A regional pizza joint that I think you might like is called MOD Pizza. It has the option of a thinner crust or a thicker crust. I know the thinner crusts are made in the restaurant. I've only had the traditional thicker crust once. It was very bready and chewy. Not recommended. You have the option of marinara sauce or a garlic creamy sauce. All of the crust is pressed in a machine with lots of ingredient options. So if you happen to be in a state and city with a location I highly suggest trying it. They are baked in a brick oven with open flame.
When I was a little kid in the Cub Scouts back in the 70s, a Pizza Hut restaurant hosted us, and invited us back into their kitchen area where we made several large pizzas, using as much, and as many, ingredients as we each wanted. Some of the pizzas we made had a monster amount of toppings. After we each made our own individual pizzas, we sat down at the tables and waited while they cooked, and then the waitresses served it to us, all free of charge. Pizza Hut will always have a special place in my heart.❤️
A lady in my church is 103 years old. Is from Italy. She lived in America for 80 years. Will not eat anything from anyone else. Make all her own food Will not eat out..but the only thing she like is Pizza Hut personal pizzas.
The reaction to Marco's felt like you guys were preparing yourself to see an ugly baby and then you saw in the stroller and you' were like OMG it is cuuuuuute 🤣🍕
Here's some history about Chuck E Cheese: Chuck E. Cheese was founded in 1977 by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, when it was originally called Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre, who sought to expand video-game arcades beyond adult locations like pool halls to family-friendly venues. His experience in the amusement park industry, and his fondness for the Enchanted Tiki Room, and the former Country Bear Jamboree at Disneyland, influenced his concept for Pizza Time Theatre. He said, "It was my pet project...I chose pizza because of the wait time and the build schedule-very few components, and not too many ways to screw it up." Prior to founding Atari, Bushnell would drive around the Bay Area with Atari co-founder Ted Dabney looking at different pizza parlors and restaurants to brainstorm concepts. "Chuck E. Cheese was always his (Nolan's) passion project, even before Atari was a thing," said Dabney. "He wanted to start a business of family-friendly restaurants with amusement park midway games. I think initially it made no fiscal sense, so he shelved it for a while, but then when Atari took off, he had the means to pursue it, plus a built-in distribution model for Atari's new releases." When his first animatronic show was being assembled, Bushnell learned the costume he had bought for his main character, a coyote, was actually a rat, prompting him to suggest changing the name from "Coyote Pizza" to "Rick Rat's Pizza". His marketing team believed this name would not be appealing to customers and proposed "Chuck E. Cheese" instead. Their first one opened in San Jose. In 1978, when Atari's then-corporate parent, Warner Communications refused to open additional locations, Bushnell purchased the rights to the concept and characters from Warner. To expand beyond the West Coast, Nolan opted to franchise, resulting in a co-development agreement between himself and Robert Brock of Topeka Inn Management in June 1979. The agreement handed Brock exclusive franchising rights for opening Pizza Time Theatres in sixteen states across the South and Midwest, while also forming a company subdivision, "Pizza Show Biz", to develop the Pizza Time Theatres. Late in 1979, Brock became aware of Aaron Fechter of Creative Engineering, Inc. and his work in animatronics. In December 1979, Brock and Fechter formed ShowBiz Pizza Place Inc, and Brock gave notice to sever his development relationship with Bushnell. ShowBiz Pizza Place opened its first location in 1980 in Kansas City. Unlike ShowBiz, Pizza Time focused less on food quality, which was being offered at premium prices. The company placed more attention on gaming, but the popularity of arcades was beginning to decline in the country. As a result, Chuck E. Cheese revenues began to fall by the end of 1982. Pizza Time Theatre filed for Chapter 11 in March 1984. They were then purchased by Brock in May 1985, merging the two into ShowBiz Pizza Time Inc. Both restaurant chains continued to operate under their respective titles, but beginning in June 1990, ShowBiz restaurants began converting their stage shows and rebranding their storefronts to Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza. By 1994, all ShowBiz restaurants had rebranded into Chuck E. Cheese. The name was then shortened to Chuck E. Cheese's by March 1994 after a redesigned concept.
@@Linda-qp9kpHad it once and I thought it was ok if I really wanted pizza and it was the only pizza around. I didn't care for their premade cardboard crust though. I've never had Little Caesars but, I've always wanted to try it once. However, there's better fast food pizzas around it like Domino's and Pizza Hut and I always end up buying Domino's over both as it's only $7 for a 1 topping carryout. Pizza Hut if I wanted to eat a lot for a little as they have a lunch buffet for $12.
@BigHunny61 Ours used to be AMAZING but they've gone downhill a lot for some reason, which is upsetting because it used to be the best in town. Their meats give a stomach ache and baking level is too variable, ranging from doughy and soggy to just plain overcooked.. I suspect the current employees/management improperly executing their methods, not operating to standards because it's still really good from most other towns.
I disagree most the time I like my pizza doughy soft and sweet there is only one place that's not a big franchise that I like I love little Ceasars and pizza hut and have been wanting to try Papa John's but the oly non franchise I like is a place called Toppers but I mostly like them cuz their garlic knots and cheese stix
@@Aj_Leigh - The only pizza i've ever tried from a chain that I just straight up couldn't eat is Little Caesars. My friends used to pick up their $5 pizzas which were a good size for the price but I found it so awful I wouldn't care if it was free. Papa John's I generally like but I have to select the "well done" option because they tend to undercook their pizzas for my taste. Domino's are hit and miss for me and I haven't had Pizza Hut since I was 8 but would be curious to try them again.
Pizza Hut has gone downhill so quickly, I don't remember when they stopped selling personal pan pizzas but that was always fun for people to go and get their favorite kind of pizza, cook to order, not super cheap but affordable for most, to sit down and enjoy the dinner with friends. Now it is just Frozen and shove it out a drive-thru window call my very sad.
@@Jack_Stafford- We still have excellent personal pan pizza’s here in northern Florida where we now live. One town in particular. They take their time and it’s perfect every time we have gone. Lucky in this I guess!
Auf eine Pizza gehört kein Knoblauch, wenn ich Knoblauch haben will esse ich Knoblauchbrot aber sicherlich keine Pizza mit Knoblauch Geschmack, aber das ist halt typisch Amiland, man denkt es gehört sich so und findet es toll während der Rest der Welt den Kopf schüttelt oder darüber lacht.
@@Chaos2Go It doesnt matter what the rest of the world thinks. It doesnt matter if food is authentic or not. It doesnt matter if food is properly prepared in the traditional manner. All that matters is if it tastes good to urself. Stop trying to shame others just because u feel they have to follow ur opinions.
Shame Alessio didn't notice the pepperoncino they gave you on the side at Papa John's! They give you pepperoncini peppers with every pizza at Papa John's because it all started with Papa John's founder John Schnatter's days as a dishwasher at his dad's pub in Jeffersonville, Indiana. At his dad's tavern, they would always put a pepperoncino pepper inside every pizza. John always acknowledged how much people loved that inclusion of the pepper, and since day one, he made sure there was a pepper in every one of his pizza boxes, too. Nowadays, Papa John's uses thousands of the small green peppers every year. According to Chief Ingredient Officer Sean Muldoon, they estimate that about 25% of Turkey's entire pepperoncini crop (where the chain sources its peppers), goes to Papa John's stores! They've also had a dipping sauce since the first restaurant opened in 1984. It was founded when John Schnatter installed an oven inside a broom closet in the back of his father's tavern. He sold his 1971 Camaro Z28 to purchase $1,600 worth of used pizza equipment and began selling pizzas to the tavern's customers out of the converted closet! Little Caesars had "Pizza! Pizza!" as their slogan because it referred to the company's original offer of two pizzas for the price of one from competitors. The slogan was introduced in 1979 and was accompanied by packaging that held two pizzas side by side in a long, corrugated cardboard box. I'm glad you didn't do Detroit-style from Jet's to be fair to the rest (Little Caesars is also from the Detroit area too). Detroit-style blows the other styles of pizza in the country out of the water. Detroit-style pizza is my favorite style of pizza...and I'm saying this as a New Yorker born to NJ parents! There's an interesting story behind Detroit-style pizza! You know how Detroit is called the Motor City? Well, its car industry is why Detroit style pizzas are shaped rectangular! It was invented in 1946 at a place called Buddy's by Gus Guerra. Gus was searching for a high-end pizza pan to create the perfect pizza until he realized something. Detroit's auto assembly plants used blue steel utility trays used to hold parts (like nuts, bolts, etc). For these plants, they were just a thing to hold parts...to Gus, it was a Sicilian-like deep dish pizza. Jet's on the other hand was founded in 1978 in the Detroit suburb of Sterling Heights. So with a Detroit-style, you've got the best of a Sicilian with a fluffy crust combined with the best of a Chicago deep dish of putting the sauce on top (though in Chicago deep dish, the sauce is on top to prevent the rest of the pie from burning during cooking; in Detroit-style pizza, the sauce melts into the cheese and crust, creating a signature texture). I love to have my Detroit-style pizza with a drizzle of Mike's Hot Honey, pure honey with real chili peppers and vinegar, and it's perfect.
