What is your favorite national pizza chain? (kitchen, pans, California)

[jenroberts1970]

I prefer Pizza Hut. But if I am in Walmart I will do the Take and Bake.

[rainroosty]

Originally Posted by Cantabridgienne

What part doesn't make sense? I don't think that being made by a local place automatically makes a pizza good. There are a dozen non-chain places in my neighborhood where I could order a pizza but I won't, because they range from "meh" to bad.

Originally Posted by Cantabridgienne

There's an old saying ("sex is like pizza, even when it's bad, it's pretty good."). Nope, not even close!

Oh, I'm sorry, Cantabridgienne! I wasn't trying to include your post in my quoting of someone else! The quote button put your words in there automatically! I fully agree with your post!

[rainroosty]

Originally Posted by Cantabridgienne

I grew up in NYC--the places mentioned here just make me sad. I'd rather have no pizza than bad pizza (and whoever said there is no bad pizza never had really good pizza!).

Originally Posted by Cantabridgienne

That said, there are a lot of local, non-chain places making bad pizza too.

....and NYC has a ton of awful pizza, too. No place is all great.

[missik999]

Originally Posted by yankeegirl313

Monicals.

Wow, we had Monicals when I lived in Illinois. I didn't know they had branched out much, the few location I knew of outside Il were in Indiana.

They tried opening some locations in the Indianapolis area but they didn't last long, the pizza is so different that it didn't catch on.

The locations we visited in Illinois served both ranch and French salad dressing in ketchup-style squeeze bottles alongside the pizza. Most people squirted both dressings on the pizza, or put a puddle of the dressings on their plate and dipped the pizza into the dressing.

I think that is why it didn't catch on here in Indy area, people didn't understand why salad dressing was served with the pizza.

[tulips4you2]

A place called Milano's is my favorite, I also enjoy the stuffed crust from Pizza Hut.

[Gil3]

For Chains It's Papa John's, Dominos and a local chain down in Ocean City and Rehoboth called Grotto's. In fact, if grottos ever came our way, that's all I would eat.

[smartygurl]

Stevie B's.

[Malice27]

Dominos by far not only are their pizzas good their pasta bowls are awesome. when I lived in michigan there was a local chain called scribs and it was to die for really good pizza and a side of shrimp fries....yum

[70Ford]

Like Papa John's the best for a national chain.
Welcome to Frankie's Pizza - PORTAL
Like Frankie's for local - 6 locations around Seattle. I've never, ever gotten a bad pizza from them. Always hot, delicious and on time delivery. I really like the fact their pizza isn't greasy. I mean, it's a little greasy... but it's not greasy/greasy. Good crust, fresh taste. Oh... oh yum.

This thread has made me hungry for pizza.

[calel]

Out of the chains, I like Papa Murphy's the best. Yes, you have to bake it, but the crust comes out great from my oven each time. They do like to go way overboard on the toppings though, so I ask them to put half the amount of cheese and topping over the entire pizza. It results in a more balanced pizza in my opinion.