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[ToTBellHop]

Do you get your pizza from a pizzeria or a restaurant in NYC?

I only went to Via Napoli once (too noisy) and my friend, who doesn't know any better, ordered their pizza which turned out to be more like a flatbread pizza.

I’ve done both but prefer the hole-in-the-wall pizzeria. Grime adds flavor.

I did really enjoy a restaurant called Gelso & Grand down in Little Italy but the pizza was more of a flatbread. I went for the big-as-your-face cannoli...

I don’t find Via Napoli to offer flatbreads. Looks ny-style.

 

[ToTBellHop]

If we don’t start talking about pig REAL fast, Mom will come and we will get a time-out.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I’ve done both but prefer the hole-in-the-wall pizzeria. Grime adds flavor.

I did really enjoy a restaurant called Gelso & Grand down in Little Italy but the pizza was more of a flatbread. I went for the big-as-your-face cannoli...

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I don’t find Via Napoli to offer flatbreads. Looks ny-style.
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This is pizza...

And, to get back on topic... BBQ flavored pizza is the worst.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I don’t find Via Napoli to offer flatbreads. Looks ny-style.
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And I bet you eat that with a knife and fork, Lord Fauntleroy.

Unlike BBQ, which is always eaten with your fingers.

Or, you can eat your fingers separately.

 

[ToTBellHop]

This is pizza...

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And, to get back on topic... BBQ flavored pizza is the worst.

We are not friends.

But I agree on you assessment of where BBQ sauce belongs. Don’t get me started on the abomination that is “mashed potato pizza”. Not even Baby Yoda could convince me, and he could convince me to do a LOT outside of my comfort zone.

 

[Nunu]

Pizza: Napoli/Roma, Italia.

American "pizza": New York.

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Any news about Regal Eagle's opening date?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Any news about Regal Eagle's opening date?

"Soon" this "winter."

 

[MaximumEd]

Ate a place called Lombardi’s in NYC a couple times. Best pizza by far I’ve ever had. Good times.

 

[rle4lunch]

I’ve done both but prefer the hole-in-the-wall pizzeria. Grime adds flavor.

I did really enjoy a restaurant called Gelso & Grand down in Little Italy but the pizza was more of a flatbread. I went for the big-as-your-face cannoli...

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I don’t find Via Napoli to offer flatbreads. Looks ny-style.
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This is neopolitan style. best pizza we ever had was in Naples, Italy. Buffalo mozzarella is the b.e.s.t. make mine a diavolo.
fun fact, if you eat your pizza by the slice, with your hands, whilst visiting a sit down Italian (in Italy) restaurant, you'll be looked at like you're a damned heathen by the other restaurant goers.

 

[UNCgolf]

New York can live with knowing it's the only place in the world for good pizza.

Chicago, I see you. Shut up.

Or you could go to any actual authentic Neapolitan style place. They're not that easy to find in the US, though -- lots of places CLAIM to be that, but aren't really. Antico in Atlanta is the best I've found here, and is much better than NYC pizza, but you can find it in Florence and Rome pretty easily. Not to mention Naples itself, of course.

 

[Phoenician Thanker]

Chicago-style pizza is nasty but still more edible than Disney “pizza”. Via Napoli is reasonably similar to what you find in NYC (as close as I’ve found in a theme park, anyway).

A Chicagoan myself the consensus amongst most my friends and coworkers is we only eat that casserole when visitors comes in or extremely rare instances. It’s not the delicacy it’s made out to be.

 

[TimeTrip]

This is pizza...

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And, to get back on topic... BBQ flavored pizza is the worst.

Yep, that is true NYC style. For those in the "north orlando" area, I recommend a place called Zippoz in Casselberry. Its close to NYC style, though not all the way there.

Sorry for getting off topic again

 

[John park hopper]

Grew up on Long Island NY and grew up with NY pizza. Got out of the service and went to college in Florida (FAU). I was living in Lake Worth FL and 4 Brothers Pizza opened they were from Commack LI NY 2 towns over from where I grew up ---I thought I died and went to heaven NY pizza like I remembered. Moved to SC and have yet to find a real NY pizza some are close but not it

 

[Obobru]

Not sure why so many posts about pizza from everyone who thinks they are an expert on what is a simple junk food.

Anyway when is it the place selling BBQ supposed to open? I hope the smell doesn't overpower the area.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Not sure why so many posts about pizza from everyone who thinks they are an expert on what is a simple junk food.

Anyway when is it the place selling BBQ supposed to open? I hope the smell doesn't overpower the area.

You only read the posts in this thread that's about pizza?

"Soon" this "winter."

 

[Parker in NYC]

Not sure why so many posts about pizza from everyone who thinks they are an expert on what is a simple junk food.

Anyway when is it the place selling BBQ supposed to open? I hope the smell doesn't overpower the area.

Because pizza is a fine art.

 

[Horizons78]

Not sure why so many posts about pizza from everyone who thinks they are an expert on what is a simple junk food.

Anyway when is it the place selling BBQ supposed to open? I hope the smell doesn't overpower the area.

 

[dreday3]

A Chicagoan myself the consensus amongst most my friends and coworkers is we only eat that casserole when visitors comes in or extremely rare instances. It’s not the delicacy it’s made out to be.

Just had to chime in. I agree. We rarely get deep dish pizza. I've been to NYC numerous times, great pizza. But I do like our thin crust also, it's just different. We also have some great places for Neopolitan pizzas.

(although I do love a piece of Lou Malnati's sausage with a butter crust - sausage patty, not crumbles)

 

[dreday3]

And just one more post to say - Via Napoli is Neopolitan style pizza, not NYC style pizza. You really didn't invent everything!

Go barbecue! (back on topic)

 

[NelsonRD]

I just found a poor quality image of what the new logo will look like.

I kind of like it.