I've always loved deep dish pizzas so it's always been pan, Detroit and Chicago pizzas as my favorite. To me, it's Chicago, Detroit and then pan as to the types I like best between the three. New York is great too but, I'll still take both Chicago and Detroit over it but not pan.
Domino's is also a Detroit based chain. In fact, in the 80's, the Detroit Tigers were owned by Domino's founder, Tom Monaghan. Now (and for quite a lot of years), the Tigers have been owned by the Illitch (sp?) family, the owners of Little Ceasars. Interestingly, neither of the pizza chains are known for Detroit style pizza, which, I agree, is superior.
Jessi, you are spot on about domino’s. domino’s puts garlic oil on their crust, but only on our hand tossed pizzas (which by the crust thickness, you guys have the hand tossed). Also at domino’s you can ask for light cheese, (which I’m sure you can do at any pizza place, but I can only speak for domino’s), and you can also ask for no garlic oil. - sincerely an employee of domino’s for 1 year.
I managed a Pizza Hut in the mid-80’s in Dallas. There were 2 doughs, pan pizza (thick and proofed) and thin crust. Both made fresh daily. Everything was standardized as to amounts of each ingredient to put on the chosen dough. My cheese pizza would be identical to one from Houston. They were good pizza’s. I haven’t had a PH lately but the one you bought didn’t look right and the cheese wasn’t stringy enough. Anyway, been to Italy twice and EVERYTHING IS BEST THERE! Love you guys and keep up the good work.
I was a dough master at Pizza Hut in high school and a manager later. As late as 2004 we still made pan and thin crust dough daily. My favorite thing to do was to make a personal thin crust with yesterday’s dough. Gave it a kind of sourdough flavor.
Gross! Olive Oil is the only oil I would use to make a pizza...However, I get my pizza from a place where the owners are from Italy and they are so good. Chain places usually suck. Thanks for saying that though....will never (no matter how hungry I am) eat one from a chain again. lol
I'm from Wisconsin and I LOVE Rocky Roccoco. Still to this day; even though I now love pizza in Illinois. We have a place called Pizza Mia here (in a small town), and I think they are great, as well as Monicals pizza chain for thin crust
I'm Italian and from NJ (but I'm living in East Texas now by choice!) I really like Pizza Hut's Big New Yorker (permanent on the menu now and has the New York vibe I miss) and Little Caesars supreme pizza but I noticed that Alessio folded every slice of pizza and I thought that was a big No No for Italians?? 😮 I love all your videos and you are the cutest couple I've seen in a while, keep being you and making enjoyable videos ❤
I've worked at Little Caesars, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Marco's, Oggi's Pizza, and a small town one called Big Ts pizza in San Bernardino California, and whenever someone asks me which is the best, I tell them that the best pizza is the one that YOU like best. For me personally, it comes down to customization and what im craving. But if i had to choose one place it would probably be Domino's, but the best pizza there is either the pan pizza, or the 16 inch NY thin crust pizza (which is made with mozzarella and provolone by the way).
When Pizza Hut entered the New York market, they had to change the sauce recipe there because New Yorkers thought the sauce was way too sweet. I don’t know if they still do that regional variation, or whether the NY sauce is one of the other “options” when you order elsewhere. So being a NY kid, Pizza Hut was the “least bad” of the chain options, especially when they created the “big New Yorker” pizza with a different crust as well. That pizza is long gone, and now that I live elsewhere in the country, Papa John’s is the “least bad” commercial option. However, I have enough independent stores near me that make much better pizza that I never order from these commercial stores.
My boss who lived in NYC but went to Philly for college LOVED Pizza Hut and he once came to visit my office and he wanted me to get him Pizza Hut for when he got off the plane. So funny.
They brought back the big New Yorker earlier this year, before it got replaced with the tavern style. Papa Johns also had a NY style pizza this year that got replaced with the Shaq-a-roni, which is similar because it is giant and has a thin crust.
I looked at the description, and I think back in the day the original Big New Yorker had the NY sauce recipe as well. This looks like the same as a regular pizza, just bigger. I agree with the other commenters that they really need to head to New Haven.
There are a lot of chains in the US (more than are featured here), but local chains and indie shops are my go-to a lot of the time. Don't get me wrong: I love the occasional Papa Murphy's, Domino's, or Pizza Hut, but a lot of times, you can't beat local.
Jessi and Aleesio I absolutely loved watching this video so enjoyable to see both of your opinions on rating this iconic delicious food. I would love to see a video when y’all go to Italy of Jessi trying and ranking authentic Italian food.
CAN'T believe how Chuck E. Cheese can sell a "Medium size" pizza, and when you open the box it turned into a "Small size" one..., even if it was sealed!!
The guy who started Little Caesars, Mike Ilitch (who was Greek), is a heroic figure in Detroit, Michigan. He bought and owned the Detroit Tigers (baseball) and Detroit Red Wings (hockey) and did a lot of great development in downtown Detroit back when nobody else would. He died in old age about 7-8 years ago I think. Fabulously wealthy from bad pizza. It all started from one store in the Detroit suburbs. His family still owns everything. Cool story even though the pizza isn't good. I haven't eaten it in decades.
Alessio & Jessi, If you can, make a pizza with Oliverio's Italian Style Peppers from Clarksburg, WV. Italy had a consulate in nearby Fairmont, WV due to the large number of Italian immigrants mining coal in the region. Local Italians boast creations such as the "pepperoni roll" and unique hot dog sauces that can be as spicy as Indian food.
Real Italian pizza is always like, "Cover the whole top of the pizza with cheese? Oh no, no no, we blob a little over here and a very little more over here as well as blobs of runny tomato gazpacho with a couple giant leaves of whatever weed is growing against the building. Also don't forget to burn part of it and leave other parts uncooked. Also toppings? Toppings? No Pizza for you!"
Do they heat it? I'd assume it is usually warmed simply by hanging out with the hot pizza in the box during a delivery drive, rather than eating just outside the front door.
hell, i remember when they sold 2 pizzas for $7.99 and instead of a box, both pizzas were on a cardboard sheet inside a paper bag. very limited toppings too.
I worked at one in 1990, this elderly couple came in and only wanted one, I said you get two, they only wanted one and were adamant about only getting one, I said you could give the second one to me for lunch or throw it away They walked out and didn't buy anything, and no they weren't boomers they were "greatest gen" lol, they could storm the beaches of Normandy but couldn't handle food waste, - real Americans
@@marzsit9833one day I was waiting for my “slice slice” and someone carried out their double paper bag pizza, then the wind blew the door back into his face as he was carrying it out, the pizzas went full vertical and were ruined. He then tried to blame the paper bag, as if a box would have done better in a vertical pizza scenario 😂
Coming from Minnesota to Detroit, which is Papa John's home, all pizzas baked in Detroit are under cooked. My family always has to add "well done" when ordering.
