peacefuljeffrey wrote on Oct 1^st, 2010 at 11:15pm:
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Recently, someone at work treated my office to some "pizza" from Papa John's.
I put the word in quotes because in my opinion, that bland crap really doesn't qualify as pizza.

When I had finished eating a slice, I actually found myself thinking that I would rather have not even eaten it. I wasn't even happy for having obtained the free caloric energy. So, as far as I'm concerned, yes, some pizza can be so bad, so lame, that it is not anywhere close to "good" or "delicious" just for the sake of being pizza.

Also, there were numerous pizza places in Albany, NY, when I was in college there. Many were good, and a few not-so-good. I remember that my RA freshman year ordered from this one place when we had events on our hall, and their pizza was made on dough that was like a kitchen sponge. It SUCKED.

The good places were Jeff's Pizza (on Madison Ave.) and Mild Wally's (on Quail St.).
Mild Wally's was where I first had cold cheese as a topping. It began life as "Student-Run Pizza," and soon had a naming contest. Suggested names were tacked to a wall, written on paper plates. Someone won with the name suggestion "Mild Wally's." One suggestion was, "You're Drunk, We're Open." (They were indeed open until quite late.) That ended up being on the obverse of their matchbooks, actually.

Today I had Pear, Caramelized Onion, Walnut and Gorgonzola on a thin crust with Mozzarella and Field Greens  (AKA Ditch Weeds) with Blue Cheese. ... pretty intense flavors ... but I'm not going there again (Where's The Beef). The cheese overpowered all the rest of the toppings.

a normal pepperoni pizza...coated in pepperoncinis and lightly coated in barbecue sauce.... (the two ingredients i put on everything)

Steven wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2010 at 10:13pm:


Well, yes, gorgonzola is certainly a cheese with the potential to do that!
I enjoy it on a salad very much.

xxkid123 wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2010 at 5:44pm:

Same here.  We have a great Papa John's in our town.  Both daughter Kate and I love it.

Funny, I deliver pizza. I shan't say for who. Someone did complain about them though. I won't say it's stellar pizza if you're used to independent pizzas. It is not however crap. They actually use fresh ingredients and take great care that the dough is fresh. While it is a chain pizza, it's adequately tasty. Comparing it to an independent pizza place really isn't fair I mean there's no real comparison to fast food pizza and properly crafted pizza. I would much rather eat a burger formed by hand and grilled, then served on bun that was baked at the premises than a mass produced by some kid who hates his job and doesn't put any passion into a burger. Same goes with pizza.

Hmm, I rambled a bit. Still PJ's pizza is a step up from crap.  I like it best out of all the chain pizzas. Especially their thin crusts. With onion, bacon and ham. Quite tasty to me.

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Seems like that would have been fine with just the blue cheese. All that sweet though, I'd want a really sharp cheddar, or some gruyere.