Food & Drink Nov 5, 2009 at 4:00 am

White Center's Got a Lot Going for It

ALL PHOTOS KELLY O

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Note to Ms. Miller: Before you start throwing around words like "bourgeoisie" you might want to actually research their proper use and definition. Bourgeoisie refers to the middle-class so toppings that regularly appear on pizza, whether "the usual suspects" or "prosciutto and egg," routinely devoured by members of the bourgeoisie would be bourgeoisie.

Yet another disappointing entry in the so-called food section.

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I'm guessing you decided not to wander too far from the bus stop on your adventure to the seedy side of town. I won't reveal the better spots for fear of an influx of tight jean wearing hipsters who think its cool to visit the hood for lunch. I do live here. I do know the best Halal spots, where not to go for teriyaki, the Mexican place that cooks their carne asada tacos to order and that the Locker Room or Brewski's are the prefered bars for daytime boozers. Roasted corn? Really?
File this under lame tourism crap next time and don't print it.
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Shit, hipsters are about to fuck up White Center... sigh...
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Note to "danidowntown": Before you start writing knee-jerk "scathing" comments with nearly no relevance to the article, you might want to actually get a clue. If Ms. Miller took any license with the term "bourgeoisie", it was as a play on the name "Proletariat Pizza". Frankly though, prosciutto and egg is a hell of a lot more bourgeoisie than pepperoni.
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@ 4 Note to White Centrist: It would appear that both you and Ms. Miller are in desperate need of a copy editor. Danindowntown is my name on the Stranger interwebs and therefore a proper noun so there is no need for your quotation marks.

If Ms. Miller intended to play on the Marxist terminology lamentably included in the supposed pizzeria's name she would have been better served by not pointing out that the name has nothing to do with Marxism or Bolsheviks.

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hipsters are good business. let us wear our tight pants, some of us grew up in the hood, you know? At lunch we like to remind ourselves of our trashy suburban youth by chowin' down strip mall style. Wanna come eat on capitol hill for ten bucks? didn't think so.
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Argh! I can't resist, though I wish I were a better person and could. "Bourgeoisie" is a noun, it refers to a group of people (really it's French for "the Burghers," or town residents, business and property owners, and the word's a lot older than Marx btw). In the US today we typically use it as a synonym for the elite or the rich, with a sense that they are also predictable and banal. The adjective is "bourgeois," as in "your pizza toppings are so bourgeois, and the SubZero wine cooler at your ski in/ski out chalet in Sun Valley is, too." I'm done. That's all. Continue snarking.
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One last thing, but no more grammar or usage I promise: I've had the corn at that stand and it is delicious. Mine is butter and chile, no mayo.
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As Noirony correctly points out, "bourgeois" as an adjective generally applies to things affiliated with the so-called "middle class", e.g. residents, property owners and business people of a particular area.

Excluding, by definition, both landless lower classes and the upper classes of church, state, etc.

Which means that the adjective, depending on who's using it, can be read as perjorative of those "pedestrian lower classes", if you're a noble, or perjorative of those "fancy town folks" if you're a simple farmer.

So STOP FUCKING CALLING PEOPLE OUT ON USING IT "WRONG" ALREADY! For fuck's sake.
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All these negative comments are so uncalled for!! I'm so tired of people beating up reporters. Have them try reporting. I loved this story. Very funny. Really great job reporting and writing. You are awesome!
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Proletariat pizza is definately worth the trip to White Center. I don't agree that the mozzerella is flawed. Who cares if they offer egg and proscuitto? Not I. The pizza is miles ahead of the other offerings in the area. Except for Giannoni's in Westwood Village. Same some room for Full Tilt icecream across the street!
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You know you are a douchebag when given the chance to comment on someone's work, all you can come up with trivial, pointless criticism.

From a non-resident, frequent visitor to WC - good article.
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I think Ms. Miller can take some comfort in knowing that most of the people who read this article enjoyed it as it is entertaining and informative. It is a fact that most people who comment on on line comment boards are motivated by something other than the simple joy of reading an entertaining and informative article. My mother always told me, "If you don't have anthing nice to say, STFU."
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I hope Ms. Miller stops in for another pie at Proletariat. Take a seat and let the friendly staff bring you a glass of wine and a fresh out of the oven Favorite or maybe a Veggie. The Cinco is to die for for real cheese lovers! So many great choices and flavors it's hardly fair to rate the place on one slice of cheese. Love the new lunch hours too.
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Funny article, and if they are his true feelings... Let him be. One thing that I absolutely agreed with, was the description of the sauce. We felt the cheese was fine, crust was great, (although a smidge oily...) but the sauce was bland-ish. Not spice wise, but it didn't have much of a tomato flavor to it. Overall though... We really enjoyed it:)

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