Where is your favorite place to go for a slice of pizza, and what makes that pizza a cut above the rest? / LJWorld.com

Asked at Massachusetts Street on June 14, 2012

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“Rudy’s. Their sauce is less tomatoey and has more Italian pizza flavor.”

— MIlton Wendland, Professor, Lawrence

“I’m going to go with Pyramid Pizza, because of all their garlic. The garlic is so good on that.”

— Jonathan Hermes, Office Depot employee, Lawrence

“Probably Pizza Hut because their cheese is a lot meltier than most other places and the pizza is a lot thicker, so you get more of the goodness. ”

— Holly Scott, shaved ice and lemonade stand employee, Eudora

“I would say Rudy’s. It’s a cut above the rest because I just like how they have all these different toppings and their crust.”

— Sarah Bell, student, Augusta Mo.

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labmonkey 11 months, 1 week ago

Pyramid is awesome.

mommatocharlie 11 months, 1 week ago

any place besides Papa John's Love Pizza Shuttle

LarryNative 11 months, 1 week ago

Papa Kenos hands down. Not even a contest. Rudys is good but the slice sitting in the warmer for a half hour makes it not so good. Papa Keno wins!

grammaddy 11 months, 1 week ago

My kitchen. Ask the grands.

JackMcKee 11 months, 1 week ago

pizza shuttle? no. really?

JackMcKee 11 months, 1 week ago

best pizza in Kansaa is Johnny's across the river. There's crack in them ovens.

JackMcKee 11 months, 1 week ago

Scheme in Salina is a close 2nd

It appears Holly has never had anything besides Pizza Hut. Maybe 40 years ago, you could make a claim that they serve good pizza. But c'mon, Pizza Hut is a step above the frozen options and a few steps below everything else.

booyalab 11 months, 1 week ago

That made me laugh. Thanks.

JackMcKee 11 months, 1 week ago

well if you're gonna get fancy, Vernazza, Italia, by the "beach"

MarcoPogo 11 months, 1 week ago

Where on that list was something fancy? I missed it.

JackMcKee 11 months, 1 week ago

Misky's sounds fancy

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 11 months, 1 week ago

Clean hands save lives.

rtpayton 11 months, 1 week ago

D'Bronx pizza by KU Med.

gphawk89 11 months, 1 week ago

Never really cared that much for D'Bronx pizza, but they do make some wonderful sandwiches. I was fortunate enough to happen across the place the first day it was open for business (1990, maybe?) and have been there probably over a hundred times since.

The best pizza was a couple of miles east at Antonio's on Main St. One slice of their gourmet stuffed pizza was a full meal. Alas, it closed quite a while back after the owner was shot to death at the store.

The best since that time was from Cafe Viejo in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, just north of Panama.

number3of5 11 months, 1 week ago

Kay's Kitchen most definitely. The pizza is always fresh baked, made by hand, and loaded with meat, veggies, and cheese with out the sauce being overpowering. In case you wonder where Kay's Kitchen is, it is my house. I make pizza better than any fast food place....

urthatguy66044 11 months, 1 week ago

Genovese! mmmmmm pizza :)

somedude20 11 months, 1 week ago

PaPa K's has gotten so much better in the last few months. Have eaten there about 10 times in two months and it has not been burnt and is really good. Rudy's rocks as well, they filled the void while Keno's sucked but I am itchin to try Minsky's. Wheat State is just way too inconsistent to be counted as good and Pyramid is not bad (like the garlic) but way too damn expensive for that little slice of pizza (No spit, about a montrh ago a friend and I went to garb a slice and for 4 bucks and change you get a tiny, little, small, hard to see, puny slice, no thanks!) If Pyramid keeps up the suck, Keno's and Minsky's will drive em out of town. I use to really dig Pyramid too

JackMcKee 11 months, 1 week ago

The pizza in Lawrence will not be as good for a while. At least until the supply routes open again. I'm going to risk it anyway and try some Minskys tonight

CWGOKU 11 months, 1 week ago

Pizza Shoppe, Minky's, Judges, Kelso's. Haven't been to Pyramid since I was a student. Great pizza. The wife makes good pizza. Dang, I could live on pizza. Thanks for making me hungry . Tomorrow , what is your favorite steak... Or favorite beer.

