Pizza

**Catman** · 01-10-2013, 05:36 PM

With all the pizza shops around here why does the pizza suck so hard? No one seems to make fresh dough in fact I suspect several places of using pre-made frozen dough. Even the cheese in most of these places suck. It has a plastic like fake consistency.

Places I have tried:

Luigi's Pizza Fresca - Overpriced but passable. Needs a better crust and stop being stingy with the toppings
Italian Express - Good crust but plastic like cheese. Also they will rip you off when asking for extra cheese. They will charge extra but not give it to you.
Fairmount Pizza - Meh nothing special here
Lazos - Claims to be best in Philly but not good at all
John's Place - God Awful...might be the worst in the City
City View - Bad crust used to be good a few years back
Little Johns - Bad crust not enough toppings
Brandywine Pizza - Bad in every way
Angelino's - Not a fan of burnt pizza

and last of all...

Pete's Famous Pizza Fairmount Ave - Famously Bad

What the hell happened to this place? Ever since the ownership changed everything is god awful. Used to have decent pizza but now its bad bad bad. The crust sucks, plastic like cheese and rancid sauce does not a good pizza make. I have ordered from Pete's since I was a kid and the food was usually pretty decent but the food quality has gone in the toilet here and its not just the pizza. Can't say I'm a big fan of chicken wings with more hair on them than meat.

If I am going to pay $20 for a pizza it better be with dough that is made fresh daily, real mozzarella not the fake plactic "pizza cheese" everyone uses now and fresh toppings. If I order a pepperoni pizza their should be more than 12 pieces of pepperoni on it.

**Biggie** · 01-10-2013, 05:50 PM

Agreed with all the comments except that I like Angelino's, but I have to admit I am not a big fan of his cheese. It seems to dry out and taste like plastic. If anyone knows of a good pizza place please let me know.

**Frejo** · 01-10-2013, 06:52 PM

+1 to all above

Used to love it when Lombardi's was open. They had great coal oven pizza. Actually, Fairmount has gotten much better over the years, but as stated, still meh. Luigi's is our go to place now...but nothing great, but bettter than most listed above. Sometimes get Slice, but by the time it gets here it's always cold.

You actually forgot Pronto - which must be run by a bunch of morons, because every time I have attempted to order they screwed up the pizza (pep + mush) but forgot one or the other.

**AsYouWere** · 01-10-2013, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by Frejo

You actually forgot Pronto - which must be run by a bunch of morons, because every time I have attempted to order they screwed up the pizza (pep + mush) but forgot one or the other.

You'd have to be a moron yourself to not check the pizza before paying for the simple reason that - they're also morons. Best to bring your own knife to cut the tape like they're shipping the f-ing thing to India.

**AsYouWere** · 01-10-2013, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by Frejo

You actually forgot Pronto - which must be run by a bunch of morons, because every time I have attempted to order they screwed up the pizza (pep + mush) but forgot one or the other.

You'd have to be a moron yourself to not check the pizza before paying for the simple reason that - they're also morons. Best to bring your own knife to cut the tape like they're shipping the f-ing thing to India lol.

**Catman** · 01-10-2013, 11:05 PM

Originally Posted by Frejo

+1 to all above

Used to love it when Lombardi's was open. They had great coal oven pizza. Actually, Fairmount has gotten much better over the years, but as stated, still meh. Luigi's is our go to place now...but nothing great, but bettter than most listed above. Sometimes get Slice, but by the time it gets here it's always cold.

You actually forgot Pronto - which must be run by a bunch of morons, because every time I have attempted to order they screwed up the pizza (pep + mush) but forgot one or the other.

Where is Pronto? Don't think I have heard of them

**Titus** · 01-11-2013, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by Catman

Where is Pronto? Don't think I have heard of them

NW corner of 15th & Spring Garden. Bad food.

**Krem** · 01-11-2013, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by Catman

Where is Pronto? Don't think I have heard of them

It's a place on 15th and Spring Garden where Collosseo was for a hot second.

