Out of undergrad I was interviewing for a job in Chicago and they brought me up to Chicago for the final round. First time I’d ever been to Chicago in my life (apart from O’hare) so I get to the hotel the night before my interview and I order a Chicago pizza (thinking I love deep dish and based on the hype this is going to be the best pizza I’ve ever had).

Well I learned the truth that Chicago pizza is basically a cheese casserole with some bread and sauce on the side. I remember opening the box thinking that it seemed small for one person yet by the end of eating it I was dying.

Needless to say after I got the job and moved to Chicago later that year, I didn’t dare have another Chicago pizza (but I did have some excellent pizzas at other places — some really solid pizzas as Quartino’s as a shared appetizer before the excellent pasta dishes).