Ultimate Food Battle #10: Chicago Pizza vs New York Pizza

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: Extelleron

Originally posted by: Eeezee
I've had both, but New York style wins. Unfortunately, New York (as a city) loses.

The best pizza in the world comes from Tucson, AZ. Don't look so surprised. Brooklyn's Pizza on 4th Ave > any pizza I've had in New York, and I've had a LOT of pizza in New York (lifelong goal is to find the best pizza place in the world based on the quality of their cheese slice).

Its main competitor is Zachary's down the street, which offers killer Chicago style pizza (I haven't had as many Chicago pizzas in Chicago, but I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that Zachary's is the best Chicago style pizza in the world anyway). They get bonus points for having a lot of good beer on tap and for having more seating and a better atmosphere. The pizza just isn't quite as good, even though it is a spectacular meal.

I'm completely serious. Until you've tried Tucson pizza, don't bother suggesting that any pizza from New York is the best.

And until you've tried Naples pizza, don't bother suggesting that any pizza from Tuscon is the best.

I don't consider "Chicago style" pizza to be pizza at all... I don't care if you like it or not, that's your preference, but you shouldn't try to compare it to real pizza. It's not.

I've actually had pizza in Naples once. What a strange coincidence that is!

In any case, you lose

 

[NuKe9]

Originally posted by: quikah

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: Ns1
DAMN YOU PEOPLE DON'T JUST VOTE

LET ME KNOW HOW AUTHENTIC THAT CHICAGO LINK IS!!!

It's some crap from California.

Not even close?

Zachary's is very authentic Chicago style stuffed pizza (best outside of Chicago). don't sweat it.

BTW, there are 3 type of chicago pizza (well 4 if you count that abomination with the 1"+ thick crust, I am looking at you Pizz'a Chicago, worst pizza ever!). Deep dish, stuffed and thin.

Deep dish and stuffed are pretty similar, stuffed is usually a bit thicker and is covered with a layer of dough.

Thin crust is constructed similar to NY style, but the crust is crispy and the sauce is more herbal/spicy, also it is cut into squares. This is my favorite, but REALLY tough to find outside of Chicago.

It's easier than you think! If you have a Costco nearby, check out the Frozen Foods section for Home Run Inn pizza. It's waaay better than any pizza joint here in Atlanta! They usually run $10.49 for 2 sausage and pepperoni. The sausage is really good, none of that pencil eraser shaped fake sausage.

We have a Nancy's here as well, but like you I'm not a huge fan of the deep dish. Have to be in the mood for it.

 

[ghostman]

Ok, I know this is a dead thread, but I just returned to NYC from Chicago and felt the need to add my 2 cents.

I went to Giordano's and tried their stuffed pizza. I didn't have a chance to try Lou Malnati's or Gino's, but I hear Giordano's is up there in the rankings. I have to say, I prefer NYC's pizza. The stuffed pizza was definitely good and was on par or better than many NYC pizza joints (a lot better than the junk at Pizza Mercatos, Sbarro, but on par with Ray's, Joe's). I thought the crust flavor tasted much better than NYC pizzeria crusts, but the massive amounts of cheese (which was a bit rubbery) overwhelmed everything else, including the paper-thin slices of pepperoni. Given only this comparison, the two types would be fairly equal. But I consider NYC's "pizza joints" to be different from NYC's notable brick-oven pizza restaurants like Brooklyn's Grimaldi's and Little Italy's Lombardi's. These are still the best in my book.

My gf, on the other hand, thought Chicago-style pizza was equal to NYC-style pizza and much better than Grimaldi's pizza. I should point out that she thinks Domino's serves the best pizzas though.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: ghostman
Ok, I know this is a dead thread, but I just returned to NYC from Chicago and felt the need to add my 2 cents.

I went to Giordano's and tried their stuffed pizza. I didn't have a chance to try Lou Malnati's or Gino's, but I hear Giordano's is up there in the rankings. I have to say, I prefer NYC's pizza. The stuffed pizza was definitely good and was on par or better than many NYC pizza joints (a lot better than the junk at Pizza Mercatos, Sbarro, but on par with Ray's, Joe's). I thought the crust flavor tasted much better than NYC pizzeria crusts, but the massive amounts of cheese (which was a bit rubbery) overwhelmed everything else, including the paper-thin slices of pepperoni. Given only this comparison, the two types would be fairly equal. But I consider NYC's "pizza joints" to be different from NYC's notable brick-oven pizza restaurants like Brooklyn's Grimaldi's and Little Italy's Lombardi's. These are still the best in my book.

My gf, on the other hand, thought Chicago-style pizza was equal to NYC-style pizza and much better than Grimaldi's pizza. I should point out that she thinks Domino's serves the best pizzas though.

Boy I hope the sex makes up for it.

 

[JDub02]

NY, hands down. "Chicago style" isn't really pizza. Although, I will confess to never having been to Chicago. My only experience with the "Chicago style" is Uno's, which is probably not much better than using Domino's as a reference for NY pizza. But I have made several rounds through NYC with locals of Italian heritage and I just can't believe that there is better pizza out there.

Now the hard part is deciding between Sicilian or traditional NY thin crust. Both are so good.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: JDub02
NY, hands down. "Chicago style" isn't really pizza. Although, I will confess to never having been to Chicago. My only experience with the "Chicago style" is Uno's, which is probably not much better than using Domino's as a reference for NY pizza. But I have made several rounds through NYC with locals of Italian heritage and I just can't believe that there is better pizza out there.

Now the hard part is deciding between Sicilian or traditional NY thin crust. Both are so good.

What's the difference?

KT