Re: [85attendees] Boston style Pizza

[Paul Kyzivat <[e-mail]>]

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)
>