Regional Pizza Primer: A Guide To 10 Classic Styles

We've all heard of Chicago-style, New York-style and perhaps even New Haven-style pizza, but Colorado has its own regional pizza as well? Who knew! From California to New Jersey, regional pizza variations can range from thin crust, thick crust, all tomato, no tomato, and use so many types of toppings we could never list them all. Click through the slideshow below to get up to speed on 10 regional pizza styles.

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[Foodgrade]

10:32 PM on 07/08/2012

I'd like to start at one end and work my way through em all. My favorite style is Chicago though.

[personal beliefs]

02:35 PM on 07/06/2012

The Blue Moose in Vail is awesome.

[TSRVT]

09:00 AM on 07/06/2012

Vermont Flatbread or Pizzeria Verita in Burlington, VT. You will be so spoiled you will never enjoy any other type of pizza.

[Jeff Dailey]

01:18 PM on 07/05/2012

Panhandler's Pizza in Fort Collins, CO is a superior type of Colorado Pizza.

[honeybear64]

03:54 AM on 07/07/2012

I would imagine that just about any pizza made anywhere in Colorado would be superior to that pictured in the above slide show. And yes, I'm including Pizza Hut.

[Crusadergurl]

11:55 AM on 07/05/2012

I live in southeast Michigan. I've been to Buddy's many times, but I prefer Cloverleaf. Their pizza supposidly comes from the same founder, Gus, but Cloverleaf's just tastes better. Very similar, but better. And that picture in the slideshow of Buddy's pizza, that pizza doesn't look right. The sauce is off or something. They're stingy with the sauce to begin with, but that just looks odd. I do agree, however, they are definitely at the top of the list.

[Lily P]

09:56 AM on 07/05/2012

Even the Neapolitan style pizza sucks, i've had it. I think Chicago pizza puts so much butter in the crust it makes everything else taste like cardboard. And sugar in the sauce. It's why i'm fat.

[TSRVT]

08:52 AM on 07/06/2012

Neapolitan is the only way to go. It's not a bowl of slop like Chicago "pizza".

Those who make authentic Neapolitan pies need to use the correct ingredients and cooking methods only. It's a skill that literally takes years to perfect. The results are simply outstanding.

[Lily P]

10:34 AM on 07/06/2012

Some people likes their bowls of slop. :) Our stomach makes "yummy sounds". Oh yes.

[honeybear64]

04:03 AM on 07/07/2012

I agree with you re: "bowl of slop" - My feelings about Chicago deep dish "pizza" echo those of Patton Oswalt regarding KFC's "Famous Bowls":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfan5MacmsI

[KiltsAreHot]

09:41 AM on 07/05/2012

Darn...now I want pizza.

[William Shaun Alexander]

09:04 AM on 07/05/2012

I do not know if they are still in business, but Campesis's pizza in Dallas, Texas will make you slap your mother. It's served, or was, on a platter, cut in strips and not wedges, with enough fresh garlic to drive away Christopher Lee on his most terrifying day. I hope they are still around, because delicious recipies like that need to live forever. And if you just happen to be in the little burg of Spartanburg, SC, Venus Pie on Main is quite delicious.

[IamYourDrillThrall]

08:37 AM on 07/05/2012

The best pizza is my own...from scratch. i make a simple dough using white flour, olive oil, water, yeast & salt. Toppings are crushed tomatoes (San Marzano), shredded mozzarella, and pepperoni. I cook it on a well-seasoned pizza stone at 500 degrees (the highest my home oven will go) for 13 minutes. Delicious!

[sallybutt45]

04:38 AM on 07/09/2012

Sun dried tomatoes in olive oil, ground lamb, onions, calamato olives Thinl sliced bell peppers and finally a good salsa made with jalapeño peppers. Try those ingredients just once! Don't forget to cook your tomatoe sauce with plenty of garlic. Bake in your oven, kiss it with extra mozzarella and throw into your broiler until the added cheese sizzles- try it just once.

[IamYourDrillThrall]

08:57 AM on 07/09/2012

Sounds delicious!

[vincentdsnt]

07:36 AM on 07/05/2012

Buddy's Made the pizza Big time...............And I almost forgot how greatly different they are!

[GQ200]

07:07 AM on 07/05/2012

De Lorenzo's pie isn't horrible but it's not unique compared to other local pizzerias. What is unique is the horrible service and the bathroom that is nothing more than an upgraded broom closet placed in the kitchen! If you want great pizza in the Trenton area go to Papa's it's one of the first pizzerias in America. the service is fantastic, and the pies are delicious!

[IdeatoEmpire]

06:51 AM on 07/05/2012

De Lorenzo's of Trenton, NJ: the tomato pie is not a pizza (as they will quickly tell you) but it is fantastic.

[LONDON3]

06:50 AM on 07/05/2012

+1 for Rhode Island, pizza looks amazing and appetiziing... +1 for Chicago too pizza

[honeybear64]

06:38 AM on 07/05/2012

If it ain't thin crust (or at least reasonably thin), it ain't pizza - it's a focaccia with toppings. It's like when people slap burgers and franks on a grill and call the get-together a "barbecue". It may be fun, and it may be tasty, but it ain't barbecue. Of course, no one has patented either word, so I guess if you want to make a pizza-flavored casserole and pour it over a loaf of bread and call it "pizza", that's your right. Land of the free, and all that.

[jsgaetano]

06:33 AM on 07/05/2012

Not much of a fan of Lou Malnati's.

[TreyD]

08:41 AM on 07/05/2012

Good wings, though.

[loudneighbor]

10:44 AM on 07/05/2012

Me neither. I prefer Pat's on Sheffield. Great thin crust.