<p>I have to second New Haven (Yale, of course) as having great pizza–Pepe’s esp.
This thread reminds me of my college friend who always said “I’ve never met a pizza I didn’t like.” Maybe those PR “Best College” books should start measuring the pizza factor.</p>
<p>Yup I used to get a great grinder at Naples.</p>
<p>That’s a sub for you West Coast people.</p>
<p>Isn’t California known for California Pizza Kitchen/Wolfgang Puck thin gourmet pizzas? </p>
<p>Pizza isn’t just one thing to me – sometimes I want super thin, sometimes I want a Lou Malnati’s thick crust, or just a normal old pizza from a neighborhood place. We are spoiled here in Chicago, and it isn’t just “Chicago-style” (thick or stuffed) that is excellent here, both in the city and the suburbs.</p>
<p>Yet, it amazes me that some people here will still order Domino’s or go to Pizza Hut!</p>
<p>RE: grinder vs. sub. </p>
<p>Where I’m from a grinder is a hot sub, i.e. meatball grinder. A sub is always cold. (I grew up in Delaware.)</p>
<p>Same here, ELY. In fact here in Massachusetts when you see the word “grinder” on a restaurant menu it’s usually as part of the phrase “hot oven grinders.” (I always thought that would be a great name for a blues band.)</p>
<p>Where I grew up in NJ, they might be called “hoagie,” “sub” or “hero.” Hoagies were usually cold, heroes always hot, and subs could be either.</p>
<p>I’m sad that William and Mary doesn’t really have any great pizza. I tried one of their pizza places when I visited, and it was okay, but not great. </p>
<p>Meh, since it’s only an hour away from home, I don’t guess it would be too hard to go out to the mall with my parents every now and then for some good pizza. </p>
<p>JMU had a Sbarro when I visited…I wanted to go eat there. -mouth waters-</p>
<p>Anyway. Pizza is only one thing (even though I love it).</p>
<p>Union college in NY has GREAT pizza
Pitt has terrible pizza, but great hoagies</p>
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<p>We have those things here in California, but that’s mostly because they are national chains rather than because they represent any kind of essence of “California.” The concept of “California” is often a marketing ploy rather than anything necessarily known or liked by Californians. Many places across the country just put avocado slices and/or sprouts on their regular item and call it California.</p>
<p>I found a good pizza place on Moody Street near Brandeis when I visited. They have bacon pizza, which for me (a bacon fanatic) is a HUGE plus. Don’t know if they deliver though, or the name.</p>
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<p>lou malnati’s is amazing! if you’re in chicago, check it out!</p>
<p>Lehigh University: Sal’s Pizzeria…better than NYC and Long Island Pizza.</p>
<p>Pitt has a Pizza Hut and they also serve unbranded pizza in the cafe where most students eat.</p>
<p>I find the pizza in the cafeteria disgustingly inedible. On the other hand, Pizza Hut is good, but I’ve never warmed up to breadiness and lots of cheese.</p>
<p>Pugsley’s Pizza, just across the street from Fordham’s Walsh Hall, has been a favorite of Fordham (Rose Hill) students for generations.</p>
<p>Plus, walk just a couple of blocks further and you’re in Little Italy (aka Arthur Ave., Belmont – not to be confused w/ Manhattan’s Little Italy. This is Little Italy in The Bronx, and it’s for real) and you’ll find amazing pizza at every turn.</p>
<p>Myles Pizza Pub is about a block from the Bowling Green campus and had the most extensive list of toppings I’ve seen. You can get a lobster pizza, for Pete’s sake, and you get a lot. If you order onion on your pizza, you get what appears to be an entire onion cut into chunks. Order ground beef, get what looks like meat balls. Heaviest pizza I’ve ever carried. Probably the best thing in all of Bowling Green, Ohio.</p>
<p>I took S2 to Chicago to visit U Chicago and Northwestern, but <em>really</em> to visit Lou Malnati’s in Lincolnwood–my old hometown, and Pizzeria Due. That’s pizza. He was not thrilled with the cold Chicago clime so I doubt those colleges will make his final list–but the pizza! He was in love.</p>
<p>Yale. Pepe’s and Sally’s pizza…enough said.</p>
<p>Pepe’s is on our list of the Parents’ Guided Tour of Restaurants to/from various colleges.</p>
<p>Steverino’s in Athens (just off UGA campus) was awesome when I was a student. Give me some S&M any time! ;)</p>
<p>Yes, but Pitt has Primanti Bros., so, it all evens out.</p>
<p>Waiting Dad–is Sal’s very close to Lehigh campus? S & I are going for a VIEW session soon, we’ll have to put it on the agenda.</p>