They Love Pizza Too, Eh

Posted by Adam Kuban, July 9, 2004 at 12:36 PM

For months now, Slice has been New York City's Favorite Pizza Weblog. We then decided we were America's Favorite Pizza Weblog. Any possibility of staking a claim up north as "Canada's Favourite Pizza Weblog," however, has effectively been thwarted by the emergence of Pizza Ottawa. Pizza Ottawa describes itself:

"We love pizza, and we hope you love pizza too. Pizza Ottawa is here to provide a guide to getting a good slice in this city. Whether you're in a pinch and need something quick or ordering out while watchin' the BIG GAME, we hope that you can find what you want here!"

We didn't know there was a hoppin' pizza culture up in The Great White North, but we're glad to see a pizza blog documenting it nonetheless. Now if only some hoser in Chicago would start a deep-dish blog so we can start a good old-fashioned website war.

We liked the following thought on the site, regarding an ingenious way of preventing the lid-pie contact in takeout or delivery situations:

We were pleasantly surprised when the pizza arrived a mere 22 minutes after we had ordered it. The box was a little flimsy, but they stapled it shut to avoid any unfortunate accidents. When the staples were taken out and the box was opened, we were happy to find a dough ball in the centre of the pizza as opposed to the usual plastic contraption used to keep the cheese off the top of the box. We at Pizza Ottawa have a nostalgic attachment to dough balls, so bonus points are awarded whenever we get a pizza with one. There were only 8 pieces, which seems a little low for an extra-large, but we had no problem with the size of the slices.

We at Slice, in contrast, can't fault a pizzeria for cutting pies into eighths. Eight is, after all, Slice's magic number.

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