Inspired by the Burger thread I'm looking for the best pizza around these parts. The further south the better but I make it to Denver every now and then. Not looking for anything fancy just quality, great tasting pies.
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Inspired by the Burger thread I'm looking for the best pizza around these parts. The further south the better but I make it to Denver every now and then. Not looking for anything fancy just quality, great tasting pies.
There's a joint at Mississippi and Wads. It think it's "Johnny's New York Pizza". Johnny is from the Bronx, and his pizza is awesome. Just like home.
East Coast Pizza off Highway 50 in Pueblo. Tucked away in a strip mall has a bakery too. 1638 W. Hwy 50.
http://www.ar-15.co/threads/102337-T...ighlight=pizza
im convinced you just cannot get good piza in co unless you make it yourself
Johnny's is pretty good but Virgilio's is better. Virgilio and Johnny were originally partners but they split and went their separate ways.Quote:
Originally Posted by GilpinGuy
Originally there was a Virgilio's on the corner of Alameda and Wads and Virgilio built a new restaurant in Littleton. Virgilio closed the Alameda and Wads location due to a very public feud with the landlord at Alameda and Wads but still has the Littleton location open.
Leon Gessi(?) in Colorado Springs.
Although not very far south for you, if you're in Denver, Frank the Pizza King in Englewood is great.
Johnny's is good stuff, as is Garlic Knot that has a few locations around town.
http://leongessipizza.com/cs/Satelli...-17%2011:39:14Quote:
Originally Posted by Scanker19
sorry to say that is not ny/nj pizza
Get on a plane and head back East - I've yet to have anything impressive in Colorado so far. I always say if it ain't as good as Papa Gino's (which is crap back East) you can't call it "good" pizza.
Have to disagree. I've been going to Rico's for years (fair pizza, but pizza) and decided to try Franks last week. Yuck, dried crust, bland.Quote:
Originally Posted by KevDen2005
New York Jonnys is decent but not great. Many moons ago I remember going to place called Abo's which IIRC was really good, but its 10+ years.
Buddy at work loves Perry's Pizza, never been as its on the east side of town.
It really is hard to find a decent pie here in town.
Awesome, Franks was a hangout in high school. Carls on 38th isn't half bad, Edgewater Inn used to be good but I have heard it has taken a dive.Quote:
Originally Posted by KevDen2005
Find a Nick & Willys, great built to order bake at home.
I still believe the key to a good pie in the metro area, is to not try and find something to replicate or compare to pizza back east, because you'll be disappointed every time. That is why I tend to veer towards places like Beaujo's and Doo drop inn. The taste is pretty much exclusive to Colorado, and does not attempt to be something it is not, but is very tasty!
Being from NY state, saying "I want NY Pizza" is like saying "I want a rifle"... There are at least a zillion different kinds of pizza in NY!! I'm from the Buffalo area, and the pizza from there is TOTALLY different from the pizza from the Big Apple. Sheet pizzas were 'the thing' in Buffalo/Western NY area. Hard to find out here. There used to be a shop here in the Springs, run by some brothers from Buffalo (they had all Sabres stuff in their shop) and they made a killer sheet. Not sure what happened to them.
And don't get me started on wings. Anchor Bar in Buffalo, home of the "Buffalo Wing". 'nuff said.
I was surprised at how good the new Dion's pizza in COS is. Reminds me of Nick and Joe's pizza from out east.
I also really like Cheesy Lee's pizza up in Estes Park.
I haven't yet tried Dion's pizza. May need to give it a try...
Marco's Coal Fired or Osteria Marco downtown.
Well I still like it. But I would like to try Rico's, where is that at?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rooskibar03
buffalo would not be the go to pizza spot....... "ny"pie to me is nyc(all 5 boroughs) and exit 80 and up nj(and parts of conn oddly enough).......hand stretched or tossed dough thin crust..... foldable with that nice droop in the middle usually sold by the slice.......thats pizza to me nothing elseQuote:
Originally Posted by sellersm
i think hurly nailed it if your not in the tri state your not getting pizza once you can get over that you can enjoy some of the stuff out here but most of it is par baked trash
ill post some pics up of the pizza im making for lunch if it comes out halfway decent :D
When we lived in Rochester, friends of ours (from NYC) owned a restaurant and they provided great pizza!! It all depends on what you like & what you're used to.