Pitt_Mackeson 11 months, 1 week ago

howsabout bbq, fried chicken, chinese or mexican? :) now you're gonna starve

GUMnNUTS 11 months, 1 week ago

Delfina in San Francisco

somedude20 11 months, 1 week ago

unless they go hog wild with that oregano mix plus they are rather pricey unless you use coupons, so yeah, they are friggin great!

rockchalker52 11 months, 1 week ago

We are getting purty good at grilling pizza at our house so that's what we've been eating lately when it comes to 'za. My buddy, who rarely steers me wrong, says it's worth the trip to D'Bronx.

jaycat 11 months, 1 week ago

Casey's of course;-)

CWGOKU 11 months, 1 week ago

Leona's Pizza , Chicago. Awesome if you like deep dish

scopi_guy 11 months, 1 week ago

Shakey's, about 36 years ago.

Pizza Shuttle isn't really that horrible. Once in a while, I find myself really wanting some. But, I have pretty unrefined taste.

Pizza Hut was a lot different in the 70s. I think all they served then was a very thin crust and it wasn't bad.

As far as favorite-they don't sell it by the slice, but would have to say Godfathers. But it's kind of pricey.

I don't think there's any real bad pizza---even the 99 cent frozen Totinos! Considering what I "invented" at home once when I was about 13 and wanted pizza and had nothing in the house to make one and no money to buy one:

crust: flattened-out pop-out refrigerator biscuits sauce: Campbell's tomato soup straight from the can Topping: cut-up hot dogs cheese: Velveeta (do yourself a favor and don't try to shred that stuff)

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 11 months, 1 week ago

I am not above Totino's pizza rolls and a Schlitz, but I do make a good camp pizza in a kettle.

CWGOKU 11 months, 1 week ago

Red Baron

KSense 11 months, 1 week ago

The Gondolier in Knoxsville had the most delicious sort of chicken and Fettacinni cheese pizza.

beatnik 11 months, 1 week ago

"new" papa kenos isn't nearly as good as before, more consistent sure but a pizza weighs about half as much as it did, cheese isn't as good, more of a "whitebread" product now, hohum. johnnys is the best in town

Andini 11 months, 1 week ago

Shakey's

tbaker 11 months, 1 week ago

It will soon be Minsky's

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 11 months, 1 week ago

A piece of Pita bread, a pepperoni stick, 5 Domino's® parmesan cheese packets, 1/2 a Boboli® 5 oz. pizza sauce packet, some white gas, and you have a pretty tasty backpacking pizza.

flux 11 months, 1 week ago

COMMENT # 8,355 REALLY?

RoeDapple 11 months, 1 week ago

flux has comment envy.

RoeDapple 11 months, 1 week ago

Probably was looking to troll with me but since my wireless was down this AM he goes after R_I instead. What a maroon . . .

RoeDapple 11 months, 1 week ago

Him? You two know each other?

RoeDapple 11 months, 1 week ago

Aw, thuja . . . . and I thought we was gonna be facebook friends . . 8-[

beatrice 11 months, 1 week ago

New York City is my favorite place to go for pizza. Being able to also visit the Metropolitan Museum and MoMA makes it a slice above other places.

woodscolt 11 months, 1 week ago

pyramid, pizza hut, pappa johns are tied by narrowly edging out many others for worst pizza. Not even meltier cheese (what!) can save any of them. Tie goes to Papa keno and rudys when fresh out of the oven. If your in a hurry, Rudy's is your best bet.

CWGOKU 11 months, 1 week ago

"Sign up for Minskys birthday club and you get a free small, three topping pizza or calzone. I think I got a free calzone this year. They are big" T_O_B

That's what she said

punkrockmom 11 months, 1 week ago

I like lots of places and if you are doing Pyramid, do buffet. You get money's worth that way. Anyway, Tad's New York is my new favorite by the slice, since it's close to my work and I like NY pizza. Downtown is pyramid or Rudy's (I really don't like papa kenos and never have.) For delivery, Fat Freddys! I love their toppings and creativity (and calzones).