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Forgot Ted's in Menomonie.

Your mom is like a pizza, everybody gets a piece.

Tombstone is now dead to me.  Whatever mega conglomerate that owns it is pumping high fructose corn syrup into the sauce.  It was about the only frozen pizzas I'd buy.

Luigi’s Deep Dish River Falls.... a religious experience

I haven't had Luigi's or Papa Tronnio's for so long I don't even remember what they're like.  I know I liked it though.

Frozen is Jack's pizza when they are 5 for $10.  To my wife's chagrin I maintain an old bar pizza oven on the counter just for those.  1 pie is a serving.

Used to love Trade Winds pizza, anyone remember those?

Chain pizza is typically shit.  I'll eat it because it is pizza. \

Not a fan of New York style because the sauce is too sweet.  I'll still eat it.

Huge fan of INSERT LOCAL PIZZA PLACE.

I love making pizza.  Detroit style is fun to make in the winter, but mostly I make pies on the webber in the summer. 

In Wisconsin?  Heinies Pizza in Horicon is in an old brothel, doesn't get better than that. 

yummy , give me a Rocky's 16 inch pan style Uncle Sal's Special. Italian sausage , pepperoni, fresh mushrooms, onions and diced tomatoes, sprinkled with Oregano. then if I'm real lucky maybe a little sex.  If not I'm trading Love to the Broncos and snagging that big offensive tackle from Oregon.     

Not a fan of Chicago style but definitely dig Detroit style. 

The only chain I like is Papa Murphys (not fuckstick, sugar sweet sauce Papa Johns).  Davanni's is decent but they're a local "chain" I guess. 

If you're ever in the Twin Cities south metro I recommend Ole Piper Inn.  Top notch pizza and grub.

@skully posted:

yummy , give me a Rocky's 16 inch pan style Uncle Sal's Special. Italian sausage , pepperoni, fresh mushrooms, onions and diced tomatoes, sprinkled with Oregano. then if I'm real lucky maybe a little sex.

With Uncle Sal?  That may be taking your devotion a little too far.

There is a liquor store/Italian grocery in St Paul called Morelli's, which has great pizzas. You have to bake them yourself, but it's well worth it.

If you don't want to bake it, The Little Oven in White Bear Lake makes a very good one as well.

Frozen? Only answer is Lotzza Mozza.

Lisa's Pizza, Eastside Milwaukee.

And this thread is racist.

FU Blair Kiel! 

@"We"-Ka-Bong posted:

Frozen is Jack's pizza when they are 5 for $10.  To my wife's chagrin I maintain an old bar pizza oven on the counter just for those.  1 pie is a serving.

Used to love Trade Winds pizza, anyone remember those?

Chain pizza is typically shit.  I'll eat it because it is pizza. \

Not a fan of New York style because the sauce is too sweet.  I'll still eat it.

Huge fan of INSERT LOCAL PIZZA PLACE.

I love making pizza.  Detroit style is fun to make in the winter, but mostly I make pies on the webber in the summer.

In Wisconsin?  Heinies Pizza in Horicon is in an old brothel, doesn't get better than that.

Heinies was in Minnesota Junction, still is?

I went to school with some of the young Heinies....

You are more precise. 

Turn the mirror on

They had Peoples Beer on tap back in the day.

Glass Nickel in Madison and several other cities in Sconnie makes GREAT Pizza. The only pizza I've had over the past few years that does not cause me massive heartburn.

@Henry posted:

Not a fan of Chicago style but definitely dig Detroit style.

The only chain I like is Papa Murphys (not fuckstick, sugar sweet sauce Papa Johns).  Davanni's is decent but they're a local "chain" I guess.

If you're ever in the Twin Cities south metro I recommend Ole Piper Inn.  Top notch pizza and grub.

You must have had pizza at Captain Jacks Henry.    It was on Hyw 12 in Minny near Hudson before I 94 was completed.

Also Steve's Pizza in River Falls.  Actually doesn't every college town have a Steve's Pizza?

Portesi Cheese Fries.  Ate pounds of the stuff during Trivia weekends.  It's been a long time since I've participated in either!

