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I've heard people from NY/NJ who visited LA complain that the food there sucks, but can the pizza really be THAT bad that they'd prefer one made six or more hours earlier? That doesn't make sense.
I'm sure the crappy airplane food sitting in the holding bins on flights isn't any fresher than waiting 6 hours for a pizza.
I’m from Connecticut and Ive found one decent pizza place in my area of Florida. But it’s still not as good as what I get when I’m visiting my home state. Don’t know what it is, but the northeast has the best pizza by far.
Having lived in New York for 4 years (when I attended college), I can definitely say there is nothing like the food in New York. I have visited 22 states and have never seen anything like it. Yes, it may be ridiculously overpriced, but the quality of it is worth every cent - and it's not limited to pizza.
People get so obsessed with 'authenticity' that they convince themselves that unless the pizza is made in a certain geographic area, it cannot possibly be the same... even if it is the exact same.
This is not limited to pizza, of course. A lot of people are certain that only their food doesn't suck, and only people in their area can make it so it doesn't suck.
Culinary tribalism.
Oh, I don't know. Chicago deep-dish is right up there.
Don't get me wrong - they're both very good styles. But then, as another poster notes, there's great pizza in all sorts of styles all over the country. But both New Yorker and Chicagoans seem to be chugging the OUR SUPER-DUPER INCREDI-PIZZA RULEZ!!!!!!! Kool-Aid straight from the pitcher.
I honestly maintain that San Francisco has the best Sourdough, ever!
Philly has the best soft pretzels, and the Jersey Shore has the best subs!
blueherons...You're in the Wrong S Fla .... Come to the Hammocks Town Center in West Kendall (SW Miami) come to Amici's and of course ASK for the NY Thin Pizza, cheese only , and you shall be rewarded with the BEST PIZZA you ever had south of Staten Island here in S Fl, Fresh and Amazinng good.
Toni and Amici's have been here for 30 yrs and goinn strong.
Guaranteed.
That's a scary thought going to Kendall but I might just have to make the trek!
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Originally Posted by burdell
With all the New Yorkers in FLA I'm surprised you don't have a local pizzeria owned by some. I'm in coastal NC and we have a local store whose boxes proudly proclaim 'Yes, we really are from Brooklyn', GREAT pizza!
Nothing as good to me as Angelos Coal Fired Pizza on West 57th. Even Lombardi's wasn't as good.
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