Lilo! Very happy to have you back. Your posts have been missed!

Thanks, folks! It's good to be back.
I had finally achieved what I thought was a long overdue promotion at work. So my workload increased exponentially. Sadly my mentor went on medical leave and my new boss (who I later found out had stridently opposed my promotion) did everything in her power to get rid of me. To make a long story short (TOO LATE!) she failed and I was able to transfer to a different division in the company. But during that time, my workload and lack of access to cable didn't really allow me to enjoy the board here.
But at least for now I'm back and hope to check in weekly...

And every brother in Detroit knows Pizza Papalis is the best.

I was just watching a program about New York pizza places and it mentioned Ray's on Prince St. as just about the best place in NY for pizza. They showed some of its imitators like Famous Ray's and Not Ray's. Has anyone eaten at Ray's? How does it compare?

Ray's on Prince Street is the only real Ray's in the city. The rest have been trying to capitalize on the name for years, and they're constantly suing each other a result of that. The problem is that "Ray" is too common a name for the copyright laws to really apply.

Ray's on Prince Street is very good, but hardly the best in the city (imho). There are really too many to mention, but the original Patsy's in East Harlem gets my vote. It's on 1st Avenue, between 117th and 118th Streets. My Dad grew up just around the corner, on Pleasant Avenue and 119th Street (the same street where they filmed Sonny beating up on Carlo), so I've been eating there all my life.

There are a half dozen others that are just as good (Totonno's in Brooklyn, John's on Bleeker Street, Louie and Ernie's in the Bronx, etc.), but far too many to mention. I mean, it's New York City, Oli. It's not like we're the poor folks in Plano, who have to drive all the way to Dallas to get a decent meal

The people in Dallas drive to Houston.

And where do the poor bastards in Houston go?!

I wonder if there are any New York (just to name one place) pizza places that could arrange to send a pizza to me. I am so starved for really good pizza since I don't visit Pittsburgh any more. I'm going to make my own probably tonight, but I'll use a Boboli crust.

Rocco's Brooklyn Pizza does, but I've never had it. You can get a lot of other New York "stuff" shipped to you as listed in the New York First Directory.

Pizza has to be the absolute greatest food in the world. I could have it every night for dinner and never get tired of the cheesy, crispy, tastey slice of heaven!

Ditto Mark.

Absolutely one of my favorites.

I always love to tell people the story about Raffaele Esposito, the pizzamaker from Naples who is credited with "inventing" the modern pizza. According to history,in 1890, Esposito made Queen Margherita the famous 3 color Italian flag pizza with mozzarella, tomatoes and basil. The Queen loved it! Any way, my great grandmother is an Esposito from Naples around that time so I like to think I was born to love pizza! I have no choice!

Jersey thin-crust pizza... Chicago and NY are fine all, but not the best

Jersey pizza = Dominos.

Great balls of Doody!!! Our Don is awake and functioning at 7:30 a.m.!!!!

Pee Break

Jersey people have kind of a red headed stepchild syndrome. They're thisclose to New York, yet they resent living in our shadow, and being thought of (correctly) as culturally inferior. It's actually quite paranoid.

Joisey pizza superior to New York??

Thanks, Don Geoffy. The cold weather was starting to take it's toll on my mood, but you just gave me a much needed laugh .

Pizza Land from the Sopranos is 3 blocks from my house. There Pizza is pretty good.

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Come down the Shore for real pizza, Smitty; don't listen to these other guys! Boardwalk pizza is the best!

I'm kind of afraid to come down to the Jersey Shore...one of those "Guidos" from that MTV show might slug me! No pizza is worth a black eye!

Most of those jerkoff posers aren't from Jersey. Now's the perfect time to come down

Christmas on the boardwalk with Jersey pizzer - I'm on my way!

I don't know about boardwalk pizza being "the best" ( unless you enjoy cardboard with traces of sand on top) .....


....but I must admit that this place in Point Pleasant makes some really really good pizza :

The best Jersey Shore pizza I've tasted was from Mack and Manco in Ocean City.

The Sawmill <http://www.sawmillcafe.com/> makes my favorite boardwalk pizza -- very thin, and very large. I love it, but it doesn't seem to love me very much sometimes lol

J Geoff, back in the day, I used to laugh at "old guys" who would drink milk with their pizza. Now that I'm older and get "agita" just looking at an onion, I understand! A nice big glass of milk really does help quell the indigestion! Now let me get back to my Gold Bond powder, Rascal, "Murder, She Wrote" and "Matlock" reruns!

Now, wait a minute. I love milk and pizza. I drink a few gallons of milk a week (really!) and pizza whenever I can. But, milk with pizza. I don't know about that.

olivant, do you drink whole, 2 % or skim milk? Our family usually goes through a gallon of skim and a gallon of 2 %, which my sons use, per week.

Drinking a couple gallons per week, you must have some strong bones and teeth.

My brother is now 60, and I've never seen anyone drink milk like he does. He literally drank quarts a day. He always had terrible back problems and tons of cavities. Maybe it would have been worse if he didn't drink all that milk?

Boy I could go for a glass of milk with pieces of cornbread in it right now.