OK....I've never really liked Dominoes very much, and I found it very VERY poetic that, just as you were about to sample it, you took a short pause to allow a garbage truck to pass. HAHA!!!!
Where I live in NE Ohio I have a feeling the avg slices per year per person is probably four times the national average. We still have a lot of mom & pop pizzerias here. It’s almost a weekly tradition to get pizza. It was when I was growing up for sure. Now days i get it maybe 2-3 times a month. So that’s 12 slices a month for me alone putting me around 130 slices a year. And those are from 14” and 16” pizzas. Greasy pizza is due to the cooking temperature being too low. The best pizzas you’ll ever have will be cooking in crazy high temps for very short periods of time.
The box-sealing sticker on Chuck E. Cheese’s pizza is something that’s becoming more widespread because of UberEats, DoorDash, etc., to help ensure no one opened your meal before delivering it to you. (Some drivers apparently mess with the food sometimes.)
I don’t think I’d ever had Papa John’s pizza sober. It was like to go to college Pizza with its garlic sauce. And I’ve never eaten it without the garlic sauce. So a couple years ago, I decided to try it just for fun and after a few bites, I threw the whole thing in the garbage. The fact that you gave it a five makes me laugh so hard. I also tried little Caesars for the first time in like 20 years. And I threw that in the trash as well. Absolutely tasteless cardboard!
I always go for Domino's New York Style, but I can say that a normal pizza place is better then all the chain places, however their like 20$ for a pie, were I can get that Domino's 6.99$ deal.
Me and my wife ran into you both in Maniago last November when we were on our anniversary trip. As we walked into the Pizzeria, Alessio told us that was the best pizza around, lol. We love Italy and been out there 6 times, love your channel. Keep it up!
Just call it what it is a cheese pie ... that is what it is ... unless you take a real specialty like Quattro formaggi most real Italian pizza has a minimum of cheese. Your pizzas (yes, been in the US several times) are just horrible cheese with no character ... Alessio either is not the big pizza eater or already so Americanized that he has forgot his origin :D
My wife and I love you guys, I will not rest until you come to Orlando and try at least 3 Brazilian Italian style pizzerias, it would blow your mind how close to Italy pizzeria with the only difference we have much better toppings , please reach out to us when you come ,Paulo & Rosangela.
I love Blaze and agree it deserves the top score! I dont know if you guys are into thin crust, but I think the thin crust Papa John's pizza is infinitely better than their regular crust. I would have also loved your take on Costco pizza 🍕
Ok Blaze is my favorite for fast pizza. Yay Alessio! They also have the super hot pizza ovens at Blaze, I think they do a great job for the price. Jessi! Go to Blaze and get a high rise crust. If you like a spicier profile, get the spicy sauce. Then get 20 other toppings if you want (I do!).
I really liked that Alessio didn't just give them all a zero and rated them as American Pizza and not just pizza on this one. It made the video more enjoyable! :)
I grew up with an Italian grandmother and a house full Italian aunts on a dairy ranch. Grandmother matriarch of the family always checking everything, they made and grew most in garden and had other relatives grow the others. Made all pasta, made cheese, sauce, plenty the the spices all from Italy. While in Germany from 1960, 1966 My traveled lots due my mos, and visiting all the countries with a team of personnel we visited the great grandparents home met all of the relatives that lived through the war, their traditions very much alike. They told me where some of them moved to in Greece we traveled there. They had a family Cafe, their were very happy and their recipes were a little spicy, but the taste was marvelous. The best pizza, Supremos.
Man... I liked Little Caesar's asiago crust and things like that, but it's gotta' be hot off the presses and then it was really good. That was the saddest looking pizza I've ever seen tbh. They were already the price-point brand, but what you guys got here was a tragedy... Also, the one pizza I've gotten from Marco's was... The "classic crust" I think? Whatever they call it. Not as doughy as a Papa John's, and I liked it. Don't like how they gave it to you guys, but glad you guys thought it was decent. The price on the Chuck E. Cheese stuff was insane. They also have a ghost brand with a thicker better crust, "Pasquale's", but god knows what they charge for THAT.
not all are equal though, but as a kid, we had a good one, best pizza ever had (and good price for it too), but some others weren't as good, sadly... maybe not same chefs, ovens, ingredients, etc etc etc... hmm... ------------ "restaurant" pizza: 1. Round Table 2. Lamp Post 3. Toppers 4. Baroni's "fast food" pizza: 1. Papa John's 2. Pizza Man Dan's 3. Dominos 4. Little Caesar's 5. Sharky's 6. Ameci's 7. Pizza Hut 8. Presto Pasta
It's not an American thing though. Almost all of Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America all enjoy strong flavors. Most people from these regions consider European food to lack flavor for the most part. It's important to point out that the American preference for strong flavors is the norm around the world (and it would make sense for Americans to adopt this trend as they are one of the few ethnically diverse countries on our planet)
I wonder if that European trait for "balanced simple" food is why us white ppl have a stereotype of liking bland food 😂 My family is a big spice, lime, and hot sauce family, so we must have "assimilated" to 'Merica along the way 🦅🦅🦅
It's all about personal opinion, but for me, it has to be Santioni's Italian here in Jacksonville, FL. It's a family business and they are from Italy and import nearly all the topping and hand make their pizza sauce. After the dough is made and the guy spins it around in the air from hand to hand to evacuate all the air pockets, then it goes into a real brick oven - not a stainless steel oven. It takes a little longer and a large cheese is $20 but it blows away all the other ones in this video. Their calzones are just as great. Since none of the pizzas you reviewed scored high, if you ate at Santioni's you'd give their pizza a 10/10. grazie.
I live in Jax in the Orange Park area now, but I grew up in NJ where in my opinion they make the best pizza in the U.S. Where is Santioni's located?? I don't mind driving a little or paying a little more for the real deal. Renna's used to be really good. The founders were from Brooklyn, but good luck finding a single person with Italian heritage working there now. The pizza is still decent, but not what it used to be.
@@Barneyrubble241 When I worked there and was a frequent customer, the original location was on San Jose Blvd in Mandarin. I just now saw that Bruno and Silvana sold the restaurant and they are close to you on Fleming Island. Google Santioni's and their website will come up with the address and menu, which is much more extensive. There is even a picture of Uncle Bruno. If the recipes and the high quality ingredients are the same, please give them a try and you will be throwing rocks at Pizza Hut, Dominos, and Pappa Johns.
If you are close to Johnson City, TN it may be worth the drive to Greg's Pizza. Greg's originated in Elkhart, In. I have only had the Greg's Volcano (as it's known in Elkhart), but it is my favorite pizza of all time!
@@jennifer1329I saw many Italians in Italy eating pizza with their hands 😂. As a non American, I have noticed that the most hateful comments in any thread are from Italians
Our local Marco in Falmouth, Va. makes great pizza. You two would probably find Marco's Pepperoni Magnifico pizza way too oily, but it's a American pepperoni addicts dream pizza. I do prefer my local pizzeria, which is a part of a very small chain, like four stores. Great pizza review video, no extra nonsense.
Fun fact, Leprino supplies cheese to many well-known pizza chains, including Pizza Hut, Domino's, Little Caesars, Papa John's, Hungry Howie's, Tombstone, Tony's, Jack's, and Digiorno. This is why their cheese sucks, from the anti caking additives
The reason Little Ceasars Pizza had the slogan pizza pizza is because when you ordered one, you would get two pizzas that was on a piece of cardboard that slid into a paper bag. You always got two pizzas even if you ordered just one.
I am eating a free Little Ceasars cheese pizza while watching this....Little Ceasars sent me a coupon for a free Birthday pizza....very grateful & no other pizza franchise did this for me. Thanks, Little Ceasars!
