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In your opinion, which restaurant has the best thin crust pizza in The Villages?

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Piesanos:mademyday:

Piesanos ordered thin and crispy

Piesano is good and also Bravos

1. Piesano's
2. Cane Garden
3. Flippers in Spanish Springs

Like Roberto's

I have only had pizza a couple places, we like Sammy Joes, Red Sauce and Flippers brick oven. Not a fan of Bravos.

OP, your tagline says Connecticut. So I'll express this to you as someone who knows northern pizza and who has a preference for NY/New Haven/Boston style pizza:

Avoid Flippers at all costs. It's worse than Domino's (using the above as the benchmark).

I've heard from a few northern neighbors that Paisano's is decent.
I'll add Giovanni's at Wedgewood in the same plaza as the Publix (a couple of doors down).

You won't find anything truly comparable to NYC/New Haven/Boston pizza anywhere in Florida, and most sauce here comes from a can, not from the restaurant's kitchen. They use Florida tap water to make the dough, and that's sort of like adding a forkful of half-chewed well-done filet mignon to a bowl of Kibbles and Bits and calling it gourmet dog food.

Still looking for anything even close to Pepe’s, Colony Grill, Vittoria’s in Westerly, RI etc etc but afraid it is a lost cause. Still have not tried many here, but Paisano’s my favorite so far. Don’t find Flippers that bad if eating in

FYI, Paisano's and Piesano's are two different restaurants. Paisano's is located in the Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. area. But, there is a Piesano's in The Villages at Lake Deaton Plaza.

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In order..
 

In order, Paisanos, Sammy Joe’s, Mallory CC (not thin crust), NYPD, Bravo, Domino’s

And there you have it............................every pizza place in TV has been named.


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I ate at Red Sauce last week for the first time and ordered a pepperoni pizza. I thought it was mediocre. I’m afraid I’ve been spoiled by eating too many pizza slices in NYC. I can enjoy thin and crispy flatbread pizzas, but I didn’t think the one at Red Sauce was very good. But I’ll try again. Maybe it’s usually better.

Sammy Joes, and Sammy Joes has Breakfast!

Have you tried NYPD Pizza?

Pizza is a very subjective product, and individual tastes vary greatly. While some ingredients taste the same on every pizza, items like crust, sauce, and sausage can make pizzas taste and feel incredibly different. Personally I think Mallory's has the best pizza inside TV (not thin crust however). Outside we like Stavros and Bellview Pizza. Also like Bravos. All four places have distinctly different pizzas. So there ya go...

I have had several Piesano's take out pizzas and they are hit and miss. Some were good, and some had hardly any cheese on them. They also didn't put the toppings on near the crust. They were about 2" from the edge of the crust, which also had big bubbles on it. For the price I would much rather go to Giovanni's where you get a large (16") pizza with toppings, plenty of cheese and good crust for under $16.

"I have never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong."

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Napolino’s on 301 is fabulous, surprised it wasn’t mentioned.

Takis In Leesburg, but keep it a secret!

My favorite is Ledo's Pizza. Opened in College Park, MD (now they have it in VA, N&S Carolina and Fl). It was hands down the best pizza anywhere! The closest one is north Tampa. I'm going to have a pizza there and bring another one home for the freezer.

Bravo

bravo says they use Poland Springs water

In TV I like Bravo’s, it is truly a thin crust pizza but on the expensive side. A few minutes outside TV, I like Little Joe’s on 441/27

I like NYPD.

Sammy Joe's thin to the edge, excellent!

You want good pizza? Go to Chicago!!! The is a place in Leesburg, however, called Great Chicago Fire Brewery & Tap Room. They have a good pie and Chicago style hot dogs. The owner is from Kankakee. All the fixins, except for the produce, come from Chicago. To me, the next best is Flippers.

Flippers in Traverse as said above - crispy thin crust with lots of topping. Piesano's was terrible - soggy and skimpy toppings.

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.

Sorry but if you are in Lake Mary, 1000 Degrees Pizza is perfect. I went there after reading about Nothing Bundt Cake, Bakery.

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Piesanos??? YUCK. We've been in the villages 8 months and just in that time the quality of their pizza has deteriorated significantly. I've crossed them off the list.

Mallory Square CC

Best Thin Crust Pizza
 

Thanks all. Looks like Piesano's leads the pack.

We have been to Italy several times and were surprised to find out we liked American pizza from a good pizza place better than what we had in Italy.

What others told us was pizza was invented in Italy but perfected in the US.

Flippers on Traverse Trail. Their Margherita is as close to one in Naples as you will find, and it's a lot cheaper than flying to Italy. Their trick is to brush the crust with olive oil and to use crushed tomatoes in place of a sauce. Add fresh buffalo mozzarella and basil and it is a slice of heaven.

The perfect pizza is very much an individual choice. The other recommendations, Sammy Joe's etc, all make a fine product which I have enjoyed. However, the only one that is unique is Flippers. I prefer the Flippers at Traverse over the one at Spanish Springs.

Best pizza in TV
 

Bravos

Go next door to Leesburg and get Chicago thin crust pizza. It is wonderful and not expensive. Name is Chicago Fire Brewery.It is on Magnolia street one street over from Main.

NYC girl here, I like Gio's Deli pizza best.

We order from Piesanos weekly. I think the pizza is excellent. I am having a couple of slices for breakfast as I post.

Pittsburgh - Penn State Gang, Club and/or Gathering Spot for Sports?!
 

I see you're a Pittsburgh fan. I'm moving up in August. Is there a STEELER - Penn State club or gathering spot for games?? Hope to meet the 'Burg Gang when I get up there from Fort Myers.