[lockmat]

It is according to this LA Times Travel wrtier. He chose Star.

http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/...-star-or--4784/

I have never had Brother's. Double Dave's is pretty good, I must admit.

This post has been edited by lockmat: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 3:33 PM

[cosmic08]

lockmat, on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 @ 3:29pm, said:

It is according to this LA Times Travel wrtier. He chose Star.

http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/...-star-or--4784/

I have never had Brother's. Double Dave's is pretty good, I must admit.

Wow - I'm kinda shocked about Brother's. I mean I like Brother's and all, grew up on it, but I thought only north siders knew about it

I like Barry's on Richmond, but my ultimate fav is Star

[Fringe]

Grimaldi's has spoiled me. Best pizza I have ever had.

[crunchtastic]

Romanos!

Sbarro? That's airport concourse pie, not pizza, lol!

[lockmat]

crunchtastic, on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 @ 3:42pm, said:

Romanos!

Sbarro? That's airport concourse pie, not pizza, lol!

haha, but it's gooood

[sarahiki]

I like Romano's. But Dolce Vita makes the best. Star cheese pizza is disgusting.

[west20th]

Chicago's Pizza on North Main.

[EMME]

dagnabbit, now I'm hungry for pizza.

[sheeats]

Double Dave's? DOUBLE DAVE'S? Why is that abomination even on the list?!?

Good grief. Double Dave's is for people in the far exurbs who think Cheddar's is fancy Saturday night date dining. SORRY. Double Dave's has some of the rankest, nastiest pizza I've ever had the displeasure of tasting.

/rant over

My vote goes to Dolce Vita. (Shocker, I'm sure. )

This post has been edited by sheeats: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 4:37 PM

[august948]

crunchtastic, on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 @ 3:42pm, said:

Romanos!

Sbarro? That's airport concourse pie, not pizza, lol!

We tried Romano's and didn't think it was as good as New York Pizzaria, which is itself just middle of the road. Brothers is pretty good. I've never been to Dolce Vita...where is that?

[rsb320]

I think Pink's Pizza is good.

[ProHouston]

sheeats, on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 @ 4:37pm, said:

Double Dave's? DOUBLE DAVE'S? Why is that abomination even on the list?!?

Good grief. Double Dave's is for people in the far exurbs who think Cheddar's is fancy Saturday night date dining. SORRY. Double Dave's has some of the rankest, nastiest pizza I've ever had the displeasure of tasting.

/rant over

My vote goes to Dolce Vita. (Shocker, I'm sure. )

<ProHouston puts his hand in the face of anyone who talks smack about DoubleDaves>. Though I will admit that I've never had Dolce Vita. My fav is Pepperoni's though, but watch out, it can only be had in the far southwest "exurbs" of Sugar Land and the like

This post has been edited by ProHouston: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 4:55 PM

[JLWM8609]

I thought it was funny how Romano's didn't make the list in your little poll here. I've had it myself and I wasn't too impressed. And maybe it was just the Texan in me or else I'm just influenced by the cheap shots I've seen taken at Texas lately by New Yorkers, but I found the sign about not asking for ranch in the typical New York attitude (the note ends with "SO DON'T ASK") to be distasteful. Drowning pizza in ranch is not my personal taste, but I feel that if anyone wants to drown their pizza in ranch, heck, let em do it. Let folks do what they want, it's the Texan way. They gave you money for the slice of pizza. It's their pizza now and they can do whatever they please with it. What's to stop you if they take it home, are you gonna follow them home to make sure they don't dip it?

[lockmat]

sheeats, on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 @ 4:37pm, said:

Double Dave's? DOUBLE DAVE'S? Why is that abomination even on the list?!?

Good grief. Double Dave's is for people in the far exurbs who think Cheddar's is fancy Saturday night date dining. SORRY. Double Dave's has some of the rankest, nastiest pizza I've ever had the displeasure of tasting.

/rant over

My vote goes to Dolce Vita. (Shocker, I'm sure. )

I've had Double Dave's two or three times. I thought it was pretty good each time.

[lockmat]

sheeats, on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 @ 4:37pm, said:

Double Dave's? DOUBLE DAVE'S? Why is that abomination even on the list?!?

I like double daves like you like shipley's

poo-ee

[crunchtastic]

lockmat, on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 @ 9:55pm, said:

I like double daves like you like shipley's

poo-ee

shipley's?? Do they have artisanal cocktail weenies in their kolaches now, or something?

[Chamo]

I really like Antonio's flying pizza on Hillcroft also the Pizza from Grotto's. Star used to be a regular stop for me when lived around that area.

Nothing wrong with Double Dave's pepperoni rolls. Look forward to trying Grimaldi's.

