Re: [85attendees] Boston style Pizza

Atlanta really isn't known for Deep Dish Pizza.  You can try Nancy's in
Midtown at 265 Ponce De Leon Avenue.  http://chicagonancyspizza.com/

-derek

On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 13:29 -0400, Paul Kyzivat wrote:
> I'm not a Boston native, but I went to school in Cambridge and have 
> lived in suburban Boston for a long time. AFAIK the term "Boston style 
> pizza" is not used in the way that "Chicago style" is. But there is 
> certainly a style of pizza that is common, and that a lot of people 
> around here seem to like. I would (disparagingly) describe it as "thin, 
> floppy, greasy". Personally I favor Chicago style - deep dish, baked in 
> a pan, thick, heavy with ingredients. But there are widely varying 
> opinions of what constitutes good pizza.
> 
> I have no clue what sort of pizza is available in Atlanta. Presumably 
> all the big name chains are there, but I would avoid most of them. And 
> lots of local independent joints are no better. Pizza Uno is a chain 
> that makes a "decent" Chicago style pizza, though I don't think it is 
> nearly as good as it was when it was a smaller chain.
> 
> 	Good eating,
> 	Paul
> 
> On 10/23/12 11:25 PM, Melinda Shore wrote:
> > On 10/23/12 7:03 PM, Will Liu (Shucheng) wrote:
> >> I heard from a friend of mine from Boston that the Boston style pizza
> >> is really yummy and worth a detour if I go to America. The only
> >> pizzas I am familiar with are from pizza hut and Papa Johns. I heard
> >> there are many styles of pizza in USA and I don't know how to
> >> distinguish the style or which kind of restaurant serves Boston style
> >> in Atlanta. Anybody familiar with this? Thanks.
> >
> > I'd never heard of "Boston style" pizza so I asked the inner tubes, and
> > they say that it's basically a Greek-style pizza, which in turn is like
> > a NY-style pizza only with cheddar cheese and a lighter crust.  I love
> > cheddar but putting it on a pizza sounds like a grave error in judgment
> > to me.
> >
> > I would propose some applied research, and trying NY-style pizza,
> > Chicago-style pizza, and Greek-style pizza while you're in Atlanta.  I
> > expect they've got quite a few pizza options in a city that size.
> >
> > Melinda
> > (who favors NY-style pizza, herself)
> >
> 
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