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That_Happened posted...

I've never been to Chicago or NYC...do both cities only have one type of pizza (despite having thousands of businesses and millions of people) or are we just complaining about nothing here? Can you not get a deep dish in NYC, or a thin crust with big slices in Chicago?

Dunno about New York but Chicago has lots of different pizza. Personally deep dish has never been my favorite. I prefer the thin "tavern style" with a crispy bottom, a chewy layer of dough over it, and nice herb flavored sauce. Mmmmm. And by the way they do put the toppings on top.

There's also stuffed pizza which does have sauce on top but the crust is more like a standard pizza. I do love a stuffed spinach pizza.

The thing is that most Chicagoans don't eat deep dish pizza regularly. For most of us it's a once in a while thing. 90% of the time when we get a pizza it's the thin crust, and maybe a few times a year we'll go out for deep dish / stuffed pizza.

My personal preference for the main Chicago styles is:

Thin crust > stuffed pizza > deep dish pizza

And I think other kinds of pizza can be great in their own way too. There are definitely pizza places that do non Chicago styles too. We have all the standard chains and places that reproduce Italian or New York style.

In general I think the Chicago style ones tend to be the best, if you're in Chicago.
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