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again, aside from one or 2 folks, the chicago folks don't know squat about classic pies. i think that casserole they call pizza is rotting their brains....
Like we've said John, you get out in a regular Chicago neighborhood and you'll find thin crust. Used to be the only places with deep-dish were Unos and it's clones like Genos and they were all downtown. I liked Unos but I didn't so much consider it pizza as I considered it "Unos", know what I mean?
Then you had Salerno's on 16th St, a regular neighborhood joint that did a thick, doughy pie and crust. Other than that it was thin crust cut in squares until the 1970s when a couple of places on the South Side started with the stuffed thing (which I don't care for).
My wife is a tough old broad from Philly and she prefers a good Chicago thin over NY style. When she found out that people in Philly now put cheeze-whiz on sandwiches she almost passed out. I don't need to hear any crap about pizza from a guy from a town where they brag about cheeze-whiz.
but seriously, you guys don't know squat about pizza
I personally love Neopolitan style pizza, like you get in NYC. But at the end of the day I have to go with my Chicago pan pizza every time. Can you say "CHEESE" and "SAUSAGE"(in the midwest there can never be too much of either). It can't be beat, not in the U.S..
Like we've said John, you get out in a regular Chicago neighborhood and you'll find thin crust. Used to be the only places with deep-dish were Unos and it's clones like Genos and they were all downtown. I liked Unos but I didn't so much consider it pizza as I considered it "Unos", know what I mean?
Then you had Salerno's on 16th St, a regular neighborhood joint that did a thick, doughy pie and crust. Other than that it was thin crust cut in squares until the 1970s when a couple of places on the South Side started with the stuffed thing (which I don't care for).
My wife is a tough old broad from Philly and she prefers a good Chicago thin over NY style. When she found out that people in Philly now put cheeze-whiz on sandwiches she almost passed out. I don't need to hear any crap about pizza from a guy from a town where they brag about cheeze-whiz.
yeah, i don't get the cheez -whiz thing...or as the locals say "whiz-wit"
i've never had a cheese steak..i prefer my heart valves to be unclogged....its tough though because i live next to jim's steaks on south street. i smell it in the air..
i've heard great things about tony luke's though....they use provolone..at least that's real cheese......
i definitely have to try lou malnati's though....i heard they deliver...
They have different packages the call "taste of Chicago", in which you can order a variety of Chicago classics, i.e, hot dogs, beefs, pizza, etc. Chicago transplants order Lou's 'taste' packages all the time, when they're feeling homesick.
Malnati's is pretty much a Unos clone and very good. Ricobenes on 26th St. makes a first rate Unos clone AND their own very good thin crust. Not to mention the breaded steak sandwiches. Ricobenes has a big parking lot and when I had the urge for Unos it was alot easier to go to Ricobenes instead. And the crowd at Ricobene's is real Chicago, not a bunch of tourists, know what I mean?
Last edited by Irishtom29; 07-17-2008 at 12:19 PM..
Oh, I've had Ricobene's before, we order that at work sometimes, it is pretty tasty stuff (although I've only had the thin crust).
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