Pizza

[jayswin]

Ah, normally yes. Past 6 months I'm not touching restaurants for dine in. Pick up or delivery only.

[Table 5]

I don't know how you can do a pizza pickup and not sneak at least one slice in the car.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Table 5

I don't know how you can do a pizza pickup and not sneak at least one slice in the car.

Because it's too hot and messy. IMO pizza is best when it's cooled down a bit so you can easily take a slice without ripping the toppings off the rest, and don't have to worry about burning your mouth

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Because it's too hot and messy. IMO pizza is best when it's cooled down a bit so you can easily take a slice without ripping the toppings off the rest, and don't have to worry about burning your mouth

True, cheese needs time to congeal. But if it is, I’m eating at least a slice in the car, if not an entire small pizza, that I secretly order extra for the drive.

[bc-chris]

Originally Posted by Table 5

I don't know how you can do a pizza pickup and not sneak at least one slice in the car.

heh... it was probably 3 years ago that my wife went and grabbed some pizza for us and when i opened the one box there was a piece "missing". our daughter (who would have been 4 at the time) was totally confused as to how the pizza place could 'forget' to give us a piece! ha! ha!


my wife still denies any involvement in the missing piece!

[Icon]

re: pizza on the drive after pickup... the key to victory is the square slice (like Western does on their Large). Those little corners are perfect "Dad tax" pieces on the way home.

[VladtheImpaler]

Has anyone tried the old 531-31-31 Chicago Deep Dish lately? Used to be my go-to decades ago. Just curious if it is still the same.

[Russic]

Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler

Has anyone tried the old 531-31-31 Chicago Deep Dish lately? Used to be my go-to decades ago. Just curious if it is still the same.

There's one in midnapore that I get every now and then when I'm in the mood to be destroyed by a pizza casserole.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Icon

re: pizza on the drive after pickup... the key to victory is the square slice (like Western does on their Large). Those little corners are perfect "Dad tax" pieces on the way home.

Western is a pizza place that doesn't get enough love IMO.

My office in Dead Rear was right next to the location, good pie.

Have tried the one in Cranston and yes also good pie.

[InglewoodFan]

Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler

Has anyone tried the old 531-31-31 Chicago Deep Dish lately? Used to be my go-to decades ago. Just curious if it is still the same.

We were digging the one in Haysboro for a while, until I made the mistake of looking up their AHS inspection.

[darockwilder]

Originally Posted by InglewoodFan

We were digging the one in Haysboro for a while, until I made the mistake of looking up their AHS inspection.

Yikes, that's the one I used to use many years ago. Now I've ended up down an AHS inspection rabbit hole... I need to get out.

[VladtheImpaler]

Originally Posted by darockwilder

Yikes, that's the one I used to use many years ago. Now I've ended up down an AHS inspection rabbit hole... I need to get out.

I dont look at those. As long as it tastes good and I dont get sick, the bargain is valid.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by InglewoodFan

We were digging the one in Haysboro for a while, until I made the mistake of looking up their AHS inspection.

What’s the appeal of Chicago deep dish? I haven’t tried one, but watching some food shows, they don’t look really appetizing.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Wormius

What’s the appeal of Chicago deep dish? I haven’t tried one, but watching some food shows, they don’t look really appetizing.

What you are getting in Calgary in no way is actual Chicago Deep Dish. Real Chicago Deep Dish is almost more like eating a lasagna than a pizza. It's very good.

The restaurant in Calgary serves a very thick prairie style pizza. I've had it a few times, and it's good when you want a change and in the mood for a doughy pizza.

[you&me]

Originally Posted by blankall

What you are getting in Calgary in no way is actual Chicago Deep Dish. Real Chicago Deep Dish is almost more like eating a lasagna than a pizza. It's very good.

True.

The restaurant in Calgary serves a very thick prairie style pizza. I've had it a few times, and it's good when you are near pass-out drunk and don't know any better

FYP

[CroFlames]

Sometimes the knock off is better than the real thing I find.

I like knock off deep dish pizzas better than authentic Chicago deep dish. Like you said, it's like eating a lasagna.

Have you ever had a real Italian Bellini? Gross. Give me those slushy knock offs from Earls every day of the week

[Inglewood Jack]

couple of shoutouts to some new places that absolutely nailed their fluffy pepperoni cup pies: Pizzaface in the Community Natural Foods next to Koreatown, and Good Pizza in Aspen, which pops up after Ladybug Bakery closes in the afternoon.

this summer I had been excited for the opening of Una in West Springs, but I was no longer blown away. maybe in the years since I first tried the original Una on 17th, the rest of the pizza world has caught up and surpassed them. that and they have been handing out coupons for 10% discount on dine-in only. nice try COVID, you're getting smarter about exploiting my weakness but I see right through you.

[you&me]

I had no idea about Good Pizza... which is strange, because between my wife and I, we spend a lot of time in that plaza (*cough* Highlander and Ladybug *cough*)... Will definitely add it to the list. If it's anything like Ladybug, it should be great!

[troutman]

I tried Chicago Deep Dish twice - really good at this place:
https://www.loumalnatis.com/chicago-gold-coast

Mediocre here:
https://www.pizzeriaunodue.com/


WHO INVENTED DEEP DISH?

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...055-story.html

As historian Tim Samuelson began to look into origins of the distinctive dish, he found himself mired in conflicting stories, each as impenetrable as the pizza and peopled with characters every bit as robust. There is almost no documentation about who invented the dish, and without it, legend has taken over.

The only paper trail indicates the pizza almost certainly came out of a 19th Century mansion built with lumber money at 29 E. Ohio St. -- the restaurant now known as Pizzeria Uno. But the question of who exactly developed the concept remains a mystery despite the best efforts of the City of Chicago's official cultural historian.

What is known is that in 1943, Chicago produced a unique variation on traditional Italian and American pizzas. It has a coarse, crunchy crust, sauce on top of cheese instead of the other way around, and Italian sausage at its heart.

Nationally, pizza is a $30 billion industry, but it is especially popular among Chicagoans. Pizzeria Uno does $3.2 million of business a year, and its sibling a block away, Pizzeria Due, does $3.4 million, even though neither delivers.

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by you&me

I had no idea about Good Pizza... which is strange, because between my wife and I, we spend a lot of time in that plaza (*cough* Highlander and Ladybug *cough*)... Will definitely add it to the list. If it's anything like Ladybug, it should be great!

they don't have enough online presence yet, google maps doesn't seem to know they exist. for a place recently established, they were lucky to grab such a generic URL:

https://www.goodpizza.ca/

some of their stuff has an Asian spin on it. dunno if I'm in the mindset to try out the kewpie mayo topped one.