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Fayetteville’s Bestest: Pizza

In an effort to better serve you, the ever-dedicated Fayetteville Flyer patrons, we’ve started a new column, “Fayetteville’s Bestest.” By using the powerful combination of opinion and mathematics, “Fayetteville’s Bestest” will fill you in on what’s awesome in the Fayetteville area. Our entire writing staff is given a subject (best place in F-Ville for sushi, to get your car repaired or to buy books. Anything) and then told to pick their top three favorites. The subsequent list of favorites is then compiled into one “super list,” stamped by a public notary, baptized, wined and dined and then presented to you, our faithful readers.

Right now I image you’re asking yourself, “Jeff (ignore that part if your name is not Jeff), what could possibly inspire such an audacious undertaking?” Well, Jeff, I’ll tell you: Pizza.

That’s right, Pizza. In our ongoing quest to deliver only the highest-quality content, we’re going to let you know just where you can nosh on the best pizza Fayetteville has to deliver. Don’t act like you’re not amped. I can see it in your eyes.

Without further ado, here it is – Fayetteville’s Bestest Pizza according to the Fayetteville Flyer:

#1 – Hogwild Pizza

With their killer pizza and excellent atmosphere, Hogwild Pizza is the uncontested best pizza place in town. If you haven’t had the pleasure of eating a pie from Hogwild, you should probably do yourself a favor and check it out.

#2 – Tim’s on College

Coming in a very close second is Tim’s on College. This place is a mainstay for good pizza in Fayetteville. Consistently delicious pizzas (w/ awesome toppings) and fantastic salads made this place a serious first place contender. Always a good place to eat some pizza.

#3 Tim’s on the Square

While not quite as good as its counterpart on College Avenue, Tim’s on the Square placed third for a reason; It’s really, really good. The pizza here is baked as well as the majority of the wait staff. But don’t let your aversion to stoners keep you from rocking this place when you’re Jonesin for some pizza. It’s worth it. Good pizza and great beer deals are reason enough to stop by for a hearty pizza meal.

Others: (4)US Pizza, (5), Cable Car Pizza (5), Jim’s Razorback Pizza (5) Eureka Pizza (6) Mordour’s Pizza

Points Breakdown
17 – Hogwild
16 – Tim’s on College
9 – Tim’s on the Square
7 – US Pizza
3 – Eureka Pizza
3 – Cable Car Pizza
3 – Jim’s Razorback Pizza
1 – Mordour’s Pizza

How it’s scored: Each writer gets three votes. First place earns 3 points, second earns 2 and thirds brings in 1. The totals are calculated and the winner of the most points takes first place. Easy as pie… Pizza pie.

If you’re curious on how our writers voted and why, keep on reading.

JTrain:

1) Tim’s on College: Tim’s on college has been around for a long time and there’s a good reason for that. Their pizza is consistently delicious, their salads are always killer and the employees are super friendly. Two cheese-covered thumbs up.

2) US Pizza: While the pizza’s are pretty good, eating them out on the deck while enjoying a cold brew is even better. I don’t think they have the best pizza in town, but their deck makes it, arguably, one of the best places to eat it.

3) Mordour’s Pizza: Surprisingly good pizza made by Lord of the Rings nerds. Plus they deliver ‘til 5am. Doesn’t get much better than that, my friends.

Jarsh:

1) Hogwild: Besides having bizarre names for the pizzas (Who’s Umami?), to me, there is not a better pie in town. The ingredients are fresh and the pizza is always hot. The atmosphere is really relaxed and so are the employees. I’ve been rooting for this place to be successful since it opened and so far they seem to be doing just fine.

2) Jim’s Razorback

3) Tim’s on College

TomForth:

1) Tim’s on the Square (but only on the side where the West Mountain Brewing Company used to be… the other side is weird.): Fayetteville is, sadly, a black hole for pizza. As a man who loves pizza more than my mother (sorry mom), this is a sad fact–all the Pizza places in town kinda suck. That having been said, Tim’s on the square sucks the least. Their pizza is, at best, gooey processed cheese slathered on soggy saltines, and the service is–to put it kindly–disinterested. But you can’t discount the effects of atmosphere, and whatever Tim’s lacks in the pizza department, it more than makes up for in ambiance. A lot of the ambiance comes from the old brick walls and the slick wooden bar in the West Mountain Brewing Company building, but an often under-appreciated facet of Tim’s allure is due to the fact that 50% of the employees are taking bong rips at any given time. It’s no surprise then, that your pizza will more often than not arrive at your table with the wrong toppings or an accidental sprinkling of stems and seeds. But it could be worse. At least you’re not eating at Pizza Hut.

