God love 'em, my parents are on a trip to New York City to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. Congratulations to them! Seriously, that is a true feat.
They are (obviously) very excited and have a busy schedule of touristy agenda items -- Broadway rendition of Sister Act, Ground Zero, Macy's, etc.
During their vacation, I am watching their dog, Rusty - an aging wiener dog - periodically letting him out to do his business, feeding the fish, making sure the house doesn't burn down. So like clockwork, I get a call from my mom checking in on the dog -- everything is fine.
"Well, how's it going?" I ask. "Great, we're on a hop on/hop off double-decker bus tour. Right now we are eating lunch at the KFC on 42nd Street."
"Mom, for god's sake, you're in New York City! At least get a slice of pizza and don't make it Sbarro."
"Chicago is famous for pizza, not New York."
"Sure it is! It's thin and floppy, you should try it."
Googling the KFC on 42nd Street you will find that this location is actually semi-famous. A few years back, as a gesture of good will (and promoted by Oprah), KFC planned to give out free chicken. It was denied by KFC o-fficials, but apparently there was a chicken riot at this location, following a sit-in from customers cashing in on the freebies. Perhaps this was the beginning of the Occupy movement. Who knew that chicken had such sway?
While she is correct that Chicago is famous for pizza (Giordanos anyone?), I want to tip my hat to the New York style slice. For anyone reading that is in (or will be in) New York City, here is a list of the highest-rated, most famous pizza places in the Big Apple:
http://gonyc.about.com/od/restaurants/ss/Best-Pizza-In-New-York-City.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaKuT3dIwfc
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