GOD DAMN IT DID

Cici's and Papa Johns are the only bad pizza in Raleigh.

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 11:53 AM. Reason : f]

7/12/2010 11:50:57 AM

Personal favorites would be Lilly's. Brixx is good for a chain place, so's Mellow Mushroom. Ruckus is pretty good, as is Sylvia's (plus Sylvio himself is an awesome guy). Rudino's has some good pies as well.

If we expand to the greater triangle I'm partial to Pepper's and Amante's.

Never been to Moonlight, Capital Creations, Wildflour, Frank's or Pop's backdoor but they're on the "should really try sometime" list.

7/12/2010 12:00:35 PM

now i want pizza for lunch

BOOOO on this thread.

7/12/2010 12:06:05 PM

Quote :

"CiCi's hands fucking down and you all know it."

7/12/2010 12:06:40 PM

Quote :

"this thread has made me decide to go to sauced on Thursday"

Because you like awful pizza or because you like diarrhea?

7/12/2010 12:48:32 PM

yea i was wondering about sauced.

i've heard only bad things about sauced. of course i've never been there so i have no idea.

does anyone else have any information?

7/12/2010 12:50:44 PM

I got 6 wings and a calzone there and couldnt finish beause it was too much food. Big, tasty breaded wings. Calzone was good too.

7/12/2010 12:52:55 PM

i went a while ago in the middle of the afternoon and ordered 2 slices

they sprinkled my toppings on two stale slices of nasty cheese pizza and dropped it in front of me

7/12/2010 12:57:16 PM

I, too, have heard Sauced is awful.

I know I've posted in like 10 of these threads butxas a Raleigh native the best pizza places are

(no particular order)

amedeos, though not sure bc of new ownership
ruckus (mv)
andy's
sinellis
lillys (though I've never had it but it's consistenly number one on citysearch)
Stella mare (cassadoria)

the others mentioned above are the worst, especially the chains and sylvias. I get that the guy is nice and that's probably keeping them in business but their pizza is greasy as shit and the dough is too soft. All the hillsborough st places are highly overrated (I <3 ny the most so).

7/12/2010 12:59:46 PM

^given that you left Piccolo Italia off the list, and couldn't even spell Cinelli's properly...I'm gonna take your list with a grain of salt.

/snob

7/12/2010 2:03:22 PM

Pop's backdoor (or the original) is quality as well, if you're in Durham.

7/12/2010 2:03:35 PM

can i ask why all of the TKE pizza snobs spell piccola with an o?

is this the cool kids/true italian way of spelling it that i don't know about?

because it has been irritating me for awhile

http://www.piccolaitalianc.com/index.php


[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 2:08 PM. Reason : .]

7/12/2010 2:06:44 PM

I guess it's b/c we're stupid

7/12/2010 2:10:14 PM

hahaha

i'm blaming NyM410. i've actually never seen anyone else spell it with an "o" until you just posted. he's the one i frequently see spelling it because he is the one i frequently see arguing about pizza. haha. he probably brain washed you.

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 2:20 PM. Reason : .]

7/12/2010 2:19:32 PM

Lawyered

7/12/2010 2:22:10 PM

let us not forget who made your fabulous appreciation thread

7/12/2010 2:23:59 PM

I don't care what anyone says

I <3 NY Pizza has the best cheese slices anywhere around there (that I've had)

the rest of their pizza with toppings are mediocre at best

7/12/2010 2:24:50 PM

I honestly always thought it was Piccolo. And that is what we always call it. Wow, attention to detail must not be a fine point.

Also, I've been wanting to fit "Lawyered" in to any conversation, real life or TWW all day long for some reason... and the opportunity presented itself.

7/12/2010 2:25:43 PM

^^I've always thought that I Heart NY's cheese was basically a second layer of crust with even more grease on it.

But if you like crusty cheese, that's cool too, I guess.

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 2:27 PM. Reason : .]

7/12/2010 2:26:44 PM

I, too, watch HIMYM

7/12/2010 2:29:08 PM

I don't know I just think it's delicious

7/12/2010 2:29:17 PM

capital creations has the best hawaiian i've ever had and the neopolitan is good too. amantes and ruckus are quality also.

7/12/2010 2:41:50 PM

good love in this thread.

seriously, I like or really really like 5-6 pizza shops around town.

there are probably 2-3 I just absolutely think are shit.

those are:

Marco's
I Love NYP
Papa John's (duh)
Lynnwood Grill (I only include them because people raved about how good it is. It is tomato paste, folks. I couldn't finish 2 slices.)

7/12/2010 3:36:15 PM

No love for Pizzamerica yet?

