Austinist: Foodie Friday: What this Town Needs is a Toss-off: a dough-it-yourself guide to Austin Pizza

guest

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:06:47 -0600

it's all in the water. tap happy nappy sassy molassy! i loooove pizza. mmmmmmm. spelt crust radish pizza night at casa de luz is the best. booya v! way to go

davidm

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:44:18 -0600

2nd vote for Slices and Ices as my fave, with Home Slice and East Side Pies tied for a close second!

citizen Able

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:11:26 -0600

You know who's got some good-tasting crust? Double Dave's! Salvation threw an otherwise decent pie which was marred by a too-piquant sauce for my taste. If we're going to get down to individually rating sauces, crusts, and cheeses, we're going to need to quit our day jobs and get some grant money.

Beer-Nerd

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:16:21 -0600

Rachel, your beer list makes me cringe. Stella shouldn't be near the top of any beer lover's list. Can't really call yourself a beer lover. You're not credible enough to be rating beer with that kind of list.

Buster

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:16:23 -0600

V-RON STRIKES AGAIN!!!!

austinsnob

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:13:38 -0600

salvation is some of the worst pizza I've ever had. stick with reale's, saccones, homeslice and slice'n'ices.

Rachel

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:21:46 -0600

My friends and I hosted a pizza and beer tasting party in February. Below are the results. Pizzas 1. Conan's 2. Saccones 3. Niki's 4. Parlor & Southside (tie) 5. Home Slice 6. Frank & Angie's 7. Rounders 8. Austin's Pizza 9. Rock 'n Tomato 10. Brick Oven 11. Totinos Beers 1. Duvel 2. Stella Artois 3. Tecate 4. Schlitz 5. Fat Tire 6. Amstel Light 7. Session 8. Peroni 9. Heineken 10. Corona According to the results, we love the appearance of Niki's, the crust of Niki's and Saccones, the cheese of Niki's and Rounders, and Southside's sauce. As for the beers, Fat Tire turns us on for it's looks, Schlitz for its smell (what the hell?), Duvel for taste, and Duvel and Fat Tire for taste and aftertaste. Personally, I think that Home Slice would have had a better showing if it wasn't slightly burned. I also feel that the beer tasting was very skewed. In the future, I'll remember that warm beer tastes like pee and therefore a beer tasting with little cups sitting out that look like something you would find in the restroom at the doctor's office was not the best idea!

that ol' Berkeley annoying poster

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:29:48 -0600

If you really want to Keep Austin Weird...support The Parlor! www.myspace.com/theparlor And the whole Berkeley-pizza thing was just to throw in a different spin on earlier NY-pizza discussion. I apologize for the snottiness of the quoted journalist. 'Slovenly' is probably some fightin' words from a Californian. Actually, my family's originally from Naples, Italy, birthplace of pizza, and really I like all kinds. I'm just hungry and couldn't help talking pizza. Peace.

Stew

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:18:41 -0600

Keep Austin weird go to Gatti's. Believe it or not Gattis is from Austin and their corporate headquarters are located here. P.S. They have $2.99 pitchers. Beat that hot shot.

Italian/Berkeleyan in Austin

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:05:18 -0600

On a slightly non-Austin tip -- If you're ever in Berkeley, and want to try a really unique pizza experience, check out the Cheeseboard's Pizza Collective: www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=3520 "CheeseBoard Pizza does not serve up your everyday, slovenly-constructed gourmet pizza with random "gourmet" ingredients thrown on top of marinara sauce, doughy crust and a surplus of mozzarella. True, CheeseBoard always has the requisite mozzarella, but it in no way dominates the taste sensation of their pizzas. Instead, it serves as a backdrop to carefully chosen combinations of star-quality toppings - corn, red or yellow roasted peppers, roasted potatoes, roasted pine nuts, roasted eggplant, artichoke hearts, roma tomatoes, sheep's milk feta, goat cheese, asiago or blue cheese, kalamata olive tapenade and capers. These items are baked to perfection on a thin, crispy, sourdough crust, and the surface of the pizza is brushed with crushed garlic saturated with olive oil." Berkeley's Cheeseboard collective (30 employees, all make the same hourly wage) make the best sourdough bread imaginable, and have the best cheeses ever. The result is pizza to die for. In my opinion. Cheeseboard opened in '67 and started doing pizza in '85. website: cheeseboardcollective.coop/Pizza%20Collective/PizzaPage.html

mary

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:29:03 -0600

southside also has really yummy soups.

NYer In Texas

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:23:46 -0600

See, that's what I kind of love about Saccone's. Reminds me of the pizza places where you just grab a slice, a coke, eat and then head out. Sometimes you just don't want the waiter, the wait, etc. But to each his own! And I LOVE Reale's - the pizza is good and I just have a great time every time I eat there.

citizen Able

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:17:41 -0600

Saccones tasted great when I tried it but their strip-mall Quickee-Mart atmosphere sucks. Strictly for carryout. Reale's just down the street has a great tasting pie and a real traditional Italian-restaurant atmosphere in which to eat.

adamr

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:49:21 -0600

Get over to Slices N Ices with a quickness! That jam is underrated like a mo'fo'.

Aaron

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:27:40 -0600

Ahhh Saccones, the crutch of all ex-NY'ers clinging onto something. I used to love them so much more, but they've gotten quite irregular as of late. I haven't seen Dan in there forever. How about Nikki's in Dobie? Yum.

NYer In Texas

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:05:07 -0600

What about Saccones?!