Summer Pizza Thread
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vegashawki
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Casey’s pizza is damn good and honestly can’t find anything like their breakfast pizza anywhere else. I grew up eating it in the great town of Solon, but in all fairness it’s “grocery” store pizza. Lombardi’s pizza in NY has got to be the best pizza I’ve ever eaten. Pizza man Dan’s in Ventura CA has best taco pizza on the face of the earth.. it’s fukn legit.
okeefe4prez
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Casey's is fine for gas station pizza. It kind of reminds me of Costco pizza. I think Hunt Brothers has the top gas station pizza by a notch over Casey's, but if I'm in Gowrie, Iowa or Pittsboro, NC, there is a pretty high probability that gas station pizza, be it from Casey's or Hunt Brothers, is among the best, if not the best, culinary options around.
okeefe4prez
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Funny thing about pizza is that it tastes better the hungrier you are. To me, the best pizza I've ever eaten was a Terminator from Paul Revere's after an afternoon of smoking chrondonesia and drinking Busch Light back in the late '90's. That Terminator was so big you had to angle the box to get it in the door.
hawkdrummer1
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Casey's is great for what it is. It also has the advantage of the "grab a slice" option...something very common in larger cities, but not as common in small Midwest towns.
But it doesn't hold a candle to great wood fired pizza.
But it doesn't hold a candle to great wood fired pizza.
HawkeyeDug
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Casey's is the best pizza ever. I've also never left my rural Iowa town and the only other pizza I've eaten is Totino's. It is really expensive though.
okeefe4prez
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Are you anywhere north of 80 and west of 35? If so, you gotta get Pasquale's. It is so much better than Totino's.
BILLYBOBSTEXAS
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Lou Malnattis (sp) Chicago deep dish!
Chickenlounge
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Casey's is fine for that "lower tier" type of pizza. But it's not spectacular (except the breakfast pizza....that's awesome). For me you can't beat Wig & Pen and Lou Malnati's.
okeefe4prez
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They have one called "The Lou." I would only get it once a year because it would feel like I swallowed a blow torch after I ate it. But I would get their thin crust pretty regularly. The thin crust is really good. I actually liked it way better than the deep dish and when my wife insisted I go a meal without meat, either Lou's thin crust loaded with vegetables or Ehtiopian food were my go to options.
Fryowa
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This is the correct answer. I got into boutique/small batch/expensive coffee for a while before I came to my senses that "top shelf" wine, coffee, beer, audiophile equipment, etc. is just pretentious yuppie marketing wank bought by people who wouldn't dare take a blind test.
In the end give me Folgers strong as hell and call it a day.
And Casey's pizza is the bomb.
InGoodCo
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I haven't met a pizza I didn't like. Casey's is pretty good and easily accessible. As in, you can almost always find a Casey's close by. I also think it's consistent. As in, I rarely get that piece of Casey's Pizza and think "wow, that was a bad piece" - it's consistently the same quality at all the places.
That said, it's gas station pizza, it is what it is. I think it's a little over priced, but I rarely have a slice and feel unsatisfied.
That said, it's gas station pizza, it is what it is. I think it's a little over priced, but I rarely have a slice and feel unsatisfied.
InGoodCo
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I am with ya on pretentious yuppies- but to be honest, the older I get - the top shelf stuff is worth it for me in most cases. I love Folgers, don't get me wrong, I drink it every day. But damn Scooters is good every once in a while. Top shelf Whiskey is good every once in a while. Now that there are so many regular and accessible craft beers, I will drink almost anything other than a bud light, busch light or pbr or what have you.
yeah, I am a pretentious yuppie on some things, but I still will eat Ramon noodles, Totinos and Spaghetti-os
okeefe4prez
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I don't drink whiskey, but I drink whisky and there is a major difference between Cutty Sark and even middling choices like Glen Fiddich. If you go too cheap, it is not very smooth and the hangover will be killer.
In terms of beers, after years of drinking craft stuff, I barely touch it anymore. I have gone back to Budweiser. Coors let the union in so my affection of it for being a non-union shop is gone and I've finally forgiven Budweiser for selling out to the Euros. Ice cold Budweiser on a 90 or 95 degree day is just so damned good. The craft stuff has so much sugar in it that it gives me a wicked headache at about 3 or 4 in the morning after a night of moderate drinking.
eledmonster
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Happy Joe's taco pizza is still a fine thing. I've had many better pizzas across that country but that is a happy taste of childhood. Hasn't changed in 40 years.
hawkdrummer1
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Since we're on pizza...this just begs an informal poll
Pineapple on pizza:
Yay or Nay
I say Hell no
Pineapple on pizza:
Yay or Nay
I say Hell no
MelroseHawkins
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What sucks is when you are out of town at a conference or something and want to get pizza that is local to a particular city, but when get it, it sucks or doesn't live up to your expectation. Man that sucks. Happen to me a few weeks ago when I was in Denver, CO for a few days.