Reminds me of the time i had a pizza place in Seattle 19 years ago. Some of the employees were brain dead. One time i had an order for a half pepperoni and half cheese pie, so the employee asked me which side of the pizza to put the pepperoni on. We were open until 3 am so i have stories that you wouldnt believe unless you saw it for yourself.
He always does that bullshit when a crowd or owner is around him...and the ambiance has NOTHING to do with pizza quality...hes getting too commercial with some of these scores...CT pizza is DEFINITELY #1
@@speedingtaurus1814 Prez was surrounded by a bunch of avid fans, the owners tried to give him free stuff, and he flew there specifically because of the contest and only gave it a 6.7. You could tell by his face he wanted to give it a 5 or lower. It's a college pizza place, it's poorly made drunk pizza.
@@Nopenotatall As a local, my experience is that it's very hit and miss. Sometimes it's too soggy, sometimes too dry. Inflated price for what you get, as well. But I do like the atmosphere and the cheese bread.
@@emkayusa you can find good pizza anywhere, imo. My town is Flirida isn't known for pizza but there are a couple of good pizza places. This place here isn't a good pizza place.
I lived most of my life in Como, and I always felt Shakespeare's Pizza was an overhyped cult. Which makes for a great ambience, but the Pizza would be mushy and the toppings would leave the pie soggy.
I agree, my son worked there and can make the pizza at home too, so I'm lucky! Sometimes I get homemade Shakes even though I don't live in Columbia anymore.
6 years ago my son started at Mizzou working on his doctorate.We were with him for a couple of days helping him get settled in.We are from Houston and somewhere I had heard Shakespeare's had good pizza so we had one there. This past May we attended his graduation.Before we left Columbia for the last time we stopped and had a pizza there.The beginning and end of a journey.
I went to Mizzou. Reality: it's the most overrated pizza in town. It's so highly rated because of college town tradition and nostalgia. When you go to school there, it's the happening place that everyone meets up at. Everyone in Columbia thinks it should be highly rated because they honestly don't know any better. Check out the Shakespeare's page on Facebook, the comments saying it deserves at least a 7.4, or even an "8.2 all day" are comical. Lots of people have never even left the midwest, only venturing to nearby states. I'm sure the best pizza any of them have had was Chicago style. 6.7 is very generous for how average the pizza is. Their pizza is usually pretty bad. The crust on them is usually burnt on the bottom. The pizza is hard to chew, pretty much a chore to get through. The flavor of the dough is nothing special at all, very bland. I get why people like it, but I'd never enter it in a contest. Wise Guys pizza and Pizza Tree both make a better pizza in Columbia. At the very absolute best i'd give it a 6.1, otherwise it's usually around a 5.5 on a good day. It fills the hole when you want to get wasted and watch a home game. But don't let anyone convince you it's great pizza.
It's like when I went to SIUE, the most happening places to go to were Bull and Bear's (bar) and 54th Street (another Applebee's). I disliked 54th, but I only tagged along with my friends to go there. And about the pizza: after going to NYC this past weekend for Thanksgiving, I realized that midwest pizza does suck as a whole. Chicago-style is the best the midwest has to offer, yet some pizza enthusiasts will say it's not real pizza.
@@djtrankilo231 Chicago is just a different style of pizza, and people typically tend to like whats available to them. But then again, the majority of people have bad taste and a stubborn bias for liking what they grew up with. Missouri in general is lacking in a lot of quality. Budweiser/Busch is horrible beer. And their only good food is BBQ. But even then i'd argue that Texas has better BBQ than STL or KC. They have STL style pizza, but its nothing special. Missouri really doesn't have a "style" of delicious things that are unique to the state other than BBQ. Everything around here is bland.
Gumby’s is better in Columbia. Pizza tree is fire too. Wise guys though is probably the exact same as Shakespeare just cheaper. I don’t get why Shakespeares is so much money though. All the hype I guess.
I don't understand how these places know he is coming, yet still refuse to keep it in the oven an extra few minutes so it's well down how he likes it. It's honestly mind boggling.
I grew up there eating Shakespeare's since I was a kid. They once had the Bones Brigade set up the portable half pipe in their parking lot, which was epic. Good to see its thriving with all the new student high rise buildings all over downtown.
I live in KC about an hour and a half away from Columbia/Shakespeare's. We make a trip to Columbia a few times a year for Shakespeare's. People assume because we drive 3 hours round trip for pizza that it is the best pizza. Not really but we love the atmosphere of the college town and the restaurant itself is pretty cool. They have built up a loyalty with former students that stays with them after they graduate and move back home from campus.
