Chicago Deep Dish - Recommendations?

Yefa

With all the talk of Philly cheese steaks, I thought I'd start a thread about Chicago deep dish pizza. Here are a few of the ones I've read about. Chicago folks are welcome to weigh in on which ones are their favorites and why.

Giordano's
Pequod's
Lou Malnati's
Gino's East

drsluggo

This is a tough one... there are two different pizza types here that most people say are deep dish.

There is deep dish which is basically a thick crust and pizza toppings on top of it. That is a specialty of both Gino's East and Lou Malnatis.

Then there is my personal favorite which is stuffed pizza. Its like a deep dish pizza with a 'pool' of toppings on top of it and just an amazing amount of cheese. That is where Giordano's is great, although my personal favorite is Nancy's. Either one is awesome though.

I know that's not much help, but there are big differences between a Lou Malnatis deep dish pizza and a Giordano's stuffed pizza. Depends on if you like a boatload of cheese on your pizza

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Yefa wrote:

With all the talk of Philly cheese steaks, I thought I'd start a thread about Chicago deep dish pizza. Here are a few of the ones I've read about. Chicago folks are welcome to weigh in on which ones are their favorites and why.

Giordano's
Pequod's
Lou Malnati's
Gino's East

Giordanos for deep dish spinach.....
Lou malnatis for deep dish sausage....................

LikeAnOcean

all are good from what I hear. I really like Pizzeria Due or Uno. They are supposed to be the most popular.

I'm not a big deep dish fan though. I like thin, crispy crust.

Make sure you get a pork chop sandwich at Jimmy's or Maxwell Street.. And Hot Dougs for the supposedly best hot dogs in the world.

drsluggo

Oh... if you go to Gino's East and like sausage, they have a deep dish pizza that has a massive sausage patty on top. It's awesome - sounds gross maybe, but its awesome. I want to order one right now, come to think of it.

PJBuckeye

Mine - Giordano's

My wife prefers Due's

I hate Lou's b/c we always have it at work, so sick of it

Yefa

Thanks drsluggo. Yes, I read about the two different types of Chicago deep dish. I may try to sample each type once during my visit.

msjpearson

I'm not a local, so maybe my voice should be taken with a grain of salt...However, last time I visited Chicago, I went to both Giordanno's and Gino's East. I'll be back in Chicago for the 2 shows, and if I can only get back to one of those 2 pizzerias, I'm picking Gino's East.

Mike.

drsluggo

And for the love of all that is good in this world, get an Italian Beef with Mozz cheese on it!!! :twisted:

It will change your life, although I'm not too sure what the best places are for that in Chicago itself. Portillos is always a favorite, but I've found better in the lonely suburbs.

Freddy Arheehar

Gino's East

SPEEDY MCCREADY

drsluggo wrote:

And for the love of all that is good in this world, get an Italian Beef with Mozz cheese on it!!! :twisted:

It will change your life, although I'm not too sure what the best places are for that in Chicago itself. Portillos is always a favorite, but I've found better in the lonely suburbs.

Italian Beef/dipped/with sweet/and hot peppers.......

Outstanding!!!!!!

Indifference71

Lou Malnati's for deep dish sausage. It's the best.

cincybearcat

Freddy Arheehar wrote:

Gino's East

Agree...for the cornbready crust...amazing.

I'd skip teh hug Sausage patty though .

erebus

This will be my first time in Chicago.

Any hints on where to stay or avoid, what else to do or see?

drsluggo

cincybearcat wrote:

Freddy Arheehar wrote:

Gino's East

Agree...for the cornbready crust...amazing.

I'd skip teh hug Sausage patty though .

Come on now - where else can you get sausage on a pizza where its literally a gigantic patty that covers the entire thing?

Even if it is crazy weird, its something you can't get anywhere else that I know of!

That said I still prefer true stuffed pizza to deep dish, but you can't really lose!

cincybearcat

drsluggo wrote:

cincybearcat wrote:

Freddy Arheehar wrote:

Gino's East

Agree...for the cornbready crust...amazing.

I'd skip teh hug Sausage patty though .

Come on now - where else can you get sausage on a pizza where its literally a gigantic patty that covers the entire thing?

Even if it is crazy weird, its something you can't get anywhere else that I know of!

That said I still prefer true stuffed pizza to deep dish, but you can't really lose!

Yep, I've had it. My friend got sick...;)

drsluggo

cincybearcat wrote:

drsluggo wrote:

Come on now - where else can you get sausage on a pizza where its literally a gigantic patty that covers the entire thing?

Even if it is crazy weird, its something you can't get anywhere else that I know of!

That said I still prefer true stuffed pizza to deep dish, but you can't really lose!

Yep, I've had it. My friend got sick...;)

And you also now have a story you'll never forget ... all because of that magical sausage patty!

Gmoney

Best Cheese deep dish=Pequads
Best sausage= Giordano's (crumbled sausage)
Best atmosphere for deep dish=Gino's East on Wells st.

Best non- deep dish, Piece Pizza on North in Wicker Park

SPEEDY MCCREADY

i am going to let..............
solat13
flagg
and
mrs.vedder78

decide which pizza joint we are going to on saturday......................

orangedive

http://www.exchequerpub.com/

Go here. Absolutely phenomenal.

cincybearcat

Gmoney wrote:

Best non- deep dish, Piece Pizza on North in Wicker Park

Great call for thin crust!!! And decent beers...it's a microbrewery.