Delivery:
Dominos has the most "bread" like crust.
Pizza Hut has an artificial texture and flavor to their crust.
Papa John's crust is like cardboard, sauce tastes like shit. Better the next day when it's cold.
Mr. Gatti's has better toppings than PJ's, but their crust is also cardboard.
Marco's is solid all around, except for their shit pepperoni.
Little Caesars' if you're poor or buying for a huge party.
Austin's Pizza, I would order over all of the above if they delivered to my house.
Restaurant or pick-up only:
Fire & Ice Pizza - this place is 5 fuckin' stars pizza, and has a bar. Win/win.
California Pizza Kitchen, pretty solid toppings since I love sun dried tomatoes. Crust is meh, since it's trying to be "healthy". Also overpriced.
Brick Oven is where I'd take a date for pizza. It's not particularly special, but you can get wine with your pizza.
Mangia's, if you want deep dish, this is the place.
Pinthouse Pizza and East Side Pies are good beer and pizza places for groups.
Other local favorites, Yaghi's and Sidelines hand mold their dough, and cook in a brick oven.
All mom&pop shops are decidedly not the same, though a lot of them are pretty similar in that they use frozen pizza discs that they toss random toppings on and run through a cheap conveyor belt oven that you see in a lot of convenience stores.
All the downtown places in Austin use a stationary oven. Toppings and crust are generally "acceptable", but who gives a fuck when you're slobbering drunk at 3AM.
This is very region dependent, as well, as Dominos has vastly different toppings offerings in places like South Florida or England. London Dominos delivery had some crazy shit you could get.
Dominos has the most "bread" like crust.
Pizza Hut has an artificial texture and flavor to their crust.
Papa John's crust is like cardboard, sauce tastes like shit. Better the next day when it's cold.
Mr. Gatti's has better toppings than PJ's, but their crust is also cardboard.
Marco's is solid all around, except for their shit pepperoni.
Little Caesars' if you're poor or buying for a huge party.
Austin's Pizza, I would order over all of the above if they delivered to my house.
Restaurant or pick-up only:
Fire & Ice Pizza - this place is 5 fuckin' stars pizza, and has a bar. Win/win.
California Pizza Kitchen, pretty solid toppings since I love sun dried tomatoes. Crust is meh, since it's trying to be "healthy". Also overpriced.
Brick Oven is where I'd take a date for pizza. It's not particularly special, but you can get wine with your pizza.
Mangia's, if you want deep dish, this is the place.
Pinthouse Pizza and East Side Pies are good beer and pizza places for groups.
Other local favorites, Yaghi's and Sidelines hand mold their dough, and cook in a brick oven.
All mom&pop shops are decidedly not the same, though a lot of them are pretty similar in that they use frozen pizza discs that they toss random toppings on and run through a cheap conveyor belt oven that you see in a lot of convenience stores.
All the downtown places in Austin use a stationary oven. Toppings and crust are generally "acceptable", but who gives a fuck when you're slobbering drunk at 3AM.
This is very region dependent, as well, as Dominos has vastly different toppings offerings in places like South Florida or England. London Dominos delivery had some crazy shit you could get.
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