[PDF]

Originally Posted by Mr. Maryland

What, they ship in water? That's nuts. Have you had it? Is it good?

Eddie & Sam's N.Y. Pizza

Yeah they ship in the water and it's good. I'm not a big fan of NY pizza, so I've only been there like twice. There's a pizza place right around the corner that I go to almost every week.

[Mr. Maryland]

Originally Posted by kmarc

I agree. Born in NYC, raised in the 'burbs. Hated the city, loved the 'burbs, great place to grow up and I, like you, would go back but only in a time machine. Florida is where a lot of people go when they bomb out in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. I figured I'd cut to the chase and moved here BEFORE that happened. And I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Ft. Lauderdale is another place I'd go back to, but only in a time machine.

I do love this state, it's been good to me in many ways, but you're right, things have not turned out well here and I don't see it improving, any time soon. We'd like to move on.

Sorry for the rudeness. It's a Nooyawk state of mind. Maryland does have some lovely areas. We had some distant family that lived there. Even Baltimore used to be nice.

No need to apologize, it's the nature of forums!

The good areas anywhere (open to definition of course) are getting harder and harder to find. I did more years than I wish I had in the Baltimore/DC corridor (Anne Arundel County, Annapolis), and the changes here have been insane over the last decade and a half. Same sort of insane growth as FL, just different in the Mid Atlantic sort of way. We finally threw in the towel and decided to just go for it over here on the Eastern Shore, and it has so far turned out to be a surprising throwback to what we feel is a time and place disappearing. It isn't paradise (what is), but overall we feel like we found a pretty good place.

I do miss the old days on FL, and always will. I tend to keep the past alive in my head, and I had a great childhood and early twenties life in that state. My best memories are being 17 years old, surfing the inlet everyday and just being free as a bird. This was before the technology revolution and the internet. My only regret from those days is not paying more attention to how good it actually was. Who knew though..

[Mr. Maryland]

Originally Posted by PDF

Eddie & Sam's N.Y. Pizza

Yeah they ship in the water and it's good. I'm not a big fan of NY pizza, so I've only been there like twice. There's a pizza place right around the corner that I go to almost every week.

Interesting stuff, thanks for that. Now, if only Florida would discover Old Bay (or J.O.) seasoning for the seafood..

[STEVEN 1]

I was born and raised an hour north of NYC in Putnam/Northern Westchester counties, I lived in Ocala Florida from 88 to 2006, wife graduated from CF and we relocated to Virginia so the wife could advance into management , Florida was a flooded market, Virginia was a new market, it woked cause she is now Store Manager and Cpht for Walgreens Pharnacies, basically there was no room to promote up in Florida.

[LifeIsGood01]

There area few good ones, there is Humpy's in Wilton Manors and the slices are big, they cut the pie into 6 slices instead of 8.

There is another one in Hollywood on the main strip that a friend took me to once. The slices are huge, literally the size of your head and it's like a soup Nazi place with signs saying have your money ready and don't ask any questions. But good pizza.

[rusty78]

Well now that we have the Pizza question answered.....does anyone know where you can get good Chinese Food?????

As far as the Pizza, there are two places here in Jupiter that are close to the NY Pizza taste. Unfortunately, they are both hit and miss depending upon who is making the dough that day.

[StreetSmarts]

Originally Posted by PDF

Good idea! And the winters.

Yes! It gets so old. FL has turned into a non-stop comparison of NY/NJ in every way except weather. It gets soooooo old. FL now is a hot mess. Man, I'll be honest I'm just not a big fan of FL anymore.

[flyboytampabay]

Originally Posted by retired11

"You know, it could be worse. You get a lot more for your money in Bolivia, I checked on it." Paul Newman

"What could they have here that you could possibly want to buy?" Robert Redford


Sunny Florida, the dream of reinvention, a new life. The palm trees rustle at night as a slight breeze blows through the parking lot. For some odd reason Floridians step directly into traffic in parking lots and expect me to stop my 4500 pound vehicle on a dime. In New York they would be squished on the pavement, but this is Florida. Just an odd habit Floridians have. I don't understand it, but I drive super super slow in parking lots here. I park way in the back too and never drive in front of the stores.

It is Pizza night, so we drive to our local Italian Pizza Parlor and order one large pie to go. The price is more or less three dollars cheaper than a NY pie. Odd, there is no Italian music playing in the background, nor is anyone spinning the dough around in the air. One guy should be spinning dough while another guy should be spreading the sauce using the back of the ladle while a third should be checking the pies in the oven and cursing at the other two guys.

