Best pizza in town?

Seems like most folks posting around here prefer the NY style pizza, which Conan's definitely is not.

Personally, I like NY style a lot, but I prefer Chicgo style pizza, and Conan's has always been one of my favorites here in Austin. I love the deep-dish whole wheat crust, and I'll eat it with anything on it, or even just plain cheese.

Sure, the kids working there are usually stoned out of their minds, but it's still delicious pizza to me.
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I ate at Salvation's last week and thought it was very good. I sampled three different kinds and all were tasty, thin crust pizzas.

However, I don't get to Austin that often, so I am not sure how it rates compared to a lot of the new places I am seeing on this thread.
 
I love Conan's, but there's not one anywhere near where I live (Cedar Park), so I don't really think about them much anymore...
 
Any place that offers the choice of wheat crust has at least one thing going for it in my book.

I like Conan's, and it's typically where I go if I'm willing to pay more than pizza-chain prices. Mangia is good too, but I don't know if I'd say they are better. It's been a while. For a thinner crust, I really enjoy the Brick Oven.
 
Salvation is pretty good. It's Italian is similar in style -- maybe a bit closer to Mangia's thin crust -- and it didn't set my hair on fire.

I like Conan's for thicker crust.
 
What is the name of that place at the Triangle? Italian place. I really liked the pizza I had there. My Aunt used to live in Italy and she said their Margherita pizza was the closest she's found in the US to what she got there. She loved it.
 
I would have to throw in Vinny's. They have a white pizza that is pretty awesome. I like mangia a lot too, stuffed or thin but preferrably stuffed.
 
had me a homeslice pie for lunch with a couple friends today.

fresh mozzeralla (in addition to the regular cheese), sausage, garlic, and mushrooms. awesome.

but i can understand the detractors to some extent if they've only had slices and not whole pies straight out of the oven, made to order. big difference.

to get the best pizza there, you have to get the whole pie. and ask for it "well done."

and their italian sub with peppers is the tits.
 
A 2nd for Yaghi's. Very consistenly good, unlike Austin's Pizza, which can be very good but we've found to be hit-and-miss (you can't actually expect someone to pay for a burnt pizza). Austin Pizza Garden can be good, but eat-in service is generally horrible.
 
I had to run an errand on South Congress yesterday at lunchtime, so I dropped into Southside Pizza. Now that's good pizza.

I'll put it just behind Saccone's and Reale's. Definitely better than Homeslice. Check it out.
 
Conan's over Mangia? Really?

I agree with the poster above that mentioned that we need to distinguish between deep dish and thin crust. In the deep dish category, Mangia kills Conan's. As for thin crust, I've had a lot of good thin crust, but I love a good deep dish pizza. I guess if you love a greasy crust, I can see why you would prefer Conan's over Mangia. Personally, I detest greasy crusts. Anyone remember Pizza Inn's (only in East Texas AFAIK) New York Style Crust. Now that was both a greasy crust and bad pizza. I remember being really glad as a kid when the novelty wore off on my parents and we went back to thin crust (Pizza Inn's thick crust was also bad).

BTW, when in Chicago in April (1st time), I tried Giordanos (sp?), which is supposed to be a popular Chicago chain for deep dish pizza. Mangia had a much better crust. The rest was comparable (i.e. lot's of sauce and toppings), but I got the impression that Giordano's crust was something you had to have grown up with.

Saccones seems to be getting much love, but considering I lived in South Austin for years and am now in New Braunfels, I doubt I will be making it there (Leander) any time soon.
 
BTW, just reread jimmyjazz's Top 7 list. Al John's in my book is among the worst pizza I have ever had. I would seriously take most chain pizza including Pizza Hut, which I hate, over Al John's. IIRC, the crust was particularly greasy, which I am not a fan of.

I bring this up not to call out jimmyjazz, since he could just as easily call me out. Rather this highlights how disparate tastes in pizza are.

BTW, I used to really like Pizza Nizza when they were still in business. Not a deep dish, but good pizza.
 
Maybe Al John's is really inconsistent? I've only had it maybe 3 times, but it was really good every time. The crust wasn't greasy, either.
 
I don't live in town but visit frequently. I like Mangia by far the best. I've tried many of the others listed on this thread and will try a few of the others next trip. I'm okay with Homeslice. It's not bad pizza but a bit overrated like a few other restaurants by folks on this site.
 
I haven't had Mangia, but I've had Conan's twice in the last few months. Neither time was the crust greasy. I liked it a lot each time.

Homeslice is good. I'll try well done next time.
I've had Southside Flying Pizza once. I had a personal pizza and it was very good.
 
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