New Yorkers: How Many of Us actually LIKE franchise pizza chains (dominos, Pizza hut, etc)?

Question

And i mean native born people from the New York Area (i guess you jersey people count too)

I was in michigan a week ago and i asked this guy where i could find the best pizzeria in the area....and he pointed me to Dominos.

And after thinkin about it and askin my non-new yorker friends, i realised that the majority of americans actually think that they can get a good slice at Dominos, Papa Johns or Pizza Hut. And when I, as a new yorker who knows better, try to tell them that what theyre eatin is c**p that isnt even real pizza, they get all offended =/

So my question is this-how many new yorkers actually prefer franchise brands to our local pizzerias? i personally dont

Answer 1

Ooo, good question.  Some people say there's no such thing as bad s*x or bad pizza.  Well, I kinda know what they mean about the pizza; even bad pizza is usually edible.

BUT it would be insane to prefer chain pizza to local NY pizza.

The best pizza I have EVER had is from a place that opened only a couple of years ago around the corner from me in Brooklyn: Lucali's on Henry Street.  Better than DiFara's, better than Grimaldi's and better than Pepi's or Sally's in New Haven.  (I grew up in NY and New Haven, CT.)

Answer 2

I am not actually from New York so I can't answer this from a firsthand perspective, but recently I attended a birthday party for someone who's spent about 30 years in NYC, and for her birthday pizza she'd chosen...domino's.  It's her party, her choice, of course, but I was not the only one there who found this sad and strange...so I think my friend is the exception to the rule that New Yorkers know better than to order Domino's, Pizza Hut, or Papa John's.

Answer 3

those franchise pizza suck.

Nothing better than your hood pizzaria... I recommend Joes pizza on w.4th and rays pizza on prince street in Nolita. Not to mention Lombardis on spriing street.

Answer 4

You got that right.  I was forced years ago to try a Pizza Hut product, and could not believe how bad it was.  Staten Island has some of the best pizzas in the world--Grandma's next to Pouch Terminal, Joe and Pat's on Victory Blvd, and Christina's in Pleasant Plains among them, but there are plenty of others.  Significantly, we have only one Pizza Hut outlet and maybe a couple of Dominos.  The first Papa John's opened not too long ago.  Islanders know good pizza, so I'm not concerned that these mutants will spread their loathsome ersatz products.

And yes, I've had plenty of decent pizza in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, as well as Rome (where I ordered by mangling my 4 years of Latin and was well enough understood).  

Answer 5

Honestly, I haven't even noticed any of those chain pizza places, at least in Brooklyn. I mean, 2 Dominos, compared to say, a real pizzeria on every few blocks?

As an Italian in NYC, I personally think the best pizza places are in Brooklyn (Bay Ridge/Bensonhurst) I'm no elitest, but you can't compare pre-cooked/frozen Domino's/Papa Johns, to Brooklyn pizza, you know, the one they're trying to imitate.

(My first experience with fake Pizza was in Disneyworld when I was 8. Actually, even the Chinese food in Florida was awful. But that's a whole other topic)

Answer 6

Forget pizza. You can't get good bread outside of Brooklyn or Manhattan, and that includes NJ (I live there now).

The only places I have had decent bread is Manhattan, Brooklyn, Italy and France (and that counts pizza). You need a really hot oven, preferably fired by wood or coal and someone who know how to move the dough around that oven.

Pizza hut, Papa Johns, and the ilk is just c**p.

Answer 7

Unfortunately many mom and pop pizzerias are disappearing because they can't compete with the corporate ones.

I have a Papa John's, a Domino's and a Pizza Hut, all within sight from each other, and they all deliver regardless of the purchase amount. The only non corporate one I have around the corner from my house won't deliver if the order isn't at least $15.

Therefore, although most people would certainly like a slice from the corner pizzeria, many end up ordering from the other ones.

Answer 8

why is Amanda answering if she aint a NYer??? Well u kno what, I am so used to the cornor pizzerias, well I can but my slice, patties with cheese, or a calzone ( lol ) but I am SOOOO in lovewith dominoes, only beause it gave me a brwak from slices, but I would have to say, I love my NY pizza. Plus I didnt even know that other states don't have it like that, or places where u can buy the coofee and bagel on the cornor in those silver lil thing idk what they called.

but at the end ah the day, NOTHING BEATS NY PIZZA LOL

P.S Remeber when they useto be a dollar?? now those things ae $2.50-$3.00 a slice!!!!

Answer 9

Remember the $1 slice?  Sad to say, i remember 20 cent slices.

Native New Yorker, lived here all my life.  If neighborhood pizza was as good as everybody pretends, the chains would not have come here, nor would they stay in business.  In truth, most of the nabes are just as bad.  I can think of a handful of great New York pizza purveyors, but they are rare.

Brooklyn has Tottono's, DiFara's, Grimaldi's (or Patsy's, I forget their name) and Two Boots

Queens has Nick's and Prima Pasta

Staten Island's best is supposed to be Denino's, but that's Staten Island.  I don't go there.

Manhattan has a couple of Tottono's, Patsy's and Lombardi's.  Some people recommend John's of Bleecker, but I found their sauce to be too sweet.

If your in the Bronx, I would advise that you drive up to Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers where there is an outpost of Tottono's.

If you are going to eat at the average local shop, you might as well go to one of the chains, but if you are going to one of these dozen or so spots, it will be worth your while.

Other NY'ers might consider my views as heresy, but I prefer to think of it as subjective.