Barbara Syracuse takes pizza seriously. Very seriously.
So choosing the cheesiest pizza, or the pie with the sweetest sauce or best crust, or the one she’d most likely order again? It’s a difficult job — but somebody had to do it.
“I’m Italian, so I kind of know a little about pizza,” said Syracuse, of Greece. “I have found the best flavor — onions, spinach — it is just wonderful.”
More than 130 people cast their votes — and sampled the best that nine local pizzerias had to offer — in the People’s Choice pizza-tasting contest at Messiah Lutheran Church in Greece. The younger pizza tasters were entertained by clowns, while the other pizza fanciers ate and tried to answer pizza trivia. For instance, what day is more pizza eaten than any other?
Come on, football fans, it’s the Super Bowl, according to Stacey Reed-MacGregor, executive director of PetraPlace.
The March 30 event was a successful fundraiser for the nonprofit counseling center in Greece for a pretty obvious reason. “Everybody enjoys pizza,” said John Ciccolone, director of marketing and promotions for the organization.
Not only do they enjoy pizza, they know exactly what to look for in a winner.
“I like a good sauce, and not too greasy,” said Ashley Evans, 11, a student at Athena Middle School. Her brother, John, 7, a student at Pine Brook Elementary, likes a thin crust and lots of cheese.
They came with eager — and hungry — grandparents, Dave and Mary Kolchuk, who came with open minds.
“And open taste buds,” Dave Kolchuk said. “I love pizza. I’m looking forward to this.”
Most everyone was willing to try something new, whether a Buffalo-style chicken wing pie, a slice loaded with toppings, or a basic pepperoni, said server Dawn Ciccolone.
“‘I’ll have that one, and I’ll have that one and I’ll have that one’ — that’s all I have been hearing,” she laughed.
Al Seeley, of Rochester, couldn’t say what ingredient makes a good piece of pizza great.
“I’ve eaten pizza for so long, I don’t know what I like,” he said.
But, he said, he’d know it when he tasted it — and he was going to sample slices from all nine pizzerias.
Barbara Syracuse takes pizza seriously. Very seriously.
So choosing the cheesiest pizza, or the pie with the sweetest sauce or best crust, or the one she’d most likely order again? It’s a difficult job — but somebody had to do it.
“I’m Italian, so I kind of know a little about pizza,” said Syracuse, of Greece. “I have found the best flavor — onions, spinach — it is just wonderful.”
More than 130 people cast their votes — and sampled the best that nine local pizzerias had to offer — in the People’s Choice pizza-tasting contest at Messiah Lutheran Church in Greece. The younger pizza tasters were entertained by clowns, while the other pizza fanciers ate and tried to answer pizza trivia. For instance, what day is more pizza eaten than any other?
Come on, football fans, it’s the Super Bowl, according to Stacey Reed-MacGregor, executive director of PetraPlace.
The March 30 event was a successful fundraiser for the nonprofit counseling center in Greece for a pretty obvious reason. “Everybody enjoys pizza,” said John Ciccolone, director of marketing and promotions for the organization.
Not only do they enjoy pizza, they know exactly what to look for in a winner.
“I like a good sauce, and not too greasy,” said Ashley Evans, 11, a student at Athena Middle School. Her brother, John, 7, a student at Pine Brook Elementary, likes a thin crust and lots of cheese.
They came with eager — and hungry — grandparents, Dave and Mary Kolchuk, who came with open minds.
“And open taste buds,” Dave Kolchuk said. “I love pizza. I’m looking forward to this.”
Most everyone was willing to try something new, whether a Buffalo-style chicken wing pie, a slice loaded with toppings, or a basic pepperoni, said server Dawn Ciccolone.
“‘I’ll have that one, and I’ll have that one and I’ll have that one’ — that’s all I have been hearing,” she laughed.
Al Seeley, of Rochester, couldn’t say what ingredient makes a good piece of pizza great.
“I’ve eaten pizza for so long, I don’t know what I like,” he said.
But, he said, he’d know it when he tasted it — and he was going to sample slices from all nine pizzerias.
