Talk:American "Greek" pizza

Food and drink: Foodservice Redirect‑class Low‑importance

This redirect is within the scope of WikiProject Food and drink, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of food and drink related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Food and drinkWikipedia:WikiProject Food and drinkTemplate:WikiProject Food and drinkFood and drink articles

Redirect

This redirect does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.

Low

This redirect has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Related taskforces:
/
	This redirect is supported by the Foodservice task force (assessed as Low-importance).

Food and Drink task list:

To edit this page, select here

Here are some tasks you can do for WikiProject Food and drink:

Help bring these Top Importance articles currently B Status or below up to GA status: Agaricus bisporus (i.e. mushroom), Beef, Bread, Curry, Drink, Food, Ham and eggs, Soy sauce, Sushi, Yogurt
Bring these Top Importance articles currently at GA status up to FA status: Beer, French cuisine, Sugar
Bring these High Importance articles currently at GA status up to FA status: Apple, Burger King, Fish
Participate in project-related deletion discussions.
Delete unrelated trivia sections found in articles. Please review WP:Trivia and WP:Handling trivia to learn how to do this.
Add the {{WikiProject Food and drink}} project banner to food and drink related articles and content to help bring them to the attention of members. For a complete list of banners for WikiProject Food and drink and its child projects, select here.
Provide photographs and images for Category:Wikipedia requested images of food
Consider joining this project's Assessment task force. List any project ideas in this section

Note: These lists are transcluded from the project's tasks pages.

I, the Mighty Obbop, has heard of "working Greek features" but never confronted a pizza claiming to be of "Greek style." Perhaps the Mafia, La Cosa Nostra, or whatever nomenclature is currently used to describe an organized crime cartel, is responsible for ousting the Greeks and ensuring that the vast majority of pizza retains a reference to that which is Italian.68.13.191.153 19:36, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't know how widely the term is understood, but at least in Eastern Massachusetts, there is a distinction between "Greek" and "Italian" pizza. Most pizza shops don't advertise one or the other, but the fact that a lot of Greek immigrants own pizza shops has led to a definite style. Haikupoet 20:58, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- In Vancouver, Canada (at least in the circles I travelled in) there is a similar distinction between Greek and Italian pizza. I also believe that it extends to other parts of western Canada, at least to Calgary. If you google for "greek pizza vancouver" there is some evidence of this. Jdougan 22:22, 27 December 2006 (PST)
- Agreed. "Greek Pizza" is extremely common in Eastern Massachusetts. Can I remove the boxes at the top of the page? CSZero 00:47, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Not an uncommon style in western NH - the phrase is unusual, but the linkage is usually identifiable from other menu items. See for example Village Pizza in Newport NH or C&A's in Hanover. mr_Handy 00:56, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes the big issue is they don't advertise the difference. And Greek Pizza is generally regarded as lower quality in Mass. So you have to take a chance and order a pizza to find out which type a place serves (If you ask, both will tell you Italian). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.110.167 (talk) 05:40, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pizza Hut

This is a somewhat good description to give people a starting place for what Greek Pizza is. However, how exactly do you describe the difference? Greek Pizza seems to have less cheese, is somehow more bitter, and has a thinner, denser, and crispier crust. It also seems to be cooked longer. What this article really needs is a picture:

http://www.sarpinos.com/pages/menu/ This supports the Vancouver thing above. This pizza, especially the cheese one where it says "Gourmet Pizza" is what I think of by Greek Pizza. The founder of this company claims to make "Italian" food, but his last name looks pretty Greek to me. CSZero 02:47, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lol - looking at this page's background, the scrolling map I believe is of Greece. Either way, you can clearly see in the pictures the really burnt looking cheese and the flat crust line from being cooked in a pan. CSZero 02:50, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Greek pizzas not only have a thicker crust, but it is more buttery in flavor. They also use dried milk powder when making the dough. Many Greek Pizza places, use Cheddar cheeze instead of mozarella. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.110.167 (talk) 20:21, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Restricted to New England?

What you describe here pretty much fits with what most pizzerias in Greece sell as "Italian" food. So I would venture to claim it is not restricted to New England immigrants, but is also rather prevalent in Greece. Druworos 20:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great, feel free to change it to say so. The New England thing is a "within the US" distinction - for an example, there are tons of Greek-owned pizza places in NYC, which tend to serve pizza with a crust indistinguishable from other New York-style pizza places, although they more often also have spinach pizza and often serve gyros. mr_Handy (talk) 19:46, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The distinction is also pretty clear in Atlanta, GA. Can't speak to any other cities in the Southeast, but several restaurants in Atlanta and the metro area advertise "Greek-style Pizza" and actually serve Greek-style pizza. Many Atlantans either have a preference for one style or the other, or have a favored Italian-style pizza place and a favored Greek-style. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.210.71.103 (talk) 00:31, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The phenomenon is also common in Southeast Pennsylvania, from Philadelphia to at least as far west as Lancaster. I'd guess that this is the case across the entire East Coast - The question then is how far west the Greek influence goes, and if it extends north into Canada as well. --74.103.150.125 (talk) 00:03, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Greek Key

I understand this isn't encyclopedia-worthy without a published confirmation, being my own anecdotal experience and all, but I notice that on many delivery menus of Greek American-owned pizzerias, one can often find the "Greek Key" pattern as a subtle indication of the restaurant's style. This seems to be less common of a feature today as it was a decade ago, at least around my area. Does anyone else notice this? --74.103.150.125 (talk) 00:03, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]