I believe both Pizza Hut and dominoes does this if you sign up for their points programs through the app or email, if you sign up for all the restaurant chains you'll find out that not only do you get free birthday pizzas but occasionally they just will randomly send you a coupon for a free pizza or hugely discounted one, there are specials around holidays and National Pizza day, and you'll find that between doing that and earning points you'll get even more free pizza and it really brings the price down and it's always nice to have free hot Pizza coupons as an option on nights that you don't want to cook!
After growing up with Chicago thin crust from local places, none of these places would score high with me. The only time I ever thought Domino's was good was after a couple weeks in the field eating MREs and field hots.
Now you have to try Papa Murphy's pizza! The Take N Bake pizza. Medium 12" large 14" and family size 16". You can half the pizza so half cheese and half specialty. On Tuesday the large specialty is $12 in my area normally $15
Stuffed ones are great. Really enjoyed Papa Murphy, Although my problem is…, southern Ohio all closed (+6), Columbus Ohio all closed (6+), Northern Kentucky all closed (6+), Winnipeg Manitoba Canada all closed (4).
I've never had Marco's or Blaze. Guess I'm having pizza tonight. :D That Marco's pizza looked really good, and I'm pretty sure it's the same one y'all went to that delivers to me. ;)
yes, coal fired, so the pizza tastes like it was baked over a burning tire... yes, i've been to new haven and tried pepes and sullys and it's ok, but overhyped by the locals who think it's the best. new york is also overhyped. i've had better pizza in the wierdest places, sometimes you run into a gem in the middle of nowhere.
Marco's is typically my go-to for carryout pizza. It was founded in Toledo, Ohio, and I went to school near there. My all-time favorite is Myles, in Bowling Green, but they are no more, sadly.
The oven bake time at Papa John’s is set to ensure the Extra Large is baked long enough. Therefore the smaller sizes end up slightly (or not so slightly) overcooked. Noticed you had a Large PJs so may want to try the XL.
@@rudfil some of what I call cheap synthetic cheese has a lot of chemicals in it, and a certain hormone that increases milk production which effects the flavor. Yes, I'm a American and i've eaten the natural cheese, and synthetic cheese and there's a difference.
Love you two and your wonderful content!! highly requesting your reviews of different brownie/cake mixes and frosting etc Also, have you considered reviewing local restaurants NON chain or fast food??
It looks like you guys have good taste in pizza. Marco's comes out on top for me also. I haven't had Blaze yet, so I can't give an opinion on it. I thought you guys would like Marco's. The guy who founded that chain of pizza places is originally from Italy. If you're ever in Columbus Ohio, I recommend Donatos.
A regional pizza joint that I think you might like is called MOD Pizza. It has the option of a thinner crust or a thicker crust. I know the thinner crusts are made in the restaurant. I've only had the traditional thicker crust once. It was very bready and chewy. Not recommended. You have the option of marinara sauce or a garlic creamy sauce. All of the crust is pressed in a machine with lots of ingredient options. So if you happen to be in a state and city with a location I highly suggest trying it. They are baked in a brick oven with open flame.
Pizza Hut and Numero Uno in the 70’s and 80’s were awesome. Especially PH had a sit down restaurant with tabletop video games…a kids delight!!!
I really like Uno's. I love the four cheese and pesto pizza.😋
PH was still bad.
I agree. Ahh numero uno oh how i miss it.
When I was a little kid in the Cub Scouts back in the 70s, a Pizza Hut restaurant hosted us, and invited us back into their kitchen area where we made several large pizzas, using as much, and as many, ingredients as we each wanted. Some of the pizzas we made had a monster amount of toppings. After we each made our own individual pizzas, we sat down at the tables and waited while they cooked, and then the waitresses served it to us, all free of charge. Pizza Hut will always have a special place in my heart.❤️
Most Pizza Ranch locations are still like this. Only the arcade games are usually stand-up booths, not tables.
A lady in my church is 103 years old. Is from Italy. She lived in America for 80 years. Will not eat anything from anyone else. Make all her own food
Will not eat out..but the only thing she like is Pizza Hut personal pizzas.
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God bless this Italian lady 🙏😭
God bless President Trump 🙏🇺🇸
Yes, I still like the personal pan pizzas. I don't know what it is, but they are better than the regular pizza.
@@biblewomen77 how precious. Thats funny she like pizza hut personal pizzas though🤣
What's that bloated orange bafoon have to do with pizza?@@JimboJones99
The reaction to Marco's felt like you guys were preparing yourself to see an ugly baby and then you saw in the stroller and you' were like OMG it is cuuuuuute 🤣🍕
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I’ve seen that video 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.
We really like Marco's. Their garden pizza is very good
@@dovie2blue Compared to???? The pizza you got from a Neapolitan pizzeria in Italy???
I work in Napoli, just saying ..
@@ZafWitnessLet's not be recognized abroad too! It's in the USA so he/she means among the American pizzas.
I want to see Alessio make his own pizza! A real Italian pizza.
Here's some history about Chuck E Cheese: Chuck E. Cheese was founded in 1977 by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, when it was originally called Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre, who sought to expand video-game arcades beyond adult locations like pool halls to family-friendly venues. His experience in the amusement park industry, and his fondness for the Enchanted Tiki Room, and the former Country Bear Jamboree at Disneyland, influenced his concept for Pizza Time Theatre. He said, "It was my pet project...I chose pizza because of the wait time and the build schedule-very few components, and not too many ways to screw it up." Prior to founding Atari, Bushnell would drive around the Bay Area with Atari co-founder Ted Dabney looking at different pizza parlors and restaurants to brainstorm concepts. "Chuck E. Cheese was always his (Nolan's) passion project, even before Atari was a thing," said Dabney. "He wanted to start a business of family-friendly restaurants with amusement park midway games. I think initially it made no fiscal sense, so he shelved it for a while, but then when Atari took off, he had the means to pursue it, plus a built-in distribution model for Atari's new releases." When his first animatronic show was being assembled, Bushnell learned the costume he had bought for his main character, a coyote, was actually a rat, prompting him to suggest changing the name from "Coyote Pizza" to "Rick Rat's Pizza". His marketing team believed this name would not be appealing to customers and proposed "Chuck E. Cheese" instead. Their first one opened in San Jose.
In 1978, when Atari's then-corporate parent, Warner Communications refused to open additional locations, Bushnell purchased the rights to the concept and characters from Warner. To expand beyond the West Coast, Nolan opted to franchise, resulting in a co-development agreement between himself and Robert Brock of Topeka Inn Management in June 1979. The agreement handed Brock exclusive franchising rights for opening Pizza Time Theatres in sixteen states across the South and Midwest, while also forming a company subdivision, "Pizza Show Biz", to develop the Pizza Time Theatres. Late in 1979, Brock became aware of Aaron Fechter of Creative Engineering, Inc. and his work in animatronics. In December 1979, Brock and Fechter formed ShowBiz Pizza Place Inc, and Brock gave notice to sever his development relationship with Bushnell. ShowBiz Pizza Place opened its first location in 1980 in Kansas City. Unlike ShowBiz, Pizza Time focused less on food quality, which was being offered at premium prices. The company placed more attention on gaming, but the popularity of arcades was beginning to decline in the country. As a result, Chuck E. Cheese revenues began to fall by the end of 1982. Pizza Time Theatre filed for Chapter 11 in March 1984. They were then purchased by Brock in May 1985, merging the two into ShowBiz Pizza Time Inc. Both restaurant chains continued to operate under their respective titles, but beginning in June 1990, ShowBiz restaurants began converting their stage shows and rebranding their storefronts to Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza. By 1994, all ShowBiz restaurants had rebranded into Chuck E. Cheese. The name was then shortened to Chuck E. Cheese's by March 1994 after a redesigned concept.
They recycle pizza 😅😅😅
Very Interesting information..Thanks!🙂
I am proud to admit that I've never had Chuck E. Cheese pizza.