[ijaxon]

sarpino's on beltway 8 and fallbrook is pretty darn good. also hawaiian brothers on 8/west

[musicman]

crunchtastic, on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 @ 10:06pm, said:

shipley's?? Do they have artisanal cocktail weenies in their kolaches now, or something?

evidently, they had a battle kolache

[sheeats]

musicman, on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 @ 6:39am, said:

evidently, they had a battle kolache

This thread has totally decided the Food Fight for next week. It's Battle Pizza, biznatches. I'll set up a poll and have folks choose the two they want to go head to head. We'll have those two delivered to the HP office and get after it.

[rsb320]

august948, on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 @ 4:47pm, said:

We tried Romano's and didn't think it was as good as New York Pizzaria, which is itself just middle of the road. Brothers is pretty good. I've never been to Dolce Vita...where is that?

I thought is was Romano's New York Pizzaria. At least that's what it said on the box when we ordered from there last week. The pizza was marginal at best, but I did not make the toppings decision. The thin crust pizza was soggy in the middle and the sun dried toms packed a twang.

Nobody's mentioned Fuzzy's or Frank's or Farago.

[ToryGattis]

How did Candelari's not make the short list?

Long live King Mike's!

http://www.candelaris.com/

[ProHouston]

rsb320, on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 @ 9:30am, said:

I thought is was Romano's New York Pizzaria. At least that's what it said on the box when we ordered from there last week. The pizza was marginal at best, but I did not make the toppings decision. The thin crust pizza was soggy in the middle and the sun dried toms packed a twang.

Nobody's mentioned Fuzzy's or Frank's or Farago.

Here's a vote for Fuzzy's.

[KinkaidAlum]

I miss Panjo's.

That was the best pizza, ever. Simple. Thin crust. Extra crispy. Spicy pepperoni. I hear there's one down in Rockport. Thinking about going down there just for a pie...

Antonio's Flying Pizza is also pretty good.

[barracuda]

I vote for Dolce Vita by far. I've had too many disappointing pizzas at Star Pizza, and their service is always terrible.

[sevfiv]

I haven't been to Double Dave's in ages (wasn't there one near Shepherd/Richmond?) but my faint memory recalls the likes of Chuck E. Cheese.

The small pizzas at Brasil are decent, though the last one I had was very...soupy (might have just been a cheese overload, though).

[gto250us]

ToryGattis, on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 @ 9:34am, said:

How did Candelari's not make the short list?

Long live King Mike's!

http://www.candelaris.com/

Candelari's is very, very good. Star is over rated.

[frheard]

Ponzo's on Bagby is quite good. Dolce Vita is amazing, but pretty gourmet and authentic, kind of on a different level than most places, opposed to the traditional pepperoni and sausage most Americans expect. The Robiola pizza will make you slap your mama. I'm trying Pink's tonight. All this pizza talk...makin' me hungry.

[heights_yankee]

barracuda, on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 1:30 PM, said:

I vote for Dolce Vita by far. I've had too many disappointing pizzas at Star Pizza, and their service is always terrible.

gto250us, on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 3:23 PM, said:

Candelari's is very, very good. Star is over rated.

Another pizza lover who finds Star completely overrated. Ugh.

We get Candelari's often for delivery. Solid. Dolce Vita is good for fancy pizza, but when I just really want a big, old plain slice of cheese, I honestly love New York Pizzeria. It reminds me of the good, divey places back home. How they perfected that in a chain, I'll never know.

[20thStDad]

heights_yankee, on Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 2:08 PM, said:

Another pizza lover who finds Star completely overrated. Ugh.

We get Candelari's often for delivery. Solid. Dolce Vita is good for fancy pizza, but when I just really want a big, old plain slice of cheese, I honestly love New York Pizzeria. It reminds me of the good, divey places back home. How they perfected that in a chain, I'll never know.

I vote NY Pizzeria, we love that one. But I will say that we've seen different quality and totally different outcome between the different locations. The one in Pearland is good, so is midtown. The Jillian's one not so much. Westheimer@Chimney Rock is also good.

[sheeats]

FYI, the "poll" is up over at the Press and we're up to 90 entries so far. Looks like it's tentatively between Pink's and Star Pizza at this point:

http://blogs.houston...d_your_help.php

[Gary]

ToryGattis, on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 9:34 AM, said:

How did Candelari's not make the short list?

Long live King Mike's!

http://www.candelaris.com/

I agree... Candelaris has excellent pizza.

[lockmat]

sheeats, on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 3:08 PM, said:

FYI, the "poll" is up over at the Press and we're up to 90 entries so far. Looks like it's tentatively between Pink's and Star Pizza at this point:

http://blogs.houston...d_your_help.php

For the record, I only said I liked Double Dave's, not that I thought it was the best. Maybe that was in reference to somethingsomeone else.

