# Who makes the best Chicago deep dish pizza?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 15, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-makes-the-best-chicago-deep-dish-pizza/625278 "2012-06-15T20:10:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![steviep24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@steviep24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steviep24)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-makes-the-best-chicago-deep-dish-pizza/625278/41 "2012-06-16T23:19:35Z")

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Uno’s all the way! 😃

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-makes-the-best-chicago-deep-dish-pizza/625278/42 "2012-06-16T23:50:30Z")

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I haven’t seen Bacino’s mentioned yet in this thread. Another “stuffed” style that is very good.

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-makes-the-best-chicago-deep-dish-pizza/625278/43 "2012-06-17T05:17:55Z")

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I voted Giordanos largely because I prefer “stuffed” to “Deep-dish”. That said, Pequod’s kicks the crap out of all of them when it’s right. Unfortunately they can be really inconsistent, and more frequently than is acceptable you’re left asking “where’s the cheese at?”

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-makes-the-best-chicago-deep-dish-pizza/625278/44 "2012-06-17T10:35:12Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> Maybe it does when you make it, but all those for-shit pizza joints in the poll make glop for tourists.

Trust me, if you think that’s gloppy, you’d have a mess on your hands with cheese on the bottom of one of those pies. Like I said above, my strong preference is for thin crust pizza, but it’s silly to refer to all the deep dish places in the poll as “for tourists.” While I don’t like some of those places at all, they all make a pizza that are reasonable examples of their style. You might just not like that style, which is completely understandable.

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> Oh, if I’m going to complain you’ll take my portion off my hands? Fine. I’ll order a beef. (checking the poll) Which none of those dumps can make, either. :mad:

I have yet to find a beef I like at any pizza place. When I want a beef, there’s maybe a half dozen beef stands I like to go to in the area, and that’s it (Chickie’s, Johnnie’s, Pop’s, The Patio, and Portillo’s. Once in awhile, I like Al’s, but only the Taylor Street location.)

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