Chicago Style: Deep Dish

Lets talk Pizza; not the bastardized versions sold distributed by the national chains, not the "pizzas" that come topped with things like artichoke hearts and pineapple; let talk Chicago Deep Dish pizza.

Chicago Deep Dish is not your average snack food, it's an honest to goodness knife and fork meal.

Pizzeria Uno takes credit for inventing it in the forties, Deep Dish pizza consists of a deep sturdy crust which houses mounds of cheese and toppings (Italian sausage being a popular one) and topped with tomato sauce. Besides Uno, there are several other pizzeria's serving their own version of Deep Dish pizza, Due, Ginos East, Lou Malnatis and sost recenly Giordanos.

• Pizzeria Uno 29 East Ohio. If you have tried the franchised version of Unos, you havent really had Uno's pizza yet.


• Pizzeria Due 619 North Wabash Avenue.
  From the folks who gave us Unos.


• Lou Malnatis 439 North Wells Street
  The way they top a sausage pizza is a unique and incredible treat.


• Ginos EastE Superior St.
  Dont be misled by other places calling themselve Ginos, you want Ginos East.


• Giordanos 30 N Rush, 135 E. Lake, 223 W. Jackson
  A favorite on many locals.