Sbarro kills this whole argument
Sbarro’s could be good if they baked at higher temperatures, baked with thinner dough. Unlike Domino’s, Pizza Hut and Little Caesars - I do not consider Sbarro’s to be “manufactured pizza product“
the ingredients, albeit the inferior oil, adhere to the standard of pizza
Sbarro’s is not New York style pizza though, the style is equivalent to some of the dollar slices there it’s just in mall pizza form
if you’re in NYC there is a place called Scarr’s and if you’re in San Francisco or Las Vegas there is Slice House by Tony Gemignani - both of these places refer to these slices as New York style but they are essentially Sbarro’s style done right - thinner dough. Sbarro’s in higher quality is essentially the “premium style slice” - it’s heartier and if you’re in a place where you need to sell at a higher price point this is the template you use, but with better ingredients
the problem is they bake at low temperature and they don’t stretch their dough out enough because they likely can’t consistently higher people that wouldn’t tear the dough if they did so