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chicago style deep dish pizza
Posted on 12/12/22 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 12/12/22 at 1:28 pm
I've never had one before. Always wanted to try. Went to Thats Amore pizza in mandeville late one evening and they were packed and said the wait was forever and close to closing time, so we left. Now I hear they are closed/closing?
anywhere in the BR area have a good authentic type chicago style deep dish?
anywhere in the BR area have a good authentic type chicago style deep dish?
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Posted on 12/12/22 at 1:38 pm to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
I think they have a store on the south shore also
Posted on 12/12/22 at 2:11 pm to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
You can order a frozen one from Lou Malnati's
Posted on 12/12/22 at 2:17 pm to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
I always enjoyed making my own, but haven't done so in a while. It isn't hard, but can be time consuming depending on how involved you want to get. I usually made my own sauce and crust. I would sometimes make them in a 3.5" spring form pan. They were more of a pizza casserole, but they're damn good. You can use a cast iron pan in lieu of a deep dish pizza pan if you want and make one that is not as deep as the casseroles I used to make.
I'm glad you brought this up because now I'm thinking about making one to put on the smoker.
I'm glad you brought this up because now I'm thinking about making one to put on the smoker.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 2:30 pm to AUHighPlainsDrifter
You can get them shipped from the famous Chicago ones
The Rotolos Craft and Crust on Burbank/Ben Hur close to LSU by the Arlington shopping center has a deep dish
The Rotolos Craft and Crust on Burbank/Ben Hur close to LSU by the Arlington shopping center has a deep dish
Posted on 12/12/22 at 5:05 pm to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
As said you can order frozen pizzas from Lou Malnati's. Very worth it considering they're frozen.
Not as good as being in their restaurant, obviously, but it's pretty dang good.
You can find Gino's East in some grocery stores as well.
Not as good as being in their restaurant, obviously, but it's pretty dang good.
You can find Gino's East in some grocery stores as well.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 6:03 pm to wickowick
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I think they have a store on the south shore also
Order a thin pizza to eat there. And a thickie to take home.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 6:07 pm to mylsuhat
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You can order a frozen one from Lou Malnati's
just ate a LM sausage pizza last night
my cousins in Chicago (Irving Woods / Schiller Woods area) sends me 6 pizzas every Christmas, and I return the favor by sending several king cakes during Mardi Gras time. Pizzas are very well packaged with thick Styrofoam and dry ice.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 6:45 pm to LSUintheNW
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You can find Gino's East in some grocery stores as well.
Albertson's, and they're OK, gives you a little taste.
Goldbelly ships a few of the others. We've had Malnati's shipped and it was pretty good. I prefer Pequod's (when in Chicago) so I don't know how it comes out frozen.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 6:52 pm to 91TIGER
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I prefer Pequod's
A man of culture
Posted on 12/12/22 at 9:49 pm to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
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Now I hear they are closed/closing?
Figured this was inevitable once Fat Boy's opened right down the street.
Not that Fat Boy's is good pizza by any means, but families with young kids in that area will generally pick Fat Boy's over something like That's Amore.
Been years since I've had That's Amore Deep Dish from Metairie location, but I don't remember it being all that comparable to actual Chicago Deep Dish.
This post was edited on 12/13/22 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 12/13/22 at 7:39 pm to John Casey
I had a blue cheese, jalapeño pizza at Gino’s East in Chicago one time and it changed my life. I was so full after only 1 1/2 slices. I took the rest back to the hotel and ate the rest of it during the night and for breakfast. I was so full I was sick and still couldn’t get enough.
Posted on 12/13/22 at 8:22 pm to mylsuhat
How does Lou Malnatis compare to Giordano's?
Posted on 12/13/22 at 9:21 pm to 91TIGER
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I prefer Pequod's
That’s more of a thick pan pizza than deep dish. Very good, just not true to the style.
I like both Giordano’s and Lou Malnati’s for the accessible/chain places. Art of pizza is the best here locally.
This post was edited on 12/13/22 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 12/13/22 at 11:19 pm to John Casey
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Been years since I've had That's Amore Deep Dish from Metairie location, but I don't remember it being all that comparable to actual Chicago Deep Dish
It comparable to a decent Chicago style in Chicago
Posted on 12/14/22 at 9:45 am to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
Lou Mals is good but it's not the traditional deep dish, it has their butter crust. Good as well but if you want really traditional, Edwardo's (very few left even in Chicago) or Giordano's are the chains.
Also worth mentioning, as a former Chicagoan, we eat that once or twice a year, usually when folks are in from out of town and want to try "Chicago pizza".
Normally we eat what's called pub or tavern pizza. Very thin cracker-like crust, well-done, a bit of char perhaps where the cheese meets the crust. Vito & Nick's is the standard bearer down on 95th but they've slipped lately.
Yes its often cut in squares. No, nobody give a f***.
Also worth mentioning, as a former Chicagoan, we eat that once or twice a year, usually when folks are in from out of town and want to try "Chicago pizza".
Normally we eat what's called pub or tavern pizza. Very thin cracker-like crust, well-done, a bit of char perhaps where the cheese meets the crust. Vito & Nick's is the standard bearer down on 95th but they've slipped lately.
Yes its often cut in squares. No, nobody give a f***.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 6:19 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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That’s more of a thick pan pizza than deep dish. Very good, just not true to the style.
True
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Giordano’s
Was almost like a lasagna, good but just too much for me.
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Lou Malnati’s
Was very good, but all in our family preferred Pequod's.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 6:25 pm to tadman
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Normally we eat what's called pub or tavern pizza. Very thin cracker-like crust, well-done, a bit of char perhaps where the cheese meets the crust. Vito & Nick's is the standard bearer down on 95th but they've slipped lately.
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Yes its often cut in squares. No, nobody give a f***.
St Louis did it first.
My fav pie was Lou’s thin crust in downtown Naperville.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 1:06 pm to t00f
Sausage pizza from Lou's is very good cooked from frozen
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