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Pizza Types

posted by [personal profile] rfunk at 03:59pm on 25/01/2008 under , ,
Growing up in Columbus, most of the pizza, especially from the small non-chain shops, was pretty much the same -- most characteristically, a distinctive thin semi-crisp crust and cut into small rectangles rather than triangles. I've found that people who grew up anywhere east of here aren't so fond of it though.

When I moved up to Canton (130 miles to the northeast), I found it hard to find my favorite style of pizza; the pizzas were more New York style than Columbus style. The only place to get pizza somewhat similar to my favorite style was Donato's, a chain that started in Columbus in the 60s before spreading and then being bought by McDonald's in (I think) the early 90s; it's not exactly like my favorite shops though (Tommy's, Rotolo's, Panzera's). (I also noticed that all the pizza places up there also served fried chicken and smelled like it. This still seems strange and unpleasant to me.)

Now someone's posted a list of various regional pizza styles, and I now know that Columbus-style pizza is part of a midwestern pizza tradition I didn't know about, which also includes Chicago thin-crust pizza.

Where does your favorite pizza fit on that list?
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posted by [identity profile] tesinth.livejournal.com at 10:07pm on 25/01/2008
I was a cook at the Elbo Room in Toledo for my last year in high school (and over the summer for the first few years of college), they have a somewhat unique style of pizza, thin flaky crust (like the definition of Midwest pizza in your article) but more like a pastery than a regular pizza crust. 10" circle, cut into rectangles with a big knife and served on a paper plate (which I was kidding). A lot of people really like the pizza though, every few months we'd have to prepair a huge order of raw pizzas to get shipped across the country. I made that dough many, many times, all done by hand, no dough mixers. However, I found making the dough was much more interesting than rolling it into the crust shapes, after about a 100 crusts you get really, really bored. Also had regular American/Itailian type food there too, so at least there was some variety.
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posted by [identity profile] chronarchy.livejournal.com at 08:49pm on 26/01/2008
I've come to really, really enjoy columbus style pizza. It's the best I know, really.

Moving away from C-bus, the thing I might miss most is Hound Dog's.

Wait, maybe I really just like the C-bus pizza atmosphere. . .
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posted by [identity profile] staceydc.livejournal.com at 10:13pm on 28/01/2008
Well, Pizza Oven had your rectangle shaped slices, and whole pizza too. Pizza Oven pizza is the best. Crazed it the two years that I was in Boston. Okay, enough from me.
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posted by [identity profile] rfunk.livejournal.com at 10:17pm on 28/01/2008
Pizza Oven has rectangular slices, but I'm afraid it's nothing like my Columbus pizza. I've never really understood Canton natives' love for that place, but that's only fair since other people don't understand my love for Tommy's and the rest of the Columbus-style places. The feeling is similar, even if the pizza is different. :-)
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