@@Linda-qp9kpHad it once and I thought it was ok if I really wanted pizza and it was the only pizza around. I didn't care for their premade cardboard crust though. I've never had Little Caesars but, I've always wanted to try it once. However, there's better fast food pizzas around it like Domino's and Pizza Hut and I always end up buying Domino's over both as it's only $7 for a 1 topping carryout. Pizza Hut if I wanted to eat a lot for a little as they have a lunch buffet for $12.
That's a myth @@Gevieiveg
Pizza Hut is one of my favorites.
I love pizza so much, that even *bad* pizza is still pretty good. I can’t imagine rating any of these less than a 6 or 7.
American: “I’m trying to be nice”
Italian: “try to be honest” 😂
if no pizza gets a 7, well i just don't think they like pizza
Casey's Pizza is our new family favorite. We love Marco's and Papa John's, too.
My daughter likes Casey's pizza. I like it, but depends on the cook for sure. They have a great breakfast pizza.
Casey's Pizza is really good, their breakfast pizza is Iconic but their taco and supreme pizzas are also very good!
Casey's is good pizza
I love Casey's and miss it so much! We moved from the Midwest so I don't get it now :(
@BigHunny61 Ours used to be AMAZING but they've gone downhill a lot for some reason, which is upsetting because it used to be the best in town. Their meats give a stomach ache and baking level is too variable, ranging from doughy and soggy to just plain overcooked.. I suspect the current employees/management improperly executing their methods, not operating to standards because it's still really good from most other towns.
Gotta eat local mom and pop pizza now! It is always better than the chains.
I live in NJ and would never consider pizza from a chain store lol. Local pizzerias are so much better.
most chain restraints are terrible. lol mom and pop is where its at
I disagree most the time I like my pizza doughy soft and sweet there is only one place that's not a big franchise that I like I love little Ceasars and pizza hut and have been wanting to try Papa John's but the oly non franchise I like is a place called Toppers but I mostly like them cuz their garlic knots and cheese stix
@@Aj_Leigh - The only pizza i've ever tried from a chain that I just straight up couldn't eat is Little Caesars. My friends used to pick up their $5 pizzas which were a good size for the price but I found it so awful I wouldn't care if it was free. Papa John's I generally like but I have to select the "well done" option because they tend to undercook their pizzas for my taste. Domino's are hit and miss for me and I haven't had Pizza Hut since I was 8 but would be curious to try them again.
@nkw1985 I like it under cooked I hate it to crispy or too dark/burnt I like my crust to be pale
Love Marcos AND Pizza Hut! Pizza Hut is iconic from my childhood and I always love it…especially the Personal Pan pizza.
Pizza Hut has gone downhill so quickly, I don't remember when they stopped selling personal pan pizzas but that was always fun for people to go and get their favorite kind of pizza, cook to order, not super cheap but affordable for most, to sit down and enjoy the dinner with friends. Now it is just Frozen and shove it out a drive-thru window call my very sad.
@@Jack_Stafford- We still have excellent personal pan pizza’s here in northern Florida where we now live. One town in particular. They take their time and it’s perfect every time we have gone. Lucky in this I guess!
I like Dominos cuz their garlic infused crusts are amazing.
Dominos went bankrupt here in Italy...only country where it happened...
It's not infused. We literally just squeeze garlic butter on the crust after it's cooked from a bottle
Auf eine Pizza gehört kein Knoblauch, wenn ich Knoblauch haben will esse ich Knoblauchbrot aber sicherlich keine Pizza mit Knoblauch Geschmack, aber das ist halt typisch Amiland, man denkt es gehört sich so und findet es toll während der Rest der Welt den Kopf schüttelt oder darüber lacht.
@@Chaos2Go It doesnt matter what the rest of the world thinks. It doesnt matter if food is authentic or not. It doesnt matter if food is properly prepared in the traditional manner. All that matters is if it tastes good to urself. Stop trying to shame others just because u feel they have to follow ur opinions.
@@AL.BUNDY. that is true, because america first, austria second ruclips.net/video/AIOV6vUFVcM/видео.html
Shame Alessio didn't notice the pepperoncino they gave you on the side at Papa John's! They give you pepperoncini peppers with every pizza at Papa John's because it all started with Papa John's founder John Schnatter's days as a dishwasher at his dad's pub in Jeffersonville, Indiana. At his dad's tavern, they would always put a pepperoncino pepper inside every pizza. John always acknowledged how much people loved that inclusion of the pepper, and since day one, he made sure there was a pepper in every one of his pizza boxes, too. Nowadays, Papa John's uses thousands of the small green peppers every year. According to Chief Ingredient Officer Sean Muldoon, they estimate that about 25% of Turkey's entire pepperoncini crop (where the chain sources its peppers), goes to Papa John's stores! They've also had a dipping sauce since the first restaurant opened in 1984. It was founded when John Schnatter installed an oven inside a broom closet in the back of his father's tavern. He sold his 1971 Camaro Z28 to purchase $1,600 worth of used pizza equipment and began selling pizzas to the tavern's customers out of the converted closet!
Little Caesars had "Pizza! Pizza!" as their slogan because it referred to the company's original offer of two pizzas for the price of one from competitors. The slogan was introduced in 1979 and was accompanied by packaging that held two pizzas side by side in a long, corrugated cardboard box. I'm glad you didn't do Detroit-style from Jet's to be fair to the rest (Little Caesars is also from the Detroit area too). Detroit-style blows the other styles of pizza in the country out of the water. Detroit-style pizza is my favorite style of pizza...and I'm saying this as a New Yorker born to NJ parents! There's an interesting story behind Detroit-style pizza! You know how Detroit is called the Motor City? Well, its car industry is why Detroit style pizzas are shaped rectangular! It was invented in 1946 at a place called Buddy's by Gus Guerra. Gus was searching for a high-end pizza pan to create the perfect pizza until he realized something. Detroit's auto assembly plants used blue steel utility trays used to hold parts (like nuts, bolts, etc). For these plants, they were just a thing to hold parts...to Gus, it was a Sicilian-like deep dish pizza. Jet's on the other hand was founded in 1978 in the Detroit suburb of Sterling Heights. So with a Detroit-style, you've got the best of a Sicilian with a fluffy crust combined with the best of a Chicago deep dish of putting the sauce on top (though in Chicago deep dish, the sauce is on top to prevent the rest of the pie from burning during cooking; in Detroit-style pizza, the sauce melts into the cheese and crust, creating a signature texture). I love to have my Detroit-style pizza with a drizzle of Mike's Hot Honey, pure honey with real chili peppers and vinegar, and it's perfect.
I've always loved deep dish pizzas so it's always been pan, Detroit and Chicago pizzas as my favorite. To me, it's Chicago, Detroit and then pan as to the types I like best between the three. New York is great too but, I'll still take both Chicago and Detroit over it but not pan.
I don’t care that Papa John Schnatter drops a few n-bombs here and there. He’s a great American. 🇺🇸
Domino's is also a Detroit based chain. In fact, in the 80's, the Detroit Tigers were owned by Domino's founder, Tom Monaghan. Now (and for quite a lot of years), the Tigers have been owned by the Illitch (sp?) family, the owners of Little Ceasars. Interestingly, neither of the pizza chains are known for Detroit style pizza, which, I agree, is superior.
the Domino's pizza has a "garlic oil" that goes on the crust after it comes out of the oven, it's pure margerine, salt, and garlic oil.
Domino's is better without that nonsense on the crust I always order from there with regular crust
Jessi has such an amazing infectious smile. Such a genuine sweet girl!
Let me guess, he complains LOL
Because food in USA just sucks exept south like Texas
@@jugoslavnamljidjiu9021he’s not eating American food. He’s eating fast food pizza. Nobody wants to eat Serbian food.
The irony is you complaining about him complaining. Crazy thing is you don’t have to watch it
@@jugoslavnamljidjiu9021thats wrong you must think the only food every other state just has fast foods
If something is not good why not complain?🤨🧐🤔
Jessi, you are spot on about domino’s. domino’s puts garlic oil on their crust, but only on our hand tossed pizzas (which by the crust thickness, you guys have the hand tossed). Also at domino’s you can ask for light cheese, (which I’m sure you can do at any pizza place, but I can only speak for domino’s), and you can also ask for no garlic oil. - sincerely an employee of domino’s for 1 year.
