What is your pizza chain of choice?
Pizza Hut - Probably my favorite in terms of franchises since I like their salad bar and where I live I’d say their prices are more reasonable
Domino’s - ehh I’ve only had them twice in my entire life and I think the price is a bit much for what you get, there are some cracking deals though that top Pizza Hut
Papa John’s - So I hear from lads and ladies that this one more “cheaper” than the first two but I really can’t say as we don’t have any Papa John’s in our city except for 1 small one along a small street.
Local Takeaway - Probably a 2nd close favourite since the takeaway I use always deliver fresh pizzas with a decent amount of toppings, not every takeaway shop who do pizzas are gonna be the same A+ quality though…
So my fellow pizza enjoyers, what’s YOUR choice or listing?
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Local takeaway. And I’m picky about which ones. More expensive but enjoyable.
I don’t bother paying the cheap chain stores, but if it’s free (ie. at an event or gathering) I’ll eat it. Still not my first choice though
Where I live all these chain shops are more expensive than the local pizza joint.
Getting pizza from a chain seems to me to be the complete antithesis to what pizza is supposed to be. Unfortunately in Germany it has been my experience that you can either have a good pizza restaurant or a pizza restaurant that delivers. When I asked my favourite place why they don’t offer delivery he answered that he doesn’t have the necessary space and staff to support that. They would get overwhelmed with orders.
Luckily even bad pizza is kinda good.
I was horrified when in Germany and the pizza delivery person came into the house and cut it with a pizza cutter in the open box on the table
WTF
it was utterly macabre
Support your local economy and buy local takeaway. When you spend money at a local shop, that money stays local instead of being sent off to some other region where an executive or investor lives. This keeps your local economy healthy by recirculating money within your area. It might cost a bit more, but if it helps your neighbor pay their mortgage or car payment or school tuition, it’s worth it.
Also, talk to your local business owners. They’re your neighbors, and having them is better than a faceless corporation.
It’ll be sent to the owner’s home country instead.
I’d honestly rather my money go indirectly to a family in another country than a corporate executive billionaire. I’m a pretty firm humanist.
Dw they also want to be executive billionaires and see nothing wrong with this.
Over time I found local delivery restaurants. I rarely ever order food from any of the common franchises around here. The local stores are just so much better!
Dominos > Papa Johns > Pizza Hut.
Local takeaway is very hit and miss, it’s always some ghost kitchens pizza chicken and kebab sweatshop with rats running around. That’s London baby.
I bounce back and forth between 2 local places. With a simple food like pizza, the little differences in the ingredients and how they’re prepared come through moreso than in a complicated dish.
The one place has a chewier crust, the other has a breadier crust. One has a sweeter sauce. The place I originally went to when I came here made a more well done crust that I didn’t like, but it’s one of the more popular places in town, so some people definitely prefer it. With local places you’re not stuck with a single flavor or style and you can get what you’re in the mood for that day.
With that said, sometimes Domino’s or Pizza Hut takes me back to childhood memories, which helps out the flavor there. I never had Pappa John’s as a kid, so I didn’t like it much as an adult, but the other 2 remind me of being a kid. They’re probably not arbitrarily better than Pappa John’s, but they get the nostalgia bonus.
All the big corporate pizza places have barely passable pizza. I get that they are cheap and everywhere, but why masturbate if your local joint fucks and fucks back?
Local joint(one location) 98% of the time. I have seriously considered working nights there until I can steal their recipe and can make their pizza at home once I move too far away to order there.
If I get the rare craving for ultra-thin crispy crust, Rosati’s or Beggar’s. There is another local(one location) place that does a double dough 18" by the slice for $5 that I grab if I am in that area and want all the carbs.
Round Table if I am near one and want to freebase some nostalgia. Giordano’s or maybe Lou Malnati’s if I want deep dish.
I prefer a real Brooklyn slice but it can’t be had where I live. IMO Donatos is a fair substitute. They’re in like 30 states.
The big national chains are garbage.
Little caesers
If you’re gonna get take out pizza, why pay more than Little Seizures prices, since the quality is the same?
I used to actually love Domino’s but then the pizza got a little worse, then a little smaller, then smaller again, then more expensive, then quite a lot more expensive, then the voucher system that was keeping prices under control was trashed and then the pizzas got way smaller again.
This was a blessing in disguise though really. I tended not to explore the local options before this because they were only occasionally good in one’s area if you were lucky and always much pricier. Since Domino’s pricing stopped being cheap it made it worth searching for cheesier pastures and there’s a local joint near me that does NY style and it’s really good. That was really just luck though, honestly there’s a lot of really crappy neighbourhood pizza joints that people assume will be better because they’re not a chain when they’re really no better I’m glad I seemed to have landed next to the cream of the crop.
Local whenever possible. I’d rather heat up a frozen pizza than order from a chain.
Firm supporter of local stores and businesses. It also does help that I have a few good places in walking distance and a healthy city centre. So if I want and weather permitting I can sit on their patio and wave to acquaintances.
Sam’s club. It’s the same quality as the rest of the corpos but it’s the only one that’s affordable.
I live in the chicago area so local all the way. I usually have a pizza in the freezer if I want something chain quality.
This. You can get chain pizza here, but why. I can throw a rock and hit better pizza than PapaJiminosHut. Hell, there’s local frozen pizza vendors here better than any of em (Doreen’s!)
