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UPDATED: I can't wait to check out the best pizza in Philly!

    by Will Bunch | Columnist
    Published 
"My readers know more than I do."

-- media-reform guru Dan Gillmor.

Help! My readers think that the best pizza in Philadelphia is...Pizza Hut! You see, there was this thing called the 2008-2009 Daily News People Paper Awards. I'm not sure exactly how the "the people" made their choices known (this thing seems to be only in print with no online component...how 1963 of them), but on the issue of "best pizza," Philadelphia has spoken, and the answer is that chain that brought the pizza to your basic non-ethnic heartland communities in Kansas and such, Pizza Hut.

They must really be bummed out at Papa John's.

Other famed Philly institutions that won 2008-09 Daily News People Paper Awards include the best family restaurant, Olive Garden, as well as Ruby Tuesday (best salad bar) and Dunkin Donuts (guess). As for Pizza Hut being Philly's best pizza, Mr. Tacconelli, Mr. Celebre, Mr. Marra and quite a few others must be -- depending on their condition -- shedding a tear or rolling over in their grave right now.

UPDATE: Here's a slightly more informed discussion of the topic...