Best Pizza in Lafayette?

[ZoomZoom]

Deano's fan since the 70's. Although I've given up the pitcher(s) of beer...

[Just1More]

It is. We eat at the one in Prairieville way too much! "The Krewe" is great! As is the Joe Horn bbq.

You are right. I like Rotolos in Prairieville, both pizzas and calzones.

[GrosseTete Cajun]

Let's hear it! Who has the best pizza in the area?

Dominos

[AirBill]

For me, pizza in Lafayette begins and ends with Alesi's. That's for several reasons: the taste, the atmosphere, going there with my parents after UL games in the 70s and 80s. But one event cinched it for me, and for that they will always have my undying loyalty.

I was in my last year at UL in '92. It was suppertime, I'd saved up a few bucks, and I decided to treat myself to my typical large pepperoni and green pepper. I was a little delayed getting there, so I was starving. Raging, stomach-growling hunger. I got the pizza and headed back to my truck. Holding the pizza in my right hand and opening the door with my left, and it slid out of the side of the box. I still remember it tumbling and landing topside-down on the asphalt parking lot.

Mind you, had that pizza landed on the bottom, I seriously might have picked it up, brushed it off and carried on. But no, it didn't. Right then, my stomach let out a growl that was louder than the Johnston Street traffic. So I headed back inside to order another pizza. I sat down and stared at the map of Sicily, just ____ed and hungry.

The new pizza came back, this time in a sturdier cardboard box. I went to pay, and Mike Jr. said, "No, this one's on the house." I couldn't believe it. I probably had college student written all over me, and Mike couldn't have done a nicer thing for me than he did that day.

Like I said, I have a million reasons to like Alesi's. The crust, sauce, cheese, pepperoni and green pepper combine for a taste I've never had anywhere else. The atmosphere and people are second to none. And, they sure as hell didn't have to give me a free pizza to keep my business. But they did, and I'll never forget it.

[Just1More]

That's a great story, Airbill. I worked at Alesi's in high school (about 100 other people I know did too). I had eaten there as a kid, a lot, and loved the raviolis. I hadn't ever gotten a pizza. My parents weren't big on pizza. As an employee, they used to let us eat a meal on the house (everything but a steak). I had a pizza boy buddy and he's like "you never ate one of our pizzas!?" He ends up making me a pepperoni, Canadian bacon with extra cheese pizza on a thin crispy crust that was absolutely outstanding. I knew I loved the marinara... but that stinky cheese and that greasy meat was absolutely scrumptious.

[ulXrunner]

I really think this should be settle somehow. We need a Lafayette Pizza Festival so we all can enjoy it!

[zephyr]

And in Carencro...

And Broussard

[zephyr]

Dang...but they staying away from Lafayette. Still got a bad taste in their mouth from the one they had on campus in the early 2000's.

They are looking in Lafayette but they like going to the outskirt cities with good growth as there is less competition.

[zephyr]

Will probably be unpopular but I tried alesi's for the 2nd time recently... Not a fan. Wasnt a fan the first time and thought I give them another shot, still not a fan. Got half works and half all meat... Was really greasy. The slices tore in half because of all the grease in the middle made the crust soggy. I know it's a lafayette staple but I don't get how everyone thinks it's the best. Pizza artista, deanos and pizza village in that order for me.

I'm sort of in the same boat although I do like it there but its not my favorite. I've tried it many times but just doesn't do it for me like PV and some of the others mentioned as well. Also, while I tried and liked Pizza Artista, it also wasn't my favorite as I thought they kind of skimped a bit on the toppings.

[ManAboutTown]

Anyone that lives near oil center and hasn't tried Antoni's, give it a shot. Good pizza. Very authentic.