nine11c2

I love that you think the New Orleans scene is the epicenter of Italian Cuisine in America.

First, its a city of 350k people. NY Metro and suburbs is 30, 40 million people. So there are lots of Mezzaluna we get the nightly food. We don't get to Il Molino and Angelinas every night. You have tons of tourists with cash coming in that create and sustain some excellent restaurants. But by sheer numbers, between NY, CT, NJ, LA and Chicago, you're not making a dent.

Next, the pizza scene. You have good pizza I'm sure. But many people rate the top 100 pizzas in the US, and New Orleans is notably absent. I saw Crescent pizza as like #98 on 1. Theres a list put out by Tulane and LSU, right here in TigerDroppings . They only had one LA pizza ranked #100. "100. Frank’s Pizza (Shreveport, LA) 7.10 Louisiana’s best pizza. I would much rather eat a pie here than Bianco in Phoenix."
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No offense dude, but theres only one person in the U.S. with this opinion and that makes it a homer's opinion.
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