Pizza in Pittsburgh: New York Style or Chicago Style Pizza is most common? (Butler: restaurants, store)

[BrianTH]

Originally Posted by creepsinc

A "completely different thing" as in "not pizza".

Honestly I totally agree with that. You could call it a form of lasagna and be just about as accurate.

[Impala26]

Has anyone ever ventured out to Latrobe and tried either Sharky's, Falbo's, or Jioio's? In my opinion Falbo's offers the best.

These pizzas are totally unique to that area. They have a super-thin, crispy, flaky crust, but have a sauce-cheese combination that has an intriguing sweetness. Also, from what I've seen all their pizzas are rectangular, so you have people fighting for the "corner" pieces or the "crustless" middle pieces.

Very unique anyway. I specifically recall being on vacation somewhere and on the menu they seriously described one pizza as "Latrobe-style pizza". To think that such a fairly small town could have such an impact! I suppose I shouldn't forget about Rolling Rock Beer, the first banana split, or the fact that it declined a request to be the home for the NFL Hall of Fame (seriously, look it up).

[trotter_rej]

Originally Posted by Impala26

Has anyone ever ventured out to Latrobe and tried either Sharky's, Falbo's, or Jioio's? In my opinion Falbo's offers the best.

Very unique anyway. I specifically recall being on vacation somewhere and on the menu they seriously described one pizza as "Latrobe-style pizza". To think that such a fairly small town could have such an impact! I suppose I shouldn't forget about Rolling Rock Beer, the first banana split, or the fact that it declined a request to be the home for the NFL Hall of Fame (seriously, look it up).

I agree about Latrobe pizza, but I prefer Gino Gianilli's. Also, you can add being the home of Arnold Palmer and Fred Rogers' birthplace to its impact list.

[PeterRabbit]

Della Sala's in Rosedale/Penn Hills makes a very good square-pan pizza.

[neurodistortion]

Originally Posted by Impala26

Has anyone ever ventured out to Latrobe and tried either Sharky's, Falbo's, or Jioio's? In my opinion Falbo's offers the best.

These pizzas are totally unique to that area. They have a super-thin, crispy, flaky crust, but have a sauce-cheese combination that has an intriguing sweetness. Also, from what I've seen all their pizzas are rectangular, so you have people fighting for the "corner" pieces or the "crustless" middle pieces.

Very unique anyway. I specifically recall being on vacation somewhere and on the menu they seriously described one pizza as "Latrobe-style pizza". To think that such a fairly small town could have such an impact! I suppose I shouldn't forget about Rolling Rock Beer, the first banana split, or the fact that it declined a request to be the home for the NFL Hall of Fame (seriously, look it up).

I've heard of Sharky's and Falbo's but I've never tried them. As for Jioio's, the Latrobe and Greensburg locations are operated by different owners but they have the exact same pizza.

[dugdogmaster]

Speaking of pizza, I'm about to make some of my own, NY style!

[WILWRadio]

I bought one of these.

Wisco Pizza Ovens, Food Warmers, Grills, Toasters, Merchandisers, Food Displays Model 560B.

Makes an authentic NY Style Pizza. Temp will max out at 675 degrees which is hot enough for NY and Greek Style Pizza. Can't do a real Neapolitan or New Haven Style though because that requires at least 800 degrees to cook properly.

Use the above oven with a good pizza stone and you can make something comparable to any good pizza joint. Of course you also have to have a good recipe for the dough and sauce. :-)

Chicago Pan Pizza is good in its own right. I don't try to think of it as pizza though but simply an open faced Calzone. Same thing with Cincinnati Chili. It isn't really Chili but I like it and I think of it as something more like a goulash than anything. Both are good to eat but inappropriately named.

[groar]

or get a stove like this: An Aesthete's Lament: Well Spent: 1941 Chambers Model 15-B-4 Range

turn the oven all the way up for about an hour and you can get up to 700 degrees! and then you can turn it off and it will hold the heat long enough to cook several pizzas.

plus they're the best stoves ever!

[WILWRadio]

^^^Just a tad pricey and large for making pizza in a home. But I would guess that if you need a standard oven in a kitchen then you could kill two birds with one stone.

[creepsinc]

Originally Posted by WILWRadio

I bought one of these.

Wisco Pizza Ovens, Food Warmers, Grills, Toasters, Merchandisers, Food Displays Model 560B.

Makes an authentic NY Style Pizza. Temp will max out at 675 degrees which is hot enough for NY and Greek Style Pizza. Can't do a real Neapolitan or New Haven Style though because that requires at least 800 degrees to cook properly.

Use the above oven with a good pizza stone and you can make something comparable to any good pizza joint. Of course you also have to have a good recipe for the dough and sauce. :-)

Chicago Pan Pizza is good in its own right. I don't try to think of it as pizza though but simply an open faced Calzone. Same thing with Cincinnati Chili. It isn't really Chili but I like it and I think of it as something more like a goulash than anything. Both are good to eat but inappropriately named.

Kind of like a Pittsburgh Salad.