Dominos or Papa Johns : Othor Games

» Sat May 12, 2012 2:39 pm

I was in San Antonio, TX about a year ago and I ordered pizza to my hotel room. I ordered from the place that advertised the "best pizza you've ever had." The delivery girl even repeated that when she brought the pie. It ended up being a roughly disc-shaped piece of bland bread, waxy and tasteless cheese, and the sauce was like Spaghetti-O's with the O's strained out. I guess taste in pizza must vary widely from place to place. I almost called Lou Malnati's just to tell them I missed them. :wink:

Pretty much, pizza is so wide spread, I doubt most people know what "original" pizza tastes like. If there ever was an original pizza taste.

» Sat May 12, 2012 12:28 pm

Dominos hands down. Papa Johns pizza just feels odd too me, and Pizza Hut uses way too much sauce. I would eat locally, but sense I moved a couple years back, the only local pizza place is run by a notorious ~~skooma~~ ~~jet~~ crack dealer, and I refuse to help fund him. Pizza was damn good though the only time I had it. Well, there is another place that is damn good but its a little out of the way. They have this Scicillian style pizza (I have no idea if its really how they make pizza in Sicily, but I digress) which is like two inches thick, God, it is delicious. But, most of the time when I go their I order either a meatball marinara sub or chicken parm, depending on my budget.

» Sat May 12, 2012 3:09 pm

pagliacci's

it is a local chain where I live, and it is amazing

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:14 am

I'd ultimately have to go with Papa Johns. Prefer Little Caesar's to both of them if we are just talking about chains.

» Sat May 12, 2012 11:16 pm

Dominos all the way. I like their garlic crust... and all the extra grease. :banana:

This thread made me hungry. :blink:

» Sat May 12, 2012 3:36 pm

I prefer the pizza my italian grandfather makes, but if I had to choose between the 2, it would be Papa John's. No ifs, ands, or buts. I can actually identify the different ingredients in the pizza, but domino's? well, it is uh... grease...

» Sat May 12, 2012 9:42 pm

I live in a town heavily populated with Italians, so I've had it in all sorts of ways. My favorite has to be sweet pizza with banana peppers, made by some guy my mom knows. Other than that, the best pizza I've ever had was in Chicago. Dominos vs. Papa Johns, I'd have to go with Dominos. They have some pretty good 'za.

» Sat May 12, 2012 4:42 pm

I cut a lot of junk from my diet over the last two years, pizza being on of them. That said, I always preferred Papa John's pizza. It was the only large chain pizza place who's food I actually really liked.

It's nothing compared to this place, "Peppe's Pizza", which is just around the block from my house.

» Sat May 12, 2012 5:09 pm

Neither. Chain pizzas are [censored]. Other than Papa Murphy's Take'N'Bake.

» Sat May 12, 2012 10:27 pm

I don't have a Papa John's here and I really don't care for Dominoes. As others have said, local pizzerias are best.

» Sun May 13, 2012 12:24 am

Shame that the local pizza places around mine are horrible, they just taste like cheap crusty reheated rubbish with the only reassuring fact being the cheapness of them. That said, the best pizza and garlic bread I've ever had was from Planet Pizza, a local place in Warrington.

» Sat May 12, 2012 10:44 pm

I am just going to make some pizza, this is my recipe after trying various things over the years. What I do is buy pizza dough at my supermarket, and roll it out really thin. Then I cut up a bunch of fresh basil, and add it to straight tomato puree, and spread it over the dough. Then add some nice cheese like Parmigiano Reggiano, Grana Padano or Gruyere. This time I will add some Greek olives from Amphissa, cut in half. Cook for 10-15 minutes. That is it.

» Sun May 13, 2012 12:04 am

Haha, wow, I can't believe all the food snobbery on this forum. Of course Domino's isn't made perfectly, from the highest quality ingredients, but what do you expect for the price? It's perfectly palatable, and anyone who says it tastes like cardboard is a pretentious [censored]. I still prefer Papa John's, just because of one specific pizza I really like.

