Entries tagged with 'deep-dish'
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Who Invented Deep-Dish Pizza? The World May Never Know
The Chicago Tribune carried a story yesterday about the quest to officially document who invented deep-dish pizza. Like many a culinary origin story, this one remains shrouded in mystery. The only paper trail indicates the pizza almost certainly came out of a 19th Century mansion built with lumber money at 29 E. Ohio St.—the restaurant now known as Pizzeria Uno. But the question of who exactly developed the concept remains a mystery despite the best efforts of the City of Chicago's official cultural historian. But after proving that deep-dish came from the original Pizzeria Uno location, the question is who...Delisi's Pizzeria & Bar: A Fully Restored Neighborhood Institution
Daniel Zemans, our man in Chicago, checks in with another piece of intel on the Windy City pizza scene. Daniel also blogs about Chicagoland pizza with his friends on the Chicago Pizza Club blog. —The Mgmt. Delisi's has been a fixture in Lincoln Square/Ravenswood for decades. It sits on the industrial west side of Western Avenue, across the street from Rosehill Cemetery, the largest cemetery in Chicago and final resting place of 11 Chicago mayors, a vice president of the U.S., and Oscar Mayer. Likely by virtue of its location (a place with little foot traffic in a neighborhood largely...Gino's East: One of the Best Deep-Dish Pizzas in Chicago
Daniel Zemans, our man in Chicago, checks in with another piece of intel on the Windy City pizza scene. Daniel also blogs about Chicagoland pizza with his friends on the Chicago Pizza Club blog. —The Mgmt. Gino’s East 160 East Superior Street, Chicago IL 60611 (map); 312-266-DEEP (3337); ginoseast.com Pizza Style: Deep dish In 1966, Chicago cab drivers Sam Levine and Fred Bartoli, who had already built up a few taxi companies, made a smart real estate investment with their friend George Loverde when they bought a property just east of the Magnificent Mile. Rather than just sit on their...Dear Slice: Who You Gonna Call for Deep Dish?
Clicking in to the Slice inbox today, we've got ... Adam, I don't know if you've seen Ghostbusters II, but, there's a scene where Dan Ayckroyd's character is discussing what to eat with Harold Ramis's character: "Chinese?" "Thai?" "Na, too spicy." "Pizza!" "Thick or thin?" "Chicago." (Ayckroyd's character). My question is, in 1989 (or even today), would there have been any place in NYC to get a Chicago style of pizza? I'm thinking that this was Ackryod's little joke on NYC. Thanks, Thomas H. Saline, Michigan...Burt's Place: Home of the Pizza King of Chicago
Daniel Zemans, our man in Chicago, checks in with another piece of intel on the Windy City pizza scene. Daniel also blogs about Chicagoland pizza with his friends on the Chicago Pizza Club blog. —The Mgmt. Burt's Place 8541 North Ferris Avenue, Morton Grove IL 60053 (map); 847-965-7997 Pizza Style: Deep-dish The Skinny: Run by the iconic Burt Katz, a legend in Chicago pizzadom, Burt's Place features a deep-dish pie with a caramelized crust similar to Pequod's (no surprise, as Katz founded that pizzeria as well). There's a little too much caramelization going on and less cheese than is normal...Art of Pizza: Usually a Classic, But Not This Time
Daniel Zemans, our man in Chicago, checks in with another piece of intel on the Windy City pizza scene. Daniel also blogs about Chicagoland pizza, along with his friends, on the Chicago Pizza Club blog. —The Mgmt. Very few places in Chicago sell deep-dish pizza by the slice. On a recent trip to Art of Pizza, I learned why. Until this visit to Art of Pizza, I had never eaten in the restaurant. I had only ordered whole pies and had them delivered or I had picked them up. I had never gone there for slices; and after this experience,...Lou Malnati's: Home of Flawless Deep Dish
The buttery crust, sweet chunky tomato sauce, and fresh homemade sausage on a Lou Malnati's pie changed my pizza worldview forever. Since that time, I have tried more pizzas than I can possibly remember, and Lou Malnati's remains my favorite.Uno's, Chicago's Original Deep-Dish Pizza
This is the first in what will be a weekly series on pizza in Chicago. I'm starting this series with Pizzeria Uno, not because I think it's the best Chicago has to offer but because it's the one the rest of the world most associates with my hometown.Is Deep Dish Pizza Over in Chicago?
According to Chicago Tribune restaurant critic Phil Vettel, the Windy City's deep dish pizza mania may finally be on the wane. In other words, the tasty casserole that is deep dish is being shoved aside for more serious Neapolitan and Roman-inspired creations. Vettel cites the popularity of new thin-crusted pizzerias La Madia, Frankie's Fifth Floor Pizzeria, A Mano, and Pizzeria Via Stato. What do Slice readers, in Chicago or not, think of this heretical notion? As someone who practically needed police protection for suggesting in Slice of Heaven that at best Chicago pizza is a good casserole, I wholeheartedly welcome...Slice is part of the Foodblog Ad Network. To advertise on this site or across a network of food-related weblogs, click here.
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