J&A: Don't forget to test 7/11 cheese pizza! 😋
And Quik Trip... 😆
Better try dog food...
7/11 pizza in AZ is absolute garbage 🤮
I managed a Pizza Hut in the mid-80’s in Dallas. There were 2 doughs, pan pizza (thick and proofed) and thin crust. Both made fresh daily. Everything was standardized as to amounts of each ingredient to put on the chosen dough. My cheese pizza would be identical to one from Houston. They were good pizza’s. I haven’t had a PH lately but the one you bought didn’t look right and the cheese wasn’t stringy enough. Anyway, been to Italy twice and EVERYTHING IS BEST THERE! Love you guys and keep up the good work.
this is very scare, my cat sad
@@grahamcracker659 -- Bot
I was a dough master at Pizza Hut in high school and a manager later. As late as 2004 we still made pan and thin crust dough daily. My favorite thing to do was to make a personal thin crust with yesterday’s dough. Gave it a kind of sourdough flavor.
These two have great chemistry ❤ I wish them many happy years!
We don’t have one, but visually I think Jets looks like the best one. I love an even coating of thick red sauce.
Finally someone from Italy who knows their Italian food to compare it!
Why would anyone compare Italian food to American pizza? Apples & Oranges, so to speak...
17:30 I work at Dominos. It’s vegetable oil that they put on the edge of the crust.
Gross! Olive Oil is the only oil I would use to make a pizza...However, I get my pizza from a place where the owners are from Italy and they are so good. Chain places usually suck. Thanks for saying that though....will never (no matter how hungry I am) eat one from a chain again. lol
I'm from Wisconsin and I LOVE Rocky Roccoco. Still to this day; even though I now love pizza in Illinois. We have a place called Pizza Mia here (in a small town), and I think they are great, as well as Monicals pizza chain for thin crust
We always stop at Rocky Roccoco when we are in Wisconsin! Their sausage is crazy good.
this is very scare, my cat sad
I'm Italian and from NJ (but I'm living in East Texas now by choice!) I really like Pizza Hut's Big New Yorker (permanent on the menu now and has the New York vibe I miss) and Little Caesars supreme pizza but I noticed that Alessio folded every slice of pizza and I thought that was a big No No for Italians?? 😮 I love all your videos and you are the cutest couple I've seen in a while, keep being you and making enjoyable videos ❤
Sophia Loren did so in the movie Houseboat.
As a fellow italian:
1. Marco's
2. Pizza Hut
3. Nothing else
We don't have marco's on west coast
@tru3sk1ll they need to try Me N Eds
Donato's is the only chain pizza worth a damn
I've worked at Little Caesars, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Marco's, Oggi's Pizza, and a small town one called Big Ts pizza in San Bernardino California, and whenever someone asks me which is the best, I tell them that the best pizza is the one that YOU like best. For me personally, it comes down to customization and what im craving. But if i had to choose one place it would probably be Domino's, but the best pizza there is either the pan pizza, or the 16 inch NY thin crust pizza (which is made with mozzarella and provolone by the way).
When Pizza Hut entered the New York market, they had to change the sauce recipe there because New Yorkers thought the sauce was way too sweet. I don’t know if they still do that regional variation, or whether the NY sauce is one of the other “options” when you order elsewhere. So being a NY kid, Pizza Hut was the “least bad” of the chain options, especially when they created the “big New Yorker” pizza with a different crust as well. That pizza is long gone, and now that I live elsewhere in the country, Papa John’s is the “least bad” commercial option. However, I have enough independent stores near me that make much better pizza that I never order from these commercial stores.
My boss who lived in NYC but went to Philly for college LOVED Pizza Hut and he once came to visit my office and he wanted me to get him Pizza Hut for when he got off the plane. So funny.
They actually brought the big new Yorker back this year.
They brought back the big New Yorker earlier this year, before it got replaced with the tavern style. Papa Johns also had a NY style pizza this year that got replaced with the Shaq-a-roni, which is similar because it is giant and has a thin crust.
I looked at the description, and I think back in the day the original Big New Yorker had the NY sauce recipe as well. This looks like the same as a regular pizza, just bigger. I agree with the other commenters that they really need to head to New Haven.
As a New Yorker, Papa John's is the worst
There are a lot of chains in the US (more than are featured here), but local chains and indie shops are my go-to a lot of the time. Don't get me wrong: I love the occasional Papa Murphy's, Domino's, or Pizza Hut, but a lot of times, you can't beat local.
Jessi and Aleesio I absolutely loved watching this video so enjoyable to see both of your opinions on rating this iconic delicious food. I would love to see a video when y’all go to Italy of Jessi trying and ranking authentic Italian food.
There have been videos in Italy where Jesse critiques Italian food. Problem is she really likes Italian food.
@@carolesanderson7393 thank you so much for letting me know
@@carolesanderson7393 when an american guy/girl like european food, i see there no problem ...
Marco’s is actually my favorite chain pizza place. Glad you liked it the most! 😁
CAN'T believe how Chuck E. Cheese can sell a "Medium size" pizza, and when you open the box it turned into a "Small size" one..., even if it was sealed!!
I know. I was shocked by how small it was.
Watching you two unboxing these pizzas and your reactions and faces make me think of Christmas and opening presents 😊
The guy who started Little Caesars, Mike Ilitch (who was Greek), is a heroic figure in Detroit, Michigan. He bought and owned the Detroit Tigers (baseball) and Detroit Red Wings (hockey) and did a lot of great development in downtown Detroit back when nobody else would. He died in old age about 7-8 years ago I think. Fabulously wealthy from bad pizza. It all started from one store in the Detroit suburbs. His family still owns everything. Cool story even though the pizza isn't good. I haven't eaten it in decades.
And he helped Rosa Parks with her rent
Doesn't Eminem live in his mansion now? Or am I conflating people?
It's a lot better pizza nowadays.
@@ascendant95 however I thought that was Dominoes pizza he started and not Little Cesar’s
@@jayhop I don't believe so. That guy bought his mansion in Oakland Township well before Mike Ilitch passed away.
Alessio & Jessi, If you can, make a pizza with Oliverio's Italian Style Peppers from Clarksburg, WV. Italy had a consulate in nearby Fairmont, WV due to the large number of Italian immigrants mining coal in the region. Local Italians boast creations such as the "pepperoni roll" and unique hot dog sauces that can be as spicy as Indian food.
I don't remember the last time i ate pizza. It's been years. Guess what? I'm ordering one now. Your video made me so hungry 😂
I don't trust somebody who hasn't had pizza in years 🧐
With all the extra pizza, you should have done a pt.2 with best “next day morning pizza”
Oh that is a good idea! We have a local shop that has great pizza when fresh however cold next day pizza, it is one of the worst!
You-guys make me smile and laugh…thank you so much…btw…I love Italy, can’t wait to return…❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Real Italian pizza is always like, "Cover the whole top of the pizza with cheese? Oh no, no no, we blob a little over here and a very little more over here as well as blobs of runny tomato gazpacho with a couple giant leaves of whatever weed is growing against the building. Also don't forget to burn part of it and leave other parts uncooked. Also toppings? Toppings? No Pizza for you!"
It cracks me up seeing my hometown pizza company ranked so high in this videos.
I love these videos thank you ❤
You have to get the Papa John's garlic butter while it is still hot and melted.
And of course shake it up like you would shake up any kind of sauce! Of course the taste is going to be off if it is separated
Do they heat it? I'd assume it is usually warmed simply by hanging out with the hot pizza in the box during a delivery drive, rather than eating just outside the front door.
@@whatever8282828 it is usually already hot and melted when it arrives
Fun video!!
You need to come up to Massachusetts and try Papa Ginos. Thin crust not too sloppy.
