I agreeā¦ NY Thin Crust, Chicago Deep Dish, but Boston Pizza? WTF? Its not even KNOWN for pizza! ROFL
You and me both. Thereās a small chain here, Frankās Pizza, which is surprisingly good. But my go-to is certainly the local pizza shop down the street, also known as one of the best in town (way ahead of Frankās!)
I swear this place is just overprice microwavable mini pizzas.
I went ONCE when a friend had a birthday gathering and was very disappointed. Iām certain itās not the city but a family name as the full title was: āBostonās The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant and Sports Bar,ā
One of the BEST PIZZAāS iāve had was at a converted Coffee Time in the middle of southern ontario on my way to Tobermory run by an Indian husband and wife. Their kid played in the far side of the resauraunt under a 60" tv playing Bollywood superhero movies and the pizza they made us was insane:
Fresh dough, olive oil with garlic and peppers for the sauce, and chopped tandoori chicken and cilantro as the topping.
Iāve made it 8x at home since that one time going āWhat the fuck is that? Let go and eat there!?ā
For me, it was Bobby & Timmyās in Providence, RI
Grilled BBQ Chicken Pizza - tender and shredded like thick mozzarella cheese, the chicken was perfect. Not chunky, but not too shredded, think like the consistency of pulled pork. home made BBQ Pizza sauce, 4 cheeses, I recall smoked asiago, smoked gouda, smoked cheddar and smoked mozzarella. On a thin crust, grilled over mesquite coals in a wood fired oven. OMG, I wanna make the 3.5 hr drive right now just for thinking about that pizza, its been a whileā¦
Pizza in the Boston area is pretty bad. So, strange choice to hook a name to. Yes, there are very good places around but they would be in the minority. There has been an overall improvement with the years but you donāt come to Boston on a quest for pizza.
When I make butter chicken I end up using 1/2 of it to make āButter Chicken Naanā pizzas. I make the Naan from scratch too as itās sooo much better than the overpriced āwhyte peepollā brands in the grocery stores!
My chicken is shredded in my version of butter chicken so you just spread it on the naan, toast it and eat it all up!
So the name is accurate for a chain selling lousy, flavourless, overpriced pizza!
Yes. There are places here where the sauce is straight out of the can tomato paste. Maybe some water to thin it out.
Now, on the otherhand, there is a place down the street from us with Detroit style pizza which is pretty good. New place, new immigrants to MA. Being a transplant from Chicago, I remain hopeful.
Thats sacrilege around here! Every place, even the mini chain, Franks, makes their own sauce. And you can pretty much tell where it came from by the taste (sweet, salty, garlicky, basily - they all have their unique profiles).
Sucky part is the place that makes the best mozzarella sticks also has the crappiest sauce (way too sweet, always needs salt and I donāt use salt often otherwise).
The place down the street, Vesuvioās, has been there since before I was born, its like 3rd generation, almost 4th generation now. Best pizza, but mozzie sticks always feel microwaved
My home made tomato base is always very acidic due to the lemon juice and vinegar I use to preserve it so I need to add a little sugar to balance it outā¦ but NOT to make it sweet!
My go-to is a dollop of blackstrap molasses. Really adds an extra note to the dish.