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Pizza is a staple for many frequent business travelers
Wednesday, 03 Jul, 2012
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USA TODAY surveyed its readers — some of the world’s most-frequent business travelers and turned to restaurant guidebook publisher Zagat for their choices.
Jim Pancero, a sales consultant in Carrollton, Texas, told USA Today he often eats pizza on the road and has it delivered to his hotel room because time and availability make it the best option.
Frequent business traveler Marc Olarsch admits he’s "a pizza snob" who can talk for hours about his favorite places for delicious pies.
"In Boston," he says, "Santarpio’s is hard to beat. And, in New Haven, Pepe’s is the best. In northern New Jersey, Lodi Pizza is a must. And on the Jersey Shore, no one beats Nunzio’s."
Olarsch, who’s vice president of sales for a company that sells orthopedic implant products from Bradenton, Fla., told USA he loves pizza while traveling because it tastes good and there are few outstanding pizza restaurants in Florida.
"Pizza is a unique business dinner that sets me apart," he says. "How many steakhouses can one eat in?"
Like Olarsch, many business travelers are passionate about pizza. They find it a quick, tasty meal that saves time during a hectic business schedule. And, it fits within a travel budget that often is too tight in these economic times.
Chicago and New York are the best U.S. cities for pizza, Road Warriors say.
In a survey of 2,015 of its readers on the subject of top pizza, Zagat also found:
•New York-style thin-crust pizza is the most preferred style, followed by brick-oven and Neapolitan pizzas. Chicago-style deep-dish pizza ranks fourth.
•Pepperoni is the No. 1 pizza topping, followed by mushrooms and sausage.
Los Angeles-based Road Warrior Rob Newman complains that too many restaurants turn their noses down at pepperoni and don’t include the topping on their menus.
"Forget about trying to remain highbrow," says Newman, a television commercial producer. "Give us what we like."
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