Food & Drink Feb 18, 2010 at 2:45 pm

Yesterday The Stranger Suggested: Olympia Pizza

Matthew Cooke
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Huh huh. Huh huh. You said "nipple."

Huh huh.
TVDinner on February 18, 2010 at 2:51 PM Report this
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That pizza has one big nipple.
Toad in the Hole on February 18, 2010 at 2:51 PM Report this
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Olympic Pizza is good.

But .. Kylie's Chicago Pizza in Fremont is way better. They do both excellent thin crust pizzas that make your mouth water and Chicago style thick crust pizzas that are worthy of the name.
Will in Seattle on February 18, 2010 at 2:54 PM Report this
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Please don't come here unless you live in the neighborhood...it's busy enough without "foreigners" showing up taking all the booths. It's a 15th Ave treat that we hate sharing, (see also Jamjuree and Canterbury).

You can have the irritating 22 Doors and Smith.
michael strangeways on February 18, 2010 at 2:54 PM Report this
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"Olympia", not "Olympic", Will. Sigh.

Isn't a "Margherita with pepperoni" kind of like a chick with a dick? "Vanilla" ice cream made with chocolate? A "vegetarian" who eats beef? Margherita = tomato sauce, mozzarella, basil, period.
Fnarf on February 18, 2010 at 3:01 PM Report this
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That place is great! And you are totally correct, Matthew...the sauce IS the nipple of the pizza. Well said.
Mittens Schrodinger on February 18, 2010 at 3:06 PM Report this
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I hate to break it to you Matt, but the ingredients in typical pepperoni are pretty much drawn from the same sources as hot dogs- scrap meat from the slaughterhouse, AKA the formerly puckered.
kitschnsync on February 18, 2010 at 3:18 PM Report this
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@5 - On that note, have you ever had a veggie burger with bacon? They are delicious!
Mahtli69 on February 18, 2010 at 3:19 PM Report this
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@5 Furthur proof that Fnarf is a nit-picking Prick. Or... a Nit-Pricker!
douchus on February 18, 2010 at 3:30 PM Report this
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"Tangy" nipples!? What kind of girls are you hanging out with?
T on February 18, 2010 at 3:35 PM Report this
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@5: A margherita with pepperoni is the platypus of pizzas.
TVDinner on February 18, 2010 at 3:44 PM Report this
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@9 To be fair to Fnarf (which is something we all do with great reluctance), the name of the place is in the title of the post and therefore on the header of the comment page.
We should all try to be more observant.
Enigma on February 18, 2010 at 3:46 PM Report this
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"The edge of Partytown." I like it, but I'm not convinced it will catch on.

I live a few blocks southeast of the Canturbury and refer to my neighborhood as "halfway between the multi-million-dollar mansions and the open-air crack market." It's not very euphonious, but it is accurate.
Kalakalot on February 18, 2010 at 3:48 PM Report this
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Are all pizzas at Olympia served crust/sauce/topping mountain/cheese shell style? I had one at "The Bar" (a cute bar name that gets tiresome about five seconds into a second confused conversation) a few weeks ago and was kind of surprised by the presentation.
josh on February 18, 2010 at 4:12 PM Report this
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@12, oh, come on, Enigma, are you still mad because I forgot who you were and called you a "he"? I apologized, didn't I? Didn't I? Well, if I didn't, I'm sorry, and I"m still sorry I called you a he.

Good god, you've even picked Will in Seattle over me in your Strangerface bio, which I think makes you unique in the Stranger universe (most haven't picked either). I really need to work on my people skills.

Oh, wait, I have no people skills.
Fnarf on February 18, 2010 at 4:16 PM Report this
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@15 I like to be contrary just for the fun of it.
And you're forgetting I'm a girl amuses more than annoys. One of the reasons I like my name is cause people just couldn't tell my gender until I made it known. And people who don't follow Slog all that close still do default to male.
But I do think I met Will at Slog Happy before you, which is why I chose him in my StrangerFace.
Enigma on February 18, 2010 at 4:40 PM Report this
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@5 - it was ironic. slashdot is talking about the IOC trying to get people not to use Olympian. try to keep up. by the way - THREE GOLD MEDALS no matter what your lying wiki says, comrade. I can't help it that you are on time delay here.
Will in Seattle on February 18, 2010 at 4:43 PM Report this
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Thanks, Enigma.

