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gothaggis t1_itwaug6 wrote

they have never had good pizza. no idea why people seem to think its good

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YoYoMoMa t1_itwhspk wrote

There was a time, many moons ago, when BOP was some of the best pizza in the city.

Thank the gods we have moved far past those dark days.

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noahsense t1_itx1ssa wrote

I remember loving it like 20 years ago. Has it gotten worst or did I just have no sense back then?

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MD_Weedman t1_itxp9np wrote

I always loved BOP pizza because my whole crew would always be super duper wasted by the time we ended up there. I have great memories of their pizza.

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noahsense t1_itzooi7 wrote

I always went to BOP after visiting The Sound Garden and Karmic Connection, before I lived in Bmore. I’m not sure which of those that I’m more surprised is still open.

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MunderDifflin420 t1_itx7yb5 wrote

While I wouldn’t say Baltimore has awesome pizza options, there are plenty much better than BOP.

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myhatwhatapicnic t1_itytvc8 wrote

Please help me. I've been looking for great pizza for so long.

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ivegoneblinkingmad t1_itzdsf7 wrote

If you're lazy like me and don't want to go searching, I'll give you a few of my faves.
Ribaldis
Paulie Gee's
Tutti Gusti
Joe Squared
Homeslyce (not my personal fave but it is popular)
Johnny Rads
Pub Dog (pizza isn't anything to write home about but they brew their own beer and its a fun experience overall)

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noahsense t1_itzpemt wrote

I’ll add that Verde is excellent but only if you eat it there. It must be eaten within 5 minutes of coming out of the oven or it goes from incredible to garbage.

And Paulie Gee’s deck oven pizza is better than their brick oven pizza. Unpopular opinion? Maybe.

Hersh’s in Riverside/Fed Hill great but pricey.

I don’t recognize Underground as Pizza but some people do. It’s good but it’s definitely more of a saucy focaccia.

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StinkRod t1_iu08w9r wrote

>And Paulie Gee’s deck oven pizza is better than their brick oven pizza.

Facts.

I'll eat their brick oven if I'm sitting back in the bar, but the deck pizza is a winner.

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myhatwhatapicnic t1_itzyqi4 wrote

The person I asked seemed to be versed in Baltimore pizza. Call that part of the search. 😀 Johnny Rads has been a fav since 2011. I'm glad to hear they're still at it. I need to get over that way again.

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m_wriston t1_itzp129 wrote

In no particular order:

  • Zella’s (Hollins Market)
  • Paulie Gee’s (Hampden)
  • Angeli’s (Little Italy)
  • Homeslyce (They deliver pizza and beer!)
  • Ribaldi’s (Hampden)
  • JBGB (Remington)
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Mikel32 t1_iu0cnar wrote

Zella’s 🙌 Also, the meatballs are fucking fire.

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groovevault22 t1_itz9jud wrote

There are several threads in this sub where people list a lot of good spots. I'm probably less experienced than most of the regular contributors here when it comes to pizza but my recent favorites have been Angeli's, Isabella's, and Tutti Gusti.

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YggdrasilsLeaf t1_iu1lzw9 wrote

It used to be amazing. Back in the late 90s/early 2000s I lived on Bond street 4 doors down from what used to be Fletchers, right down from HS bakery with BOP just around the corner and the smells…..

My god it’s a miracle I didn’t gorge myself to death on baked dough products during that time. 24 hours a day.

Anyway i basically lived on BOP pizza because it meant I didn’t have to cook after a 14 hour shift at Hard Rock Cafe. It was cheap and it was AMAZEBALLS. Like 5 bucks a cheese pie cheap.

Maybe that price was because I lived in Fells and bought from them like every other day? The fancier pizza offerings were considerably more expensive at 10-12 bucks a pop. Whatever the case when I finally moved out of the city I didn’t hit up BOP for a few years. Last time I went? I wanna say it was around 2013-2014? I think?

SUPREMELY disappointed. The prices hadn’t changed too much a bit higher obviously, but the pizza? Was inedible. Just a basic cheese pie and somehow they managed to mess it up worse than a teenager tripping balls working at a Little Caesers.

The dough was undercooked to the point of being mushy. The sauce was hyper sweet and there was too much of it. The cheese was rank and there was too little of it. I just assumed they got bought out by whomever like every other decent pizza place in Baltimore that now sucks.

So I never went back. You can get an excellent slice right up Thames street (same side of the street as BOP) at this little hole in the wall place. I forget the name of the place atm but it’s that tiny pizza/sub shop right on a Thames above Aliceanna st but before Eastern ave.

Crispy base, fantastic fluffy edge crust, sauce is perfection and the cheese is abundant. And it it’s CHEAP. All that being said?

If you can stomach haggis? BOP pizza should be a breeze for you!

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puptrait t1_itzxueg wrote

I don't know when it changed, but the mouthfeel now is completely different from what it was back in the late 90's.

BoPs pizza used to have what looked like course cornstarch on the bottom that gave it a crunchy, almost gritty texture. Without it the doughiness of the crust is more pronounced.

They also used to have hot sauce at the tables, which went a long way towards softening the sweetness of their sauce.

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