Our pizza is not meant for individual consumption. (Chicago, Lincoln: home, neighborhood)

[Chicago_Person]

I feel like people don't get to try our "real" pizza... thin crust.
Due to it being more of a party or group thing.

Visitors just can't order a slice.
They gotta order a whole damn pizza.

Unlike nyc where everyone and their momma orders a slice for a try.


Discuss.

[ToriaT]

Most individual slice pizza I've seen is dried out and does not really keep well under hot lights. There used to or maybe still is a place called Sbarro that sell NY style pizza by the slice I used to get and it was hot fresh and pretty good. Lots of people were buying it so it never sat long. Chicago thin crust does not hold up well.

[andrew61]

Originally Posted by ToriaT

Most individual slice pizza I've seen is dried out and does not really keep well under hot lights. There used to or maybe still is a place called Sbarro that sell NY style pizza by the slice I used to get and it was hot fresh and pretty good. Lots of people were buying it so it never sat long. Chicago thin crust does not hold up well.

I used to order NY-style thin crust pepperoni pizza by the slice at Cafe Luigi in Lincoln Park. I found it to be pretty decent and not dried out.

I also used to order stuffed pizza by the slice at The Art of Pizza on Ashland Avenue. I'd try to consume two slices, but it was so filling I usually felt like I was force feeding myself midway through the second slice.

[personone]

Originally Posted by ToriaT

Most individual slice pizza I've seen is dried out and does not really keep well under hot lights. There used to or maybe still is a place called Sbarro that sell NY style pizza by the slice I used to get and it was hot fresh and pretty good. Lots of people were buying it so it never sat long. Chicago thin crust does not hold up well.

Everyone knows of Sbarro. It is actually a chain, although originated in NY. You are right that pizza by the slice, in general (not just Chicago thin crust), does not hold up well. Many of the good Chicago thin crust restaurants are local, made to order neighborhood places, so they are not conducive to selling individual slices. Plus, Chicago thin crust pizza places are not really located in tourist spots, so visitors wouldn’t be able to easily try them out.

[hendersj31]

Yeah those thin crust pizzas are my favorite. I disagree about the individual consumption part because I will eat one of those bad boys all by myself without hesitation!

[edsg25]

Chicago is absolutely an excellent thin crust pizza town. Problem is, when visitors come here, what want is deep dish because, hey, this is Chicago. And in areas where tourists go, the “name places” are virtually all deep dish: Uno/Due, Ginos East, Lou’s

If I were going to recommend where tourists should go...if their group is large enough....is Lou’s. And it would be to order both styles: deep dish, of course, but thin as well because as a plae that bilt its fame and fortune, IMHO Lou’s makes an outstanding thin pizza as well. Further, I find their thin pizzas to be unique: I’ve never had a thin pizza rhat tasted like it

Let me throw in a nontourist question here: as noted,the deep dish places downtown are iconic. And two of them...Lou’s and Ginos have locations throughout both the city and suburbs (while Uno’s only has two restaurants, one block apart...so obvious Inam not counting the mediocre offerings of the franchised locale.

Yet I can not think of any thin places that even come close tonarea wide fame....although regionally both Home Run Inn and Connie’s come to mind.

Am I right orvwrong about no thin place that is high profile and recognized for excellence that covers the whole metro area

[Master Jay]

Good morning all, while recently in the Lincoln Square book store, I purchased, "Pizza City, USA: 101 reasons why Chicago is America's greatest pizza town" by Steve Dolinsky. Not a bad read!! If you get a chance to peruse it, let me know. They mentioned places like Connie's and Lou's, who received exceptional marks, I do believe! My kids and I like the pizza from Ignotz's near 24th and Oakley, as well as Armand's in Edison Park.... Have a great day, all! - Master Jay in Milwaukee

[hendersj31]

If you want to go regional one could argue that Vito and Nicks conquers the South Side. But I know of none that have citywide fame.

Originally Posted by edsg25

Chicago is absolutely an excellent thin crust pizza town. Problem is, when visitors come here, what want is deep dish because, hey, this is Chicago. And in areas where tourists go, the “name places” are virtually all deep dish: Uno/Due, Ginos East, Lou’s

If I were going to recommend where tourists should go...if their group is large enough....is Lou’s. And it would be to order both styles: deep dish, of course, but thin as well because as a plae that bilt its fame and fortune, IMHO Lou’s makes an outstanding thin pizza as well. Further, I find their thin pizzas to be unique: I’ve never had a thin pizza rhat tasted like it

Let me throw in a nontourist question here: as noted,the deep dish places downtown are iconic. And two of them...Lou’s and Ginos have locations throughout both the city and suburbs (while Uno’s only has two restaurants, one block apart...so obvious Inam not counting the mediocre offerings of the franchised locale.

Yet I can not think of any thin places that even come close tonarea wide fame....although regionally both Home Run Inn and Connie’s come to mind.

Am I right orvwrong about no thin place that is high profile and recognized for excellence that covers the whole metro area

[jfre81]

Bah. Every pizza is a personal pizza if you're determined enough.

[wase4711]

Originally Posted by edsg25

Am I right orvwrong about no thin place that is high profile and recognized for excellence that covers the whole metro area

Home Run Inn maybe?