No one is pushing or shoving, no one is yelling out the names of the customers, no employees search for a pie on top of the ovens. We get our pie without any drama at all, set the table, open the box and are aghast! The cheese seems to float across a sea of tomato sauce. If you move the box to the right the cheese moves right, move the box left and the cheese moves left. We try it and I do my best to say how good it tastes. The kids taste it, drop it, make faces and leave the table. Even grandma is staring at me in disbelief.

Not to be deprived of an "atta boy" for moving my family to Florida. I try to have another pizza night at another pizza parlor. Again, no spinning dough, no foul language, just one kid at the register and one kid making a pizza and me, the one customer. Oddly, this cheese doesn't float, it is crusty all around, but, the bottom is like wet cardboard. Same reaction from kids and grandma stares in disbelief.

I have tried and tried again. Up and down and across the state. I will not give up the search. It isn't that Floridians are dumb, it isn't that I can blame it on the water, it isn't that they failed pizza school. The answer is simple. No one in the pizza parlors has ever tasted a real NY pizza. It is the epitome of the saying "half ass". If you know a tire is made of rubber it does not mean you can make one in your backyard.

I grew up listening to all the New Yorkers complain about being in Florida and how much better everything was up north.. If you hate it so much move back!!! Maybe you should go to south Florida. There are so many New Yorkers down there, you can all lament about how bad it is and better in New York. You certainly moved here for some reason other that complain. Could it be the high taxes, the snow the crappy roads the socialist government. Please go back and stop complaining.

[StreetSmarts]

Originally Posted by Mr. Maryland

My attitude is wonderful and fine. A worse attitude is one where (ahem) locals defend crappy pizza and attack the OP because he dares enter the paradise of FL while having the audacity to retain a love for decent pizza.

As a native, FL is FAR from any kind of paradise. Its basically a tropical version of the pile they call NJ.

[Spring Hillian]

Have you tried Eddie & Sams in Tampa? Bavaro's in Tampa? Pizza Villa in Spring Hill? Bizzarro
in Melbourne?

When cheese acts the way you describe it is commercial "pizza cheese". Its made with a variety of crap. The key is before you order is to ask 1. Commercial cheese or mozzarella. 2. Sauce out of a can or store made. 3. Frozen dough or fresh made.

It certainly does not take 3 people to make a pizza unless they are turning out pies at a huge rate.

It's also a good idea to learn if the owner is from NYC.

Originally Posted by retired11

"You know, it could be worse. You get a lot more for your money in Bolivia, I checked on it." Paul Newman

"What could they have here that you could possibly want to buy?" Robert Redford


Sunny Florida, the dream of reinvention, a new life. The palm trees rustle at night as a slight breeze blows through the parking lot. For some odd reason Floridians step directly into traffic in parking lots and expect me to stop my 4500 pound vehicle on a dime. In New York they would be squished on the pavement, but this is Florida. Just an odd habit Floridians have. I don't understand it, but I drive super super slow in parking lots here. I park way in the back too and never drive in front of the stores.

It is Pizza night, so we drive to our local Italian Pizza Parlor and order one large pie to go. The price is more or less three dollars cheaper than a NY pie. Odd, there is no Italian music playing in the background, nor is anyone spinning the dough around in the air. One guy should be spinning dough while another guy should be spreading the sauce using the back of the ladle while a third should be checking the pies in the oven and cursing at the other two guys.

No one is pushing or shoving, no one is yelling out the names of the customers, no employees search for a pie on top of the ovens. We get our pie without any drama at all, set the table, open the box and are aghast! The cheese seems to float across a sea of tomato sauce. If you move the box to the right the cheese moves right, move the box left and the cheese moves left. We try it and I do my best to say how good it tastes. The kids taste it, drop it, make faces and leave the table. Even grandma is staring at me in disbelief.

Not to be deprived of an "atta boy" for moving my family to Florida. I try to have another pizza night at another pizza parlor. Again, no spinning dough, no foul language, just one kid at the register and one kid making a pizza and me, the one customer. Oddly, this cheese doesn't float, it is crusty all around, but, the bottom is like wet cardboard. Same reaction from kids and grandma stares in disbelief.

I have tried and tried again. Up and down and across the state. I will not give up the search. It isn't that Floridians are dumb, it isn't that I can blame it on the water, it isn't that they failed pizza school. The answer is simple. No one in the pizza parlors has ever tasted a real NY pizza. It is the epitome of the saying "half ass". If you know a tire is made of rubber it does not mean you can make one in your backyard.