Denis Hamill nails Ohio pizza
When displaced New Yorkers wind up in L.A., they all seem to gravitate to Mulberry Pizza because it's the only place west of the Mississippi where they make pizza that doesn't resemble a shower clog doused with melted Velveeta and ketchup.
I'd say "west of New Jersey," myself. Ohio pizza is godawful. Tasteless gunk on a stale saltine with way, way too much sugar in the sauce. But folks love it. There's a place in Buckeye Lake called Pizza Cottage that serves possibly the worst pizza I've ever had -- bland, soggy crust, sugary catsup sauce, weird, synthetic cheese -- but people around here regard the place with a near-religious devotion and line up in the parking lot to get in. Go figure.
Fortunately, there is a place in Pickerington (about 20 miles from us) called Pizzeria New York that serves excellent real New York pizza. It only took us seven years and 500 hideous "pizza" experiences to find it.