Best Pizza in Pittsburgh? (York: 2014, moving, roaches)

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by Evergrey

Worst is Beto's

The crust and sauce are decent, and even the two fistfuls of room temperature cheese thrown on top aren't bad every once in awhile as a novelty. I've had much worse than Beto's, including the oft-lauded Mineo's (congealed goop) and Aiello's (a mouthful of flour).

The worst I've ever had is probably Maximum Flavor on South Craig. I do find it delightful that they have literally (and I mean literally) every permutation and combination of fried appetizer platters priced and listed on the wall. Antoon's in South Oakland is pretty awful as well.

I don't know if it's been mentioned in this thread, but Italian Village in Squirrel Hill makes an NY style pie that fares well even by East Coast standards. Very under-appreciated place that I only discovered after moving away.

[PghYinzer]

Originally Posted by Evergrey

Worst is Beto's

Tied with Slice on Broadway as my favorite pizza in Pittsburgh, however they are at complete opposite ends of the pizza spectrum.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by PghYinzer

Tied with Slice on Broadway as my favorite pizza in Pittsburgh, however they are at complete opposite ends of the pizza spectrum.

We liked A Slice on Broadway. It's kinda like eating at somebody's house upstairs, there.

[theta_sigma]

Originally Posted by ElijahAstin

The crust and sauce are decent, and even the two fistfuls of room temperature cheese thrown on top aren't bad every once in awhile as a novelty. I've had much worse than Beto's, including the oft-lauded Mineo's (congealed goop) and Aiello's (a mouthful of flour).

The worst I've ever had is probably Maximum Flavor on North Craig. I do find it delightful that they have literally (and I mean literally) every permutation and combination of fried appetizer platters priced and listed on the wall. Antoon's in South Oakland is pretty awful as well.

I don't know if it's been mentioned in this thread, but Italian Village in Squirrel Hill makes an NY style pie that fares well even by East Coast standards. Very under-appreciated place that I only discovered after moving away.

Italian Village is my favorite NYC style in Pittsburgh. They're a local chain, so there are branches Downtown, at Waterworks and a couple other places further out, too.

The worst pizza I have ever had, hands down and bar none, was not in Pittsburgh but in Northeast PA. There's this awful travesty called 'Old Forge Style' pizza that is like the worst elementary school cafeteria white bread, velveeta slices and ketchup awfulness but apparently it's a delicacy in those parts. My NEPA friend was all excited to have all of us try it when we visited and we were all like, what the hell is this nonsense?!

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by theta_sigma

Italian Village is my favorite NYC style in Pittsburgh. They're a local chain, so there are branches Downtown, at Waterworks and a couple other places further out, too.

The worst pizza I have ever had, hands down and bar none, was not in Pittsburgh but in Northeast PA. There's this awful travesty called 'Old Forge Style' pizza that is like the worst elementary school cafeteria white bread, velveeta slices and ketchup awfulness but apparently it's a delicacy in those parts. My NEPA friend was all excited to have all of us try it when we visited and we were all like, what the hell is this nonsense?!

Sounds like Revello's. Arcaro & Gennell, which uses a cheddar blend and real tomato sauce, is much better. Regardless, it's definitely a very polarizing variety of pizza. I like Old Forge every now and again, but pan-fried Sicilian is where it's at.

[doo dah]

Originally Posted by ElijahAstin

The crust and sauce are decent, and even the two fistfuls of room temperature cheese thrown on top aren't bad every once in awhile as a novelty. I've had much worse than Beto's, including the oft-lauded Mineo's (congealed goop) and Aiello's (a mouthful of flour).

The worst I've ever had is probably Maximum Flavor on North Craig. I do find it delightful that they have literally (and I mean literally) every permutation and combination of fried appetizer platters priced and listed on the wall. Antoon's in South Oakland is pretty awful as well.

I don't know if it's been mentioned in this thread, but Italian Village in Squirrel Hill makes an NY style pie that fares well even by East Coast standards. Very under-appreciated place that I only discovered after moving away.

I think you mean South Craig?

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by doo dah

I think you mean South Craig?

Sorry, you're right.

[sskink]

Originally Posted by Evergrey

Worst is Beto's

As with many things, pizza is what you grew up on. If one didn't grow up with Beto's, like you and I haven't, then yeah, it's an abomination to the term "pizza". It would be laughed out of town where I grew up. But it has a following here, so let them enjoy. We're close to Stuebenville and Beto's is pretty much "Ohio Valley Style".

I'm just happy to have a couple of places I do like near me. Wasn't the case when I first moved here, nor did I have great options when living in Alexandria, VA or down the road from King of Prussia. So life could be much worse.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by sskink

As with many things, pizza is what you grew up on. If one didn't grow up with Beto's, like you and I haven't, then yeah, it's an abomination to the term "pizza". It would be laughed out of town where I grew up. But it has a following here, so let them enjoy. We're close to Stuebenville and Beto's is pretty much "Ohio Valley Style".

I'm just happy to have a couple of places I do like near me. Wasn't the case when I first moved here, nor did I have great options when living in Alexandria, VA or down the road from King of Prussia. So life could be much worse.

When are you opening your pizza shop?

[sskink]

Originally Posted by erieguy

When are you opening your pizza shop?

Not happening.