Pizza- Chicago Deep Dish or NY Style?

[NJmaverick]

Which is the "real" pizza?

[Radical Activist]

1. Chi-tonw

Greatest pizza on earth.

[JVS]

16. You need to try Vincent's Pizza in Pittsburgh.

?v=0:drool:

[mainegreen]

2. Neither. Greek Pizza is the real pizza.

[Renew Deal]

11. That is technically true

Greeks invented pizza.

[old mark]

3. New York style, and no fuckin' pineapple on it. nt

[LiberalEsto]

5. Absolutely

Pineapple is some kind of weird California abomination.
And the best pizza, according to my late mother-in-law, is from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

[MissMillie]

4. New York

Thin crust pizza sits better in my tummy.

[NJmaverick]

6. New York is the way to go

Chicago style is OK, but I don't really consider it pizza

[WinkyDink]

7. NY! Thin, drooping from the mozzarella!

[XNASA]

8. I can't decide. Perhaps a couple of visuals would help.

New York Pizza




Chicago Pizza




New York Pizza Storefront




Chicago Pizza Restaurant


Tough call, if you ask me.

[Zuiderelle]

18. That's like comparing the old Times Square to the new Mickey Mouse Times Square.

:P

Gentrified doesn't mean better.

Ray's Pizza fucking ROCKS!

:bounce:

[XNASA]

24. I agree.

New York pizza tastes like old Times Square.

[Zuiderelle]

30. LOL!

:P

[XNASA]

31. For the record, I'm not a big deep-dish fan.

But NY pizza tastes like something served in a grade school cafeteria. Like one of those $4 frozen pizzas that is only suitable when the in-laws visit.

With extra grease.

[NJmaverick]

21. Anyone know exactly how many "Ray's" Pizza there are in NYC?

[Zuiderelle]

25. Yes, they've become ubiquitous.

I lived there before they multiplied like cockroaches.

[MsTryska]

9. New York Style

Chicago got it backwards.

[Renew Deal]

10. NY is the real thing

Deep dish is some midwestern version.

[grace0418]

12. Well, Neopolitan style is truly the best, but New York style is the best American pizza.

Chicago deep dish is gross, and I'm a life-long Chicagoan.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

33. And THAT is the correct answer!

Deep dish has almost zero to do with authentic pizza from Italy. New York thin crust is about as close as we get here, unless you are lucky enough to have a Neopolitan pizzeria nearby -- which I do. :9 As far as I am concerned, Chicago style is really more a calzone missing its lid.

[grace0418]

34. I have two Neopolitan style pizza places within walking distance. YUM! NY style

is harder to find but it's there if you know where to look. I am soooooooo having pizza for dinner tonight. :)

[Hell Hath No Fury]

37. The place I go to started in SF back in 1932....

and I have eaten their pizza since 1964. Toto's pizza is a little different than most because they use a delicious sourdough crust. (I am drooling just thinking about it.) They were forced from town when Daly City took over the land and devloped it -- I was heartbroken and in shock when it happened. :( A few years later they reopened down the peninsula in Belmont -- now I have to drive around 20 minutes to get my Toto's fix, but what are you gonna do when you've had the best?? :shrug:

[grace0418]

40. I will definitely try that the next time I'm out there (I'm out there a lot).

The sourdough crust sounds delish!

Boy, after all that talk I had to stop by my favorite Neopolitan place on the way home from work and pick up a pie. I just ate it and I am soooooooo happy. Totally worth the extra time on the elliptical tonight. YUM!

[BeachBaby]

13. Mack's Pizza on the boardwalk.

Wildwood NJ - definitely New Yawk style! :hi:

[JVS]

14. Chicago style!

[DS1]

15. New York. Fuck that fancy ass overloaded Chicago bullshit

[bigwillq]

17. NY!

All the way! :bounce:

Deep Dish is soo nasty. :puke:


I like my pizza thin with a burnt crust.

[Tektonik]

19. Deep Dish

[MadrasT]

20. New York

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. I like the deep stuff

[Ava]

23. naples style

if you want "real" pizza go to naples :9

[LSK]

26. Chicago deep dish

[Arugula Latte]

27. New York. Thin is in, baby.

Chicago pizza is just a mess.

[fishwax]

28. personally, I'm partial to the stuffed crust rather than deep dish

But New York thin crust and Chicago deep dish are both great too :)

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

29. Both are good

but Chicago style is so heavy that you really have to be in the mood for it.

OTOH, Noo Yawk pizza is always appealing, and Lombardi's in Philly is the gold standard thereof.

[AngryAmish]

32. I'm a Chicagoan and I eat NY Style

That thick shit is mostly for tourists.

[grace0418]

35. Agreed and agreed.

I never have the stuff unless someone is in town and insists on eating it.

[LisaM]

36. New York, I can't believe this is open to debate.

Who wants to eat Chicago carb dish, err, deep dish, crap? Thin crust, and lots of cheese and pepperoni for me!

[KamaAina]

38. "NY style" is found up and down the East Coast

at least from Philly northward. Some of the best examples of the breed, in fact, are found in New Haven, CT, where it is not unusual to see lines out the door at the venerable parlors along Wooster St.

[noonwitch]

39. Detroit Style!

Buddy's or Louis DiPrimas-deep dish, but not as deep as Chicago style, and crispier, too.