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Why is the Chicago Deep Dish so loved? (because it's the best pizza)
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This is the biggest myth of all Chicago pizza. Pequods literally is like u gave the recipe of Lou Malnati's to someone without the proper timers.
I dunno man, it's pretty good, but all I know is that St. Louis style pizza is straight up garbanzo beans. Who likes it? Who wants their pizza with dry, smelly cheese on it? Nobody knows.
I agree, Pequod's is not good.
Lou Malnatti's and Giordano's are both well known and could be called "tourist traps," but they probably have the best deep dish.
The title is a lie...
NY style pizza is the best pizza (and actually is a pizza and not a bread bowl with cheese and sauce)
NY style pizza is the best pizza (and actually is a pizza and not a bread bowl with cheese and sauce)
As a South/East Chicago native, I don't recall ever having deep dish until my late teens-early 20s. Was pretty much always loyal to Capri Pizza.
Nowadays, deep dish is usually only had 1-2 times a year and everybody I know is partial to the superior Chicago thin/mid crust.
This is blasphemous. Coming from someone who lived in Chicago, deep dish is a complete disgrace. More casserole than pizza - feels like some French's onion crisps should be sprinkled on top. Ugh. NY and East Coast pizza in general are the true GOATs, with Detroit style coming in second.
Honestly, everyone in here should just watch this TDS bit on Chicago pizza.
Honestly, everyone in here should just watch this TDS bit on Chicago pizza.
Lived in Chicago for the better part of a decade. Adore pizza.
Can't stand deep dish.
Just too much crust and crap on top. Makes it impossible to actually enjoy your meal because of how much of it there is.
I've tried all of the big names, and none of them have worked for me. Just not my style of pizza.
Can't stand deep dish.
Just too much crust and crap on top. Makes it impossible to actually enjoy your meal because of how much of it there is.
I've tried all of the big names, and none of them have worked for me. Just not my style of pizza.
Caramalized is such a funny word it's basically a rly polite way of saying burnt
Deep dish is awesome. A buddy and mine and his gf are coming to Chicago to visit next weekend and they specifically requested deep dish. Going to Pequods!
Nope, low and slow. No burnt onions.
Nope, low and slow. No burnt onions.
I thought I would love it because I love those mini frozen "deep dish" pizzas:
My wife and I went to a restaurant in L.A. that apparently had excellent, genuine deep dish pizza, and I still don't understand what the fuck that was. It's way too much tomato sauce with a giant layer of meat put into a bread bowl. The crust was fucking amazing, so it wasn't a total loss, but it was honestly baffling. You could argue it was L.A. and not Chicago, but it looks the same on pictures I see on the Internet. The worst thing about it isn't that it doesn't even qualify as a pizza, it's that it's not even good on its own merits. The balance of ingredients is all fucked.
My wife and I went to a restaurant in L.A. that apparently had excellent, genuine deep dish pizza, and I still don't understand what the fuck that was. It's way too much tomato sauce with a giant layer of meat put into a bread bowl. The crust was fucking amazing, so it wasn't a total loss, but it was honestly baffling. You could argue it was L.A. and not Chicago, but it looks the same on pictures I see on the Internet. The worst thing about it isn't that it doesn't even qualify as a pizza, it's that it's not even good on its own merits. The balance of ingredients is all fucked.
As someone who has tried neither, Chicago Pizza makes my mouth water, while New York Pizza looks like it's been left out on the street in Broadway for a few hours.
That looks like something you'd Buy in the frozen food aisle.Detroit-style is best pizza. Anyone who says otherwise ain't know pizza.
You are really missing a thing. NYC people are crazy but the island is littered with pizza shops, bakeries, ect. The competition forces people to make the best. Go to nyc, go party, then get a slice at 3am. It can be enjoyed anytime. But it's superb pizza. Even Chicago style is good but I like to troll them because they have an inferiority complex. Sorry, not sorry. I grew up in the Northeast and we can smell their fear.
Absolutely. I didn't even know this was a thing until a frozen Detroit pizza (Outsiders Pizza Company) appeared in the frozen aisle a few months ago. I haven't bought one, but I've recently begun making my own pizza and I thought I'd finally try this style. I used Food Wishes. It turned out excellent and is a pretty foolproof recipe. I bought a specific pan, but it also works great in a cast iron skillet. I just got back from NYC and had great thin and thick crust pizzas, and this was better than both of them. It has a crispy, airy, chewy crust; a high cheese to sauce ratio; crunchy, caramelly, cheese-infused edges and corners; and a convenient shape. It's also far better than Chicago deep dish. And is the best-tasting cold pizza I've ever had!
Detroit-style is best pizza. Anyone who says otherwise ain't know pizza.
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I thought I would love it because I love those mini frozen "deep dish" pizzas:
My wife and I went to a restaurant in L.A. that apparently had excellent, genuine deep dish pizza, and I still don't understand what the fuck that was. It's way too much tomato sauce with a giant layer of meat put into a bread bowl. The crust was fucking amazing, so it wasn't a total loss, but it was honestly baffling. You could argue it was L.A. and not Chicago, but it looks the same on pictures I see on the Internet. The worst thing about it isn't that it doesn't even qualify as a pizza, it's that it's not even good on its own merits. The balance of ingredients is all fucked.
nahh it doesn't matter. "it looks just like it!" makes no sense and LA hardly has any good pizza let alone deep dish. go to Chicago
I just went to this place called Pizza Studio Tamaki in Tokyo and it was better than anything in Chicago. I do love Chicago pizza though
I moved to Chicago long time ago and I'll admit I love me some deep dish. But I think my favorite is the tavern-style thin cut into squares. Butter crust if they have it. Mmmm....
Gonna have to give another shout out to Detroit style. As far as Chicago style goes, I think I had Giordanos last summer when I was there and it was alright. My Chicago style experience is rather limited. My favorite place for it is pizza papalis which is in Detroit weirdly enough.
Well, it does, because my biggest gripe with it is the balance of ingredients and they all look like they have way too much sauce. I could go to Chicago and still people would say I went to the one place in town that doesn't do it right. Which place in Chicago?
Deep dish is servicable
Didn't he have a follow up video where he had it and loved it?
It's probably the same with most haters tbh.
Detroit deep dish pizza is better than Chicago deep dish. Looks better, taste better, is better.
I had Peaquod's last month for the very fist time. It was every thing I dreamed of. Great sauce, flavorful caramelized crust, and perfectly cooked toppings. The sausage was to die for. Many places have shit sausage. My family doubted my selection at first, but they all agreed that it was the best deep dish they ever had.
How many more threads like this must I barge into and defend the honor of real pizza?
Chicago deep dish pizza STINKS!
Chicago deep dish pizza STINKS!
On this we see eye to eye. Nothing like a Detroit pie.Detroit-style is best pizza. Anyone who says otherwise ain't know pizza.