I want a deep dish pizza now.
Chicago may be number 1, but do they have a Sbarro's? That's like my favorite NYC pizza place.
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Not true.
It's pizza with more cheese, sauce, and taller crust. Some deep dish pizzas I like, some I don't. Not sure if everyone saying it's not pizza is just salty or trolling.
IdreamofHIME
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Not a lot of Italian cities on that list...
EightBitNate
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Isn't actual Italian pizza pretty different than what Americans call pizza?
Bry0
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He's not trolling, a lot of the smaller pizzerias in the suburbs serve the square cut thin sliced stuff, but yeah deep dish is big too. Calling deep dish a "tourist attraction" is silly.
Also, to the poster a few spots above, yes there are Sbarros in a few malls in the suburbs.
Ninja Scooter
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a lil Caesar's hot and ready is better than deep dish. Deep dish can burn in hell.
BattleMonkey
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Lot of ppl who think all pizza in chicago is deep dish....
crimsonheadGCN
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I'm glad that you posted this.
Ok that sounds delicious
Bry0
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Yeah very true. My family always orders the cracker thin stuff, deep dish is like you said, twice a year.
I always thought the pan pizza at Silo in Lake Bluff destroys every other pizza in the state though. So amazingly good.
Thanks
Gino's is awesome. Patty sausage deep dish is my favorite pizza of all time. Giordano's was good too, but I crave the patty sausage at Gino's..and their moz sticks are great.
I am going to try out the new Giordano's on Friday that just opened in Minneapolis. I have family in Chicago so have been there a zillion times. Had Lou Malnatti's deep dish solo pizza when I was there for work about a month ago, it was super good as well.
at my grandpa's in the southwest suburbs, we get the thin crust square cut pizzas (used to get Pizza Pete in the early 90's before it closed, now we get Traverso's). also delicious.
victreeb3l
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Chicago style pizza isnt pizza. Its a tomato sauce cake.
This is objectively wrong. Giordanos basically copies Lou's pizzas with cheaper, less fresh ingredients.
Seductivpancakes
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isn't papa john's better than both cities anyway?
ThreePiMatt
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Chicago-style thin crust > Chicago-style deep dish > New York flap of sauceless dough with bad cheese on top.
Its not just that Chicago has better pizza than New York, but it has two completely different types of pizza that are better than New York.
Its not just that Chicago has better pizza than New York, but it has two completely different types of pizza that are better than New York.
Yep. Our pizza is pizza, not tomato soup in a bread bowl.
Bry0
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Joke's on you, The layer of cheese is often thicker than both the dough and the sauce.
AyaisMUsikWhore
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Fuck outta here with that trash ass list.
biggersmaller
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I've traveled to NYC and Chicago several times for business/pleasure. I've had friends/family/girlfriends who've lived there bring me to their favorite places. I've also have had the "tourist" pizza (The place from the Louis intro/Gino's East).
Let me say this: New York City (including Brooklyn) has the worst pizza I've ever had in my life. I've probably eaten at 10 different spots. They're all tasteless and lack substance. Especially the places where the slices sit out waiting to be re-heated. Low on sauce. Kraft mozzarella. Cooked with little effort at cheapest cost.
Chicago is much, much better. I'm not even necessarily talking deep dish (though also great). That corn meal crust. Chunky sauce. Gooey heavy cheese. The pizza is much more expensive and takes way more time, but it's worth it.
The best pizza I've ever had? Weirdly enough in London.
I'm from Minneapolis, so maybe it's because I've lived here long enough to find exactly what I want - but it easily takes 2nd place.
Let me say this: New York City (including Brooklyn) has the worst pizza I've ever had in my life. I've probably eaten at 10 different spots. They're all tasteless and lack substance. Especially the places where the slices sit out waiting to be re-heated. Low on sauce. Kraft mozzarella. Cooked with little effort at cheapest cost.
Chicago is much, much better. I'm not even necessarily talking deep dish (though also great). That corn meal crust. Chunky sauce. Gooey heavy cheese. The pizza is much more expensive and takes way more time, but it's worth it.
The best pizza I've ever had? Weirdly enough in London.
I'm from Minneapolis, so maybe it's because I've lived here long enough to find exactly what I want - but it easily takes 2nd place.
I want a deep dish pizza now.
Chicago may be number 1, but do they have a Sbarro's? That's like my favorite NYC pizza place.
The HIP Mall on Norridge.
SmackCrackleNPop
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As a Chicagoan, I agree lol.
Bingo.
I'm ordering that now. 😃
Bingo.
look at this #pequads
I'm ordering that now. 😃
LizardKing
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Detroit style > NY or Chicago style
grandjedi6
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appaws
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^This
No. Giordano's is OK if you live nearby or something, but not even close to Lou's.
BUNTING1243
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haha, I've seen that place a million times because it's next to the 49 stop i used a lot. i always thought indian food and pizza was a weird combo for a restaurant, i'll add it to the list!
torre_avenue
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Wait, are you talking about Ben's Pizza? On MacDougal? While it is famous, the pizza isn't exactly the greatest. The better slice is down the street, at Artichoke Basille's. Their artichoke pizza is the most delicious slice I've had in New York so far. Admittedly, I haven't been to many places yet, so if anyone has a better slice, let me know.
Stealth pizza recommendation request.
Autumn Wind
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Capri's Pizza (the pizza with no cheese) reminds me of a pizza I have at this place called the Wine Loft in Long Branch, NJ.
As far as pizza goes, I have learned to love coal fired. Definitely adds a good taste.
As far as pizza goes, I have learned to love coal fired. Definitely adds a good taste.
Best. Pizza. Ever.
I hate this shit. It's like eating a 7000 calorie chicken pot pie.
GhostWriter24
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Any Michael Scott reference is a good reference.
Lovely Salsa
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Best. Pizza. Ever.
Just looking at it gives me a heart attack
Im ordering a pizza today thanks to this thread. What can it be, like 10 months ago I ate a pizza? Kinda funny that it was in chicago too
Whats the "healthiest" pizza to order at a pizza place?
Spyder_Monkey
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Video sucks the reasons why Chicago aren't snobby about their pizza is because their pizza sucks.
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