@"We"-Ka-Bong posted:

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In Wisconsin?  Heinies Pizza in Horicon is in an old brothel, doesn't get better than that.

Got your secret sauce right there.

Frozen: Portesi Original with the crust around the edge. I get them anytime I come back to Wisconsin. They must put crack in that crust.

Take out: Plainfield Bowling Alley pizza in Plainfield, WI and Two Lakes pizza in Almond WI. Simply the best to me.

@Maynard posted:

Frozen: Portesi Original with the crust around the edge. I get them anytime I come back to Wisconsin. They must put crack in that crust.

Take out: Plainfield Bowling Alley pizza in Plainfield, WI and Two Lakes pizza in Almond WI. Simply the best to me.

I grew up 8 miles from Two Lakes. It's still the best pizza I've ever had, and I lived in Boston, DC, and traveled a lot.  My family makes fun of me for saying it, but I rank all food relative to Two Lakes pizza.  Portesi's and Jagielo's (who owned Two Lakes) are related, I believe.

There used to be a place in Adams-Friendship called “Good and Plenty” that would load the toppings so heavy, an extra large felt like it weighed 10 LBs. It was massive- thin crust, but just massive. You get the works and you got the works...

@"We"-Ka-Bong posted:

Frozen is Jack's pizza when they are 5 for $10.  To my wife's chagrin I maintain an old bar pizza oven on the counter just for those.  1 pie is a serving.

Totally... I alternate between Jack’s and Tombstone, but when Jack’s is 3/$9 or 5/$10, all day.

And hell yeah I got a pizza oven. I think that’s a part of WI heritage right there...

Funny story - many years ago I got a summer job at Jacks working third shift.  This was before Nestle acquired them and basically turned it into a mass production outfit.   Anyways, one of my jobs was to feed the big pepperoni sticks into a machine to slice it up before applying it to the round.    Good times.  

If on sale, I go for Orvs and basically take everything off it and load up with my own ingredients.  The sauce and crust are excellent.

If I want to splurge, I go for the Brew Pup Lozzsa Mottsa.  It’s a little pricey,  but pound for pound the best frozen pizza on the market if you like cheese and toppings and a decent sauce.

remember when Tony's pizza had the pepperoni that curled up with a little pool of pepperoni oil?  That was the best

Chain pizza is Papa Murphys. Its take and bake, but is always consistently tasty, no matter which one you get. Restaurant pizza goes to Kozy Korner in North Hudson, WI. Their BBQ pizza with jalapeños is my favorite pizza, any day. My favorite "frozen" pizza is Lottza Mottza Supreme.

@EC Pack posted:

Forgot Ted's in Menomonie.

Good Old Teds. I went to Stout back in the day (early 90's) and a couple buddies wanted to go to Teds and I was broke so they said no prob that they would cover the price (they had been drinking). So we all go into Teds and have a bunch of pizza. Then the 2 of them say they have to use the restroom and leave the building. So there I am with no cash sitting at the table and I leave too. The cops and a delivery guy in a little bug car end up chasing us down outside in a snowstorm in the bitter cold. We all got removal of property tickets but mine was dropped after the boys admitted that they kinda set me up LOL. Luigis in River Falls is pretty darn good and I do like Carbones (although it can be too GREEZY at times).

For frozen  it's Jack's and Heggies.

@EC Pack posted:

Lots of great chatter, let's do some mindless stuff.

What's your favorite?  Worst?  Chain?  Frozen?

My two favorite pizza quotes:

Pizza is like sex, when it's good, it's great, when's it's bad, it's great.

Pizza is like sex, I could have it everyday.

Non chain:  Marco's in GB, Ian's in Madison,  Johnny's, Sammy's, Northern Tap and Pizza Del Re in Eau Claire.

Chain:  Rocky's

Frozen:  Tombstone, Brewhaus

Shoot, now I'm hungry!

Favorite. I am a big fan of Chicago style pizza like Giardano's.  But I am not picky as long as there is something on the pizza.  I tell everyone to man up and make it a deluxe

Worst?  That's an easy one for me.  Thin crust pizza. For some strange reason everyone in the hell hole of ohio where I live likes cracker thin crust.