» Sat May 12, 2012 1:38 pm

Food snobbery, IDK, but where I live I can make the above pizza for literally half the price of what it would take to buy something vaguely similar to take out. But I live in the middle of Europe, it's probably different elsewhere.

» Sun May 13, 2012 12:24 am

Haha, wow, I can't believe all the food snobbery on this forum. Of course Domino's isn't made perfectly, from the highest quality ingredients, but what do you expect for the price? It's perfectly palatable, and anyone who says it tastes like cardboard is a pretentious [censored]. I still prefer Papa John's, just because of one specific pizza I really like.

This is based on seeing how they make their food and how it tastes, in my case, comes with quite a bit of experience in the pizza business. I know it doesn't fit well with people who are fanatics about products, and perhaps the cardboard anology is a bit overly used, but food snobbery it is not, especially when some of those who mentioned the cardboard aspect also mentioned they have some decent pizzas. Quite a bit of an overreaction.

» Sat May 12, 2012 2:50 pm

This is based on seeing how they make their food and how it tastes, in my case, comes with quite a bit of experience in the pizza business. I know it doesn't fit well with people who are fanatics about products, and perhaps the cardboard anology is a bit overly used, but food snobbery it is not, especially when some of those who mentioned the cardboard aspect also mentioned they have some decent pizzas. Quite a bit of an overreaction.

I'm just getting sick of the anti-anything-popular attitude on this forum. Domino's is not the worst pizza ever, Starbucks is not the worst coffee ever, Modern Warfare 3 is not the worst game ever, Twilight is not the worst book ever, etc. Popularity and quality are not mutually exclusive.

» Sat May 12, 2012 10:49 pm

My Mom's home made deep dish.

» Sat May 12, 2012 8:06 pm

I'm just getting sick of the anti-anything-popular attitude on this forum. Domino's is not the worst pizza ever, Starbucks is not the worst coffee ever, Modern Warfare 3 is not the worst game ever, Twilight is not the worst book ever, etc. Popularity and quality are not mutually exclusive.

High population of teenagers, people who want their opinion to matter, Rush Limbaugh method of getting attention, that's how it's always been man, 2.5 yrs later you should know by now.

I agree with everything you said in this post, people nowadays prove marketing successful and construct a personality based on love/hate for brands/products, but this type of fanaticism (i.e "best/worst") isn't gonna go away. Just ignore it is my opinion.

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:31 am

There's this great local place called Moon River that serves up custom made on the spot, from fresh organic ingredients. So we go there. Plus, it is close to home, and I support a local business, not a national chain.

The pizza tastes like it should, not like greasy fast food crap made with subpar ingredients.

» Sat May 12, 2012 10:58 pm

How dare you criticize greasy fast food crap made with subpar ingredients.

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:08 am

Neither. Chain pizzas are [censored]. Other than Papa Murphy's Take'N'Bake.

"Chain pizzas" makes me think of Vyvyan's recipe for devilled motorcycle chain in The Young Ones Book. [/random]

» Sat May 12, 2012 7:39 pm

"Chain pizzas" makes me think of Vyvyan's recipe for devilled motorcycle chain in The Young Ones Book. [/random]

Or maybe a Herman Cain fetish/business ad.

"You want a job don't ya? Come on over for some pizza and se-- er chains. I mean let's start a chain." :woot:

» Sat May 12, 2012 11:11 pm

To any UK pizza fans: ASDA do brilliant pizzas that cost like 3 quid. Their extra special margaritas are all the pizza that I eat, because I'm too lazy to make one myself.

» Sun May 13, 2012 12:44 am

To any UK pizza fans: ASDA do brilliant pizzas that cost like 3 quid. Their extra special margaritas are all the pizza that I eat, because I'm too lazy to make one myself.

I agree ASDA pizzas are very nice. Stay away from Iceland ones though

» Sat May 12, 2012 12:59 pm

I'm staying well clear of anything advertised by Kerry Katona/Stacy Soloman, so don't worry.