I said the samething about the couple who showed up to take a pic right before she goes into labor. Must not be a lot happening there if a D list celebrity shows up and everyone goes apeshit lol
5.9 absolute max, 6's are pizza you still want to muck if drunk or in desperate need of pizza. "Free 5's" are pizza you'll accept if free but won't pay for it. "Family/Friend 4's" are pizza you'll only eat if your family or friends made it and you're just trying to be nice. 3's and below are basically inedible unless you're poor or hate yourself. 7's are the baseline and you'll enjoy it if it's nearby but won't make too much of an effort. 8's you go out of your way to eat them but mostly within your city or nearby cities and 9's you actually travel for, usually out of state/country. I mostly made this up on the spot.
everyone talks shit but i grew up eating this pizza and it’s my favorite in the world and that score is pretty fair...for a cheese pizza. but get the masterpiece and you’ll be blown away
College kids don’t know a good pizza if you threw the damn box at them. You’re drunk and high, you’ll eat anything. Might as well order some Hungry Howies.
Being from Columbia, I can tell you that Shakespears is not that great. They are known for their fresh and overly portioned toppings they put on their pizza. Getting a cheese pizza at shakespeares doesn't do it justice. With that being said, 6.7 is way too high lol
As a townie and alumni, with both parents as alumnus, let me remember what it was like in the 80's. Best love to Jen, Tony DiUllio, Bud Rovetto, Cav, Martin, Nick, Matt, Andre, Dave, Morgan, Jen Wittmeyer. Eric Clapton is the Son. We remember you, Joel. Lets all go to Gunther's and Shakes' when we die.
Great place to eat El Prez if your ever in Jefferson City, Mo Try Ariss Pizza Greek style pies. Venus’ is my go to!Well done is a must at Shakespeare's
Pizza guy: How many slices you want me to cut the pizza. 6 or 8?
Pres: Cut it in 12 slices. I’m very hungry.
same amount of calories, but a different time consumption to confuse the body
Mike S You know how and why once you figure life out ;)
Mike S You’re singing it wrong. It goes “War. Huh. What is it good for. Absolutely nothing”
It begins with “war” not “huh”.
Reminds me of the time i had a pizza place in Seattle 19 years ago. Some of the employees were brain dead. One time i had an order for a half pepperoni and half cheese pie, so the employee asked me which side of the pizza to put the pepperoni on. We were open until 3 am so i have stories that you wouldnt believe unless you saw it for yourself.
That a Yogi Berra line! He say cut it into 6 slices I dont think I can finish 8.
One large crowd, one inflated score, everyone knows the rules
He wanted to give 5.7, it looked like garbage!
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@@kidwave1 I think from the Stanley Cup Finals pizza reviews last year it's pretty clear Missouri does not make good pizza.
He always does that bullshit when a crowd or owner is around him...and the ambiance has NOTHING to do with pizza quality...hes getting too commercial with some of these scores...CT pizza is DEFINITELY #1
Why are all those dweebs recording him ? Just watch the fuckin video when it comes out
Honestly that pizza looked like it would barely make the 5's.
Agreed
It’s top notch pizza, don’t judge appearance I guess
@@speedingtaurus1814 Prez was surrounded by a bunch of avid fans, the owners tried to give him free stuff, and he flew there specifically because of the contest and only gave it a 6.7. You could tell by his face he wanted to give it a 5 or lower. It's a college pizza place, it's poorly made drunk pizza.
That pizza looked like shit. He tried to save face by saying that he was including the crowd. Horse shit give em a real score...pizza was trash
Pyther fuck you I live by this shit nigga
One overly excited crowd, everybody knows the guy standing with the door open is letting in the cold.
PRCY thank you. heat chases cold
One delayed birth for an instagram pic with the pizza guy, everybody knows the marriage wont last.
I feel bad for that kid. He has to live in missouri
A little embarrassing that this was voted the 'best' and then he's handed a Little Ceasers level pizza lol
what is 'college pizza' to you ?
Whoever carried out that poll is a thick skulled moron. Should’ve only allowed 8’s or above on the one bite app simple as that...
It was just a popularity thing. Came down to how much school pride you can have for your pizza spot. My school was in the semis and the pizza sucks
That shot looked below little ceasars
you ain’t never had shakespeare’s then. it’s fucking fire
I worked at Shakespeare’s from 2011-2013. It was a great place to work. The staff was probably 25 people and we all treated each other like family.
Then why do you guys make floppy pizzas 6.1
No mention of that floppy ass pizza huh?
Kind of has to be brutal though because it’s a madhouse on game days
Id rate papa John's higher than Shakespears. The dough is trash, too dense, and not proofed for a pizza dough
One overly generous pizza score, everyone knows Dave caved under the pressure.
