New York or Chicago Pizza?

[nevermore]

I voted for thin crust NY style pizza because it is the closest equivalent to actual pizza, Italian style: hand tossed and cooked in a open flame brick oven.

^This. Couldn't have said it better myself.

Well, it's the closest equivalent other than hand-tossed brick oven pizza, which we do have here in abundance as well. My favorite all-time is the crab dip pizza (crab dip, mozz and Old Bay) from the Owl Bar in Baltimore.

For normal, delivery pizza I prefer pepperoni, and maybe either mushrooms (I like the slimy canned variety on my pizza) or onions. Maybe some roasted garlic.

 

[RJDiogenes]

The best pizza I ever had was in New York, but it was definitely deep dish, with The Works. And I mean The Works. Could have fed a family of eight for a month.

My favorite kind of pizza is Zen Pizza.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

As long as either are available in my local Aldi....

 

[Red Ranger]

I'm a New Yorker and we make the best pizza in the world.


Only thing Chicago has that's thick & deep is Oprah.

Absolutely, man! My favorite topping is pepperoni. But don't knock Oprah -- I like my women thick & deep!

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

My favorite kind of pizza is Zen Pizza.

Ah yes, I'm familiar with that kind. First you have one slice, zen another, zen another, zen another...

 

[Hoser]

No, it's where you go into the shop and ask 'Make me one with everything'


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I think both pizzas are great. There was a great pizzeria I used to hang out in in Astoria, and there was a great pizzeria in Chicago as well. I love both equally.

 

[trekkiedane]

Italian style

 

[Amaris]

I tried a brand called Reggio's last night. It was supposed to be Chicago style pizza, but I have to be honest, it wasn't that good, and it was expensive. Granted, frozen pizza does not taste the same as pizzeria pizza, but really, I don't know how the price is at all justified for it. It was not good.

 

[RoJoHen]

Reggio's? Expensive? That's the crap they sell at Aldi.

 

[Amaris]

Reggio's? Expensive? That's the crap they sell at Aldi.

It's $7 (Kroger) where we live. I caught it on sale and figured it would be worth trying.

Blecch.

 

[Kira's Mom]

I'm a New Yorker and we make the best pizza in the world.

This! I miss living in New York. When I was there in October, I had the best pizza I'd had in 20 years. Hand tossed, brick oven baked, not too much cheese.

 

[Hoser]

Yeah, I grew up in Windsor, which was a very very Italian-Canadian town. Really good pizza places just down the street....Koolini's was one of my favourites.

 

[RJDiogenes]

No, it's where you go into the shop and ask 'Make me one with everything'

 

[comsol]

At least you didn't include St. Louis style, which I was introduced to when I lived there. My wife described it as "tomato paste on a thin cracker". blech.

I did have St. Louis style pizza once. Blech indeed. I think I actually got sick from it.

Imo's?

 

[Broccoli]

Chicago for me. But, lets face it, pizza is awesome no matter what. It is the people who don't like pizza that worry me.

 

[RoJoHen]

Do such people exist? I think I would die inside if I ever met someone who said they didn't like pizza.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

At least you didn't include St. Louis style, which I was introduced to when I lived there. My wife described it as "tomato paste on a thin cracker". blech.

I did have St. Louis style pizza once. Blech indeed. I think I actually got sick from it.

Imo's?

I can't remember who made it. All I know is that it was awful. To this day it's the worst pizza I have ever eaten.

I do recall that it *wasn't* particularly thin, though. It did have a lot of toppings.

 

[Timby]

Do such people exist? I think I would die inside if I ever met someone who said they didn't like pizza.

My youngest sister abhors pizza in all its incarnations. Every day, I'm grateful that I'm not related to her by blood. I can't imagine how she's surviving college right now.

As for my favorite, it is and always will be a double-decker sausage from Dan's Pizza at 2738 Maple Avenue in Downers Grove, IL. Haven't been there in probably six years, but it's incredible.

 

[Captain Ice]

Yeah, deep dish is like an inch or two of toppings. You usually need to eat it with a fork, and one slice is enough for a whole meal.

Even though I went for pizza Saturday night, I'm soooooo tempted to go back for another it's ridiculous. Found a chain over here that sells a great Chicago style pie saturday.

New York style. Accept not substitutes.

This is an oxymoron. New York style pizza is a cheap imitation of real pizza.

Real pizza comes from Chicago.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

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