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If you want to see true audacity, do an image search for 'Altoona-style pizza.'
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3142/
this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2025
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NYC pizza is the baseline
As much as I love Jon Stewart, NYC has the worst pizza in the country. Don't get why people love a limp pizza with the wrong ratio of bread/sauce/cheese. I've had better school lunch pizza than your average New York slice. Chicago style thin crust or Midwestern thin crust, or neapolitan are all worlds better pizza.
I seriously doubt it's the most common pizza sold.
It's thin crust nature makes it economical for selling hot slices, but horrible for delivery and for reheating.
I personally consider New York pizza to be A tier; S tier I reserve for pizza with a slightly thicker, slightly sour, focaccia-like crust, and regardless, the baseline should be B-Tier.
It's not even "thin crust" pizza. That's St. Louis style.
Incorrect; it reheats fine in a countertop convection oven (or a cast iron or carbon steel pan on the stovetop if you know what you're doing)
Incorrect; pizza does not need to be reheated, as it is delectable cold.
Yes, and pizza with real crust reheats fine in any oven.