[Pizza Wars 2013] Chicago style vs New York style

[LawBeefaroni]

Okay, on topic question time: What the good goddamn hell is going on with the sudden proliferation of "mike's hot honey pizza" (or just "hot honey pizza" if they don't wanna pay Mike, I guess) now being offered at every pizza place in America? I was trying to order a lou malnati's pie a little while ago and had to manually add toppings because it kept telling me I was getting a mike's hot honey pizza. Then I looked online and realized this is all over the place now.

Never heard of that but Serio has a pizza with Momma's Little Peppers, sausage, and honey drizzle. It's amazing.

[LawBeefaroni]

What Greek bakery are you talking about? I've found the Colombian one that makes fantastic empinadas, but I haven't found a Greek bakery yet.

Hella's Pastry Shop on Lawrence by Talman.

Also, the Rockwell Bottle Shop is a great place. On Rockwell right by the Brown Line stop. Good coffee (so I hear, I dont drink coffee), excellent breakfast sandwiches. And a decent selection of drinks for take out or to taste in the back.

We should meet up for lunch or dinner sometime if your office is nearby...and drinks, of course. Zarathud and Seppe are up this way too.

Absolutely.

[Jeff V]

Okay, on topic question time: What the good goddamn hell is going on with the sudden proliferation of "mike's hot honey pizza" (or just "hot honey pizza" if they don't wanna pay Mike, I guess) now being offered at every pizza place in America? I was trying to order a lou malnati's pie a little while ago and had to manually add toppings because it kept telling me I was getting a mike's hot honey pizza. Then I looked online and realized this is all over the place now.

Never heard of that but Serio has a pizza with Momma's Little Peppers, sausage, and honey drizzle. It's amazing.

It's all over the place here too...Home Run Inn has it now, as does gas station pizza (Casey's). I have no idea, I don't need my pizza to have added sugar content though.

[hepcat]

They sell the Mike’s Hot Honey Sauce at the local jewel osco grocery stores, so I’m going to pick some up this week….

….and put it on EVERYTHING. I’m talking food, drinks, house pets that aren’t fast enough to get away, inanimate objects, myself.

[mori]

For a frozen pizza Legit Pizza is pretty darn good. Especially the sausage/pepperoni pizza like a Cheesehead would get at the tavern while watching the Badgers or Packers. (It comes in standard round pie form factor so you don't have to cut it in squares but I do).

[telcta]

Friends took me to New Haven CT yesterday to Pepe's Pizza.



I'm usually a pepperoni guy but they said they have a world famous white clam pizza that I had to try. Well, I'm not too adventurous when it comes to seafood but that was pretty good, although it doesn't seem to be agreeing with me this morning.

[LordMortis]

I like a white seafood pizza but for me that seafood is shrimp and crab or lobster. Not so much on the scallops and that'd be doubly so for clams.

[LawBeefaroni]

It's like they took the amazing party cut and merged it with the awful pie cut to create that trapezoidal monstrosity.



Looks tasty though. I'd eat it.

After they gave me a knife to fix it.

[disarm]

There's no "fixing" the slice at Pepe's...easily the most random attempt to slice a pizza that I've ever encountered. There's no pattern or intent to it all...just run the cutter across and see what happens. Apparently people used to complain and they justified their insanity by claiming it made 'different sizes for people with all kinds of appetites.'

As for their white clam pizza, it's good but not great in my opinion. As someone else mentioned, I prefer a lobster or shrimp white pizza over clam.

[Isgrimnur]

Reminds me of the episode of Wings where Antonio (Tony Shalhoub) keeps having an allergic reaction because they keep feeding him clams without telling him the ingredients.

"I am allergic to the clam."

[Blackhawk]

I have yet to ever actually see a white pizza in person.

[Jeff V]

I have yet to ever actually see a white pizza in person.

Me either, but I agree with Lawbeef, it looks tasty. Not sure I'd consider it a pizza though...they've been using the term "flatbread" to describe various sauces that are not pizza sauce with toppings not usually found on an actual pizza. This would possibly be a tasty flatbread.

[Blackhawk]

As long as it was properly cut into triangles, and not dummyhead squares.

[Jeff V]

As long as it was properly cut into triangles, and not dummyhead squares.

That's crazy talk. Who ever heard of triangle bar napkins? "Tavern cut" pizza is designed for one slice to fit on your standard bar napkin(~4"x4"). Triangle cuts would be inefficient.

[Blackhawk]

Triangles provide handles. And napkins? They make a rigid round version called 'plates.'

[Jeff V]

Triangles provide handles. And napkins? They make a rigid round version called 'plates.'

Plates in a bar where they can be used as weapons? That's just crazy talk. Paper plates are many times more expensive than cocktail napkins, and since this was a complementary service, the customer had no grounds for complaint.

Keep in mind, this was in vogue a very long time ago. Not many bars offer complementary pizza served on cocktail napkins...the last place I recall was a strip club and that was nearly 20 years ago.

[LawBeefaroni]

Keep in mind, this was in vogue a very long time ago. Not many bars offer complementary pizza served on cocktail napkins...the last place I recall was a strip club and that was nearly 20 years ago.

Any given Sunday you'll still find taverns full of square pizza slices on square cocktail napkins. Not so much complimentary from the bar so much as a customer just buying too much, but same glorious outcome.

[Blackhawk]

Triangles provide handles. And napkins? They make a rigid round version called 'plates.'

Plates in a bar where they can be used as weapons? That's just crazy talk.

And the drinks are, I assume, served in paper cups?

[Brian]

Red Solo cups.

[Punisher]

Triangles provide handles. And napkins? They make a rigid round version called 'plates.'

Plates in a bar where they can be used as weapons? That's just crazy talk.

And the drinks are, I assume, served in paper cups?

No. They are on triangle napkins

[Holman]

"Tomato pie" is a staple of large social events in Philadelphia. It's been described in this thread before: a thick focaccia-textured crust topped with thick tomato sauce and spices but only a dusting of grated (not melted) cheese. It's served room-temp or even cold, which probably makes it easier for a restaurant or caterer to provide it in bulk.

It's always cut in squares, but the crust is thick enough that you can hold it by the crust edges. For that reason, the squares are never larger than the space between your thumb and index finger.

I prefer pizza, but tomato pie has its charm.

[Jeff V]

I make something similar, but I call it a pizza. I'll make focaccia dough, spread it out on a cookie sheet, add tomato basil pasta sauce, more cheese than any person should consume at one time, sausage and pepperoni. It's not the same as a genuine Chicago deep dish, but it serves the purpose, especially when I'm in the Philippines where the pinnacle of pizza art is Sbarros.