a local spot here. It is called Bakers Pizza. It is great. [Thoroughrob]
Egads - Plastic Hut? (Thats what I think their pizzas taste likeQ!) No place like home - I spent my teen years working in Uncle Vinnie's restaurant. However, I'll give you a fast and tasty version of my famous homemade pizza that you and your daughter can make together: Crescent Roll Pizza (feeds 2) One can of Crescent rolls, pizza sauce, parmasan cheese, 1 lg bag (2 cups) grated pizza cheese OR 1 lg bag grated mozzarella. OPTIONAL: Browned and drained ground beef or pepperoni or ham or chopped pineapple or sliced olives or sliced mushrooms, etc. Preheat oven according to crescent roll directions. Open can of rolls and spread out flat on rectangular cookie or baking sheet. DO NOT TEAR APART! Join the ends of both pieces. Then spoon on sauce evenly to the edges and sprinkle with parmasan cheese. Now add your OPTIONALS evenly and then put the grated cheese on top of them. Sprinkle some ground or flake oregano on top if you have it. Put in oven and time as for crescent roll directions or until crust is golden on the edges. When its finished you will be able to detach the piza wedges without a knife (I hope). Enjoy! [Bee1955]
What a great idea! Thanks! [goldjay]
My cousin owns a pizza place in Lockport, Il Tje name of it is Rosannas. It is located at 14400 Archer Ave.The pone# is 815-838-7500. They serve more than just pizza's too. [cowlady]
I doubt they'd deliver here....too bad! [goldjay]
I think local pizza places are better than chain ( not to say I don't eat from both). The chain resaturant doesn't put as much love into making their pizza. [Lady_Vincy]
And, LOVE does make the food great! Thanks! [goldjay]
no i always prefer to go to pizza hut or sometimes to dominos . i never liked the pizza from the local restaurents. there not of good quality and soemtimes costiler than pizza hut where i am sure to get a good quality pizza. [vikceo]
Thanks for the comments. [goldjay]
I just like pizza, Pizza Hut is great most places because I use to work for Pizza Hut. [junior101]
So, do you have any Pizza Hut secrets to share? [goldjay]
I usually go to a Pizza Hut that is located near my house. I also like local pizza restaurants, but I prefer pizzas from a chain because I know them since many years and internationally. [jotace]
Thanks for the commnets. [goldjay]
We order out from pizza hut when we order pizza. The best pizza i like is pepperoni pizza from Rosati's, which is also a chain. I haven't made our own pizza with the girls yet...but that's a good idea! [mytwo_daughters]
Homemade pizza is really great, if you have the time, because you can put on whatever you want! [goldjay]
Oh yes, a mom and pop pizza store is usually MUCH better than a chain pizza store. Some of the best pizza shops in my area are dumpy looking from the outside, no ambiance whatsoever, but the pizza is to die for! The worst pizza, at least I think, is at Chuck E Cheese. The kids love to go there to play, but I wish the food was better! [vmiller1024]
You are so right, Chuck E Cheese has the WORST pizza!! [goldjay]
For chain pizza shops we love Papa John's BBQ Chicken pizza. It is wonderful. But for the most part we use local pizza shops, small mom & pop style places. I also do make an awesome pizza, not completely homemade because I get the pizza shells from Giant Eagle Bakery (local grocery store). Although you do have to call ahead and ask for these, they do make them and for cheap. The pizza shell is special, it's a RYE pizza shell, like rye bread. Then you simply use Thousand Island dressing instead of sauce, add on drained sauerkraut, chopped up corned beef and cover with swiss cheese. Bake until the cheese is melted and you have a REUBEN PIZZA! It's awesome! [hockeygal4ever]
I love this local pizza place in town- Jack's pizza. I think they might be changing the name soon because it just changed ownership. I never liked it before Tony bought it. They make thin crust and regular crust pizza with special Tony's sauce. I'm not sure what he puts in it- but its delicious! Super fresh toppings and lots of cheese- Its great. Its kinda a small pizza shop with only 7 or 8 tables inside-- most of the time its busy. Tony makes you feel welcome- He always greets you with a smile and knows most of his regular customers by name. Talk about old school. We also have a pizza hut in town- Not near as good-- greasy and not even close to friendly! [KrisNY]
I prefer the local places, my favorite pizza joint is a place called Crazy Doughs in Boston. Its amazing!! [livefreeortour]