I’m a relatively recent transplant to Chigacoland so I feel a bit of an instinctive need to defend deep dish. But really, its more of a love for all forms of pizza.
New York style? Hell yes Chicago style? Two slices and long nap, but still hell yes Detroit style, tavern style, California style, thin crust, thick crust, stuffed crust? Yes yes yes yes yes and yes!
I’m a native Chicagoan and I just wish people would stop thinking of it is “Chicago style” pizza lol
There’s only a handful of restaurants that make it and it’s not even their best seller, the way more common “Chicago style” pizza is basically just square cut tavern style.
Deep dish is pretty good but I feel like it’s its own category. IMO it’s a bad choice for most of the situations you’d order pizza. It’s extremely filling so it makes you tired. You have to eat it fast because it’s only good hot (and it cools down quick). The slices are heavy so it’s harder to eat without making a mess.
Like if I want deep dish, I want deep dish. But if I want pizza, I’m not even considering deep dish, you know? It’s like noodle pasta vs lasagna
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Jon Stewart has some thoughts about this.
this is tomato soup in a bread bowl
Well, now I want to try it much more
Don’t let the haters discourage you. It’s worth it.
Ha, was exactly the first thing I thought of too.
New York Slice forever, baby! Although Detroit style is quite good also.
New York pizza is just above mid. Always has been, always will be. You’re just the loudest about it.
Margherita ftw. So simple and delicious
Yes! Someone in this thread who knows actual names of real pizze.
Native Chicagoan here. Something that always gets glossed over is understanding that there’s two types of deep dish pizza: stuffed (what you see here) and pan.
Stuffed pizza (from bottom to top) is dough, cheese (plus vegetables or meat or whatever else you wanna “stuff” it with), another layer of dough, then the sauce on top.
Giordano’s or Gino’s East is most closely associated with stuffed, even though it’s often only referred to as “deep dish.”
Pan pizza is almost the same in shape/dimensions, but instead of it being stuffed with cheese/vegetables/meat, that part is just bread.
Lou Malnati’s is most closely associated with pan pizza, even though it’s often only referred to as “deep dish.”
The differences are incredibly important, and anyone who’s tried both can concur.
Anyways, they both have cheese so idk what this dude talking about lol
Thanks for comin to my TED Talk.
…so a calzona and focaccia?
No, it’s a pizza, and if it weren’t it would be either of those things either.
