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One Word: Pizza!

The common belief is that Italians invented pizza, but its origin goes back to ancient times in the Middle East. Babylonians, Israelites, Egyptians, Armenians, Greeks and Romans, and other ancient cultures ate flat, unleavened bread cooked in mud ovens.

But this is about New York City, who by all rights has the best pizza anywhere because (like the bagel and people will swear to this!) of the water. This rings true for me because while I was living in Fort Lauderdale the best pizza joint around was called New York Pizza who shipped tap water from New York to create their pizza.

And wait a minute, I’m not getting into the argument about the history of pizza but why New York City has the best pizza … but only if you know where to look because there are just so many interlopers in the so-called pizza business today who haven’t got a clue.

I go by a simple rule (as I do with restaurants!) If they have more than one location, don’t eat there. And to just give you an overview of what I’m talking about. This is a list of just about every fast food Pizza joint in the country. There are 100 or so on this list they all have at least two or three locations and most specialize in delivery. I have not eaten at any of them but because they break my basic rule of eating good food, I do not recommend any of them.

· America's Incredible Pizza

· Anthony's Pizza

· Arni's Restaurant

· Aurelio's Pizza

· Bearno's

· Bertucci's

· Blackjack Pizza

· Buddy's Pizza

· Bullwinkle's Restaurant

· California Pizza Kitchen

· Cassano's Pizza King

· Chuck E. Cheese's

· CiCi's Pizza

· Cottage Inn Pizza

· Dion's

· Domino's Pizza

· Donatos Pizza

· Double Dave's Pizzaworks

· East of Chicago Pizza

· Eatza Pizza

· Extreme Pizza

· Fazoli's

· Fellini's Pizza

· Fox's Pizza Den

· Frank Pizzeria Napoletana

· Gatti's Pizza

· Gino's East

· Gino's Pizza and Spaghetti

· Giordano's Pizzeria

· Godfather's Pizza

· Grimaldi's Pizzeria

· Happy Joe's

· Happy's Pizza

· Hideaway Pizza

· Home Run Inn

· Hungry Howie's Pizza

· Hunt Brothers Pizza

· Imo's Pizza

· Jerry's Subs & Pizza

· Jet's Pizza

· John's Incredible Pizza

· LaRosa's Pizzeria

· Ledo Pizza

· Little Caesars

· Lou Malnati's Pizzeria

· Marco's Pizza

· Marion's Piazza

· Mark's Pizzeria

· Mazzio's

· Mellow Mushroom

· Monical's Pizza

· Mountain Mike's Pizza

· Mr. Jim's Pizza

· Noble Roman's

· Old Chicago

· Pacpizza

· Pagliacci Pizza

· Papa Gino's

· Papa John's Pizza

· Papa Murphy's

· Pat's Pizza

· Patxi's Chicago Pizza

· Peter Piper Pizza

· Pie Five

· Pietro's Pizza

· Pizza Fusion

· Pizza Hut

· Pizza Inn

· Pizza My Heart

· Pizza Patrón

· Pizza Ranch

· Pizza Schmizza

· Pizzeria Venti

· Planet Pizza^[1]

· Ray's Pizza

· Regina Pizzeria

· Rocky Rococo

· Rosati's

· Round Table Pizza

· Russo's NY Pizzeria

· Sal's Pizza

· Sammy's Pizza

· Sbarro

· Shakey's Pizza

· Showbiz Pizza Place

· Snappy Tomato Pizza

· Straw Hat Pizza

· Subway

· The Pizza Studio

· Toppers Pizza

· Uncle Maddio's Pizza Joint

· Uno Chicago Grill

· Upper Crust Pizzeria

· Veraci Pizza

· Valentino's

· Vocelli Pizza

· Your Pie

· zpizza

I mean, Bullwinkle’s Restaurant? Mountain Mike’s!? God only knows what a Jet's Pizza store Pie out there in Ypsilanti, Michigan tastes like! No matter. Any time your boss or anyone says something like: “You just won a Pizza Pie Party from Domino’s!” you will be getting exactly what you pay for

Just how much do you pay Dan Marino to endorse a product with a saltine cracker crust, tomato catsup and a white substance that passes for mozzarella? Heck, I won’t even eat at “Famous Ray’s” any more because there are so many with the same name and the original on 6^th Avenue no longer has the same owner.

Bottom line: There is no such thing as New York Style Pizza. There is Pizza and there is Pizza … NOT! and except for a couple on this list from last October by Andrew Zimmer, these are among the best tasting Pizza you can find in the world … because when it comes to Pizza the world stops here!

http://www.thrillist.com/eat/new-york/best-pizza-in-nyc-according-to-pizza-experts

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