But then you would have to eat... Dominos. I get that its not the same everywhere, but in the pizza belt, I couldn't imagine going there. Luckily my local place has a good website though.
Best trash pizza out there. We don’t have many places by me but we have one great Italian place. Guy running the shop makes a mean pie but not the best customer service and this pandemic has not eased things for him. But once again the pizza is amazing so I have no problem ordering early and still waiting at least an hour.
Dunno if Domino's is comparable internationally (at least the sizes are smaller here in Germany), but I actually like ordering "unordinary" pizza from them now and then. Things any Italian would cringe at. They are cheap, deliver quick and have reasonable quality. It's just not at all Italian pizza.
Then again, from my experience it was hard to find true Italian pizza in the US.
Fun anecdote: When I was in NYC I walked into a corner pizza place in Little Italy that sold these giant slices to-go. I asked them if they also sold Tiramisu. To my utter surprise the 3 or 4 Italian Americans present didn't even know what Tiramisu is. That day I learned it was actually just invented around 1980 in Italy. Today it's one of the absolute favorite deserts in Germany and every Italian restaurant serves it and even many non-italian have it.
> Then again, from my experience it was hard to find true Italian pizza in the US.
A useful keyword to look out for if you want something (similar to) Italian pizza in the US is a restaurant that's marketed as "wood fired" or "brick oven". This will pretty much always get you a Napoletana-style pizza, regardless of your current US regional specialties.
NYC pizza by the slice in its own unique category. It’s so iconic that living near Washington DC, there was a pizza place that imported the city water of NYC in order to be able to make authentic NYC pizza dough. Blanking on the name of the place unfortunately.
As far as delivery pizza goes, Dominos is actually not bad now. They upped their game considerably. Still not as good as my local mom & pop shop, but I wouldn't turn my nose up at a Dominos pizza.
When I used to live in Rochester, NY I ate Dominos because it was the best pizza in town. Rochester is a pizza wasteland. Or at least it was when I lived there.
> Luckily my local place has a good website though.
My local place has a website that doesn't quite meet the standard I'd hope for. But it does work, and if you order through it, they'll get your order right. It's a lot less hassle than ordering over the phone.
That linked graphic seems to show Burgers is the main go-to in Chicago. That said, I'm a huge fan of Chicago deep dish. I know some don't call that a proper pizza (esp New Yawkers, and I'm in the area), but I do love that Gino's pizza.
If I had an office in Manhattan, I’d probably eat NY pizza for lunch at least once every two weeks. Chicago deep dish, on the other hand, is more like a special occasion food. Once a year, twice a year, maybe. But I’ll certainly go on record that the crust on a good Chicago deep dish is the best pizza crust you’ll ever encounter. I love that crunchy texture.
Otherwise in ten years we'll be reading an article on The Atlantic that leads with a CEO behind bars, jumps to a young kid learning about the world in his uncle's Pizzeria, then to a shady security team searching for the whistleblower by cross referencing HN posts against employee catering habits, and finally a retired FBI agent that steps in to provide protection.
So yeah, pizzasnob, please don't start talking about your love for dobermans.
