What is your pizza chain of choice?
Pizza Hut - Probably my favorite in terms of franchises since I like their salad bar and where I live I’d say their prices are more reasonable
Domino’s - ehh I’ve only had them twice in my entire life and I think the price is a bit much for what you get, there are some cracking deals though that top Pizza Hut
Papa John’s - So I hear from lads and ladies that this one more “cheaper” than the first two but I really can’t say as we don’t have any Papa John’s in our city except for 1 small one along a small street.
Local Takeaway - Probably a 2nd close favourite since the takeaway I use always deliver fresh pizzas with a decent amount of toppings, not every takeaway shop who do pizzas are gonna be the same A+ quality though…
So my fellow pizza enjoyers, what’s YOUR choice or listing?
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All the big corporate pizza places have barely passable pizza. I get that they are cheap and everywhere, but why masturbate if your local joint fucks and fucks back?
Local joint(one location) 98% of the time. I have seriously considered working nights there until I can steal their recipe and can make their pizza at home once I move too far away to order there.
If I get the rare craving for ultra-thin crispy crust, Rosati’s or Beggar’s. There is another local(one location) place that does a double dough 18" by the slice for $5 that I grab if I am in that area and want all the carbs.
Round Table if I am near one and want to freebase some nostalgia. Giordano’s or maybe Lou Malnati’s if I want deep dish.
Local whenever possible. I’d rather heat up a frozen pizza than order from a chain.
I used to actually love Domino’s but then the pizza got a little worse, then a little smaller, then smaller again, then more expensive, then quite a lot more expensive, then the voucher system that was keeping prices under control was trashed and then the pizzas got way smaller again.
This was a blessing in disguise though really. I tended not to explore the local options before this because they were only occasionally good in one’s area if you were lucky and always much pricier. Since Domino’s pricing stopped being cheap it made it worth searching for cheesier pastures and there’s a local joint near me that does NY style and it’s really good. That was really just luck though, honestly there’s a lot of really crappy neighbourhood pizza joints that people assume will be better because they’re not a chain when they’re really no better I’m glad I seemed to have landed next to the cream of the crop.
Little caesers
If you’re gonna get take out pizza, why pay more than Little Seizures prices, since the quality is the same?
Sam’s club. It’s the same quality as the rest of the corpos but it’s the only one that’s affordable.
Firm supporter of local stores and businesses. It also does help that I have a few good places in walking distance and a healthy city centre. So if I want and weather permitting I can sit on their patio and wave to acquaintances.
Local takeaway 100% of the time. You don’t get chain pizza, your employer does it for you.
Taste wise I’ll pick a local place 100% of the time but when I’m lazy or had a few drinks, I’ll order Dominos since they’re dirt cheap with their constant specials and coupons and they bring it to me.
I live in the chicago area so local all the way. I usually have a pizza in the freezer if I want something chain quality.
This. You can get chain pizza here, but why. I can throw a rock and hit better pizza than PapaJiminosHut. Hell, there’s local frozen pizza vendors here better than any of em (Doreen’s!)
A Papa Johns just opened up across the street from me. I’ve never personally been to one. Are they any good?
It was started by someone who used to work for Dominos and is very similar.
Their pizza is far better than Dominos but more expensive. I like their cheesy bread the most out of everything.
Seems okay then. I’m just glad to have a pizza joint so close to me. No more having to pay and await a delivery driver. I can just cross the street.
If you’ve got an ALDIs nearby, they’ve got a $5 cheese take n bake. Pro move is to get one of those and then cut your own toppings, bake, it’ll be better than any chain.
I’m sure there’s other good take n bakes, but $5 for a quality one is probably hard to match
Well certainly not Papa John’s because their pizza is awful.
We get local coal fired when feeling spendy, Pizza Hut is best value per calorie (so calorie dense) and reheats the best for sure, so much grease it crisps right up in a hot oven, love that. Whole Foods pizza is legit too, often we get that if shopping at suppertime.
There is also Little Caesars by us, that is cheap and not too bad .
I sometimes make pizza too, sourdough crust, yum, but oven only goes to 550f (288C) so not as good as cooking them.
Wait, you think Papa John’s pizza is awful but you think Little Caesars is “not bad”? At this point I’m convinced that there’s something like cilantro in Papa John’s pizza that makes like half the population think it tastes like soap or something. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying it’s great or anything, but Little Ceasars is definitely one of the worst chain pizzas around.
The crust on Papa John’s is the awful part, that and the sauce both taste like they have a full cup of sugar in them. I don’t want sweet pizza.
Little Caesars is tolerable reheated - I don’t actually eat it fresh, it’s something my husband gets for him & the kids if I am fasting. And so cheap, my expectations are lower.
We have only a couple choices we’re we live. We have nothing local. We order Dominos because they have a coupon that can feed the family for like 20 bucks. Plus get 10 points every time I order and after 60 I get a free pizza. So every now and then I cash them in and get myself a free pizza which funny enough also gives points
Local place is the best here. I’m not sure why a chain would try in NJ with our amazing totally better than NYC pizza.
Sometimes I get coupons for domino’s so I’ll get them, but honestly the local place is the best. The very best local place closed during covid, so the other local place is one now (there are three other local places for pizza, but they pretty blah). I miss your, pizza place that was probably a front, you had the best Greek pizza ever.
I prefer a real Brooklyn slice but it can’t be had where I live. IMO Donatos is a fair substitute. They’re in like 30 states.
The big national chains are garbage.
