Tried a pizza strip for the first timeSubmitted by ScatmanCrothers10 t3_11o5e62 in RhodeIsland
Heddlok t1_jbquiw2 wrote
I might be the only Rhode Islander who doesn’t really care for these
Tbear369 t1_jbqvuxl wrote
You're not alone
NotAFlamingo t1_jbssb7k wrote
My friends' parents used to get big party pizzas like this for birthday parties. I never understood why everyone would ooooh and aaaah over the party pizza. I was just like.... where's the cheese?
Shoddy-Sleep-8832 t1_jbry31h wrote
They're not my favorite but bland tomato sauce pizza is still better than no pizza. I'm still eaten 'em if it's in front of me at a party, would never buy it though. Sometimes they're pretty decent if the prevailing flavor is decent Olive oil.
FourAM t1_jbsull8 wrote
Bland? Listen I’m not chomping at the bit to get more bakery pizza all the time, but if your description includes the word “bland” the you have obviously been eating shit-tier ones made by people who said “oh just put sauce on bread? These chuckefucks in this state’ll eat ANYTHING”
zjanderson t1_jbt0c2h wrote
I’m not a fan. It’s the most overrated excuse for pizza.
RecoillessRifle t1_jbt3s49 wrote
I’m actually from Connecticut, but I can’t stand these either. There’s plenty of real pizza in RI.
theironthroneismine t1_jbtdrzw wrote
Same. I want to the original Italian bakery and the chips were okay toasted but I was underwhelmed
CollateralSandwich t1_jbvgal2 wrote
You aren't. These things are an abomination
PVR_Skep t1_jbrjami wrote
Same here. Much ado about pizza that has... NO TOPPINGS!! Yet costs more.
BingBong022 t1_jbqvppu wrote
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.
Jymantis t1_jbr1ajf wrote
Born and bred RI guy and that shit is not pizza. My family had the first pizza joint on Long Island in NY so I have some authority on the subject.
Wide_Television_7074 t1_jbr92b4 wrote
why do you have authority? your family made pizza, not you
Jymantis t1_jbrc5ki wrote
My great grandparents and my grandpa "Pa" were immigrants who moved to NY from Sicily. My Pa made countless pies at that place as a kid. He taught me when our family would visit him when I was a kid.
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