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Pequods bro.
It's good but I can't call it the best deep dish I've had.
1. Pequods (pepperoni and garlic)
2. Art of Pizza (pepperoni and jalapeno)
3. Lou Malnatis (sausage and jalapeno)
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Giordanos is, in my opinion, not even comparable. I've had my fair share of deep dish, but Malnati's is on a different level. They make one of the best PIZZAS, period, that I've ever eaten. Highly recommend. Can't attest for how good it'd be frozen, but I'm sure it would satisfy.The Marshall Plan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:13 am100% accurate.
Honorable mention to Giordanos and Ginos East. But Lou’s wins easily.
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Have you also gotten a regular pizza from Lou’s?UOK wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:16 amGiordanos is, in my opinion, not even comparable. I've had my fair share of deep dish, but Malnati's is on a different level. They make one of the best PIZZAS, period, that I've ever eaten. Highly recommend. Can't attest for how good it'd be frozen, but I'm sure it would satisfy.The Marshall Plan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:13 am
100% accurate.
Honorable mention to Giordanos and Ginos East. But Lou’s wins easily.
We use a couple local places for normal pizza. Deep dish is ALWAYS Lou’s.
What do you put on your deep dish?
We do sausage and pepperoni. Every now and then we add onions and or mushrooms.
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Had some Lou's shipped here to TX for the playoffs in 2018. It was ok. Nothing like having it there though.UOK wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:16 amGiordanos is, in my opinion, not even comparable. I've had my fair share of deep dish, but Malnati's is on a different level. They make one of the best PIZZAS, period, that I've ever eaten. Highly recommend. Can't attest for how good it'd be frozen, but I'm sure it would satisfy.The Marshall Plan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:13 am
100% accurate.
Honorable mention to Giordanos and Ginos East. But Lou’s wins easily.
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Last time I had Malnati's was takeout from their restaurant downtown near the theater district. We did a cheese deep dish and the Chicago Classic. Both just knocked us on our asses with the quality.
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Do all the locations maintain quality/consistency? I'm thinking of getting a deep dish from the Tinley Park location while visiting family in a few months.
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My Dad shipped me some giordano's to maine last year and same, it was fine, but it certainly tasted like a frozen pizza that traveled 1000 miles.wab wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:32 amHad some Lou's shipped here to TX for the playoffs in 2018. It was ok. Nothing like having it there though.UOK wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:16 am
Giordanos is, in my opinion, not even comparable. I've had my fair share of deep dish, but Malnati's is on a different level. They make one of the best PIZZAS, period, that I've ever eaten. Highly recommend. Can't attest for how good it'd be frozen, but I'm sure it would satisfy.
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I prefer Pequods also. The carmelized cheese on the back of the crust, hot damn that is good shit. For me, the others (Lou's, Gino's and Giordano's) taste pretty similar.
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there are some places that offer a wider variety, but for true deep dish, it is best to keep it simple IMO ... I think the cooking process probably has something to do with this, or at least that was what I was told many years ago
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I'm a Chicago-boy, born and raised so deep-dish isn't really my fave (I think it's tourist pizza -- give me Connie's or Home-Run Inn thin any time) but if you MUST do deep dish, Lou Malnati's is the goods.
Back in the day, my office was in Schaumburg and Lou's was always the pizza of choice.
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It is a traditionalist's pizza. Pizza the way it was meant to be. No need for Buffalo chicken, ranch chicken, bbq chicken, bleu cheese, or any of that California style shit on Chicago deep dish pizza.
Roasted red peppers is about as extravagant as I get.
Roasted red peppers is about as extravagant as I get.
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I grew up eating Palermo's 95th in Oak Lawn and it's still one of my favorite pizzas. That said, Monical's is top-shelf stuff. Shame it's so expensive or I'd get it all the time.
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Worked in an office in Schaumburg up until the pandemic and can confirm, most of the time when we had pizza for a lunch and learn it was from Lou's. It got to the point where when we had people from other offices visiting, they'd see it and be excited but everyone else would just be like, "Eh, looks like it's Lou's again".IotaNet wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:30 pmI'm a Chicago-boy, born and raised so deep-dish isn't really my fave (I think it's tourist pizza -- give me Connie's or Home-Run Inn thin any time) but if you MUST do deep dish, Lou Malnati's is the goods.
Back in the day, my office was in Schaumburg and Lou's was always the pizza of choice.
Personally, being raised in a frugal household, I was never picky and was just happy on the rare occasions when we had pizza from PIzza Hut so I never got tired of Lou's. It's still a luxury pizza to me.
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Dude there's no shame in Pizza Hut. It's glorious.Xee wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:47 pmWorked in an office in Schaumburg up until the pandemic and can confirm, most of the time when we had pizza for a lunch and learn it was from Lou's. It got to the point where when we had people from other offices visiting, they'd see it and be excited but everyone else would just be like, "Eh, looks like it's Lou's again".IotaNet wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:30 pm
I'm a Chicago-boy, born and raised so deep-dish isn't really my fave (I think it's tourist pizza -- give me Connie's or Home-Run Inn thin any time) but if you MUST do deep dish, Lou Malnati's is the goods.
Back in the day, my office was in Schaumburg and Lou's was always the pizza of choice.
Personally, being raised in a frugal household, I was never picky and was just happy on the rare occasions when we had pizza from PIzza Hut so I never got tired of Lou's. It's still a luxury pizza to me.
Some of my best pizza memories involve that.
As a kid, I was, and still am, an avid reader. I was in the Book It! club in grade school and would have a giant button with five stars on it. Each book I read I got a star. Five stars and I could go to Pizza Hut and get a free personal pan pizza. It was great.
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I think all the "immediate mentions" when you ask about Chicago Deep Dish are overrated.
My first choice would be
https://edwardospizza.goldbelly.com/
Worked there long ago, during a suburban expansion that ultimately failed. But, man, that was good stuff - deep and thin. Had one every single shift and never got tired of it.
The spinach stuffed was surprisingly good.
Their shipping seems to be down right now, though.
https://ship.nancyspizza.com/
would be my 2nd choice
My first choice would be
https://edwardospizza.goldbelly.com/
Worked there long ago, during a suburban expansion that ultimately failed. But, man, that was good stuff - deep and thin. Had one every single shift and never got tired of it.
The spinach stuffed was surprisingly good.
Their shipping seems to be down right now, though.
https://ship.nancyspizza.com/
would be my 2nd choice
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Best pizza I had from the Chicago area I don't even know where it came from. My daughter was in the Shriner's Hospital and a nurse got to talking about pizza. She ended up ordering us an italian beef pizza and it was awesome. I don't believe she ever told us where it was from. I do know it was a mom and pop place. This was over 20 yrs ago.
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We have some pretty good pizza places down here, but we also have a lot of boutique places that put figs and goat cheese and honey on top.
Lot's of NY style pizza here but very few Chicago style joints worth a damn.
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Mostly Chicago Pizza in Tucson. Some excellent deli and Mom n Pop
I have Rosati Pizza 6 minutes away
Yesterday visited with Luke at Luke's Chicago Dogs n Beef. Always great. Used to go to both in Chicago were I grew up.
We have a couple NY pizza places..gpod but not the same
I have Rosati Pizza 6 minutes away
Yesterday visited with Luke at Luke's Chicago Dogs n Beef. Always great. Used to go to both in Chicago were I grew up.
We have a couple NY pizza places..gpod but not the same
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No mention of Uno or Duo. Very similar to Malnati's, but maybe a hair short. But still great.
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