Looks it to me. He would've given a lower score if there wasn't such a big crowd. Pizza crust looked too soft and doughy. Too floppy.
Timothy Brady it’s some good shit tho, I always stop by when I’m near Colombia
@@Nopenotatall As a local, my experience is that it's very hit and miss. Sometimes it's too soggy, sometimes too dry. Inflated price for what you get, as well. But I do like the atmosphere and the cheese bread.
blueoystercultforevs I’ve only ever had it a handful of times and it’s always been pretty darn good
Trust bro, it’s fire ash
6.7 everyone knows its really a 4.2, that pizza looked like shit worse than Lebron's
For sure should have been in the 4s.
I've eaten Lebron's. I'd rather have Shakespeare's and I 've never had that.
That was a Digiorno
I was coming here to say the exact same thing.
Hahaha i literally said to myself that looked like a 4.2 right before I read your comment
One outrageous score, everyone knows it looks like a Chuck E. Cheese pie.
chuck e cheese is better lol
Gabriel Lima true
Please don't judge the pizza until you try it!
@@emmaclaunch8625 on the app it's like a 6.1.
don’t judge a book by it’s cover i live in como it’s top 5 at least
One shit pie, everybody knows El Prez caved to the crowd and added 2 points.
NFL is rigged facts, I go here and Shakespeares aint it
Lol, one floppy drippy shit pie. Yup, agreed
IKRite?? But it’s the midwest. The pizza sucks, but I bet there is a legit BBQ place close by...
@@emkayusa you can find good pizza anywhere, imo. My town is Flirida isn't known for pizza but there are a couple of good pizza places.
This place here isn't a good pizza place.
One pregnant woman, everybody hears the pitter-patter of Baby Davey.
One excited Shakespeare crew... Everybody knows Dave didn’t really like the pizza!!!
exactly.. it was really a 5.6 at best. But the pressure was too great. #lovethefans
As someone from missouri who eats Shakespeare’s a shit ton every year, it’s not as bad as it looks on camera. It’s actually a great pizza.
I’d say Gumby’s is better in Columbia. Better price and better pizza taste in general.
I lived most of my life in Como, and I always felt Shakespeare's Pizza was an overhyped cult. Which makes for a great ambience, but the Pizza would be mushy and the toppings would leave the pie soggy.
@@JaniceClick Oh how I disagree, I don't like Gumby's at all. I grew up eating Shakes though and my son worked at Shakes for a few so I may be biased.
I agree, my son worked there and can make the pizza at home too, so I'm lucky! Sometimes I get homemade Shakes even though I don't live in Columbia anymore.
@@ericawarren feel like they’re almost same quality and Shakespeare is way more money though lol
One college pizza, everybody knows it’a gonna be average at best.
PadoX the flop on that pizza was hilarious!!!!
Dave Portnoy is like me as an alcoholic that actually did something my life. Mad respect, everyone knows the rules
I worked there 1999-2000 and loved every minute. Some damn good memories.
Without all those people there it probably would have been a 5.9
Lower than that. It looks like garbage. 4.0. Yeah i know rookie score blah blah blah. Portnoy is full of shit.
I was thinking like a 5.8 lol. The crowd did give it a better score
I thought it looked like microwave pizza
5.2
5.5
One college pizza, everyone knows its not delivery it looks like digornos.
That's disrespectful to Digornos😂
6 years ago my son started at Mizzou working on his doctorate.We were with him for a couple of days helping him get settled in.We are from Houston and somewhere I had heard Shakespeare's had good pizza so we had one there. This past May we attended his graduation.Before we left Columbia for the last time we stopped and had a pizza there.The beginning and end of a journey.
Great pizza review...
You travelled all that way just to eat the equivalent of a frozen grocery store pizza. As soon as Dave opened the box he knew.
lmao facts
Looked like a little caesars hot and ready.
you’ve never struggled in life if u don’t like little ceasars
2:18 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds starts starts playing lol
Eight balls for everyone, everyone knows the rules.
Explain the constant coke jokes on his reviews. Someone fill me in lol
Red Robin lmaoooo
Dave: I brushed me teeth today.
Crowd: YAAAAAAAHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH
I went to Mizzou. Reality: it's the most overrated pizza in town. It's so highly rated because of college town tradition and nostalgia. When you go to school there, it's the happening place that everyone meets up at.
Everyone in Columbia thinks it should be highly rated because they honestly don't know any better. Check out the Shakespeare's page on Facebook, the comments saying it deserves at least a 7.4, or even an "8.2 all day" are comical. Lots of people have never even left the midwest, only venturing to nearby states. I'm sure the best pizza any of them have had was Chicago style. 6.7 is very generous for how average the pizza is.
