What makes a great Pizza and where do you find it?

[Barry]

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I hear the Super Bowl is coming up :wink: so I thought this might be a good time to bring up a discussion I've wanted to start for a while, Pizza! What makes for a great pizza and where do you find it?

I was raised on New York pizza (on Long Island) so Mombo's (https://www.mombospizza.com/) in Sebastopol in Sebastopol (and Santa Rosa) hits the spot for me! The thin crunchy crust (especially when its right out of the oven) and tangy sauce is pure heaven! I tried their whole wheat version and though I felt better about it, it wasn't quite the same. It's great to be able to stop in for a full-size slice too!

How about you? What sends you to pizza heaven and where do you find it?


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[Lorrie]

I know I know I'm bad. But I really like Pizza Hut pizza crust. I liked straw hat, but...

But mine homade is the best there is!:heart:

[GrendelGravenstein]

Pizza! One of my favorite culinary events is when Rosie Olestra, head cook at Grendel Gravenstein’s, makes pizzas for the students, staff, and faculty. She uses a thicker, yeasty, bready crust in which she craftily envelops fresh basil and oregano, and yes, honey! Instead of a sauce, she crumbles on fresh chopped tomatoes and basil. Then a thin layer of fine Mozzarella and Romano cheeses is lovingly spread. Toppings include high notes of olives, figs, and morel mushrooms collected in the springtime near Bloomfield road, and then the bass notes added in with smoked meats*. What, I believe, makes this pizza an epicurean Nirvana, is the flash roasting in a brick oven fired with seasoned apple wood (check your local orchard for trimmings), and dung from Nile crocodiles that have somehow escaped into the Laguna de Santa <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Rosa</st1:place>.
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* My favorite smoked meat, is Turkey Vulture. To catch a smoked turkey vulture, I admit, is quite difficult, and dangerous, but can be done especially in winter, as the Laguna is a major wintering ground for the turkey vulture. One simply goes out to a flat spot on the edge of Highway 116 (I use the ditch up near Sequoia Burger) and lay myself out on the highway, sprinkling those thinner elegant cigarettes about you, you know, the ones that are marketed towards women – DO NOT use Marlboros, and lay there as if you had been run over by a liquor truck. When the vulture arrives to eat you, you grab it by the scrawny neck and shake hard. You may have to hit it with something before it pecks out your eyes, but the effort is worth it, and a pizza made by Rosie Olestra is amazing. Amazing!
GG

["Mad" Miles]

Eduardo's Deep Dish with Spinach and Canadian Bacon, Extra Roasted Garlic!!!

Can't be had locally, they're a small Chicago chain. The crust is normal thickness but the filling; sauce, fresh basil, onions, various cheeses, spinach and Canadian Bacon (garlic on top) is about an inch and a quarter thick. The crust comes up around each side. It is unbelievably good and I still miss it eleven years later.

One medium, delivered, for around $18 (not including tip) makes two or three hearty meals. A medium is about 8" in diameter.

How's that for a basic business plan for a new local enterprise?

"Mad", and Hungry, Miles

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[RecycleSonomaCounty]

Never thought I would be giving gratitude for a Pizza posting. MOMBOS is DA BOMB!:dancinggirl:Not only do they have what I consider the BEST pizza in Sonoma County... The owner Fred.. He is one stand up guy. He helped me out on Xmas Eve with some pizzas and made sure I got the best deal possible. Everyone was very happy... and it makes the best leftover pizza in the world too. We eat it cold... yummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy... :WaccoRays:





5359




I hear the Super Bowl is coming up :wink: so I thought this might be a good time to bring up a discussion I've wanted to start for a while, Pizza! What makes for a great pizza and where do you find it?

I was raised on New York pizza (on Long Island) so Mombo's (https://www.mombospizza.com/) in Sebastopol in Sebastopol (and Santa Rosa) hits the spot for me! The thin crunchy crust (especially when its right out of the oven) and tangy sauce is pure heaven! I tried their whole wheat version and though I felt better about it, it wasn't quite the same. It's great to be able to stop in for a full-size slice too!

How about you? What sends you to pizza heaven and where do you find it?


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[MsTerry]

I hope that doesn't mean you recycled your Pizza...............


Everyone was very happy... and it makes the best leftover pizza in the world too. We eat it cold... yummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy... :WaccoRays:

[lesnsons]

Personally, the pizzas at Peter Lowell's (in Sebastopol) are my current tummy-throb. I like the super thin crust and the delicious local cheeses (especially chevre) and unusual, tasty toppings. The homemade pork sausage one is great, and sometimes they use roasted squash, gourmet mushrooms, home-made pesto, and even fresh greens and a fried egg on one! Soooo good!!! ~lesnsons
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[Aphelion1182]

La Vera on 4th street in Santa Rosa. Not the cheapest pizza but it's soooooooooooo worth it. Fresh basil on every pizza.... it's great

[santarosie]

The New Yorker in Petaluma is the best for New York style...I L:heart:VE NY PIZZA!

Mambos is a close second but only if fresh from the pizza oven...must eat it there!

Third Street Ale works make a yummy BBQ chicken pizza, and you get to wash it down with really great beer, so it's a win-win proposition.

[soarman]

If you are close to Healdsburg, please check out La Pizzah!
They are on the south end of town almost across the street
from McDo's in the same little strip as Taqueria Guadalajara.

Thin crust pizza at its best! Try their Chicken parm....loaded w/ fresh garlic. I have offered slices to unsuspecting people, and then watch them as they their faces light up, and comment about how wonderful it is.

La Pizzah's! pizza has ruined the taste for all other pizzas for me.
Folks, that's how good it is.

Also, try their hot pastrami sandwich too. Out of this world!

soarman

[Sara S]

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For those of us in the FAR west county, there are two really excellent pizzas:

Raymond's Bakery in Cazadero (Friday evening is pizza night, but you can call to order one anytime) and Gold Coast Coffee and Pizza in Ducans Mills (they also have the freshest coffee around here).

Sara S.

[alegria910]

I got a gift certificate for Main Street Pizza in Guerneville from a friend who had won it in a raffle and can't eat pizza. I work in town, but live in Sebastopol, and always am too tired to stop for anything on my way home. I wasn't really looking forward to schlepping back to Guerneville for dinner on a weekend (the gift certificate was for "dine in", not "take out), but I rounded up some friends on a Saturday night, and off we went.

I was astonished to find that the pizza at Main Street was some of the best I've had in a long time! The crust was perfect - crunchy on the outside of the edge, with just enough good chewiness inside without being doughy, and thin enough (but not TOO thin) to keep from detracting from the toppings. We had ordered a Veggie Pizza with pepperoni, and the flavors were simple, balanced, straightforward and very fresh...not too much of any one thing, including the cheese (which I think sometimes can be a little overwhelming).

Needless to say, I was a happy camper (as were my friends), and I WILL be stopping there on my way home from work the next time I want a pizza!

Joanie:heart:

[typewriter]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Borolos in Santa Rosa: nav (https://www.borolos.com/)

They use a sourdough crust and some uniquely prepared toppings. Even the cheese pizza tastes better to me. (I will say in the last few months they have been way more hit & miss though, maybe others have had the same experience?)

As for Mombos I have had similar experiences as previous posters with generous support for community events, fundraisers, etc. I like their pizza and personally my priority is putting money into businesses who cultivate the community they are supported by.

Anyone a fan of NY PizzaPie? They have gotten rave reviews but as an east coast transplant myself I have not been impressed...maybe I'm not ordering right?