Favorite Chicago area Chicago style Pizza place?

[Steve]

There's a Gino's East right in my office building. Need to try others though.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: sm8000
There's a Gino's East right in my office building. Need to try others though.

Gino's East is a chain now?

wow, it's been a long time since i've been to chicago.

when i used to go there, i thought there was only 1 gino's east location, downtown next to the water something or other mall.

 

[i3igpete]

Originally posted by: WW


anyone in Champaign? Papa Del's....

meh, it's ok. fills you up good but nothing really special.

 

[bigrash]

Uno's the only one here

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: sm8000
There's a Gino's East right in my office building. Need to try others though.

Gino's East is a chain now?

wow, it's been a long time since i've been to chicago.

when i used to go there, i thought there was only 1 gino's east location, downtown next to the water something or other mall.

water tower next to marshall field's mall. been to gino's east, their pizza is great.

 

[Scarpozzi]

How about Due?

They aren't Unos....but it still takes 35 mins. Good stuff.

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: sm8000
There's a Gino's East right in my office building. Need to try others though.

Gino's East is a chain now?

wow, it's been a long time since i've been to chicago.

when i used to go there, i thought there was only 1 gino's east location, downtown next to the water something or other mall.

Ten locations: Text

Most are way out in the outer suburbs though.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Lou Malnatis > *

 

[Proletariat]

Originally posted by: LordMaul
I've lived in the Chicago area all my life, and for a while, I never understood the big craze over "Chicago pizza." I figured that with the technology the way it is allowing knowledge and people to travel so efficiently and often, why is something so basic and normal like PIZZA such a staple to Chicago/the Midwest?

...Then I visited New York and London, for instance. Wow. You guys can't make pizza for sh!t. It was some disgusting stuff, and I tried multiple places. One place in NY even had cut up BREAKFAST SAUSAGE-tasting sliced links with the casing as the topping for their normal "sausage pizza." And another with greek gyro/lamb meat as a topping.

And even worse, most of the crusts were either wet and microscopically thin, soggy and overly doughy, or burnt to a blackened crisp. What the hell, people? It's just pizza, how can you screw it up?

You don't like New York pizza?

..................

 

[Proletariat]

Midwestern pizza is way too thick and lacks spice.

Its also nothing like the original Italian stuff.

 

[Conky]

Lou Malnati's is my favorite too. :thumbsup:

 

[whalen]

Anyone ever go to Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder on Clark St? That place is the best.

 

[PlatinumGold]

had Uno's for lunch, just isn't the same as the Pizza's we used to have at Gino's East.

 

[Steve]

Currently munching on a Gino's East personal deep dish pizza. $6.01

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Crazyfool
Lou Malnati's is my favorite too. :thumbsup:

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: whalen
Anyone ever go to Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder on Clark St? That place is the best.

Is that the place that has the PotPie like pizzas? I have always wanted to get up that way.

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

Originally posted by: WW

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
http://www.deepdishpizza.com/vendors/malnatis/
http://featuredfoods.com/cgi-local/Soft...e/c-GinoAns_East.shtml?E+scstore+ginos

lil costly, but if you cant make the trip, its prolly second best thing, and i would say TOTALLY worth it.

giordanos also ships

yep...Lou Mal's, Giordanos, and Gino's East......good stuff

anyone in Champaign? Papa Del's....

Yep, in champaign. Papa Del's is some fantastic pizza.

 

[honkee]

Originally posted by: whalen
Anyone ever go to Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder on Clark St? That place is the best.

Philly's best, hmmmmmm

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: LordMaul
I've lived in the Chicago area all my life, and for a while, I never understood the big craze over "Chicago pizza." I figured that with the technology the way it is allowing knowledge and people to travel so efficiently and often, why is something so basic and normal like PIZZA such a staple to Chicago/the Midwest?

...Then I visited New York and London, for instance. Wow. You guys can't make pizza for sh!t. It was some disgusting stuff, and I tried multiple places. One place in NY even had cut up BREAKFAST SAUSAGE-tasting sliced links with the casing as the topping for their normal "sausage pizza." And another with greek gyro/lamb meat as a topping.

And even worse, most of the crusts were either wet and microscopically thin, soggy and overly doughy, or burnt to a blackened crisp. What the hell, people? It's just pizza, how can you screw it up?

You don't like New York pizza?

..................

No, it was almost worse than London pizza. Like I said, it was usually WAY too thin and soggy (so when you picked it up it was like trying to eat a wet paper towel) and the spices and toppings were also just ridiculous (I mean, really, who likes sliced breakfast sausage on their pizza instead of good italian sausage? ).

 

[Miramonti]

My top two:

1) Carmen's stuffed
2) Carmen's stuffed

 

[elektrolokomotive]

I lived in Chicago for my whole life up until 2 years ago. I spent my high school years hanging out at the Malnati's in Lincolnwood. Anyone on the far NW side of Chicago: try Colletti's on Central and Elston for some great thin crust. Been going there since i was a baby.

Now I live in Seattle. There is no such thing as good pizza here.

I am very sad.

 

[Lorax]

lou malnati's, i like their thin crust too.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Lorax
lou malnati's, i like their thin crust too.

they had a free thin crust sitting out where we walked in, it was decent, no where NEAR as good as the pan.

 

[whalen]

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: whalen
Anyone ever go to Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder on Clark St? That place is the best.

Is that the place that has the PotPie like pizzas? I have always wanted to get up that way.

Yeah ...they come in a bowl, and then they scoop out the pizza for you on a plate.

CPOG

They also have really good salad, and mediterranean bread.

 

[Eddieo]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
Lou Malnatis was god damn AMAZING.

much better IMO than Ginos East.

Yes, I agree.