Oh good Lord, where do we begin here?
and yes Imos's Pizza is overrated!
Originally Posted by DallasRain
Oh dear... If I didn't love you so much already, I wouldn't bother falling for you. Them's fightin' words.
Stay away from... Imos pizza (it's horrible!)
Originally Posted by fluffhead1977
Ok, it's pretty obvious that both of y'all are not natives (or if brudda fluffhead is, he obviously was raised all wrong, and his parents should have been brought up on child abuse charges
)... St. Louis style pizza (of which Imo's is the original and IMNSHO still the best) is pretty much either a "you were born here and love the stuff" phenomenon, or an acquired taste. Most non-natives have trouble wrapping their head around provel (
the essential St. Louis style pizza cheese). I can testify that some non-natives (e.g., a provider I enticed from KC to STL to spend an overnight with me a few years ago) do like the stuff on first introduction, and others (e.g., my second ex wife, a/k/a "not the despised bitch"--that was the first ex) can acquire the taste after a while.
Imo's is not that good. Cecil Whitaker's pizza isn't bad.
Originally Posted by Greatdaddy2020
I've never noticed that much difference between Whitaker's and Imo's (to put it in Memphis terms, it's about the same practical no-difference that exists between The Bar-B-Q Shop and Central BBQ). I prefer Imo's by a very small margin, and always have an Imo's pizza delivered to me whenever I'm in the 314 (or the 636), but if I were ever in an area where there was a Whitaker's and no Imo's within a reasonable distance (though I doubt there is any such area in St. Louis), I'd substitute Whitaker's with no hesitation. (FULL DISCLOSURE: it's been literally decades since I've had a Cecil Whitaker's pizza, so maybe they've changed it since then; I'm working with my old memories, not recent ones.)
BUT, for those of you lacking taste who despise Imo's (and I suppose it's not your fault you weren't born in St. Louis and raised properly), I do hear good things from the legions of Imo's haters about Pi Pizzeria. IIRC, the flagship location is on Delmar in the Loop, but they've opened a few other locations (including Downtown and in the Central West End). Hit the website (
http://pi-pizza.com/) for more information.
If you stay downtown my fave place is Caleco's - they have an extensive menu - a train that runs around the bar - plus you can catch sports on TV - open late (although I dont recommend wandering around late at night by yourself) and they have huge fish tanks.
Originally Posted by MWCompanions
Last I was staying downtown (Father's Day weekend; I got a great deal on the Hyatt Regency by the Old Courthouse thanks to Priceline) I didn't take your advice, I'm sorry to say. Wandering around downtown (by myself, though not late at night) I saw that I wasn't that far from Charlie Gitto's downtown, and I remembered from the last time I was there that the prices were reasonable and the lasagna (nature's most nearly perfect food) was excellent, so I visited there and verified that my memories were still accurate. (One of these days I'll hit Caleco's I suppose, though they've moved from where they were when I was last there).
Back when I was working downtown, Amighetti's used to have a shop just a bit west (on the same block, IIRC) as Calico's. I learned during my downtown wanderings that Amighetti's downtown has apparently gone to the great Italian Deli in the Sky... My next trip to STL I'm going to have to make a point of heading to the Hill and having an Amighetti's Special... It's been
way too long since I've had that pleasure.
Cheers,
bcg
It seems a bit weird to me to suggest that Imo's is subpar but Cecil Whitaker's is acceptable... but hey, it takes difference of opinion to make a horse race. 
