[geeks] Pizza anyone?

[James]

At 10:25 PM 1/11/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Ok so I was just sitting here chowing down on my Double Pepperoni,
>Sausage and Xtra cheese (with suplementary parmagiano of course and I
>thought, why not start a flame war ;-)

Here is a little fuel for the fire.....

I am diverging from the chain-pie discussion to one of pizza nationality. 
Specifically, Greek Pizza vs. Italian Pizza.

I don't know about the rest of the world, but in New England all the 
"Italian" pizza joints are actually Greek owned and the pizza tastes 
different (sucks, in other words). The difference seems to be this; Italian 
pizza has a strong tomato and hint-of-oregano bite whereas Greek pizza has 
an olive-oil influence and no noticeable tomato/oregano flavor. Basically, 
its all in the sauce.

If you need an example of an Italian pizza, check out a chain called Pappa 
Gino's (awesome non-chainish pizza). I think its a NE only chain, though.

My wife and I have been on a quest to find a proper Italian pizza in the 
Concord, NH and New London, NH areas. We have had some success, but the 
majority is Greek, as in most of New England.

Has anyone else noticed this form of pizza abuse?