I don't live in NY, and don't know true NY pizza, but I'd take Domino's, Pizza Hut or even a DiGiornio's over any of the pizzas I've had in Italy. <BR><BR>Either you Europhiles are delusional about the food there, or you must eat at McDonald's every day in the US and that's your basis for comparison.

Texas pizza beats Chicago pizza AND New York pizza. How you like that?

I hate those people who slam NYC. They honestly know NOTHING about it. <BR><BR>However, the BEST pizza I've EVER had was in a little pizzaria in Ste Remy, Provence.

Pizza in Texas!!!!? Really? Hmmm.

If you want the best pizza come to Chicago. The pizza in New York is made by Greeks.

Mine was a tie:<BR><BR>Sally's in New Haven, Connecticut, and a cafe near Les Halles in Paris. Go figure.

Madame K's! <BR><BR>http://www.thestranger.com/1999-09-30/chow.html<BR>

New York pizza is made by Puerto Ricans. Does that matter?

Avelinos in Queens!

St.Mark<BR>Why would you bother with pizza in Italy<BR>when there are so many other good foods to choose from.Just curious.

Remember people that <BR>pizza is a speciality only in Rome where you get the thin roman pizza, and in the south of Italy where you get the thicker Neapolitan pizza from which comes the US one.<BR>In Tuscany and in the rest of nothern Italy the pizza is not that popular and what you get is only a poor and often mediocre imitation of the roman pizza.

Here's another belive or not: Montreal hot dogs beat NY hot dogs - hands down! No questions about it.

Hey loretta,<BR>"Some of the most sophisticated travelers live in New York."??? Ohhhh you're Sophisticated...and better than everyone.<BR>You self centered sophisticated New Yorkers don't have a clue.<BR><BR>

The best place to get a pizza in N.Y. is just about any small place -- not associated with any chains -- on Staten Island. It's worth the boat ride!

I agree that NY has more better hot dogs than italy. Pizzas are different story.

Totally disagree. John G. described Italian pizza best (it did start in Napoli by the way). Those of you who don't like Italian pizza are going along with the American philosophy about most things--"more is better." The pizza wars go on--more toppings, larger size, now we have stuffed crust. It won't be long before waiters suffer hernias carrying these monstrosities to your tables.<BR><BR>

why are you eating that greezy NY crap?

Actually Boston pizza is better than NY picca, esp in the North end (Italian district). Chicago had the best deep dish pizza.

I've eaten pizza throughout Italy and also the Italian section of Boston, and I prefer NYC pizza instead. The crust is better. Everything just tastes better when you're in NYC. It's all part of the wonderful adventure. All cities have their favorite comfort foods.

Different parts of Italy seem to sell different types of pizza.<BR><BR>For example, in every restaurant I visited in Florence and Venice, I noticed the pizza looked exactly the same as it looks in the USA. <BR><BR>In Rome I was served a fantastic pizza unlike anything I ever had in the USA. It is hard to describe except to say the crust was extremely thin. It was delicious.<BR><BR>In Naples I was served yet a different style pizza, also unlike anything I ever had in the USA: The tomato sause was so liquid I had to eat it with a spoon. This probably does not sound good in print, but the taste was wonderful!<BR><BR>The difference seemed to be between northern Italy and southern Italy, with northern Italian pizza being the same (or maybe worse) than it is in the USA; and southern Italian pizza being much, much better than USA pizza.<BR>