Everyone has had and heard of New York style and Chicago style pizza but not many know about Indiana style pizza. I was just out to eat with friends at a indiana pizza restaurant called Greeks. I was surprised to learn that all of the other Indiana natives at the table did not know which pizza places where founded and primarily remain in Indiana.
In my opinion, the finest example of Indiana style pizza is Pizza king. Pizza King was founded in 1956 in Lafayette, in. It was followed by Arnie’s in 1965 also in Lafayette, in. Both pizza king and Arnie’s are a thin crust pizza with edge to edge toppings. Normally square cut slices with finely chopped pepperoni and/or sausage.
These were followed by Greeks pizzeria in 1969 in Valparaiso, in. Greeks is more of a hand tossed and is good but I feel both pizza king and Arnie’s better exemplify Indiana pizza.
This will be the focus of my next pizzas I make.
So there you go. If you find yourself driving through Indiana, try to find a pizza king and try it out. They are normally easier to find in Indianapolis and in all of the small and big towns north of Indianapolis.
Edit: this is a picture of a pizza king pizza for reference. I did not make it.
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