paper thin "pizza"

[Elixer]

Tried a new restaurant, Blaze Pizza.
/rant mode on
Their pizza was pretty thin, hardly any crust at all. I have seen other chains' pepperoni thicker than Blaze's pizza crust.
No wonder they can cook it so fast (180 seconds).

Highly disappointing to call this a pizza though.
If you only ordered 1 pizza, and you had 2 people, it just won't fill you up.
You basically have to stack 4 slices to equal a Jet's slice of pizza.
They also have no options for a thicker crust, or deep dish.

Pizza Hut is way too greasy (still!).
Little caesars is ... well Little caesars. And how could they offer that gross "pretzel pizza" ? ugh.
Jets is pretty good, nice thick crust.
Papa murphy seems to be using a too sweet sauce.
Haven't tried Dominoes in ages, though, I suppose I am not missing much from what I hear of them.

Bah.

 

[manimal]

had the exact same experience at that same place. Way too thin even for thin crust. I laughed at them when they brought it to me. I asked if this was some sort of appetizer.

went there on a lunch because they promised such fast pizza but I will never go there again. Felt like I was eating crackers with cheese on them.

 

[Markbnj]

I've noticed the pizzas getting thinner around here, too, or at least I have the impression of a lot more soggy pies. I wonder if they are stretching the dough in order to keep prices down? The costs of just about every food item have been going up.

 

[gotsmack]

I've noticed the pizzas getting thinner around here, too, or at least I have the impression of a lot more soggy pies. I wonder if they are stretching the dough in order to keep prices down? The costs of just about every food item have been going up.

Doubt it. If they make their own crust, then commercial white flour is super cheap.

A proper thin crust is like eating cheese and sauce on a saltine cracker. It's too thin then it gets to be like tortilla chips.

 

[FleshLight]

You can have them double or triple up the crust if you need more carbs

 

[mikeford]

Really thin crust is a genuine Italian style of pizza, pick what you like, everything is available from paper to cake thickness.

In SoCal our favorite pizza is from a family chain, Filippi's http://www.realcheesepizza.com/ , we like a large cheese split among the family with individual pasta entree's that may or may not get taken home.

 

[Grooveriding]

Sounds like you ate real pizza for the first time and didn't like it.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Flatbread pizza?

 

[highland145]

I don't really care for the crust so if I make my own, I use burrito wraps.

 

[edro]

We just had Pizza Hut the other day at a family function.
It was delicious.

I prefer thicker crusts like Pizza Hut.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Really thin crust is a style of pizza.

And if a few slices of even thin crust doesn't fill you up, I don't the problem is the pizza.

 

[KeithTalent]

Really thin crust is a style of pizza.

And if a few slices of even thin crust doesn't fill you up, I don't the problem is the pizza.

Yeah this for sure.

KT

 

[manimal]

Yeah this for sure.

KT

the thing about that place is its not even thin crust. I worked at Paisanos pizza when I was a kid in chicago known for its thin crust and the crap they are trying to shovel that that new chain is thinner than a cracker. its literallly 1/4 thinner than the thinnnest of thin crusts in chicago.


crap pizza is crap pizza

 

[smackababy]

Blaze Pizza is fast food, so of course it is going to be crap.

And, after spending a few years in Chicago, I realized they have no idea what good pizza is and had to resort to making my own.

 

[Eug]

Sounds like you ate real pizza for the first time and didn't like it.

Not saying that restaurant serves proper Italian food, but this thread reminds me of the movie Big Night.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115678/

This movie is basically about an Italian restaurant that is going out of business because Americans don't like authentic Italian food.

Primo and Secondo are two brothers who have emigrated from Italy to open an Italian restaurant in America. Primo is the irascible and gifted chef, brilliant in his culinary genius, but determined not to squander his talent on making the routine dishes that customers expect. Secondo is the smooth front-man, trying to keep the restaurant financially afloat, despite few patrons other than a poor artist who pays with his paintings. The owner of the nearby Pascal's restaurant, enormously successful (despite its mediocre fare), offers a solution - he will call his friend, a big-time jazz musician, to play a special benefit at their restaurant. Primo begins to prepare his masterpiece, a feast of a lifetime, for the brothers' big night...

 

[Jaskalas]

I enjoy Pizza Hut, but totally understand why folks would call it too greasy.

There's an Italian place near me... made the most amazing Pizza... but their consistency started lacking.

Digiorno cheese stuffed crust gets me by. It's a step above the other Digiornos for some reason. Usually I don't like the toppings, but in this case I find them good.

 

[manimal]

Not saying that restaurant serves proper Italian food, but this thread reminds me of the movie Big Night.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115678/

This movie is basically about an Italian restaurant that is going out of business because Americans don't like authentic Italian food.

Primo and Secondo are two brothers who have emigrated from Italy to open an Italian restaurant in America. Primo is the irascible and gifted chef, brilliant in his culinary genius, but determined not to squander his talent on making the routine dishes that customers expect. Secondo is the smooth front-man, trying to keep the restaurant financially afloat, despite few patrons other than a poor artist who pays with his paintings. The owner of the nearby Pascal's restaurant, enormously successful (despite its mediocre fare), offers a solution - he will call his friend, a big-time jazz musician, to play a special benefit at their restaurant. Primo begins to prepare his masterpiece, a feast of a lifetime, for the brothers' big night...

Big night is fantastic and has nothing to do with what OP was talking about. There is thin crust pizza and there is the garbage that that chain is trying to pass as pizza.

I would eat a home run inn pizza or the cheapest generic pizza you can buy at aldi over that restaurant.


its like not even thin crust



its nano crust

 

[IronWing]

The California Pizza Kitchen chain sells pizzas with a cracker like crust. It is pretty good but costs too much for what you get. Schlotzsky's deli sells a flatbread pizza that is pretty good though most flavors aren't really pizza.

 

[Eug]

Have you ever had "turkish pizza"? It's great.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahmacun

Uber thin crust.

 

[KeithTalent]

the thing about that place is its not even thin crust. I worked at Paisanos pizza when I was a kid in chicago known for its thin crust and the crap they are trying to shovel that that new chain is thinner than a cracker. its literallly 1/4 thinner than the thinnnest of thin crusts in chicago.


crap pizza is crap pizza

Well I have not tried Blaze (never even heard of it) but I googled images and it does not really look any thinner than my favourite place in Vancouver.

KT

 

[smackababy]

Well I have not tried Blaze (never even heard of it) but I googled images and it does not really look any thinner than my favourite place in Vancouver.

KT

They have one near me and it is much thinner than that. It is almost so thin the toppings are too heavy for the crust to support when held.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

I'm an equal opprtunity pizza lover. This sounds like a chain trying to pass off crap pizza as trendy.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I fucking love thin crust, but with thin crust it better be thin and crispy - not thin and floppy.

Also OP - I would highly suggest giving Domino's another try. They really did a 180 from their plain boring pizza a while ago. At least, that's just my opinion. Also, that was a while ago. I don't eat pizza very often, shit makes me fat way too easily.

 

[AdamK47]

There is a Blaze Pizza 1/4 mile down the road from where I work. Part of the reason the crust is thin is that it allows the pizza to cook much quicker. It's a fast food pizza place after all. When I go there I do a "build your own" and put more toppings on it compared to what is on their regular menu. Makes it worth the $7.

 

[DrPizza]

Doubt it. If they make their own crust, then commercial white flour is super cheap.

High gluten flour. The dough probably costs more than the pepperoni. Cheese is the most expensive ingredient, and cheese prices have been all over the place the last few years.

I'm getting hungry for some pizza! Egads, I haven't had any in a few weeks.