Readers: Put Velveeta on a Townhouse cracker, and you have St. Louis-style pizza

Arch Pizza Co. just opened its third St. Louis-style pizza restaurant in five months -- and the latest incarnation, at 10101 East Hampden Avenue, is the largest store yet. "The community support and feedback has been extremely valuable, and we're excited to bring a different take on pizza to Colorado,"...

By Patricia Calhoun

March 10, 2014

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Arch Pizza Co. just opened its third St. Louis-style pizza restaurant in five months -- and the latest incarnation, at 10101 East Hampden Avenue, is the largest store yet. "The community support and feedback has been extremely valuable, and we're excited to bring a different take on pizza to Colorado," says owner Marc Dak. "We hope that people from St. Louis feel like they've gone home when they taste Arch Pizza, but we also hope that people who have never tried St. Louis-style pizza feel they've discovered a wonderful alternative to the pizza they know. We're different. We know it. And we couldn't be more thankful to our fellow Coloradans for trying us out!"

Even if they don't have much nice to say after they do.... See also: Arch Pizza will open its third St. Louis-style pie hole

For example, here's the response from Denise:

Whoa. St Louis style pie? The pizza made of a large cracker crust topped with a processed provolone that sticks to your teeth? I can't imagine that would catch on outside of St Louis, and possibly east Illinois.

And Tonya:

Being a MO native, this is sad representation of the original St. Louis style pizza. Provel is a processed combination of Swiss and Provolone cheeses. It is a yeast free crust which is why it's cracker thin. Other than sharing those common characteristics, Arch Pizza's preparation isn't even close...and it's definitely more expensive in Denver. Surely it can't be that expensive to import cheese from St. Louis!! Very disappointed!!

And Matthew