Their pizza is usually pretty bad. The crust on them is usually burnt on the bottom. The pizza is hard to chew, pretty much a chore to get through. The flavor of the dough is nothing special at all, very bland. I get why people like it, but I'd never enter it in a contest.
Wise Guys pizza and Pizza Tree both make a better pizza in Columbia.
At the very absolute best i'd give it a 6.1, otherwise it's usually around a 5.5 on a good day. It fills the hole when you want to get wasted and watch a home game. But don't let anyone convince you it's great pizza.
It's like when I went to SIUE, the most happening places to go to were Bull and Bear's (bar) and 54th Street (another Applebee's). I disliked 54th, but I only tagged along with my friends to go there. And about the pizza: after going to NYC this past weekend for Thanksgiving, I realized that midwest pizza does suck as a whole. Chicago-style is the best the midwest has to offer, yet some pizza enthusiasts will say it's not real pizza.
@@djtrankilo231 Chicago is just a different style of pizza, and people typically tend to like whats available to them. But then again, the majority of people have bad taste and a stubborn bias for liking what they grew up with.
Missouri in general is lacking in a lot of quality. Budweiser/Busch is horrible beer. And their only good food is BBQ. But even then i'd argue that Texas has better BBQ than STL or KC. They have STL style pizza, but its nothing special.
Missouri really doesn't have a "style" of delicious things that are unique to the state other than BBQ. Everything around here is bland.
5.5 is being kind. It's edible.
I actually love Shakespeare’s, I used to live in NYC my whole life and it is still my favorite pizza....
Gumby’s is better in Columbia. Pizza tree is fire too. Wise guys though is probably the exact same as Shakespeare just cheaper. I don’t get why Shakespeares is so much money though. All the hype I guess.
1 pressure applied from the crowd everybody knows prez flops under pressure
One college campus pizza champion, everybody knows pizza tree down the street is better
I like Shakes but I did go to Pizza Tree more haha!
One of the best reviews!! Looks like a very fun place to be! ❤
That looked like cafeteria pizza.
The guy in the green with glasses after he heard 6.7
Guy in green: “ight ima head out”
Best pizza place...in the college town that has the most barstool fans
LSD song when everyone knows Pres prefers coke
Who tf prefers coke over LSD?
I live in Columbia it’s so good
I despise people who stand in doorways
Don't go to Six Flags in Atlanta.
I don't understand how these places know he is coming, yet still refuse to keep it in the oven an extra few minutes so it's well down how he likes it. It's honestly mind boggling.
Dude yeah I would have minimum 3 pizzas going consecutively just so we could get a perfect one
My pizza is borderline burnt half the time when I go, they should’ve done that to Prez’s pie
I went to Mizzou 1972-1976. I remember the original Shakespeare's Pizza. It was kind of a hole in the wall establishment then and we loved it!
That 8am joke got me rollin! Where'd he come up with that shit?!
I grew up there eating Shakespeare's since I was a kid. They once had the Bones Brigade set up the portable half pipe in their parking lot, which was epic. Good to see its thriving with all the new student high rise buildings all over downtown.
I live in KC about an hour and a half away from Columbia/Shakespeare's. We make a trip to Columbia a few times a year for Shakespeare's. People assume because we drive 3 hours round trip for pizza that it is the best pizza. Not really but we love the atmosphere of the college town and the restaurant itself is pretty cool. They have built up a loyalty with former students that stays with them after they graduate and move back home from campus.
One Beatles copyright strike, everyone knows the rules
Damn must be boring out there when a pizza reviews draw a crowd like that for some trash looking pizza....
As a Missourian... fuck yeah, it's Missouri.
Zachary Brannon Missouri is trash lol
I said the samething about the couple who showed up to take a pic right before she goes into labor. Must not be a lot happening there if a D list celebrity shows up and everyone goes apeshit lol
@@IronHide3910 was gonna say the exact same thing. 🤣
FrankZx14 pres is more then a D especially for college kids
Picture your self as cheese on a pizza and having Dave looking at you like that in the eye- Beatles × Dave P collab HUGEE
The good ole days before quarantine
One bite everyone knows stoolie steve called and let em’ know what was about to happen.
I literally held my breath for 3 seconds when you put the hand up lol
This place is awesome, and I think the pizza is great and the staff even better.
Holy moly that place is huge
One Notre Dame sweat shirt at a different college, everyone knows he looks like Reese Witherspoon.
I thought it said Notre Lame for a second.
