"Mpoconnor7" > wrote in message
...
> >I would strongly suggest looking into a local pizza shop or a small
> >regional chain. The national brands are safe choices, but they have lost
> >much of their spirit. If you are in a large metropolitan area, seek out
> >those shops that would deliver to you.
>
> I agree completely. The local chains are always better than the national
ones.
> Here in Cincinnati we have a local pizza/italian chain called LaRosa's
that
> has one number that you call, from anywhere in town, to take your order.
From
> your address, the LaRosa's operators send the order to the store that is
> closest to your house, and they have a couple dozen of them all around
town.
> It is a much better quality pizza than anything I can get from one of the
major
> chains. They make very good meatballs also, which they sell in
supermarkets
> here in Cincinnati.
>

I think La Rosa's makes very good pizza. Although they deliver, I can place
the order and the pizza is ready by the time I get to the neighborhood store
to pick it up. I'm sort of neutral on the meatballs. They need more
seasoning in my opinion, although they aren't bad.