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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
Pizza is like Chinese food. Whatever was the style in your home town or home state is what you consider good. Everything else is terrible. They are also the same in that neither one is authentic. Pizza in the US is nothing like Pizza in Naples where it was invented. Most Americans would balk at true Italian pizza. Same for Chinese food. It's nothing like what is served in China.
Recently, I saw a documentary about pizza in the US. It was about two pizza chains that started in mid-west. One was Pizza Hut. They were hugely successful when expanding throughout the mid west, but when they opened stores in the northeast, they failed miserably.
Most Italians who emigrated to this country settled in the northeast. So when this different type of pizza came to them, they rejected it. American style pizza had been around New England, New York and New Jersey for decades, so this new mid western style was not what people were used to. Pizza Hut added a thinner crust to their menu and it helped, but where I came from it still wasn't very popular.
Then there is Greek or cafe style pizza. I lived in an area where there were two restaurants that served this style and local people raved about them. I never understood it, but they were very popular locally.
Having said all this, it's very rare that I complain about pizza or Chinese food. Even the worst of it is pretty good.
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The greek style and the south shore bar style are completely different. Bar style has the crispy edges from cooking in the pans and the greek style is very "floppy".
And to the person that said pizza in Italy is not as good in the states, I have no idea what you're thinking. Pizza in the US is overloaded with cheese and toppings. In Rome it's fresh crust, tomatoes, and proportionate toppings and you can get a great slice just about anywhere.