Detroit Pizza has entered the chat:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit-style_pizza
"Detroit-style pizza was originally baked in rectangular steel trays designed for use as automotive drip pans or to hold small industrial parts in factories."
The only places I’ve heard of that have the balls to speak their names in proximity to NYC and Chicago are Detroit and New Haven, CT.
Detroit Pizza is fucking great, especially with extra sauce and I haven’t had New Haven pizza but have been told it’s too big of a range to say that it’s all good pizza.
St. Louis-style pizza is one of the most disgusting things I've ever eaten.
The style has a thin cracker-like crust made without yeast, generally uses Provel cheese, and is cut into squares or rectangles instead of wedges.
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Provel is a trademark for a combination of three cheeses (provolone, Swiss, and white cheddar) used instead of (or, rarely, in addition to) the mozzarella or provolone common to other styles of pizza.
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Some of the sauces have a sweetness to them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis–style_pizza
Oh dear god it's awful.
it is more sad when people think that what they eat in NY or Chicago is the real pizza
https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/photos/best-pizza-styles-in-the-country
In Steubenville, Ohio, and other Ohio River towns, local pizzerias dole out square pies covered with piles of cold — uncooked — grated cheese. Known as Ohio Valley-style pizza, these crisp-crust pies come out of the oven with just a coating of tomato sauce and are then covered with fresh cheese and often pepperoni. Each bite is warm, cool and crunchy all at once.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I love Pizza Hut. Please don't kill me.
I'm kind of an anti-snob, though. I'll try just about any pizza and enjoy it. Some are certainly better than others, but most of them are pretty great.
Yeah, I know. I'm a philistine.
How do people feel about the places that make quick pizzas to order like Mod and Blaze?
Reminds me of that Daily Show clip.
Ohio Valley pizza is not what I thought it was. I grew up in Ohio and the only time I ate something that even reminds me of that was actually in Florence, Italy, oddly.
I grew up on Central Ohio tiny-pepperoni'd, square-cut pizzas.
Today, Detroit is probably my fave, followed by what is more-or-less a tie between NY and Chicago Deep Dish depending upon my mood. Ohio pizza still holds a place in my heart, but it's definitely not in the top 3.
I'm a born and raised Californian, but even I would not eat or endorse a Californian style pizza.
I would, however, endorse the local brewery's spicy Hawaiian style pizza. Spam, pineapple, and pickled and caramelized jalapenos with a spicy marinara sauce. The jalapenos are what makes it. They are so freakin' good.
All pizza is pizza, I grow tired of this attack on regions. Find the beauty in the different.
All of you should come to Scotland and get a pizza crunch
Get drunk first
Cincinnati has a pizza with fucking chilli on it. It was on the menu at the place I was at, and the bartender said it's somewhat of a local delicacy. I asked her if there was anything special about the chilli. Yeah, there's sugar in it, and it's sweet. I laughed in her face and took a hard pass. Apparently they also put it on spaghetti. Fuck both of those dishes, I don't need any Cincinnati "culture".
On the other hand, if you've eaten Altoona style pizza and lived then you no longer take living for granted.
you will live as long as you steer clear of Altoona pizza
PA has "Altoona style" and "Old Forge style", both hailing from miserable coal bust towns and consisting more or less of a slice of american "cheese" and red sauce on a sheet crust, I think one has a green pepper under it.
Here is this article in Gastro obscura about many of these pizzas:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/most-unusual-pizza-styles
Really enjoyed this thread, BTW.
This popped up in my recommendations yesterday. There's a ton of regional styles I've never heard about. Ohio Valley is in there. At least that's recognizable as pizza. Some of these stretch the definition pretty thin.
Milwaukee is basically Chicago's little brother. "Milwaukee-style" is just Chicago-style made with a player 2 controller.
Fuck you and your magic pizza
Is that honest abe?
