Fudd said:
Any body noticed that the amount of toppings on pizzas are getting really skimpy. It's understandable that those 99 cent slices are cheap on the toppings but some delivery places that you pay a few bucks for are also getting skimpy.
I hadn't ordered from Panago for a while, then a few weeks ago I ordered two mediums and noticed the amount of topping was very small. Any body have any recommendations for good pizza places that deliver citywide and give you lots of topping?
Roundtable Pizza is one of the few places left that puts a ton of toppings on their pizza... plus you can ask for spicey pizza sauce... get free cilantro and ginger as toppings... plus they smother the pizza in cheese... and it's relatively cheap as a bonus. For their meats, they are VERY GENEROUS and put them UNDER the cheese which I prefer because it keeps it juicy (ie. oily and greasy and nice tasting

)... stuff like pineapples, onions, green peppers, tomatoes. italian sausage go on top... mushrooms, pep, salami, ham, etc. go underneath... I've always felt thoroughly satisfied when ordering a Roundtable pizza... constrast that with a place like Dominos that puts their toppings on top of the cheese so you can see it... looks all nice in the commercials, but IMO, Dominos pizza sucks because A) they cheap out on the toppings... B) the meat like pepperoni on top makes it burnt and dry C) it doesn't keep as well... u can stick a pizza from Round Table in the micro for 30 s in the morning and then over to the toaster oven for 3-5 min... and it's just like it was fresh... can't say that for Dominos...
As for Panago, I used to be a fan since I knew the original owners of the Franchise Panagopolous (sp?)... since they sold it, it became Panago and it went downhill... it's overpriced and overrated... same with Pizza Hut, unless u eat in for their pan pizza... which is the only thing Unique about Pizza Hut.
Godfathers used to make an awesome "hot stuff" pizza until they went out of business... u can still get it at select "Michael's Pizzaria" franchise locations but it's very pricey.
There is also a good $1.25 Pizza place by the slice D/T by Seymour and Dunsmuir... not sure of the name... I think it's just called $1.25 Pizza

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Flying Wedge is also good.
Basically, if a pizza place makes a good pep. and mushroom with a GOOD BASE of pepperoni UNDER the cheese, with lots of pizza sauce to keep it moist, tasty, and zesty... with the cheese BROWNED but not burnt... and not white and undercooked... that usually translates into the rest of their lineup being good... Pep and 1 topping like Mushrooms, pineapple, or green peppers is a good indicator of what the rest will taste like... I often use that as a test when trying out a new pizza place.