Exactly. The confusion lies in limiting “Chicago Style Pizza” to specifically a pie. Don’t get me wrong, love a great pie on occasion. Growing up there and visiting other states made it super clear. It means ya got options and they are gonna be quality.
Tavern was always the go to. Shout out to OG Aurelio’s. The best places had killer pan, tavern and some had their version of pie. Some had insane New York style. To me, Chicagoland pizza was knowing you usually were gonna get some of the best, no matter the style.
Oh and Chicago “fast food” - dogs, Greek and Italian Beef’s…. Sometimes available at the same place as the killer pizzas. Come on.
Ah man, I miss Aurelio’s. They used to have a few locations in the Minneapolis/St Paul area, but the last one closed a little while ago. Their pizzas were great, but the spinach calabrese was the best.
Exactly. The confusion lies in limiting “Chicago Style Pizza” to specifically a pie. Don’t get me wrong, love a great pie on occasion. Growing up there and visiting other states made it super clear. It means ya got options and they are gonna be quality. Tavern was always the go to. Shout out to OG Aurelio’s. The best places had killer pan, tavern and some had their version of pie. Some had insane New York style. To me, Chicagoland pizza was knowing you usually were gonna get some of the best, no matter the style.
Oh and Chicago “fast food” - dogs, Greek and Italian Beef’s…. Sometimes available at the same place as the killer pizzas. Come on.
They’re all just jealous.
yes. and their pies were cheap, we lived on this in the 80s.
Yeah, we just don’t have a “signature” pizza in the same way Detroit does.
Italian beef feels like such an accidental secret. It’s so good but nobody talks about it outside of Chicago
Ah man, I miss Aurelio’s. They used to have a few locations in the Minneapolis/St Paul area, but the last one closed a little while ago. Their pizzas were great, but the spinach calabrese was the best.
I actually just talked to a friend about this last night. He moved to Missouri and he hates all of the pizza there.