Hmmmm, if cofi's pizza turns out decent, then we all need a little roadtrip out East!
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Originally Posted by KevDen2005
A little further north on Broadway. Right across 285 next to the Army surplus store. Small hole in the wall, terrible small inside, get it to go. If not in mood for pizza try to chicken parm sub. Oh yeah, cash only.
I still fail to see what is so wonderful about "New York Style" pizza ... its usually a rather bland pie with cheese and maybe one other ingredient on it that is only nifty because it's sold by the slice and the slices are large yet thin and soft enough to fold in half. I just don't see where there's enough to them to make one NY style Pizzeria significantly better than another.
Maybe there's some nuance I'm missing.
I guess I'm more of a Chicago style pizza fan ... I want everything on my pie but the kitchen sink.
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Originally Posted by Zundfolge
HERETIC BURN. Your missing more than that. Might as well dump some pineapples and Can EH d in bakon, on the fukin thing [facepalm]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g
Mary Janes pizza hits the spot late at night. I wish they would open earlier than 11pm though...
Or Food Cook off. My White GAHLIK pizza is Faboulso. fresh basil and oregano courtesy of waxthis. 1st pressing olive oil from the daughter in CA. hand select cheese by yours truly.Quote:
Originally Posted by sellersm
I ate at Dion's today for the first time for lunch. My buddy got the Napoli pizza and I got the pastrami sandwich. Sandwich was was pretty good. Pizza only looked ok, he thinks it is really good. I prefer Boriello brothers. There are several in Colorado Springs.
Yummm, jim is onto a great idea! I do have a soft spot for some white pizza... My friends in Rochester (that I mentioned in the post above) would make me a 'custom' white pie! Wow...
Dang this low-carb diet! [Rant2]
I went back to NYC over Memorial Day for a funeral.. stopped at a pizza joint.. nothing out here even comes close. It wasn't even a well known one and the pizza was awesome.. puts any 'NY Style' pizza here to shame..
I don't even eat pizza that much since me and lactose don't really get along.. but damn it was worth the pain.
Hey Jim- one of my favorite pizzas= Pizza Hut, thin crust, wait for it..... chicken, bacon and pineapple.
Ban him!Quote:
Originally Posted by sneakerd
<kidding>
Another favorite- the Ray Romano from NY Pizzeria at Miss and Wads.
I too think ya all are just weird [handbags] and I have had Pizza all over the world to include many pies in Italy and just like here they are not all the same depending on where you are.
I say to each his own. [Beer]
I was going to suggest a COS get together at Dion's, but I'm also low carbin' it. Maybe Birddog BBQ instead...Quote:
Originally Posted by sellersm
One I miss was "tomato pie" which I never see anywhere else but around Philly. It's basically a sicilian style crust, that just has crushed tomato sauce and herbs and such on it but no cheese or other toppings, served cold. That was always a favorite at the italian gatherings.
I'd be ok with a get together at Dion's.
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Miss Wads? That a gay strip joint?Quote:
Originally Posted by sneakerd
No that's not the one that you used to go to.... I heard that one closed down.
So with that one closed which one do you patronize ? Mr Cluck n fruit pizzaQuote:
Originally Posted by sneakerd
If you're anywhere close to Golden try Mannie & Bo's Pizzeria. I'm partial to their Hawaiian which has cream cheese on it.
Rico's pizza on Broadway is pretty good from what I can remember. It's been years since I've been there but I remember being partial to their Calzones.
Marco's coal fired sucks.
The Rock Restaurant is a growing wood fired pizza chain and we really enjoy it. They have some pretty good micro brews to wash their pies down with.
Like many others have said its impossible to make a NY pie anywhere but NY. A lot of pizza experts say the key to a NY pie is actually the water and you can't get a pie to really taste like a NY pie unless you use NY water. There's a pizza joint we use to go to when I was growing up in So. Cal, the owner was from NYC and had the water he used for his dough flown in from NY weekly. Even in Colorado a pie made with NY water isn't going to be the same as a pie in NYC because the altitude requires you to make the crust differently than you would make it in NYC.
I stopped going to Chuck n Fruit because there was too much competition there.
Pizzeria Locale on 5th? 6th? and Broadway in Baker District has some DAMN good pizza. Also Cosmos a few blocks away on Grant I think.