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Pizza is a tricky subject. So many people have different opinions about what constitutes a good piece of pizza. There are “Brooklyn” pies, “Chicago Deep Dish” pies, “Sicilian” pies, “Grandma” pies, “Thin crust” pies and the cardboard abortion pie know as Domino’s. Every style has its partisans and they can be very vociferous in defense of their favorite pie.

The “Brooklyn” pie is of course my favorite. Round and generally cut into eight or twelve triangular slices, it is also called the Neapolitan pie as it originated in Naples when the tomato was first introduced to Italy. Them margherita pie with basil and fresh mozzarella is the ultimate of this type and in my humble opinion the best of all pizza’s. This is the pizza that you go to the pizza store and buy a slice. Add mushrooms or anchovies or sausage or black olives or pepperoni to your taste. But you can’t beat a slice fresh out of the oven. Unless it is reheated. Then it is even better.

The appeal of the Chicago Deep Dish pie always eluded me. An old pizza shop owner who owned the Gloria Pizzeria used to mock these pies. He called it cake. He would say ”You wanna eata cake or you wanna eata the pizza..” I know this is a style that you Midwesterners love but I think of it as a silly regional fad like grits or the Dallas Cowboys or cow tipping. But hey if you love it knock yourself out.

The “Sicilian” or Square pie is the staple of New York Pizza shops. A rectangular pie it is almost exclusively just tomato and mozzarella but is also very cake like. The ratio of how they are prepared in New York pizzerias is about 5 rounds to 1 square pie. And some people swear by the corner piece and say it is the best slice of pizza you can get. I like it for variety sake but I can live without it.

The “Grandma” or “White” pie is generally made without sauce, that is to say tomato sauce and is generally just mozzarella cheese and basil. If Mort was awake he would say since the Grandma pie is all white, that it is racist. And we all know that Obama thinks all Grandmas’ are racist so I guess we can call it the politically incorrect pie.

The “thin crust” pie is as you know exactly that the direct antithesis to the deep dish or the Sicilian pies. An extremely thin paper like crust allows this pie to get extra crispy. I think this is the most overrated pie and its chief proponent Grimaldi’s down in Dumbo is the most overrated pizza shop in the world. Stupid tourist line up like cattle and wait when the pizza shop at Hanley’s on Court St makes thin crust just as good. But hey whatever floats your boat.

As far as Domino’s or frozen pizzas like Celestino go, you might as well eat the fucking box.

So that’s our pizza review for those of you who voted for a slice as your go-to on the go food.

What kind of pizza is your favorite?