Back in the day. Little Caesars Pizza Pizza slogan was because they were buy one. Get one free. You pay $10 and got two pizzas
Yep!
hell, i remember when they sold 2 pizzas for $7.99 and instead of a box, both pizzas were on a cardboard sheet inside a paper bag. very limited toppings too.
@@marzsit9833 oh wow! Lol
I worked at one in 1990, this elderly couple came in and only wanted one, I said you get two, they only wanted one and were adamant about only getting one, I said you could give the second one to me for lunch or throw it away
They walked out and didn't buy anything, and no they weren't boomers they were "greatest gen" lol, they could storm the beaches of Normandy but couldn't handle food waste, - real Americans
@@marzsit9833one day I was waiting for my “slice slice” and someone carried out their double paper bag pizza, then the wind blew the door back into his face as he was carrying it out, the pizzas went full vertical and were ruined. He then tried to blame the paper bag, as if a box would have done better in a vertical pizza scenario 😂
"restaurant" pizza:
1. Round Table
2. Lamp Post
3. Toppers
4. Baroni's
"fast food" pizza:
1. Papa John's
2. Pizza Man Dan's
3. Dominos
4. Little Caesar's
5. Sharky's
6. Ameci's
7. Pizza Hut
8. Presto Pasta
Coming from Minnesota to Detroit, which is Papa John's home, all pizzas baked in Detroit are under cooked.
My family always has to add "well done" when ordering.
OK....I've never really liked Dominoes very much, and I found it very VERY poetic that, just as you were about to sample it, you took a short pause to allow a garbage truck to pass. HAHA!!!!
You need to try MOD pizza. Pretty good and they cook it in a flame oven. Personally, its one of my favorites for quick to go meals.
Shakespeare's pizza! And imos
Where I live in NE Ohio I have a feeling the avg slices per year per person is probably four times the national average. We still have a lot of mom & pop pizzerias here. It’s almost a weekly tradition to get pizza. It was when I was growing up for sure. Now days i get it maybe 2-3 times a month. So that’s 12 slices a month for me alone putting me around 130 slices a year. And those are from 14” and 16” pizzas.
Greasy pizza is due to the cooking temperature being too low. The best pizzas you’ll ever have will be cooking in crazy high temps for very short periods of time.
The box-sealing sticker on Chuck E. Cheese’s pizza is something that’s becoming more widespread because of UberEats, DoorDash, etc., to help ensure no one opened your meal before delivering it to you. (Some drivers apparently mess with the food sometimes.)
I think it’s actually a warning to not consume these contents, this pizza is turrible.
I don’t think I’d ever had Papa John’s pizza sober. It was like to go to college Pizza with its garlic sauce. And I’ve never eaten it without the garlic sauce. So a couple years ago, I decided to try it just for fun and after a few bites, I threw the whole thing in the garbage. The fact that you gave it a five makes me laugh so hard. I also tried little Caesars for the first time in like 20 years. And I threw that in the trash as well. Absolutely tasteless cardboard!
I always go for Domino's New York Style, but I can say that a normal pizza place is better then all the chain places, however their like 20$ for a pie, were I can get that Domino's 6.99$ deal.
Exactly
I've read a lot of comments on this video and I agree with this one the most
Me and my wife ran into you both in Maniago last November when we were on our anniversary trip. As we walked into the Pizzeria, Alessio told us that was the best pizza around, lol. We love Italy and been out there 6 times, love your channel. Keep it up!
Too much cheese? Never!😂
That would never be a complaint you would hear from me!😋
Just call it what it is a cheese pie ... that is what it is ... unless you take a real specialty like Quattro formaggi most real Italian pizza has a minimum of cheese.
Your pizzas (yes, been in the US several times) are just horrible cheese with no character ...
Alessio either is not the big pizza eater or already so Americanized that he has forgot his origin :D
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I agree! I'm from Wisconsin, America's Dairyland and you can never have too much cheese, but I do need some good sauce with that!
My wife and I love you guys, I will not rest until you come to Orlando and try at least 3 Brazilian Italian style pizzerias, it would blow your mind how close to Italy pizzeria with the only difference we have much better toppings , please reach out to us when you come ,Paulo & Rosangela.
I love Blaze and agree it deserves the top score! I dont know if you guys are into thin crust, but I think the thin crust Papa John's pizza is infinitely better than their regular crust. I would have also loved your take on Costco pizza 🍕
Ok Blaze is my favorite for fast pizza. Yay Alessio! They also have the super hot pizza ovens at Blaze, I think they do a great job for the price.
Jessi! Go to Blaze and get a high rise crust. If you like a spicier profile, get the spicy sauce. Then get 20 other toppings if you want (I do!).
I really liked that Alessio didn't just give them all a zero and rated them as American Pizza and not just pizza on this one. It made the video more enjoyable! :)
Great, someone else agrees with
I grew up with an Italian grandmother and a house full Italian aunts on a dairy ranch. Grandmother matriarch of the family always checking everything, they made and grew most in garden and had other relatives grow the others. Made all pasta, made cheese, sauce, plenty the the spices all from Italy. While in Germany from 1960, 1966
My traveled lots due my mos, and visiting all the countries with a team of personnel we visited the great grandparents home met all of the relatives that lived through the war, their traditions very much alike. They told me where some of them moved to in Greece we traveled there. They had a family Cafe, their were very happy and their recipes were a little spicy, but the taste was marvelous. The best pizza, Supremos.
Man... I liked Little Caesar's asiago crust and things like that, but it's gotta' be hot off the presses and then it was really good. That was the saddest looking pizza I've ever seen tbh. They were already the price-point brand, but what you guys got here was a tragedy... Also, the one pizza I've gotten from Marco's was... The "classic crust" I think? Whatever they call it. Not as doughy as a Papa John's, and I liked it. Don't like how they gave it to you guys, but glad you guys thought it was decent. The price on the Chuck E. Cheese stuff was insane. They also have a ghost brand with a thicker better crust, "Pasquale's", but god knows what they charge for THAT.
Little Caesar specializes in Detroit style. If you order that should get a bit better score.
Blaze, 7, yes. Not overwhelming, ask for it well done!
Try Round Table pizza it's the best!!
not all are equal though, but as a kid, we had a good one, best pizza ever had (and good price for it too), but some others weren't as good, sadly... maybe not same chefs, ovens, ingredients, etc etc etc... hmm...
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"restaurant" pizza:
1. Round Table
2. Lamp Post
3. Toppers
4. Baroni's
"fast food" pizza:
1. Papa John's
2. Pizza Man Dan's
3. Dominos
4. Little Caesar's
5. Sharky's
6. Ameci's
7. Pizza Hut
8. Presto Pasta
I guess I'm fully Americanized because i love strong flavors lol. I had no idea that was an American thing
It's not an American thing though. Almost all of Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America all enjoy strong flavors. Most people from these regions consider European food to lack flavor for the most part. It's important to point out that the American preference for strong flavors is the norm around the world (and it would make sense for Americans to adopt this trend as they are one of the few ethnically diverse countries on our planet)
American pizza is junk food...Italian pizza, a plain one like Margherita, is healthy... That's the main difference
@@wakannnai1 That makes a lot of sense because different types of Asian food is my favorite 😁
I wonder if that European trait for "balanced simple" food is why us white ppl have a stereotype of liking bland food 😂
My family is a big spice, lime, and hot sauce family, so we must have "assimilated" to 'Merica along the way 🦅🦅🦅
@@M.C.K.111 100% true.
Jets deep dish with pepperonis olives onions and green peppers!!!
Jessi you are glowing 😁
It's all about personal opinion, but for me, it has to be Santioni's Italian here in Jacksonville, FL. It's a family business and they are from Italy and import nearly all the topping and hand make their pizza sauce. After the dough is made and the guy spins it around in the air from hand to hand to evacuate all the air pockets, then it goes into a real brick oven - not a stainless steel oven. It takes a little longer and a large cheese is $20 but it blows away all the other ones in this video. Their calzones are just as great. Since none of the pizzas you reviewed scored high, if you ate at Santioni's you'd give their pizza a 10/10. grazie.
