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shedoesntget_it in chicagochat

new york style pizza in chicago

Mar 15, 2008 04:33

i move to chicago this monday, and as a girl from new york my biggest concern is finding a pizza place that makes legitimate new york style pizza. cardboard thin. i can not do deep dish, or chains like pizza hut and dominos. am i s.o.l. or is there hope for me?

i'm moving to logan square, for reference of area.

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syphilis March 15 2008, 09:12:45 UTC

Dunno much about New York style pizza, but I could certainly toss your salad!

tenaciousdoll March 15 2008, 19:34:49 UTC

Ew. Just ignore him!! :D

eh ... btripp March 15 2008, 11:33:49 UTC

New York style pizza is much disparaged around these parts, and it's a rare vendor that bothers to make it (since the demand for it is nearly non-existent). Your best bet might well be at small operations that do a lot of different things (I'm thinking of a place like "Mr. Gyros & Mrs. Pizza"* at Clark & Division) and don't have the facilities for deep-dish.

*note: I've never had the pizza there, but I seem to recall that it looked like that thin and greasy style.

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pizza! the_rare_one March 15 2008, 11:49:19 UTC

wow... ny.... lived for 5 years and have now been living in chicago almost 4 years now and the only real thing i miss from ny is the pizza! especially from ANGELO'S on 103 and roosevelt ave by the 7 train in corona, queens. ! gotta tell you that it's gonna be tough finding a good spot though. home run inn is pretty decent, ricobone's is salty, and of course there's aurellio"s as well but it's not the same! i do enjoy the deep dish they got out here ( giordano's and gino's) though. hopefully someone knows of a spot that has that same semi crunchy crust pizza that you gotta fold in half! till then, good luck on your search! if i find something though, i'll let you know!

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Re: pizza! the_rare_one March 15 2008, 14:28:00 UTC

I live in edgewater close to the redline! I can take it down to the wilson stop! I know exactly where it is.. close to the army surplus store! HOORAH FOR PIZZA!

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distort_japan March 15 2008, 12:40:10 UTC

Truth be told, thin crust pizza is infitely more popular in Chicago than deep dish. But its Chicago style thin crust though which is really crispy and good. The only place I have found New York style at is at Sbarro's so I guess that doesn't help you much.

nekokikichan March 15 2008, 14:36:01 UTC

I know this doesn't help you since its out by where I live in Rogers Park/Lincolnwood, but we have a place called "Easter Style Pizza" which seems to have the NY style large floppy greasy triangle pieces of pizza. I've never had "true NY pizza" however, so I can't say if they do a good job of it. I can say its pretty good pizza however. (Eep, sorry upon further research it seems like its "Philly style" food. My bad..)

Here's a link from yelp that asks your same question. It seems like Santullo's is the place to go.

http://www.yelp.com/topic/chicago-where-can-i-find-a-really-good-new-york-style-pizza