The ultimate worst is cheese only pizza.  I married in to a family that will only eat cheese pizza.  It is torture to me because I am a deluxe pizza guy.

Chain pizza would be Papa John's or Pizza hut

To expand on what is the worst.  Sorry no pineapple on pizza or olives of any sort.

For frozen, if you haven't tried Connie's, give it a whirl. I was surprised how good it was.

Now let's get controversial. Who the Hell does pineapple?!

There's a chain in Milwaukee called Pizza Man. Used to be on the east side with a sign that was shaped...well, like an "egg plant" emoji.   Then a terrible fire happened, they rebuilt in another location, was never the same.

Anyway, to try to revive the joint, they did a lunch buffet with like 3-5  different pizzas to try by the slice. Really bomb ass idea for a buffet. One of them was a pepperoni, pineapple and cream cheese. I hate admitting it...I liked it. Now, I wouldn't do a whole damn pizza with that but a slice wasn't as bad as I figured. Yep, I am weird.       

SWEET AND SALTY AND/OR SPICY OFFSET EACH OTHER FOR A TASTE SENSATION!

You have heathen taste buds if you haven't figured this out. 

@"We"-Ka-Bong posted:

remember when Tony's pizza had the pepperoni that curled up with a little pool of pepperoni oil?  That was the best

Davanni's has that.  They call it "old world pepperoni".  Edges get crispy with a shit ton of grease everywhere, which I blot off now because I like my GI tract.

@ammo posted:

You must have had pizza at Captain Jacks Henry.    It was on Hyw 12 in Minny near Hudson before I 94 was completed.

Also Steve's Pizza in River Falls.  Actually doesn't every college town have a Steve's Pizza?

Captain Jacks I remember but not sure I ever went there.  Yes, Steve's Pizza, totally forgot about.  That was decent gut filler.  Not sure I'd rave about it. 

@The Heckler posted:

Worst?  That's an easy one for me.  Thin crust pizza. For some strange reason everyone in the hell hole of ohio where I live likes cracker thin crust.

Disagree. Thin crust is what I grew up on in GB.
If I wanted to buy bread, I'd buy bread.
The thin crust is the best way to transfer all the goodies to my mouth!

I've never met a pizza I didn't like, except once when I was in Korea.  With all the awesome food Korea has to offer, I decided to try a pizza.  I swear the sauce was ketchup, and I think the "peperoni" was sliced hotdogs.  I'm not even sure what the cheese was.  I ate it, but it wasn't good.

I'm going to say you were in the military and drunk at the time.

I know when I think pizza, I think Korea.

Yep, and 95% chance I was drunk

@packerboi posted:

Now let's get controversial. Who the Hell does pineapple?!

I think you can put anything you like on a pizza.  I love to make a sauce less, thin crust pizza with thinly sliced apples, cheddar cheese, carnalized onions and bacon.  Pineapple, bacon and jalapeno is delicious.   A white pizza with whipped heavy cream, fontina and mushrooms is a family favorite. 

I forgot to mention Casey's pizza.  The dough is doughy and bland.  The sauce is odd, a little spicy, but odd.  Cheese is boring cheese and super thick. 

I will eat it weekly.  I feel like I consumed a bowling ball when finished, but I will dive right back in a couple days later. 

They make a bacon cheeseburger pizza where the sauce is half ketchup, half mustard.  Get it with extra pickles

I don't recall eating here very often, but Bill's Pizza in Stevens Point is also quite popular with a lot of my friends still in the area.  Never tried Two Lakes in Almond - now that my family has moved away from Point I don't get that way any more.  When I was in high school my friend's family started a short-lived pizzeria in Park Ridge called "CATS Pizza", ate a lot of their pie in those years.

In my podunk rural town of Iowa the best option is HyVee's Take and Bake pizza.  Second best goes to Casey's (Gas Station).  Of course there is Pizza Ranch and Pizza Hut, who are sort of like the ugly sisters still at the bar after last call.