I have never had a Little Caesar's pizza, and I doubt....

[TreasonousBastard]

I ever will.

If they can't make the thing look good on a TV commercial, how horrible must it be in person?

[jmowreader]

1. They're not bad for what they are

It's a six-dollar pizza. They're not gourmet fare, nor are they meant to be - they're a halfway decent meal at a cheap price.

[Populist_Prole]

2. It's typical chain pizza

Not "bad" in the "yuk, I can't even finish this sense", but just generic food; as in "the sum of its ingredients", and nothing more sense.

[dilby]

3. My dad used to get them when I was a kid 30 years ago.

back then you got two pizzas for the price of one. Was equivalent to pizza hut or dominos.

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. You aren't missing anything

source: I've eaten several of their pizzas. I'll go back. It's wicked fast and cheap cheap cheap.

[hobbit709]

5. Beats the hell out of Domino's, for what that's worth.

[hlthe2b]

6. Oh, heavens... I once worked so close to a Dominos that

my co-workers seemed to order it every day. That was more than twenty years ago, but I haven't had one since. Ugggh.

[Aerows]

20. I LOVE Little Caesars.

I don't get the hate. The pan is a deep dish that is really good with vegetables and extra cheese. Why the hate? I like it more than Domino's or Pizza Hut.

You can freeze extra slices and then pop them in the microwave or toaster oven if you have left overs. The crust can stand up to it. :disclaimer - I've never ordered anything but the deep dish pan, since there is no reason to do so:

[pinboy3niner]

29. Dominos improved their ingedients a few years ago

Better cheese, sauce and dough. Now they even put garlic in the crust, which makes for a nice aroma on re-heating.

A lot of Domino haters haven't tried it for many years. They should ty it now. They may still hate it, but at least they'll have a current opinion.

[MH1]

33. Have the owners changed their politics?

Last I heard they were pretty odious.

I think Papa John might have overtaken them in that category, but I haven't heard that anything's changed with Dominos.

I rarely eat pizza so when I do, I can afford to avoid the right wing nutjobs in the industry, to the extent I know who they are.

[trof]

32. My very first pizza was Dominoes.

I was at the U. of A. in Tuscaloosa, circa 1963?
I'd heard about this 'pizza pie' thing and decided to try it.
Dominoes opened just down the block from the frat house.

I ate a large sausage and mushroom (as I remember) with the new 12 oz. Coke.
I. Loved. It.

[LiberalElite]

7. I don't think i've ever had the Pizza but, I have the puppet doll:

[Shoulders of Giants]

8. I get it all the time.

I fully admit its not that good. But if I have guests over, its a cheap way to feed people for 5 bucks a pizza. It's because I'm cheap and lazy.

[Skittles]

22. you want I should kick your cheap and lazy ass, Shoulders of Giants?

them's my favorite kind

[aikoaiko]

9. Better than most other fast food for the price/ounce

[Aerows]

21. I think most that are disgruntled

order it with meat.

I've always had a great pan pizza from them if I ordered it with double cheese, onion, tomatoes and mushrooms.

In my area they get very liberal with the toppings.

I can't tell you what a meat pizza from there tastes like, because I really don't care for meat pizza.

Give me loads of cheese and veggies.

[DebJ]

10. Years ago, when it was buy one get one free, the cheese was 'fake' cheese

and the stuff was like cardboard with gummy stuff on top. Disgusting.

I put 'fake' in quotes because frankly I don't know what 'fake' cheese is...........but I don't want to eat it!

[Major Nikon]

14. You may not want to eat "real" cheese if you knew how it's made

So-called "real" cheese is made with rennet, which is made from small cut up and dried pieces of the digestive track of calves. Rennet contains the enzymes used to cause milk to curdle so it can be made into cheese. So-called "fake" cheese uses pretty much the same ingredients and is pretty much nutritionally the same, but instead of using dried calf stomach, emulsifiers are used. It's actually a superior product for some applications because it doesn't separate when melted as "real" cheese does.

