re: Dave Portnoy gives Schlittz & Giggles pizza very low score

who eats Schlittz and Giggles?

I dont know anyone who has it on any kind of rotation for dinners at the house.

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That guys problem wasn't his pizza, his problem was he had no idea how to treat employees and customers…….. every time I was there he either got into a yelling match with employees or with customers.

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So he was just being a New Yorker

Hilarious. “When I think Baton Rouge…” and then rattles off 50% New Orleans related things. And he said poy-boy. Probably pissed because he left campus parties for nasty pizza.

Why take a man’s review so seriously? The dude goes to pizza places and tells you how he likes them. It doesn’t mean he’s the authority on pizza and his word is gospel. It’s just for entertainment.

Zee's got a Portnoy 7.7, but think they were still out of a truck then.

Friend,

Tower of Pizza is the quintessential New Orleans pizza. If you do not like Tower, you do not like New Orleans pizza. Sure, Zee has a better pizza than Tower if you’re basing ranking solely on quality. But there is something more to Tower than simply quality. It exemplifies what a New Orleans pizza is. Sweet sauce, too much cheese, a hint of garlic, dough slightly undercooked and thicker than thin, but thinner than thick. It is reminiscent of Shakey’s.

Tower’s pizza does not travel well nor does its salad, which is drenched in oil yet is amazing. Both pizza and salad need to be eaten in its dim 70s dining room, which smells of mildew when the dew point is above 70 degrees. In the dry Autumnal days you will likely miss that classic smell. But it lurks waiting for the humidity to return.

Will you be impressed? I doubt it. But in 30 years, Tower will likely still be there while the guys from Zee’s will likely be on to bigger things elsewhere and their pizzas just a memory.

Yours,
TulaneLSU

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It’s expensive

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Huh? It might be one of the cheaper meals in BR

We go to the one on Perkins every couple of months and two slices, half order of knots, and two beers is under $20

The best pizza in Baton Rouge was that pizza truck with trailer driven by that guy Bogdan. He went on to open a place in NOLA then sold it. .

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That guys problem wasn't his pizza, his problem was he had no idea how to treat employees and customers. I went to his place multiple times because the pizza was good, but every time I was there he either got into a yelling match with employees or with customers. Dude would get flat out upset if you wanted to customize a pizza.

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I lived at the condos across the street. I went once right before he got in the show and then a few weeks after.

Pizza was great both times and he actually remembered me from the first time I went (I was the only one there at 7 pm on a sat night).

He was definitely very humbled after the show.

His biggest problem was that location was a burial ground for restaurants for 2 decades. Nothing survived there before Jimmy John’s