Submitted by ScatmanCrothers10 t3_11o5e62 in RhodeIsland
BingBong022 t1_jbqvppu wrote
Reply to comment by Heddlok in Tried a pizza strip for the first time by ScatmanCrothers10
It's amazing how RI figured out how to mess up pizza
stan_milgram t1_jbqza4a wrote
"Pizza" shouldn't even be in the name. It's a piece of bread with tomato paste on it.
wwj t1_jbr7jie wrote
In upstate NY, they are called tomato pie.
Shoddy-Sleep-8832 t1_jbry65w wrote
In new haven a tomato pie is an entirely different animal and its glorious.
BWanderful t1_jbr5t5r wrote
Yes! Thank you!!!!
sophware t1_jbre5s6 wrote
I'm going to agree with you and with the downvotes, somehow.
I've been a RIer for a loooong time but was originally a New Yorker. I got made fun of for holding a pizza slice (real pizza) using the fold technique. The person was laughing while I was like, "This is like getting made fun of for shooting a basketball normally instead of granny style."
All due respect for people who like the granny shot for free throws and red strips for parties (I sometimes bring 'em), but the following is how you shoot a basketball, even for a free throw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJE9mhwO058
…and the following is pizza:
Sure, there's room for coal-fired, wood fired, grilled, apizza (New Haven), deep dish (hi Chicago--we can get along), and their cousins red pizza/ pizza strips/ bakery pizza/ party pizza/ whatever. Even in NY, Sicilian is recognized (and sometimes preferred); and we can all appreciate a calzone.
BingBong022 t1_jbsqbak wrote
Lmao, now you're getting down voted. Reddit is hilarious 😂
stenmark t1_jbt8u52 wrote
Um, little Vincent's is OK if it's after last call and you're too drunk to know any better. Otherwise it's trash level.
sophware t1_jbtunpi wrote
The choice of "trash level" disarms that comment. Maybe they've gone downhill, but there's no reason to believe so here. I'm guessing they're still the best.
Huntington people know pizza. That spot is expensive for the owners. LV's not going to survive just on blackout-drunk buyers a few nights a week. Last I heard, they weren't just surviving.
I'll give the comment this: people have always gone there after having more than a couple of drinks. There are few things that go so well with after-bar munchies than two awesome slices of LV with cold mozz thrown on top. NYC's Halal Guys would be an example of something else I crave in that kind of situation. Haven Bros rocks for me, too. It's also a fucking treat to see an order of 4 all the way bring joy.
LV has always been hopping well outside of drunk hours. Decades of double-parked cars lapping up boxes to take away the "trash."
To people who want post-party DiRaimo's (assuming it's still around and awesome), I'd say, "Sweet--I'm coming, too." Maybe I'd talk some "trash," but not in some impotent way. Good pizza is not a zero sum game.
Yucking someone's yum is pathetic. Sometimes, it's a special kind of stupid pathetic. On subjective matters, it's hard to be wrong--hard but achievable.
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