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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 9:36 am
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Since all we're talking about is Chicago pizza in Chicago, it seems that there is no "best" deep dish pizza outside of Chicago.
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 9:42 am
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Originally Posted by nkedel
Best in the SF Bay Area is Zachary's -- wish we had one on the west side of the Bay -- although Patxhi's and Little Star aren't bad.

Outside of the Chicago, but elsewhere in the midwest, Giordano's is great
Zachary's by far! In fact I'll make the heretical statement that I think Zachary's is better than anything I've had in Chicago (and I grew up there).

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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by Wingman32
Zachary's by far! In fact I'll make the heretical statement that I think Zachary's is better than anything I've had in Chicago (and I grew up there).

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If people don't know the difference between stuffed and deep dish, I'm not sure their opinions on what is the best deep dish pizza can be trusted.

And, FWIW, looking at Zachary's menu, they offer stuffed and thin crust. If you prefer stuffed, that's fine, to each his own, but it is NOT TRADITIONAL DEEP DISH PIZZA!

http://www.zacharys.com/menu.html
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 10:26 am
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Originally Posted by Sweet Willie
For those that care (like I do when discussing food), Carmens is stuffed pizza, not deep dish.
Carmen's actually offers both...a deep dish as well as a stuffed pizza. I've never had their stuffed pizza....the deep dish was/is awesome!
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 9:05 pm
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Originally Posted by phillygold
Carmen's actually offers both...a deep dish as well as a stuffed pizza. I've never had their stuffed pizza....the deep dish was/is awesome!
my bad! I went to their website, the cover is a pic of stuffed pizza and on the menu, pan is located beneath stuffed, so you can see why I though Carmens was stuffed only.
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 6:32 am
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Out of curiosity, what's the difference between stuffed and deep-dish pizza?
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 6:49 am
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Originally Posted by LizzyDragon84
Out of curiosity, what's the difference between stuffed and deep-dish pizza?
Think of a stuffed pizza as being similar to a two-crust pie with the filling between the crusts or pastry shell. Then they pour pizza sauce over the top. Deep dish has a thick crust on the bottom with the cheese, sauce and other ingredients on top.
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 6:55 am
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Originally Posted by LizzyDragon84
Out of curiosity, what's the difference between stuffed and deep-dish pizza?
I asked the same question to a friend of mine and he replied:

The first one is an american dish, the second one a deep american dish, don't know how the word pizza got in there... ;-)

Of course it's only a stupid joke.. But we're Italian..
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 7:04 am
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Originally Posted by ale.penazzi
I asked the same question to a friend of mine and he replied:

The first one is an american dish, the second one a deep american dish, don't know how the word pizza got in there... ;-)

Of course it's only a stupid joke.. But we're Italian..
Are you sure you didn't ask your friend the difference between thin crust pizza and deep dish? Otherwise, it may not be only the joke that is dumb.
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 7:11 am
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The fact is that neither of us can look at a deep-dish, stuffed, ny stile, chicago style pizza, and think of a pizza. We have no "style" for pizza.
We only have two kind of them.. The good ones and the bad ones..
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 10:19 pm
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We ate Chicago stuffed pizzas at the hotel. It was so delicious!! We loved it! We have to order a pizza at hotel. They delivery the pizza to the hotel. They wait for me at lobby. We have share the pizza for me, my brother and my sister-in-law, too. They like it lots!
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