Best Chicago Style Pizza? (Austin, Cedar Park: homes, neighborhood, moving to)

[ResidentialAustin]

Mangia's Lake Austin Blvd. location is good...I didn't even know they had a RR location...I mean don't get me wrong it's no Giordano's but it was good pizza and Conan's is good too!

[brattpowered]

Chicago deep dish pizza in general is just kind of bland and weird. I think the main pull of it is tradition instead of taste, as small towns throughout the country have "New York Style" pizzerias and even in large cities like Austin there are really not many Chicago options.

I was recently in Chicago, and it seems like New York style is actually eclipsing Chicago style there. I went to this place called Lou Malnati's and was just not impressed. Too much breadiness and not enough cheese, sauce and spice. Anyway, good luck in your search.

[Austin97]

Originally Posted by brattpowered

Chicago deep dish pizza in general is just kind of bland and weird. I think the main pull of it is tradition instead of taste, as small towns throughout the country have "New York Style" pizzerias and even in large cities like Austin there are really not many Chicago options.

I was recently in Chicago, and it seems like New York style is actually eclipsing Chicago style there. I went to this place called Lou Malnati's and was just not impressed. Too much breadiness and not enough cheese, sauce and spice. Anyway, good luck in your search.

My favorite chicago style pizza is Nancy's (in chicago). It is so thick and stuffed that you can only eat one slice. You almost choke on the cheese.


Mangia isnt actually that bad. But mostly I go there for their fries.

[gigi927]

Originally Posted by brattpowered

Chicago deep dish pizza in general is just kind of bland and weird. I think the main pull of it is tradition instead of taste, as small towns throughout the country have "New York Style" pizzerias and even in large cities like Austin there are really not many Chicago options.

I was recently in Chicago, and it seems like New York style is actually eclipsing Chicago style there. I went to this place called Lou Malnati's and was just not impressed. Too much breadiness and not enough cheese, sauce and spice. Anyway, good luck in your search.

If there's too much bread and not enough sauce or spice then it's just not authentic. Really good deep dish is wonderful - not bland and weird at all, IMO. Also, while Chicago is primarily associated with deep dish, there are some very good thin crust places all over the city. They aren't pie shaped pieces like you get in NY. They are cut grid style with not a huge end piece of crust. personally I like that style even better than deep dish. But it could be that my dad owned a pizza restaurant for 20 years in Chicago and that's the style he cooked

As a native Chicagoan, Lou Malnati's OR Uno's aren't the places you go for really good deep dish. Those are just really well marketed places, not places that have good pizza. My Pie in Lincoln Park - THAT is really good deep dish pizza.

[Mike78613]

Only chi-town pizza in Austin that I knew of that really was that style pizza was Bud & Walts.

There pizza is so damn good! They were cut in small squares and the paste sauce they used was sweet and man,,, its making me hungry.

They were located in Cedar Park, but for some odd reason they Poof'd. They competed w/ Pizza Hut, Dominoes and PapaJohns and none of the 3 come close.

The only other real style aka NEW YORK pizza I had was Sacones and it was just OK good.

I want Bud and Walts pizza!!

Bud & Walt's Square Cut Pizza

[ITChick]

Originally Posted by gigi927

My Pie in Lincoln Park - THAT is really good deep dish pizza.

My Pie pizzas have no bottom crust!! Or at least they didn't the two times I went there, which dissapointed me.

I like my pizza doughy, so I prefer the deep dish. Lou Malnatis can be bland, and they are not consistent when they make it. I've had some with a lot of sauce and some with hardly any at all. My favorite is Genos East. Unfortunately, the only one I know of that still exists is in Arlington Heights. Just don't ask for the vegetable pizza! You will get green beans on it!

Nancys is gooey! Too much cheese for me!

I also enjoy the NYC style slices having eaten them in Brooklyn and Manhattan on more than one occasion. I can't seem to find anything like it in Chicago, but if someone does pizza right in Austin, I'll be happy.

[newrrmom]

I have not heard of Bud & Walts, looks yummy, thanks for the tip

[iguanas4]

Originally Posted by gigi927

If there's too much bread and not enough sauce or spice then it's just not authentic. Really good deep dish is wonderful - not bland and weird at all, IMO. Also, while Chicago is primarily associated with deep dish, there are some very good thin crust places all over the city. They aren't pie shaped pieces like you get in NY. They are cut grid style with not a huge end piece of crust.

mmmm!! That sounds like the pizza I used to get at Noble Roman's when I lived in the midwest. Except it was a thick crust... That was the BEST and I still miss their breadsticks to this day. My bf gets tired of hearing me bring it up. I haven't found good pizza anywhere (NC, CA, and now TX) since I left Indiana. We found a place here in Georgetown with decent pizza, but I guess it's more New York style.

[gigi927]

Originally Posted by Mike78613

Only chi-town pizza in Austin that I knew of that really was that style pizza was Bud & Walts.

There pizza is so damn good! They were cut in small squares and the paste sauce they used was sweet and man,,, its making me hungry.

They were located in Cedar Park, but for some odd reason they Poof'd. They competed w/ Pizza Hut, Dominoes and PapaJohns and none of the 3 come close.

The only other real style aka NEW YORK pizza I had was Sacones and it was just OK good.

I want Bud and Walts pizza!!

Bud & Walt's Square Cut Pizza

Wow, what a bummer. I live 10 minutes from Cedar Park. Would've loved to try that!

IT Chick - My Pie always had a bottom crust for the two years I lived down the street from it....how could it not have a bottom crust? wouldn't it then just be a bowl of sauce with cheese on top?

[love roses]

I'd eat it that way...If they gave me a bib