The Best Pizzas in America

[makattak]

It's in the same shopping complex as the Sam's Club and Target, not far from Blue Ridge Arsenal.  I think that time Mike and I hit it was after a gun show at the Expo Center.

Chris

On route 50 just past (west) of 28.

My wife and I have enjoyed that place. Additionally it was our last meal prior to our first child's birth.

[Perd Hapley]

Where is your God now?

Warming up the fires of hell.


I'm surprised to see so much love for CiCi's. I thought folks would get all snobby about it. For buffet pizza, it is A-OK.

[mtnbkr]

I'm surprised to see so much love for CiCi's. I thought folks would get all snobby about it. For buffet pizza, it is A-OK.

Surprised me too.  It's not my favorite pizza, but it'll do and the quantities help. :)

My favorite in the "don't need to take out a loan to eat" range is Brixx.  My penultimate favorite is Mad Fox, but every time I go there, I end up with a $100 tab for 4 between beer, appetizers, pizza, and dessert.

Chris

[K Frame]

Decent and cheap. What's not to love?

[K Frame]

'Warming up the fires of hell.'

FRESH PIZZA BOYS!

[MechAg94]

It has been a while since I had CiCis, but I don't recall it being that good.

Buffet pizza is all a out how well the workers maintain it.  Even the best place sucks if the people running it put out a bunch of crap pizza and the never replace it because it sits there since no one wants it.  There used to be Pizza Inn places around, but they would always load up the buffet with crap.  The one pepperoni put out would be gone in seconds and everyone would hopefully wait for a fresh pizza. 

[mtnbkr]

Turnover at CiCi's is usually pretty high, to the extent that the popular pizzas (mac & cheese) go so fast you might not get a slice if you're not waiting for it specifically. 

Chris

[Dannyboy]

Mac & cheese pizza? How does a loving god allow such abomination?

Man, I'm with ya. I love pizza and I love mac & cheese but the two together just seem...unseemly.

[MechAg94]

Turnover at CiCi's is usually pretty high, to the extent that the popular pizzas (mac & cheese) go so fast you might not get a slice if you're not waiting for it specifically. 

Chris

Yeah, that would happen.  I worked at a pizza place in high school so I am picky.  People generally liked meats and pepperoni was most popular.  When they start adding veggies to everything it really cuts down on who will eat it and the buffets gets loaded with crap few want, then they won't replace it. 

[Ben]

Yeah, that would happen.  I worked at a pizza place in high school so I am picky.  People generally liked meats and pepperoni was most popular.  When they start adding veggies to everything it really cuts down on who will eat it and the buffets gets loaded with crap few want, then they won't replace it. 

When I'm somewhere I've never been that has pizza by the slice out in the display case or whatever they call it (airports are a good example), I will generally only try either the pepperoni or plain cheese pizza. A combination of not knowing how long the pizza has been out and the quality of other meats or meat-like products on their other pizzas makes me wary of potential stomach problems. I've in the past tried "meat lovers" and other pizzas with sausage in those kinds of places that had a funny enough taste that I threw them away after a couple of bites. I figure besides popularity, the pepperoni is probably salted enough that it can be out for a month without going bad. 

[Perd Hapley]

Man, I'm with ya. I love pizza and I love mac & cheese but the two together just seem...unseemly.

I'm lukewarm on macaroni, and on cheese, and I find the combination of pasta and cheese...unseemly.

[Marnoot]

[TommyGunn]

That's just plain evil.   

[zxcvbob]

WTF is that??  It looks like a pepperoni birthday cake...  [intrigued]

[Marnoot]

WTF is that??  It looks like a pepperoni birthday cake...  [intrigued]

http://www.pillsbury.com/everyday-eats/pizza/oh-yes-we-did-pepperoni-pizza-cake

[Perd Hapley]

I'll try it!

[K Frame]

Turnover at CiCi's is usually pretty high, to the extent that the popular pizzas (mac & cheese) go so fast you might not get a slice if you're not waiting for it specifically. 

Chris

I remember you bowling through that 9-11 year old softball team and rolling that elderly grandmother in the wheel chair out of the way to get that fresh mac & cheese pizza...

Was so proud of you...

[MillCreek]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/09/29/352507263/sandwich-monday-the-pizza-cake?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140929

Pizza cake article, including link to the recipe on Buzzfeed.

[K Frame]

I have about as much interest in pizza cake as I have in deep dish pizza, which isn't a lot.

Of course, if there was only a pizza cake to eat, I'd deal with it.

[erictank]

Turnover at CiCi's is usually pretty high, to the extent that the popular pizzas (mac & cheese) go so fast you might not get a slice if you're not waiting for it specifically. 

Chris

And they'll make you whatever you want, if it's not out there - so you can get your fresh taco or mac & cheese pizza.

[K Frame]

I'd forgotten about the taco pizza... that one was QUITE good, too!

[MechAg94]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/09/29/352507263/sandwich-monday-the-pizza-cake?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140929

Pizza cake article, including link to the recipe on Buzzfeed.

My only issue is I really question whether that thing is fully cooked in the middle.  I prefer well done or crispy pizza.  Not sure I would like that.  

http://www.doubledaves.com/menu/handcraftedfavorites.php
This is likely the closest I would get to that of something I like.  Double Dave's Pepperoni Rolls.  Pepperoni and cheese rolled up and cooked.  Dip in marrinara sauce to eat.  Very, very good.  Very very much indigestion and calories/fat.  Double Dave's was one of our favorites after home football games back in college.  They are so-so when cold, but fresh and hot out of the oven they are delicious.