Personally I would prefer "fake" cheese on pizza as the left-overs would be better once reheated, but I don't eat fast-food pizza to begin with because I haven't found any that wasn't essentially nutritionally and culinary shit. However, as others have said it's cheap and just not that much different than many other fast foods. Little Caesars now uses "real" cheese anyway.

[DebJ]

16. Thanks, I always like to learn something new.

[Frank Cannon]

11. I've had it a few times and kinda liked it.

It's not going to set the pizza world on fire, but it's not bad, and it's cheap.

And if I'm going for cheap chain pizza, I'd rather give my money to Little Caesar than that right-wing dickbag Papa John.

[Boomerproud]

12. I've had it a couple of times and crust isn't bad but the sauce is straight out of Spaghettios.

[Liberal_in_LA]

13. Can't expect much for $5

[cwydro]

15. It's awful.

When I lived in Key West, they sold it at the "food bar" inside.

I bought one while starving one day. I have a cast iron stomach, but that made me sick for about 6 hours.

Ugh.

[Laffy Kat]

17. IMHO they are yucky.

But I also don't like Pizza Hut or Dominoes. I'd rather pay for a GOOD expensive pizza once in a while than a yucky cheap pizza frequently. Ya know?

[mackerel]

18. Are you saying you've never been a soccer mom in charge of snacks after the game.

[Aerows]

19. I'll eat the Pan! Pan! for you

Muenster and Mozzarella (Double Cheese) on the square pan, onion, diced tomatoes and mushrooms?

I'll eat yours, mine, and probably somebody else's share.

Little Ceasers Pan Pan kicks ass.

[mucifer]

23. I live in Chicago. Local pizza is everywhere.

My favorite is the place I can get vegan slices two blocks from my home. We are so spoiled when it comes to pizza here in Chicago.

[LynneSin]

24. I have and might I suggest if you want to try their pizza....

find a piece of old cardboard and put some dried up mozzarella cheese and bland tomato sauce on it. Then dump half a salt shaker on top. Pretty much the same exact taste.

[bigwillq]

25. It's awful.

[CTyankee]

26. I'm in pizza heaven here in New Haven...

Even the little place down at the corner in my neighborhood is fabulous compared to the chains. New Haven pizza is a thing...

[Kang Colby]

27. Back in the olden days (1980s)

Little Caesars used to come on a cardboard tray wrapped in paper. The pizza was square and it was pretty good. Then in the early 2000s they tried to become the discount brand with their $5 "hot and ready" promotion.

I used to eat it in college, I'm not a fan of the big chain pizza joints, but Little Caesars is OK. I mean that, it is just OK. As in I ate it, but probably won't do that again for a few years kind of thing.

[Taitertots]

28. the "hot and sweaty" is total garbage

Im walking distance from a Caesars and I've never gone to it.

[Myrina]

30. They used to be ok, but I got one with burnt crust when I was preggers ....

... and haven't been able to eat them since. Just thinking about it churns my stomach.

The smell & taste is just imprinted into my memory .... like the first time you drink too much, puke it up & can never drink that same thing again.

[gvstn]

31. Hot and Ready is definitely a pig in a poke.

I didn't even know Little Caesar's still existed.

Then a couple times my brother brought a couple over. If you take the ones from under the hot lights because you are in a hurry they can be very dry. If you are going to this place then I would order my pizza and wait for a fresh one. Only takes about 5 minutes for a fresh one.

[Aristus]

34. I practically survived on the stuff when I was in the Army.

The two pizzas helped you and a buddy get through an all-night shift on CQ. When your job is to stay awake on fire watch while the rest of the unit is out partying, to check the orderly room, and to answer the phone in the time-honored military fashion (Good-evening-Charlie-Company-One-Seventieth-Armored-this-is-Sergeant-Aristus-speaking-this-line-is-unsecured-how-can-I-help-you-sir-or-ma'am?) you need cheap, plentiful pizza to keep you going.

For those who have seen my evening OP, I'm out of town, and ordering a pizza from a local family-owned place...