Papa John’s “pizza” isn’t pizza. Take it from an old Brooklynite. Where pizza is king.
But the box tastes ok...
The pizza? not so much.
Unfortunately, when we don’t live in Brooklyn or Chicago, it kinda is all we got in many, if not most, cases.
You need to come to Chicago and try a real pizza ;)
Papa John’s “pizza” isn’t pizza.
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When I was in Italy and Sicily I found out what real pizza tastes like. One of the best parts of their pizza was the bread and pizza sauce.
The ‘hoagies’ were made with round Muffalta bread and fresh ingredients and the only places I’ve found in the U.S. where pizza’s and hoagies came close to them are made by Italians who stuck to the the old recipes.
Hard to find these days because of competition from crap joints like papa johns.
I’m an old New Yorker and a pizza aficionado. Of the “mass market” pizza chains, I think Papa John’s is the best.
I was in NY one time with a friend who never shut up about the pizza. So we're finally there together, looking for food, and we went into a random pizza joint to get a "coupla slices." I figured it was my opportunity to finally quiet the guy down.
So we get them, and we're eating them, and I realize I'm not saying anything, and he's looking at me with a truly smackable grin. I had to admit it, the pizza was freaking fantastic.