Lemme help. First, it is some local place that no one but him has ever heard of. Second, they probably have some kind of bullshit "artisanal" or masturbatory dough process that was brought from the "old country" through Staten Island at the turn of last century. Then, the tomatoes are some kind of hand cultivated, sunlight jizzed version that they leave the bird shit on to add "full flavor" to the sauce. Finally, the cheese is "hand crafted" from rare, albino bulls and aged for 2.742 years in a special cellar in a basement where some asshole dances and tells people to put lotion on their skin or get the hose again.
ATOT foodies piss me off more than just about anyone else.
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The only issue I have with Papa John's (and it is more due to my local franchise) is that it is very erratic. Some nights, the pizza is really good. Other nights, the pizza is very "meh" and tastes like reheated junk.
WTF are you going on about? Mark went off of a deluded rant about some straw man he made up. Papa John's pizza sucks, that's all.
No, Mark is right and his rant was perfect. Every food thread involving a chain here typically devolves into:
1. "Well my local restaurant is better!"
2. "I've been to {insert country}, and this is nowhere near authentic!" <-- This one pisses me off the most. I've been to more countries than most of ATOT and you'll never ever hear me use this stupid statement.
Fine ATOT, we get it -- if you want to discuss your local restaurant, make a fucking thread about it. If you want to discuss another country's food, make a thread about it. This particular thread is discussing a chain and pizza in the US.
Good for PJ's, though this is nowhere near a good enough reason to eat their horrible pizza. I don't really understand why anyone, other than in rural areas, would eat any chain pizza - there is pretty much always a better local pizza place in most neighborhoods. This is not food snobbery - it's merely a desire to enjoy a tasty meal. My personal pizza place of choice is
http://parkwaypizzamn.com
There are better pizza places but many don't deliver and some are quite a drive. If I'm tired from work and don't want to leave the house, my choices are: Papa John's, Domino's, Pizza Hut, and a smaller chain called Fox's Pizza Den, which I haven't had the chance to try yet. At least of the first three, Papa John's is probably my favorite (when they're "on," that is); Domino's seems more consistent, however.
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