Best Pizza in the world HANDS DOWN

Ballestreri's pizza in Wauwatosa WI, (a suburb of Milwaukee) has the best Pizza in the world HANDS DOWN!!! Whenever I fly into Milwaukke I insist that who ever picks me up drives straight there to satisfy my craving!! They also serve a very delicious french fried eggplant.

Jason Roberts

Richard M. wrote:

>Jason,
>It doesn't work like that.  Milwaukee is a Suburb of Chicago.  And like
>all suburbs to get the best food you have to leave the suburb and go to
>the city.
> "The City" = Chicago     "The Pizza" = Uno's

I hate to do this but you are both wrong.  Pizza is best served in New Haven at Pepe and Sally's.

Tokyo

I gotta say, the best pizza in the world is in Buffalo, NY

Bocce Club Pizza

No question! Buffalo is a good "food" town in general.

>>	: It doesn't work like that.  Milwaukee is a Suburb of Chicago.  And like
: all suburbs to get the best food you have to leave the suburb and go to : the city. :  "The City" = Chicago     "The Pizza" = Uno's

You're kidding, right?  I spent 6 months in Chicago, and Uno was a place I'd heard so much about.  Like many legends, it didn't come close to living up to its reputation.  I've had better pizza here in Austin.<<
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Agreed.

"The Hype" = Uno's.

Papa Del's in Champaign, Illinois has the most incredible pizza I have ever had.  And lemme tell ya, I've eaten a lot of pizza in my day.  We're talking some serious sauce here.  So next time you should have the (mis)fortune to visit ill annoy, fear not, for you shall dine devine.

Mamber wrote:
> Gary D. wrote:
>>Someone wrote:
>>: It doesn't work like that.  Milwaukee is a Suburb of Chicago.  And like
>>: all suburbs to get the best food you have to leave the suburb and go to
>>: the city.
>>:  "The City" = Chicago     "The Pizza" = Uno's
>>"The Pizza" == Bacino's ... not even locations in area code 708! gld
>
> I prefer Carmen's of Evanston myself.  Uno's is good if you go to the
> original Chicago location, but the franchises are variable.
>

 Anna Maria's Pizzeria, N. Broadway just south of Irving Park Rd, has
 the only pizza I would leave my house to pick up if the delivery person
 can't make it to my house for some reason.  And I have.

Richard M. wrote:

>   Albert N. wrote:
>   >
>   >Someone wrote:
>   ><< Stuff about best pizza in the world deleted >>
>
>   >You're kidding, right?  I spent 6 months in Chicago, and Uno was a
>   place
>   >I'd heard so much about.  Like many legends, it didn't come close to
>   >living up to its reputation.  I've had better pizza here in Austin.
>
>   Albert,
>
>   You live in a great city.  This time of year it is particularly nice.
>   Austin has great cole slaw, grits, ice tea, and fried anything.  But
>   great Pizza! Please! How in the world can something fried in catfish oil
>   be good?  Did they know you were a tourist when you went to Uno's?  Did
>   you ask for iced tea right away or say Y'all?

Uno's is where the tourists go.  I've lived in, and around, Chicago for 10 years now.  In my neck of the woods, "Giordano's" and "Eduardo's" are the usual places people go for stuffed pizza ("Chicago Style").  Uno's is a distant ...Distant ...DISTANT runner up in the hierarchy. Local neighborhood places come up long before Uno's when people want pizza.

The real debate tends to center on who; Giordano's or Eduardo's, has the better crust.  I side with Giordanos.  But, my own strong preference for pepperoni and garlic pizza, with a few friends and some red wine, drives me to the Medici on 57th.

Someone wrote:
: What is the general consensus regarding Bertucci's pizza?

I tried Bertucci's on the Post Road in Westport, CT.  For a franchise, it's okay but it really doesn't touch the quality of an old, family-owned brick oven pizzeria, like John's on Bleecker Street or Patsy's in Brooklyn.  Big chains have to create for a mass audience and blandness is invariably a by-product when you have a formula that tries to offend the fewest people.

My favorite these days is probably Two Boots, a pizza joint with a couple of locations in the East Village.  They use a spicy sauce, a thin crust dusted with semolina, very little cheese and very little oil.  Also some of the most enticing designer toppings I've seen anywhere.  It ain't traditional but it's very good.

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  Steve Manes                                         [email removed]
  N'Yawk, N'Yawk                                           =o&>o

Being a native to Chicago, a few places I've been to with good pizza:

1.  Gino's East on Huron (?) off of Michigan Ave.  Their deep dish is among the best I've ever tasted.

2.  Home Run Inn Pizza: Various locations, main one on W. 31st street in Cicero...Theirs is one of the best I've tasted in CHicago.  Their crust is even pretty good.

3.  Connie's Pizza: Main one on Archer Avenue, near 25th street, with their pizza sold at various sports venues and mall food courts.  Their's is really good also.

The best of the three, is Gino's East although I haven't been there in a long time.  When I have pizza, its either from a local place or from the local Domino's or Little Sleazer's.

Incidentally, in S. California, Newport Beach has a Chicago-style pizza place that's pretty good.....so for all you Californians, go there!

Mike PIetrusinski, aka Petro on the IRC