That pause deserved a 6.9 at the end, everyone knows Gronk
David is a top man love him xx from Liverpool Great Britain 🇬🇧
In Columbia MO you should of tried wise guys pizza
Deep dish is fire
2:46 is that noah from live love serve
Jeez, some crowd pressure? DAMN. Good job for an honest review, Prez!
i’m having a baby today
*prez: “good luck”*
We know Dave likes it crispier, why not leave it in there longer.
It’s honestly a lot better than it looks… it’s different but it tastes almost too salty in a good way
I absolutely love these!!!! I rush home from work to just to watch!!!! Do I need a life?
Where’s Yale. Aka New Haven???
Worst pizza at Mizzou in my opinion. I’d rather have Gumby’s
this is the spot. atmosphere takes it to another level. love shakespeares think about it when i think of columbia and mizzou.
as someone that eats this pizza all the time, it’s the shit. it’s fucking amazing
Love the bob Dylan playing in the background
One college pizza “winner” everyone knows Pres was handed something frozen
Love your passion to fly all the way there for a pizza place!
From a recent fan from South Korea 🙄
Dude on the right so happy to be there
One bad tan, everyone knows the rules.
Thinking that too
Ruude but true
Gotta hand it to Pres he sure knows how to work a crowd
You really built something good here...
Amazing fan base you have.
Is that a frozen tombstone pizza?
Reb Baron supreme is definitely better than that.
Dave glitches in the matrix at 4:25
I live in Columbia and this is my favorite pizza place! You just have to try it
One best college pizza tournament, everyone knows 25 drunk frat guys at Mizzou voted. Pizza looks more like the one 7-Eleven sells.
Great review Prez...👍🏽
LOOKS LIKE A FROZEN PIZZA
One 6.7, everybody knows it's a 5.9 in a different setting
$25 for a pizza that costs them $5 to make with overhead everyone knows the owners are making bank.
4:11,
Seriously pres...it should be only about the pizza and pizza only. I can tell he was pressured by the crowd.
5.9 absolute max, 6's are pizza you still want to muck if drunk or in desperate need of pizza. "Free 5's" are pizza you'll accept if free but won't pay for it. "Family/Friend 4's" are pizza you'll only eat if your family or friends made it and you're just trying to be nice. 3's and below are basically inedible unless you're poor or hate yourself. 7's are the baseline and you'll enjoy it if it's nearby but won't make too much of an effort. 8's you go out of your way to eat them but mostly within your city or nearby cities and 9's you actually travel for, usually out of state/country. I mostly made this up on the spot.
I bet stoolie steve is hiding somewhere in that crowd feeling himself
One Shakespeare’s pizza, everybody knows Prez would drink poison if he couldn’t have Debbie
Lol ok buddy
Nice
everyone talks shit but i grew up eating this pizza and it’s my favorite in the world and that score is pretty fair...for a cheese pizza. but get the masterpiece and you’ll be blown away
College kids don’t know a good pizza if you threw the damn box at them. You’re drunk and high, you’ll eat anything. Might as well order some Hungry Howies.
I love that Prez still can’t figure out how to open that style box
Zack Smith true but I got one recently and took me 5 minutes to open it lol
Being from Columbia, I can tell you that Shakespears is not that great. They are known for their fresh and overly portioned toppings they put on their pizza. Getting a cheese pizza at shakespeares doesn't do it justice. With that being said, 6.7 is way too high lol
One shitty pizza, every drunk college kid loves it
Hideaway in Stillwater is the best college town pizza joint.
As a townie and alumni, with both parents as alumnus, let me remember what it was like in the 80's. Best love to Jen, Tony DiUllio, Bud Rovetto, Cav, Martin, Nick, Matt, Andre, Dave, Morgan, Jen Wittmeyer. Eric Clapton is the Son. We remember you, Joel. Lets all go to Gunther's and Shakes' when we die.
rip westmains
Great place to eat El Prez if your ever in Jefferson City, Mo Try Ariss Pizza Greek style pies. Venus’ is my go to!Well done is a must at Shakespeare's
Pres is a man of the people!!
Please come back to Missouri and review Marcos pizza in Nixa, Missouri!!!
The Beatles in the background🙏🏼
One thing everyone knows, the prez is the best at hamming it up in front of large crowds!
Entertainer
when I was the thumbnail with the pizza flop I said to my self "this doesnt look good Frankie"
This channel attracts college Chads all the time
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, everyone knows the rules.
Prizz, how many Safe Space you spotted?
LSD by the Beatles playing in the background 😂
Omg.. omg.. I put it in 0.5x speed and I’ve never heard anyone sound sooooo drunk 😂😂😂
One crowd laughing at absolutely nothing, everybody knows the rules