Best Chicago Style Pizza?

[achtungpv]

Originally Posted by scongress1234

better than you think. Try Eli's cheesecake as well, which strangely enough looks like a deep dish pizza!

Cool. How about some recommendations from a place that ships?

[scongress1234]

Originally Posted by achtungpv

Cool. How about some recommendations from a place that ships?

This place ships Chicago food of all kinds....some musts are eli's cheesecake, Garrett popcorns' triple cheese/regular/caramel popcorn mix, Lou Malnati's deep dish pizza, and Vienna beef hot dogs, which are like nathans' coney island dogs, but better........


Lou Malnati's - Tastes of Chicago

It's pretty much a rip-off, but maybe the charges are for all the dry ice or something. If you have the bucks, its worth it for sure, though.

[achtungpv]

$75 ain't too bad for 4 pizzas considering I dropped $40 on a pizza, salad, and two cokes at homeslice yesterday.

[scongress1234]

Originally Posted by achtungpv

$75 ain't too bad for 4 pizzas considering I dropped $40 on a pizza, salad, and two cokes at homeslice yesterday.

True, and homeslice would be the equivalent of eating cardboard as well, so it would taste a hell of a lot better! Kidding......and they are deceiving, in that a small slice is a meal. Most folks canot eat more than a slice of deep dish, and I'm talking grown adults, though bubba at the junkyard might be able to down a whole one with a pitcher of beer.

[Mike78613]

Instead of starting a new post / topic on Chicago Pizza and it has been 2-years from this post. I was wondering if now in 2010 if there's any good Chicago Pizza places?

Let's see if luck has changed. Thoughts??

[achtungpv]

Nope. The only place that serves something close to Chicago style is the chain BJ's...and I don't think they prepare it fresh so it's mediocre. Got a pizza there that was fully cooked and ice cold in the center. Also, it was overly salty which is a sure sign it'd been prepped off site in a central facility and reheated at the restaurant which is how most chains cook their food.

Considering the guy that founded Uno's was a Longhorn, you'd think we'd have Chicago style here.

[Mike78613]

Originally Posted by achtungpv

Nope. The only place that serves something close to Chicago style is the chain BJ's...and I don't think they prepare it fresh so it's mediocre. Got a pizza there that was fully cooked and ice cold in the center. Also, it was overly salty which is a sure sign it'd been prepped off site in a central facility and reheated at the restaurant which is how most chains cook their food.

Considering the guy that founded Uno's was a Longhorn, you'd think we'd have Chicago style here.

I figured, lol!!

Mangia's is around, but the 3 times I ate there I was not impressed with it

The only Chicago Style pizza I was aware of back in the days was located in Cedar Park and it was called Bud & Waltz and they left a long time ago. There pizza was smack dabbin good, but it was thin-crust style and they were from Chi-Town.

[atxcio]

Originally Posted by achtungpv

Nope. The only place that serves something close to Chicago style is the chain BJ's...and I don't think they prepare it fresh so it's mediocre. Got a pizza there that was fully cooked and ice cold in the center. Also, it was overly salty which is a sure sign it'd been prepped off site in a central facility and reheated at the restaurant which is how most chains cook their food.

Yeah, you are right about BJs... I had recommended it earlier, because I had a good pizza there when it first opened. But last time I went, it was very much like you described. The tomatoes tasted like they'd been sitting in a can or freezer, and the overall the pizza was pretty bland. It must have been pre-prepared and reheated.

Too bad, because without the pizza, BJ's food is overall pretty weak. The burger there is terrible, especially compared to all the nearby places that make a good burger (Doc's Backyard and Red Robin, both in the same shopping center as BJ's, are better).