Just when I thought there were no more pizza horizons to conquer, I discover........

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Altoona-style pizza originated at the Altoona Hotel sometime in the '50s, but that hotel was destroyed in a fire in 2013. Since then, a bunch of restaurants have taken to recreating this style of pizza in Altoona, which is defined by square Sicilian crust, deli salami, tomato sauce, green bell pepper, and melted yellow American cheese. The original Altoona pizza used Clearfield American cheese from a company based in Curwensville, Pennsylvania, a borough about an hour away from Altoona.

Read More: https://www.thetakeout.com/altoona-style-pizza-review-american-cheese-salami-taste-1850898599/

[Wifes husband]

1. Sorry. That is not pizza

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. 😬

[Xavier Breath]

14. Yeah the American cheese is just a bridge too far for this buckaroo.

[genxlib]

3. American Cheese is an abomination

It is bad enough that cheap hamburgers have to put up with that.

It shall never touch my pizza

I will die on this hill

[Floyd R. Turbo]

5. 😬

[Wifes husband]

21. Cannot agree. Necessary for cheeseburger!

[ms liberty]

31. No, a nice slice of NY Extra Sharp Cheddar is what's necessary for a great cheeseburger

Unless you're adding mushrooms in a nice thick sauce. Those call for a good Swiss cheese, or perhaps a Provolone.

[EYESORE 9001]

4. Drat!

I’ve been to Altoona a few times, and this is the first I’ve ever heard of this style of pizza. I don’t expect to even go that direction in the foreseeable future. Thank you, Floyd, for lighting a fire under a new obsession for me. Altoona, here I come!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. 🤗

[Solly Mack]

7. Nope

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. 😁

[EarnestPutz]

9. Floyd, I'd try it. I might even put Pineapple on it too, just to mess with some folks.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

10. Pineapple is apparently a favored topping on it🤗

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Reminds Me Of A Cheeseburger Pizza

I tried a piece. It wasn't my cup of tea, but it was definitely not terrible.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

17. 😁

[Trailrider1951]

12. That looks a lot like what they used to serve us in the elementary school cafeteria for "pizza"

It was half a hamburger bun topped with unspiced tomato sauce and a slice of american cheese. I ate it because I was hungry, not because it was anything like real pizza. Bleh!

[3catwoman3]

15. There was a lot of stuff we ate in the school cafeterias...

...because we were hungry, and there was only ever one choice.

Friday choices alternated between fish stick and cheese pizza because Catholics still couldn't eat meat on Fridays back then - late 1960s.

My high school was fond of putting canned peas and shredded carrots in either lemon or lime jello -

[Floyd R. Turbo]

18. 😬

[Marthe48]

13. When my kids were little

I'd make pizza dough and top it with sauce, sliced hot dogs, peppers and American cheese. I called it all American pizza. I made it a couple times, but moved to healthier choices

[Floyd R. Turbo]

19. 😋

[JoseBalow]

16. No

[Floyd R. Turbo]

20. 😢

[Kali]

22. looks like more cheese than grade school pizza

I would try it but probably not if I had to pay for it.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

25. 😁

[Hotler]

23. Is that a piece of plastic wrap on top? nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

26. 😬

[Wolf Frankula]

24. There is a place near me that makes Indian pizza.

I didn't know there was such a thing.

Wolf

[Floyd R. Turbo]

27. 🤔

[dem4decades]

28. That's not pizza, it's a cooked doughball with a plastic hat.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

29. 😬

[Norrrm]

30. It's square.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

33. 🤫

[ms liberty]

32. Sorry Floyd, but that looks really gross!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

34. 😬