7/12/2010 3:37:45 PM

oh shit, forgot about them

add them to my shit list

also forgot to add that Wildflour is overrated. didn't hate it, but damn, disappointed.

I've never had Frank's...but Brian, et al, are seriously like the 5th group of people to sing its praises. I'll have to try it.

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 4:19 PM. Reason : dfadsa]

7/12/2010 4:18:28 PM

the thing that isn't overrated at wildflour is the house salad dressing

YUM!

but i'd still rather eat that over like amante. i don't get the amante love. its fine but isn't amazing.

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 4:21 PM. Reason : .]

7/12/2010 4:20:24 PM

THE HONEY MUSTARD DRESSING AT WILDFLOUR IS OMFG

ESPECIALLY IF YOU GET A BOTTLE TO GO AND DIP BAGEL DOGS IN IT

7/12/2010 4:22:04 PM

i've never tried the honey mustard but that looks good too. the house dressing is the bomb

i always get a bottle when i go

7/12/2010 4:23:30 PM

I think Lynwood's pizza gets love in large part due to the fact there's not much in the way of late night grub on that side of town.

Unless you want McDonald's


I've eaten too many of those LG slices out of necessity, but it's nothing exceptional by any means. And I love that place as a whole.

Assaggio's is pretty good IMO

7/12/2010 4:25:52 PM

yeah, I love Lynnwood Grill. the pizza is the only thing I've ever had there that I didn't like at all.

7/12/2010 4:35:21 PM

http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=593574

7/12/2010 6:51:42 PM

Lilly's . My favorite is the Dante's inferno.

7/12/2010 7:05:42 PM

I'm totally behind on this conversation.

I didn't realize that in the past there were periods were Sylvio might not be in the shop while serving pizza. I've been a regular there this last year (had a lot of writing groups that met between there and Mitch's after class) and it's gotten to be just Sylvio, his one non-English speaking Italian friend (young guy, no idea what his name is), and a fat white guy who I think is a business partner (he's almost never there).

As far as Lily's... there's definitely hipsters that eat there, but work there? I don't know MANY of the staff, but those I do aren't even in the same fucking universe.

I am going to check out Frank's sometime this year.

And I'll hit up Ruckus if I can get my grandpa to stop raging at me for this one time when they "ripped him off" on the pricing of his small pizza.

7/12/2010 7:08:27 PM

ha

7/12/2010 7:49:56 PM

My fave is Capital Creations


As far as the other pizza places go, CC is more expensive but its totally worth the extra $$$. Pesky chicken

7/12/2010 7:54:58 PM

The muffaletta pizza from capital creations is pretty dank.

7/12/2010 8:00:32 PM

I know this is a pizza thread but Capital Creations' ribs are good as hell

7/12/2010 8:01:26 PM

Capital Creations is great,
but Moonlight is really fucking good...

7/12/2010 8:05:44 PM

pizza sounds so amazing right now

7/12/2010 8:49:14 PM

went to Frank's after hearing the rave reviews. they are closed until the 19th. wtf

7/16/2010 4:11:42 PM

I want a piccolA pizza bad right now that this has been bumped.

7/16/2010 4:12:48 PM

i had wanted to say something about the spelling for awhile but was too scared to confront the tww pizza gods

[Edited on July 16, 2010 at 4:15 PM. Reason : .]

7/16/2010 4:15:28 PM

Imma go with Lilly's or Cap Creations.

Ruckus is just meh. It's on the second tier.

7/16/2010 4:20:49 PM

it is

HOWEVER

that monday night special occasionally pushes it to the front

when this was bumped on monday we were gonna go to moonlight but remembered the ruckus special and that made it worth it. cause then i had leftovers for lunch!

someone is going to kill me for saying this but ruckus kinda reminds me of lily's except lily's is slightly better and has way better toppings

i prefer moonlight over both. and lily's to ruckus. but ruckus to delivery places and any place on hillsborough street.

[Edited on July 16, 2010 at 4:26 PM. Reason : .]

7/16/2010 4:25:16 PM

I've driven by Moonlight bout fitty-leven times, I need to check it out sometime...

7/16/2010 4:29:17 PM

i second piccola. daaaaank

7/16/2010 5:37:29 PM

PIZZA ASS

7/16/2010 5:56:56 PM

I am up for some Ci Ci's tonight.

Oh sweet post-cici's diarrhea have I missed you so

7/16/2010 6:15:01 PM

forgetaboutit pizza. its fucking turrible

7/16/2010 6:15:34 PM

Who needs laxatives when there's CiCi's.

7/16/2010 6:15:52 PM