I live in Jax in the Orange Park area now, but I grew up in NJ where in my opinion they make the best pizza in the U.S. Where is Santioni's located?? I don't mind driving a little or paying a little more for the real deal. Renna's used to be really good. The founders were from Brooklyn, but good luck finding a single person with Italian heritage working there now. The pizza is still decent, but not what it used to be.
@@Barneyrubble241 When I worked there and was a frequent customer, the original location was on San Jose Blvd in Mandarin. I just now saw that Bruno and Silvana sold the restaurant and they are close to you on Fleming Island. Google Santioni's and their website will come up with the address and menu, which is much more extensive. There is even a picture of Uncle Bruno. If the recipes and the high quality ingredients are the same, please give them a try and you will be throwing rocks at Pizza Hut, Dominos, and Pappa Johns.
Marcos is my favorite, their crust has the best flavor. And I really like the sauce .
Marcos is pretty good but it’s greasy so I blow up the toilet if I have it
Coming from New England and moving to Tennessee last year…. Yeah pizza sucks around here. 🤣
If you are close to Johnson City, TN it may be worth the drive to Greg's Pizza.
Greg's originated in Elkhart, In. I have only had the Greg's Volcano (as it's known in Elkhart), but it is my favorite pizza of all time!
blaze has a double dough option. it's really good!
Jessie talking about the pizze while Alessio munches two slices of it. 😄11:29
A palette is a board for mixing paint. Your taster is a palate.
And a pallet is a flat, portable platform used to store, handle, and transport goods. My pet peeve, these three words.
depends on where you live in the world. here in sweden palette can mean two things, a palette of colors or that something has a palette of flavors
@@jennifer1329a pallet is an antique word for a made up bed in the South too!
18:49 hopefully yall took some stool softeners! 😂
Good to see that Italians fold the slice..
Italians eat pizza with a knife and a fork, in a civilized manner at the table. That was not possible with this experiment.
@@jennifer1329I saw many Italians in Italy eating pizza with their hands 😂.
As a non American, I have noticed that the most hateful comments in any thread are from Italians
@@jennifer1329yet you call yourself civilised 🤦♀️
@@Keyrose-my3xr I am. Not Italian.
We cut pizza with fork and knife and we eat it with hands and fold the slice.😊🍕
I love little Caesars, but you have to ask them to make one fresh. It's worth the wait. Yum!!!!
I love this video! You should also a taste test for frozen pizzas at home!
You know nothing about pizza. Lost all credibility with me.
We will definitely add that to our list!
@@ThePasinis See if you can find a Freschetta Supreme Pizza. They are fantastic.
It's what I buy instead of eating pizza in town.
Our local Marco in Falmouth, Va. makes great pizza. You two would probably find Marco's Pepperoni Magnifico pizza way too oily, but it's a American pepperoni addicts dream pizza. I do prefer my local pizzeria, which is a part of a very small chain, like four stores. Great pizza review video, no extra nonsense.
Fun fact, Leprino supplies cheese to many well-known pizza chains, including Pizza Hut, Domino's, Little Caesars, Papa John's, Hungry Howie's, Tombstone, Tony's, Jack's, and Digiorno. This is why their cheese sucks, from the anti caking additives
The reason Little Ceasars Pizza had the slogan pizza pizza is because when you ordered one, you would get two pizzas that was on a piece of cardboard that slid into a paper bag. You always got two pizzas even if you ordered just one.
I am eating a free Little Ceasars cheese pizza while watching this....Little Ceasars sent me a coupon for a free Birthday pizza....very grateful & no other pizza franchise did this for me. Thanks, Little Ceasars!
I love a fresh cheese pizza from there. Best to order rather than get hot & ready because they dry out in the heating ovens.
I believe both Pizza Hut and dominoes does this if you sign up for their points programs through the app or email, if you sign up for all the restaurant chains you'll find out that not only do you get free birthday pizzas but occasionally they just will randomly send you a coupon for a free pizza or hugely discounted one, there are specials around holidays and National Pizza day, and you'll find that between doing that and earning points you'll get even more free pizza and it really brings the price down and it's always nice to have free hot Pizza coupons as an option on nights that you don't want to cook!
After growing up with Chicago thin crust from local places, none of these places would score high with me. The only time I ever thought Domino's was good was after a couple weeks in the field eating MREs and field hots.
Now you have to try Papa Murphy's pizza! The Take N Bake pizza. Medium 12" large 14" and family size 16". You can half the pizza so half cheese and half specialty. On Tuesday the large specialty is $12 in my area normally $15
I agree. Best of the chain pizza.
sorry it's prob the worse tasting and you have to cook it yourself
Stuffed ones are great. Really enjoyed Papa Murphy, Although my problem is…, southern Ohio all closed (+6), Columbus Ohio all closed (6+), Northern Kentucky all closed (6+), Winnipeg Manitoba Canada all closed (4).
Pizza 🍕 = 😋 ! , Thanks you for the video
How dare he talk bad about the garlic sauce
I've never had Marco's or Blaze. Guess I'm having pizza tonight. :D That Marco's pizza looked really good, and I'm pretty sure it's the same one y'all went to that delivers to me. ;)
Little Caesars bacon wrapped deep dish was one of the best ever.
I used to get that every Friday,after work.Deep dish supreme bacon wrapped pizza.Then they stopped doing it.
Coming from the Chicago region, there’s one chain that reigns supreme. Aurelio’s 🍕
Alessio you two have to have to have to try New Haven style pizza it's delicious it's coal fired and it's in New Haven Connecticut
yes, coal fired, so the pizza tastes like it was baked over a burning tire... yes, i've been to new haven and tried pepes and sullys and it's ok, but overhyped by the locals who think it's the best. new york is also overhyped. i've had better pizza in the wierdest places, sometimes you run into a gem in the middle of nowhere.
Marco's is typically my go-to for carryout pizza. It was founded in Toledo, Ohio, and I went to school near there. My all-time favorite is Myles, in Bowling Green, but they are no more, sadly.
New to the channel and really enjoy it. I always wondered what it would be like if Pam from The Office married an Italian Borat.
I dont do chain pizza places anymore, but Papa John’s thin crust with the peppercini & garlic sauce for the win!!
The oven bake time at Papa John’s is set to ensure the Extra Large is baked long enough. Therefore the smaller sizes end up slightly (or not so slightly) overcooked. Noticed you had a Large PJs so may want to try the XL.
Try Fresh Market pizza (they bake for you in the grocery store). I think it would top your lists…definitely Alessio’s.
Allesio,
My take on fast food pizza is some are cardboard with spiced ketchup, with synthetic plastic cheese, others are just overproofed basic crust.
another thing is most American cheese has ingredients that are banned in a lot of countries.. : (
@@rudfil some of what I call cheap synthetic cheese has a lot of chemicals in it, and a certain hormone that increases milk production which effects the flavor. Yes, I'm a American and i've eaten the natural cheese, and synthetic cheese and there's a difference.
Everything is made from chemicals @@terrycarter1137
Just a heads up. Blaze pizza does have a thicker crust called a High Rise. You both would probably have liked it much more. It's my go to.
The Jets pizza looked perfect! That's real pizza to me ❤❤
Never seen one.
Marco's not only originated in the city I'm from, but the very first store was two blocks away from where I grew up.
Love you two and your wonderful content!! highly requesting your reviews of different brownie/cake mixes and frosting etc
Also, have you considered reviewing local restaurants NON chain or fast food??
It looks like you guys have good taste in pizza. Marco's comes out on top for me also. I haven't had Blaze yet, so I can't give an opinion on it. I thought you guys would like Marco's. The guy who founded that chain of pizza places is originally from Italy. If you're ever in Columbus Ohio, I recommend Donatos.
I bet if you would have gotten the 'detroit style' from either jets or little caesars they would have been a hit.