[musicman]

lockmat at least you could've received some credit for starting the discussion. looks like the press is trying to take credit.

[Ethanra]

Sure there is better ... But my favorite is Frank's DT.... Maybe it just taste better after drinking all night....

[lockmat]

musicman, on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 4:13 PM, said:

lockmat at least you could've received some credit for starting the discussion. looks like the press is trying to take credit.

Or at the very least, the LA Times blogger who I cited

[Pumapayam]

sheeats, on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 4:37 PM, said:

Double Dave's? DOUBLE DAVE'S? Why is that abomination even on the list?!?

Good grief. Double Dave's is for people in the far exurbs who think Cheddar's is fancy Saturday night date dining. SORRY. Double Dave's has some of the rankest, nastiest pizza I've ever had the displeasure of tasting.

/rant over

My vote goes to Dolce Vita. (Shocker, I'm sure. )

Yeah, seriously along the lines of Little Seizures! Just a pile of grease.

DD's is all over Bryan-College Station too.

[sheeats]

lockmat, on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 3:38 PM, said:

For the record, I only said I liked Double Dave's, not that I thought it was the best. Maybe that was in reference to somethingsomeone else.

FWIW, you aren't the only person who's mentioned Double Dave's. I hear it all the time, all over the place. I think when I saw it on here that day, it was the veritable straw that broke the camel's back, that's all.

lockmat, on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 4:44 PM, said:

Or at the very least, the LA Times blogger who I cited

And you're right that "started" was a poor choice of words. I've changed it to the far more correct "engaged in." No hard feelings?

This post has been edited by sheeats: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 5:00 PM

[Pumapayam]

sheeats, on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 4:55 PM, said:

And you're right that "started" was a poor choice of words. I've changed it to the far more correct "engaged in." No hard feelings?

Way to go with the quick response and change K.

[lockmat]

sheeats, on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 4:55 PM, said:

FWIW, you aren't the only person who's mentioned Double Dave's. I hear it all the time, all over the place. I think when I saw it on here that day, it was the veritable straw that broke the camel's back, that's all.



And you're right that "started" was a poor choice of words. I've changed it to the far more correct "engaged in." No hard feelings?

we're cool. i was just messing with ya ;)

[sheeats]

FYI: The three contenders are going to be Star, Romano's and Pink's. Star got 20 votes, while Romano's and Pink's were tied at 14 each. Runners-up were Dolce Vita with 11 votes, Russo's with 10 and Brother's with 8. And then about a bazillion votes for every other pizza place in town. Yeesh.

[mkultra25]

Clearly, the Heights is the headquarters for good pizza.

So how many votes did Double Dave's get?

[rsb320]

sheeats, on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 1:06 PM, said:

FYI: The three contenders are going to be Star, Romano's and Pink's. Star got 20 votes, while Romano's and Pink's were tied at 14 each. Runners-up were Dolce Vita with 11 votes, Russo's with 10 and Brother's with 8. And then about a bazillion votes for every other pizza place in town. Yeesh.

I voted for other and did not have a write-in option. My intention was to vote for Pink's.

[rsb320]

mkultra25, on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 3:37 PM, said:

Clearly, the Heights is the headquarters for good pizza.

How so? Montrose has locations for all of the top 3 in the poll.

[sheeats]

FYI, the results of Battle Pizza:

http://blogs.houston...attle_pizza.php

SPOILERS:

Pink's won. Then Star. Then Romano's.

[TheNiche]

lockmat, on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 8:52 PM, said:

I've had Double Dave's two or three times. I thought it was pretty good each time.

Try the stromboli. That and the buffet feature are their only redeeming qualities.

[rsb320]

sheeats, on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 9:27 PM, said:

FYI, the results of Battle Pizza:

http://blogs.houston...attle_pizza.php

SPOILERS:

Pink's won. Then Star. Then Romano's.

All good in different ways. Luckily I'm "In the Zone" for delivery by all three.

[20thStDad]

Went to Chicago Pizza just now, got the deep dish and liked it. Not as good as what I had in Chicago, but good enough to satisfy and return.

[sarahiki]

I don't think anyone mentioned Napoli's Flying Pizza. I like it... NY style, thin crust, not soggy. Lacks the refinement of Dolce Vita, but it deserves mention.

[mkultra25]

rsb320, on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 3:52 PM, said:

How so? Montrose has locations for all of the top 3 in the poll.

Yeah, I forgot Pink's has a Montrose outpost now. I've never been to Romano's, and didn't realize it was in Montrose as well.