2) US Pizza: Everyone here is also high all the time. Their pizzas are more delicious than Tim’s, but they’re way too small, and they cost too much.

3) Eureka Pizza: I mean, 3 pizzas for the price of one? Can’t rule that out.

SG:

1) Hog Wild Pizza: Fantastic crust, wonderful toppings, great specialty pizzas, live hop-hip and a giant chair to make you feel like a kid. This place gots it all.

2) Tim’s on College

3) US Pizza

Dern:

1) Hog Wild Pizza: Most creative, best proportion of toppings (they don’t kill you with cheese). They also have andoulie sausage as a topping.

2) Tim’s on College: That’s not just Tim’s, I’m talking the Tim’s on College.

3) Eureka Pizza: No joking. The stuff from the “Gourmet” menu is good.

Farrah:

1) Tim’s Pizza on College. This place rules it. Freshly made jumbo salads with real (non-bacos) bits. Open ‘til 11. Pitchers of beer and cheese sticks. Friendly service and turbo carry-out.

2) Cable Car Pizza

3) Tim’s on the Square

Squidge:

1) Hogwild Pizza: Although the service might be worse than Gaylord’s on a Sunday morning, Hogwild Pizzeria has the dopest pies in town. The crust is crispy and perfectly thin, and the ingredients are the freshest you can find. If you have the cajonés, you have to try the buffalo chicken pizza. So tasty!

2) Tim’s on College

3) Eureka Pizza

The Steve:

1) Tim’s on College: Why? Two words; toppings, baby. They put some stuff on their pizza, and when I say stuff I mean pepperoni’s. Or meats. Or veggies. Because let’s face it. It’s the toppings that make the pizza delicious. The Tim’s on college edges out the one on the square because the service is infinitely better. The service at Tim’s on the square sucks.

2) Hogwild Pizza

3) Jim’s Razorback Pizza

Strokitecture:

1) Tim’s on the square: Despite the sometimes less than adequate service, you gotta love the pie and the ingredients. and most importantly you gotta support the pizza joint that is actually keeping the square alive for booze and foods, and hey the bar has decent drink specials and lots of seating.

2) US Pizza: Patio, American style, with a giant fan to blow the flies off your pies. Again, only decent service.

3) Cable Car Pizza: Holy crap IF you get the pizza, it is tasty…but they are so god damn unreliable.

Trisarahtops:

1) Hogwild Pizza – Their ingredient list is wonderfully exhaustive. Tons of vegetables– I like the Primavera pizza (alfredo sauce with squash, broccoli, zucchini, eggplant and spinach)–and also tons of spicy stuff. One of my friends actually ate an entire Who Killed Kenny, which has about every variant of hot in the world. Also, the salads are above-average quality for a pizza place. The only things that keep me away from Hogwild are their lack of beer specials (sort of countered by a happy hour that extends until 7PM) and the abominable decor and layout. There is really no great place to sit, in part because the physical set up of the restaurant is senseless. There are three main channels of seating, with no half-walls to separate anything. It’s way too open, way too loud, and way too physically disquieting to create a comfortable atmosphere. Also, besides your food, there’s nothing wholly pleasing to look at inside Hogwild. The art is bad, the giant TV is distracting, and the colors inside make me feel like I’m in a fast food restaurant that wants me to leave the second I get my food. But yeah. Good food.

2) Tim’s on the Square – The pizza at Tim’s is not as good as Hogwild’s. Not as many ingredients, not as interesting pies, not as consistent quality. (Incidentally, a former Tim’s employee defected to start up Hogwild.) Tim’s balances the score with Hogwild, though, because Tim’s boasts the quintessential pizza joint atmosphere–on the West Mountain side anyway. Over there, it’s dark and cozy, with brick and wood in every sightline. Also, most of the bartenders play inoffensive music. Most of the bartenders are also really likable. However, the bartender most likely to bark at you and not look you in the eye has Lilith Fair ‘98 artists on repeat, and if you see him behind the bar, don’t think twice about not sitting at the bar, because he’ll try to scare you off eventually anyway. The beer selection’s pretty great, too. There’s always a $2 a glass sale beer, and their happy hour prices are impressive. It’s just too bad their pizza’s not more interesting. Oh. And they serve everything on STYROFOAM PLATES, which, for a restaurant which supports ultimate frisbee tournaments and a dedicated crew of conspiracy-theorist bar-flies, is a completely hypocritical and egregious insult to the environment.

3) I don’t eat pizza anywhere else. US Pizza blows. Cable Car has good pizza, but I can’t figure out where it is anymore and I’ve only eaten it when someone picked up and brought it to their house.

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