There's one of those in Edgewater. Pretty good, and I believe they are linked to Grimaldi's in some way.
So far the best I've had here in Cincinnati is Betta's Italian Oven. It's in the Norwood section of the city-it's become a spot to hit before Kings matches. Wood stove, nice thin crust...I rate it high. I've been doing a lot of Chicago style at home-this town is big on pork and sausage, which work great on these deep dish style pizzas. I've also been a pesto pizza kick for a while.
I had La Rosa's back in 1998, it wasn't good. I like the idea of Betta's though. If I get to Cincy, I'll have to check it out.
A new pizza joint called "The Pie Hole" just opened up across the street from my office in a space that was once occupied by one of those ****** coffee shops. Pretty damn good. So much better than Guidos and definately better than Pizza Slut. Slices are around $2 (they are all thin crust). Free refills on your drink. However the space is very, very small and once bad weather rolls around there won't be a place to sit inside and I sure as hell don't want to have lunch at the office. Yesterday was my first time in there and I'm gonna be a regular in there several times a week . My fave regular pizza of theirs is the potato and bacon with an alfredo sauce. YUMMY!!!!
Procolino's Pizza, Chestertown MD. Of course, depending on the chemical condition of my brain at any given time when I was at school, this may well have been pencil shavings with ketchup...but that's another story.
Saturday I ate this wonderful huge giant pizza alla diavola + gorgonzola. I would tell you where but i don't think you all are willing to travel thousands miles.
I had Willington's award winning Pototae pizza with bacon - wow! As for Sardinia - I've eaten pizza in Europe, heck all over Europe. I'm going back to Italy in 2009 for certain, so send me the name of that place.
A bit off the track i guess but hey, you want to know, Nurallao, interior Sardinia, Pizzeria "da Mario". Mario is a nice guy from Naples' hinterland, a wonderful "pizzaiolo" who speaks a mix of neapolitan and good sardinian with a funny neapolitan accent. btw, the bottom line is it's hard not to find a good pizzeria near you if you're in italy. nothing new i guess.
That last line is the real deal - I found a great place in Ostia, Capitano's. Ate their twice in one day.
Oh wait, when I was in Perugia, well Tevre just outside of Perugia, I could not find a decent pizza place.
Yeah but there are plenty of bad ones too! In Calabria I had pizza twice and wasn't impressed either time. The second time wasn't so bad, but the first time... it was horrible!! Naples is good to go pretty much 100% of the time...or 99%. Rome is actually pretty good too these days. Modena...yuck. Milano? Yuck. Florence probably makes halfway decent pizza. My general opinion is that the further you get away from Naples, the more of a chance you are taking in ordering pizza. It might still be great, but the probability of success decreases with every km. Oh, and Sicily had some great pizza too, so I can see Sardegna also having great pizza. Guess my theory applies more to mainland Italy.
In Italy it's also the small places in the small towns that are great. In my mother's small town San Pietro al Tanagro (in Vallo di Diano, provincia di Salerno), there was an awesome pizza place called Bandana. Also, about 30 minutes away, there was a pizza place situated in a castle. You could even see the bats flying around. I went to Florence, but I wasn't that impressed with the pizza. I agree with Randy with his good pizza=close to Napoli statement...
Oy I think I have eaten at the Pie Hole 4 days last week and already 2 days (going on 3 after today's lunch) this week. I usually have two slices and two fills of lemonade so I'm guessing that I will hit the 230 pound mark by Thursday or so. They did give me a tshirt yesterday cuz I eat there so much.
While it may seem like a tourist trap I thought the Mystic Pizza (II), (the one on the circle before you get to Foxwoods in CT) was pretty damn good. There does seem to be something in the sauce and the crust was really good. I grew up in RI which has a big Italian-American population so good pizza was abundant (and places that made bad pies went away quickly). Pizza on Sun night was a tradition in our house. This place on Federal Hill in Providence is an institution and what truly makes them unique is that their crusts are rectangular: http://www.pizzatoday.com/features_articles.shtml?article=NzNzdXBlcjcwc2VjcmV0Nzc= K
(Famous) Ray's Pizza corner of 11th st and 6th Ave. the original Ray's of NYC and my personal phav slice of cheese. If you recall 'Elf' - santa's instructions for NYC included a shout out to this magnificant restaurant.
I'm pretty sure I ate on at least two "Ray's" while in Manhattan. Had pizza in Odense, Denmark - not great. Adequate at best.
Worst pizza I've ever had was a seafood pizza in Portree, on Skye. I don't know what the hell I was thinking to order it in the first place, but this was one of the few times I've actually gagged on something I ordered. There is no good pizza in Scotland.
My NYC ranking: 1 - Grimaldis in Bklyn 2 - Lombardis on Spring St., in/near little Italy. Other good ones: -Johns on Bleeker -Deninos in Staten Island. Port Richmond Ave. Go in the summer, after the pizza head to Ralphs Italian Ice stand across the street. The original. Awesome.