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Old 01-21-2014, 09:37 PM
 
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Because there are no Italians here!

Okay, I'm sure there are some. But not like the number of them that are in the North, West, or Florida.
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Old 01-21-2014, 09:50 PM
 
Location: East Point
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i know a lot of you are saying italians didn't settle here, but there is a southern tradition especially in a lot of cafeteria style restaurants to have a spaghetti casserole. it's like spaghetti baked in a pan with a layer of cheese on top. you just order 'spaghetti' when you go to one of these spots. i'm wondering where that got started, and why pizza didn't get as engrained in the culture as that dish did.
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Old 01-22-2014, 07:26 AM
 
Location: Atlanta
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What was the deep dish pizza place.... one slice was a meal... I remember a location in the Cobb Galleria and another in the outside strip center to the south/west of Lenox (Around Lenox?). Loved that Pizza.
Was that Uno's (Chicago style)?

I agree Blue Moon makes an excellent pizza, but I'll always have a soft spot for Camelli's and Fellini's. Everybody's was always a cool place to hang out...especially since my youthful tastes ran more toward their art nouveau-esque style more than Mellow Mushroom's hippie decor haha.
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Old 01-22-2014, 07:34 AM
 
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i know a lot of you are saying italians didn't settle here, but there is a southern tradition especially in a lot of cafeteria style restaurants to have a spaghetti casserole. it's like spaghetti baked in a pan with a layer of cheese on top. you just order 'spaghetti' when you go to one of these spots. i'm wondering where that got started, and why pizza didn't get as engrained in the culture as that dish did.


BTW, Memphis has the best spaghetti. They put bbq sauce in their spaghetti and it is so good
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Old 01-22-2014, 09:25 AM
 
Location: Ono Island, Orange Beach, AL
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BTW, Memphis has the best spaghetti. They put bbq sauce in their spaghetti and it is so good
Really? I would've never thought to put BBQ in spaghetti, but, then again, Memphis is about their BBQ.
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Old 01-22-2014, 10:38 AM
 
Location: Marietta, GA
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For me, "real pizza" is what they serve in Italy, which is very thin crust. So-called NY style pizza is closest to what is served in Europe. Having grown up in NY, to me, that is pizza.

While Chicago added the layers and deep dish variety, I've never had anything unique in Atlanta. A topping on a NY or Chicago style pizza doesn't create an new style of pizza.

I guess if there was an Atlanta style, maybe it would have onions, cheese, ham, and jalapenos. You could order it by asking "scattered and smothered" or "chunked and topped" or maybe with cheese eggs on top.
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Old 01-22-2014, 10:54 AM
 
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I am surprised to not see mention of a couple top Atlanta pizza places.

Varasano's Pizzeria The so called #1 internet pizza recipe

Antico Pizza - Pizza Tradizionale di Napoli - The Atlanta GA Market
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Old 01-22-2014, 10:58 AM
 
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Really? I would've never thought to put BBQ in spaghetti, but, then again, Memphis is about their BBQ.


Yeah. I wonder why I didn't think if that idea before. It was probably the best spaghetti that I have ever eaten.
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Old 01-22-2014, 11:20 AM
 
Location: Crooklyn, New York
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i'm thinking... not really (unless the style served at mellow mushroom, savage pizza and other local chains is somehow different from pizza chains elsewhere).

the buckhead pizza company claims to serve an "atlanta style pizza" but it seems more of a gimmick than anything else— from what i understand they are like the california pizza kitchen; more "gourmet" and experimental than trend-setting. jagger's used to serve a thick square cut pizza but it seems more like what they call "detroit pizza" than anything notably atlantan.

am i missing something?
You should invent it.
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Old 01-22-2014, 11:30 AM
 
Location: Sweet Home...CHICAGO
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Atlanta just isn't a pizza city. Though there are great pizza places here. When people think of pizza, I just don't Atlanta comes to mind and there's nothing wrong with that. Atlanta didn't have waves of Italians like New York and Chicago did so Atlanta won't generate the same response when people ask about what cities are known for their pizza.

New York and Chicago will always have that. For Atlanta to do that, it would be an attempt at reinventing the wheel I think.
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