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Have you ever lived elsewhere in the US outside of the NYC area? Spend a few years elsewhere and you'll be longing for any pizza that resembles Ray's and Famiglia.
Disagree bigtime. Those restaurants are too commercialized. When you open chains, you need to maintain the consistency between restaurants. As a result, ingredients are made in one place, sometimes days in advance, and used in several locations. I much prefer my neighborhood pizzeria that makes their ingredients fresh multiple times daily. It's why it tastes unique.
(as you see, OP, this is a debate that can go on and on.
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