With this one I’ve got to go with Little Italy’s stuffed pizza. Both the veggie and meat are amazing and so packed that one slice can be a meal.

Tie: Memphis Pizza Cafe and Milano’s.

I ADORE Exline’ss. Here I am in San Francisco, and I still miss Exline’s. Whenever I go home to visit, my parents have to get an Around the World with Topping.

Kristie L- What’s up with your blog? There doesn’t seem to be a post since November. Are you not blogging anymore?

Memphis Pizza Cafe, love it. Majestic Grille also makes excellent pizzas. They call them flatbreads, but they can be considered pizzas I think. They are delicious!

Michael,

It’s a shared blog, and my compatriots have been quiet, as have I. One of them was recently released from the hospital after a serious car accident and is learning how to walk again. The other is a student in Sweden. And then there’s me… and my job’s been keeping me busy.

And heck, I didn’t realize anyone was actually reading it!

My Swedish friend is coming to visit next week, so with luck, I’ll be able to revive it. Keep checking. I’ll update soon, I promise.

I have to go w/a toss-up between Broadway & Memphis Pizza Cafe, but I like Exline’s & Garibaldi’s too. The difference is whether you want to eat there, pick it up & bring it home, or have it delivered. If I want to eat there, it’s definitely Memphis Pizza Cafe or Garibaldi’s.

Lou’s Pizza Pie and Boscoe’s

Memphis Pizza Cafe has not been great the last few times I have had a slice - rather bland! My new favorite is Ciao Bella’s pizza - great sauce, buttery crust and generous with the toppings! I also LOVE Luchessi’s take-out and bake at home pizzas. YUM and two snaps!

Cafe Piazza and Firestone Pizza both in Collierville. We are from Chicago and hands down they are the best in Memphis.

MPC, FireNStone in southaven, Old Venice, Garibaldi’s (Sicilian)

Little Italy’s NY style cheese slices win hands-down as far as I’m concerned. I think Memphis Pizza Cafe and Ciao Bella have decent pizzas, but I only buy them if Little Italy happens to be closed at the time.

Dish has some pretty good personal pizzas (love the sundried tomato and goat cheese option), but they’re on the small side for a meal. Definitely good as a starchy treat paired with another tapas plate or two.

Oh yeah I forgot about Old Venice and Cafe Piazza in Collierville. Both very good!! Brooklyn Bridge always has my vote, too!!

Ok, The best pizza is the lobster pizza at Red Lobster! It is on a thin crust and is to die for.

I guess I am the only one that loves the BBQ pizza at old Coletta’s.

Valenza’s pre-prepared Pizza is very very good.

Old Venice is also good.

Imo’s St Louis Style Pizza in Cape Girardeau MO is another good one

The slice at Little Italy is about as close to New York as you can get without a plane ticket.

Jimmy’s Dog’s thin-crust Chicago Style is excellent.

Fire & Stone, either in Collierville or in Southaven, makes a very good pizza–much like the Blue Monkey did before they stopped serving pizza.

For something close to home, with good pizza, that you wouldn’t mind taking the little league team to, Johnny Brusco’s is a remarkable chain.

I’m a big fan of Lucchessi’s take and bake pizza. Bosco’s pizzas are also good if you ask them to tone down the cheese. Le Chardonnay has good pizza too.

Tie between Memphis Pizza Cafe and Old Venice.
Glad to see a vote on here for Imo’s - I am a St. Louis native and constantly crave those thin-crust, provel cheese topped squares of heaven on earth. Just back from visiting there and miss it already!

I vote with everyone else that Memphis Pizza Cafe has the best thin crust in town. We’ve never tried it by the slice - just the whole. (It even reheats fairly well if there is any left to take home.)

The pizzas at Blue Fin downtown (especially the mushroom and four cheese pies) are outstanding!

The old Coletta’s (on South Parkway) has great Bar-B-Q pizza.

Unfortunately there is not great pizza in Memphis - which is so disappointing. lots of ok and medicore pizza but no great pies. It’s always the first thing my husband and I hunt down when traveling. The key to pizza is the crust so it makes sense that since there is no good bread in memphis there is no good pizza.

No ambience. Great pizza. Milanos. Closest we’ve found tothe those wondeful pizzas we savored in Venice.

Fred -
I have looked at the Imo’s ordering info - it would be cheaper for my family to drive there than to order and have shipped what we like! We usually do bring some home with us, but they usually don’t last the drive!
My brother claims that Provel is a mixture of provolone and Velveeta - it does have that consistency when melted!
FYI: You can buy Imo’s shredded cheese at Schnucks (at least the one on Forest Hill in G’town). It is with the bagged shredded cheeses in the dairy aisle.
I know of no where to buy a Gerber, but you could make one: buy Schnucks french baguette, some good shaved smoked deli ham, and the Imo’s cheese. Spread the slightest bit of garlic butter on the bread, layer with the ham and cheese, and warm open faced under the broiler. Yummy!

Glad to see a few votes for Coletta’s. While I typically go for thinner crusts, I am loyal to the family-style prep of the Coletta’s pizza and the thicker, chewy crust is a luxury. Tell’em what you want and they’ll create pizzas off the menu.

Oh…and the atmosphere of the S. Parkway location can’t be beat. Sit at the bar and you’re in the Godfather, sit in the Star room and you’re in a Sinatra film. Had my rehearsal dinner in the Elvis room..no explanation needed.

Other contenders:

Lou’s Pizza
Le Chardonnay
Memphis Pizza Cafe
Broadway Pizza

And, for those traveling through NE AR, go to US Pizza in Newport.

If people are branching out to NE Arkansas, Pizza Chef and Main Street Pizza in Jonesboro both have pretty good gourmet pizzas. Alas, the changed ownership of the latter didn’t keep the recipe for the Zorba Greek pizza—easily the best veggie pizza I’ve had in the South.

Juicy Jim’s on Highland by the UofM makes a great pie.

I also love Imo’s and Colletta’s BBQ pizza. The pizza at Fino’s is made with Provel. I think they carry Imo’s pizza saouce too.

I can’t believe that nobody has mentioned Pete & Sam’s pizza.

Not a word about the pizza at Villa Castriotti off Trinity? Granted it is best to eat it “in” but the crust stays crisp and doesn’t sog out, and the toppings are generous and fresh.

cdel, the Exlines my family usually goes to/orders from is the one in Bartlett on Stage Rd. I’ve not had a bad pie there myself, of course this also could just be a subjective taste situation, too

I’ve also eaten at the one in Raleigh, but that was a really, really long time ago.

I prefer the Exline’s in Raleigh if I’m choosing. I had the BBQ pizza from Broadway recently. I’d had their pizza before, but not their BBQ pizza. It was like Colletta’s with cheese.