Thread: Chicago vs. Philadelphia Chat?

On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:21:45 -0500, Andy wrote:

> I'll chat.
>
> While the Stanley Cup Finals are on NBC.
>
> Deep Dish vs. Cheesesteak!

Deep Dish pizza is about as common there as it is in San
Francisco. Chicago eats mostly thin crust pizzas, just like in
New York.

-sw

On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 20:31:59 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:21:45 -0500, Andy wrote:
>
>> I'll chat.
>>
>> While the Stanley Cup Finals are on NBC.
>>
>> Deep Dish vs. Cheesesteak!
>
>Deep Dish pizza is about as common there as it is in San
>Francisco. Chicago eats mostly thin crust pizzas, just like in
>New York.

Yup. Our reputation is stuck in the 70's. I still make and enjoy
deep dish pizza but I'm far from a purist. There was an article in
Chicago mag a few years ago about pizza and Lou Malnoti's claims only
like 30% sales are deep dish. Considering DD was their claim to fame
that's pretty low. There's thin crust places popping up all the time.
The old DD staples are still around but they've had to come up with
thin crust alternatives to compete. I'm hit-n-miss on making thin
crust but have settled on the lazy method of a 12 inch pita for the
crust. I turn the oven on 550 and throw two pizzas together. 20-25
minutes from the time the oven goes on I've got 2 nice crispy crust
pizzas for about a buck each.

Lou