There is no question that pizza, even if not made with juice but made with pure water, is called pas habo b’kisnin. And all poskim agree with that concept. However even pas habo b’kisnin can return to the concept of actual bread if eaten as a meal, not a snack. And Rav Yakov ztzl said exactly that. A person eats 1 slice as a snack and at 2 slices, there is a concept of going according to normal practices which makes it a meal rather than a snack. 2 slices is a definite lunch meal concept. Adding juice alone gives the dough a possibility to be mezonos, if the eater adheres to certain criteria. If you buy a mezonos roll with tuna in it and eat it in your car or at the zoo etc, its mezonos because that’s not the way a person is koveah a seudah. However going into a breakfast place and ordering mezonos roll with scrambled eggs and salad and coffee and sitting down at the table, that is a no brainer koveah seudah and you have to wash. The same would be if you order 1 slice of pizza at lunch with a salad and a drink, that’s koveah seudah. If you take it home, its koveah seudah. This is the psak halocho of every current respected accepted posek. Any other psak is using lots of kulos.
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