Remember, anyone who posts with a hot tub as an icon is always being serious, right?
Will in Seattle on February 18, 2010 at 4:44 PM Report this
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You were not being ironic, Will; you were being wrong. You've never even been in Olympia Pizza, have you?

As for "your" Canadian Olympic gold medals, I have no idea what you're talking about; I've never mentioned them, with "lying wiki" assistance or otherwise (huh?). I am, however, amused by your suggestion that you are not subject to American time delays on Olympic coverage, apparently because you have Canadian magic, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE HERE IN SEATTLE.

You can't even tell a joke properly, dipshit. And thinking about you and hot tubs at the same time is making everyone on Slog break out in hives. Blech.
Fnarf on February 18, 2010 at 4:55 PM Report this
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I love Olympia Pizza! They're just down the street from where I work. Actually I usually get half of a Greek salad, and can barely make my way through that!

I learned not to get the exquisite Greek Spaghetti (just spaghetti, garlic butter and SCADS of mizithra cheese) because I MAKE A FREAKIN' PIG OF MYSELF when I do!! Thanks for the lesson, Oly Pizza! :-D
merry on February 18, 2010 at 5:08 PM Report this
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Sorry, Matthew, but there are no kick-ass pies in this town. Seattle does a lot of things right -- more than most cities -- but pizza isn't one of them. Luckily, even mediocre pizza is very tasty.

No anti-Seattle snobbery here, just plain old truth-telling. For great pizza, go to New York.
Lincolnish on February 18, 2010 at 5:10 PM Report this
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Wow, I'm surprised the thread made it to 21 comments before the inevitable (and cliched) "New York pizza is the best pizza" statement. There are some awesome pizzas to be found around Seattle. Not everyone is trying to be like New York or necessarily even wants to be. I've had great and horrible pizza in New York. It's all subjective, plain and simple.
laterite on February 18, 2010 at 5:18 PM Report this
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Yeah, New York pizza is really hit-or-miss, mostly miss. Unless your measure of a good slice is a tablespoon of oil running down your arm.

Veraci Pizza in Ballard blows away any traditional New York pizza anywhere. It also blows away the other Neapolitan-style pizzerias in Seattle, including Via Tribunali and Tutta Bella, by a wide, wide margin.

But then, I believe that the crust, not the sauce, is the true nipple of pizza (though Veraci wins on both).
Fnarf on February 18, 2010 at 5:30 PM Report this
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Chicago v. New York v. Seattle pizza is a losing argument. In any given restaurant in any given town, they can deliver great or horrible pie to your table. Styles vary, ingredients vary. New York slices can blow or reign supreme, ditto Chicago deep dish, or various gourmet operations. The key is: cooks who fucking care about what they're cooking. This is often but not always correlated with owners who are present and paying attention, and regular customers who are happy or, when slightly unhappy, can express their critiques in constructive ways.

Restaurant geek out.
Chicago Fan on February 18, 2010 at 6:03 PM Report this
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Maybe I should just say it this way: New York is better than Seattle. Thus its pizza is better too. Suck it, Seattle pizza apologists!
Lincolnish on February 18, 2010 at 6:38 PM Report this
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@5 If the place is called "Olympia Pizza" isn't the appropriate adjective for one of their pies 'olympic'. That said, I lived in Olympia for 15 years and nothing every struck me as particularly olympic there.
Danger on February 18, 2010 at 6:54 PM Report this
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What I like about New York pizza is the place might be some little hole-in-the-wall dive, but the pizza is still fantastic. I went to three different places, and they were all like this. I also noticed the "owners who are present and paying attention" thing that #24 said.

Oh, and I agree about the crust -- it's all in the crust.
Irena on February 18, 2010 at 8:40 PM Report this
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@ 25 - Ooh, that thinking is deeper even than the pizza! In Chicago, even!!

I guess you Done Schooled Us.

Regional asshole shoutout: FAIL.
merry on February 19, 2010 at 2:30 AM Report this
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@27, it's essential to have a good crust, and sauce, but what really sets the spectacular joints above the rest is the cheese. The Italian specialty suppliers that serve pizza joints here provide an aged cheese that you can't buy in the supermarkets. By comparison, the stuff the chain shops use is tasteless.
Brooklyn Reader on February 19, 2010 at 8:13 AM Report this

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