if your definition of good pizza is a 2-inch thick piece of greasy dough with some extra fat as a topping, you'll be deeply disappointed. I think Pizza Hut is the only American pizza chain that tried to get a foothold in Europe, but they failed in most countries - taste here is just very different.
Coop Bau+Hobby sells firebrick (DE: die Schamotte) in several sizes. I ordered a pizza stone from a specialty shop and only later found out that Coop B+H sells the exact same fire brick that my pizza stone is made of, only much cheaper. If you cannot find a big enough single piece then buy four smaller bricks.
I last Friday evening in the pub of the Restaurant Bahnhof in Glattbrugg had a pizza (salad and a "Stange" Beer included for CHF 19.50, and they have a choice of a dozen different sorts. I had the beer at the beginning and then a good glass of Italian red wine. Everything splendid and to be recommended !
after all i find the word PIZZA is very american. MUST be "your" invention like schloss neuschwanstein. the original venice i think comes from the US too.
I was in CA last year and Papa Johns is probably the best fast food Pizza I've had to this day, no doubt about that. American Pizza is truly great! They made it an art form, along with several other dishes.
Unfortunately you can't stop eating them, they're so damn tasty!
OK - I went to Coop Bau + Hobby today and for 15 CHF, I purchased two pieces of 'schamotte.' I put the stones in the oven and spread some polenta over the stones (dry-forgot to buy corn meal!).
While the oven was heating, I pressed out the pizza dough (750 g bought at Coop for 4chf), mixed my own pizza sauce and put on cheese/toppings. About 30 minutes later, I had my first home-made 'za.'
Thanks to Antarctic for the tip about fire bricks.
Yes, your post is off topic. Except if you want to describe how they serve pizza, then maybe somebody can suggest something that comes close in Switzerland.
You can try New York Food Company ..i had been to their outlet in Zurich (bang opposite Bahnof Orlikon) and it seems the pizza they have is what you are looking for
I see there's been some false pizza information going around that needs correcting.
In the US you have Chicago-style pizza, New York-style pizza, and generic pizza. Chicago-style pizza is not really pizza at all, but a thick pie or casserole. It can be very good if made with quality ingredients, but if you go in expecting a pizza, you'll be sorely disappointed. It's simply a very different dish using similar ingredients to pizza. This is not found anywhere outside of the Midwest. New York/New Haven-style pizza is a thin crust pizza, similar to that found in Italy. It's not always as thin, but there are certainly places where it can be found as paper-like as in Italy. Generic US pizza, usually found everywhere else in the US, tends to look like Italian/NY style pizza, but is thicker, chewier, and saltier. This stuff is imitation garbage and can be found in your local Dominos, Pizza Hut, etc.
As an American living for over 20 yrs in Switzerland, I have found only one pizzaria/Italian restaurant here that I can really recommend, and it's not in Zurich, but Rapperswil, right on the Harbor.
It is surrounded by several other Pizzarias, don't bother, this one is top notch. And not just the pizza, I have not had a less than outstanding dish here. My favorite is the Pizza Gondolieri. Prices very reasonable too.