**PhilaCap** · 01-11-2013, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Catman

With all the pizza shops around here why does the pizza suck so hard? No one seems to make fresh dough in fact I suspect several places of using pre-made frozen dough. Even the cheese in most of these places suck. It has a plastic like fake consistency.

This is a problem across the region. Not just for the Fairmount area. Great pizza is hard to find.

**Winston** · 01-11-2013, 10:11 AM

Osteria has great pizza and even Rembrandt's does a nice job, but those are sit-down meals, not pick-up or delivery. I think your takes are spot on. I order from Brandywine and find it ranges from terrible to decent but nothing exceptional, and lately terrible more often than not.

I clicked this thread hoping someone had found actual good pizza to go in Fairmount! No such luck. The search continues...

**raider.adam** · 01-11-2013, 10:12 AM

Pizza out here in general is pretty bad. I prefer Pizza Hut to the majority of pizza places in the region (philly, jersey, etc.)

**DocAwesome** · 01-11-2013, 10:35 AM

Sacrilegious as it may be, the new (as of maybe a year or so) Domino's pizzas are pretty tasty, and I'm somewhat picky about my pizza.
If you are looking for something more upscale or more layered/less monolithic, I haven't found a good one yet in the immediate hood. Angelino's is a fine standby I guess. Fairmount pizza works for something quick. There used to be a great pizza place in the location that Sabrina's is in right now. It went out of business maybe 6 years ago.

**raider.adam** · 01-11-2013, 10:47 AM

Mandatory mention when Dominos is brought up.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/us...anted=all&_r=0

**RedBullMB** · 01-11-2013, 10:47 AM

Much too harsh on all of the local joints - perhaps familiarity breeds contempt? If you get pizza with any regularity obviously you need to come up with some sort of rotation, but none of those places are as bad as described. Sometimes I am in the mood for a certain type of crust, so I'll switch the places up. Also, topping selection plays a big part - I'll choose a different place depending on what combo of toppings I plan on getting. I'll grant that none of the local places are best of the best, but these options are better than what is available in lots of other places around town.

**guzzijason** · 01-11-2013, 11:11 AM

If you're OCD about pizza, then you do like me and learn to make your own that's better than most around here.

One thing I think we can all agree on - Lazo's replacing Regional was a huuuuuuuuuuge step forward. Regional's pizza was the worst I've ever had, ever. I would prefer the pizza from my old high school cafeteria to the crap that Regional was putting out. Luckily, they're gone.

And Adam - given you're from a place where they make a big lasagna and call it pizza, it's hard to take your criticism seriously.

(LOL! jk)

__Jason

**guzzijason** · 01-11-2013, 11:12 AM

(WTH is with the double posts problems here lately - I swear I only clicked submit once... grrr)

**raider.adam** · 01-11-2013, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by guzzijason

If you're OCD about pizza, then you do like me and learn to make your own that's better than most around here.
...
And Adam - given you're from a place where they make a big lasagna and call it pizza, it's hard to take your criticism seriously.

(LOL! jk)

__Jason

What can I say, I come from a better pizza culinary area.

As for your first line, I use a springform pan to make my pizza.

**RedBullMB** · 01-11-2013, 11:40 AM

One would expect to save money when they make their own, but I usually find it to be almost as expensive and never as good.

**Catman** · 01-11-2013, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by Krem

It's a place on 15th and Spring Garden where Collosseo was for a hot second.

Ah yes. I have tried Coloseo but again bad pizza

**Catman** · 01-11-2013, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by DocAwesome

Sacrilegious as it may be, the new (as of maybe a year or so) Domino's pizzas are pretty tasty, and I'm somewhat picky about my pizza.
If you are looking for something more upscale or more layered/less monolithic, I haven't found a good one yet in the immediate hood. Angelino's is a fine standby I guess. Fairmount pizza works for something quick. There used to be a great pizza place in the location that Sabrina's is in right now. It went out of business maybe 6 years ago.

Yes Domino's isn't bad but they turned me off with the new deep dish pizza. I ordered it and it was like 2 inches of raw dough. They don't cook it long enough.

Papa Johns isn't bad either but they no longer deliver to Fairmount