Food Jam: The best and worst pizza: the chains we live for and those we don't.

[cfgsteak]

My sister sent me Malnati's pizza for Christmas. Packed in dry ice. Awesome.

Click on this: http://www.cracked.com/article_17521_sex-like-pizza-even-when-its-bad-its-still-pretty-good.html

I have had it shipped too!

Not quite as good as fresh outta the oven, but still freaking amazing compared to the weak crap we have around here.

 

[Tralfaz]

Chains never get the crust right. Always comes out thick and rubbery, even on their so-called thin crust pizzas.

There used to be this wonderful pizza place near my home when I was a kid, with a brick oven, a big glass window so you could watch the chefs toss the dough, and an old man who bashed out standards on the piano. God, I miss that place. Everything now is conveyor belts and cardboard boxes.

 

[Dew Knot Hump]

This is my go to place:

Golden crust
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But depending on what part of town I happen to be in these are top notch as well:

Palermos:

Aurelios:

Or Lou Malnatis for Deep Dish:

Or if I'm over by that craptastic shithole knows and New Sox/Cominskey Park I'll hit one of these:

Connies on Archer Avenue:

Or the famous Home Run Inn pizza:

Or in a pinch Giordanos is pretty good.

And there are probably hundreds of great joints I don't even know about.

 

[Psychotronic]

They mostly look like dumps, DKH -- which, of course, is precisely the kind of place that makes great pizza!

 

[Dew Knot Hump]

Chains never get the crust right. Always comes out thick and rubbery, even on their so-called thin crust pizzas.

There used to be this wonderful pizza place near my home when I was a kid, with a brick oven, a big glass window so you could watch the chefs toss the dough, and an old man who bashed out standards on the piano. God, I miss that place. Everything now is conveyor belts and cardboard boxes.

I've never had it shipped because my house is like 20 minutes from the original Malnatis in Lincolnwood. :cheese:

 

[PunkKitty]

This is my go to place:
Golden crust

That place is right across the street from my favorite Lebanese restaurants. Another good pizza place in that area is Marie's on Lawrence. Great thin crust. I haven't been to the real Home Run Inn in over 30 years. Strange considering that I don't live too far from there. There's lots of good pizza in Chicago without having to resort to chain pizzas.

 

[instantsteve]

Here in Mt. Pleasant, Papa Johns gets my vote. One of the chains I avoid for political reasons. I have always thought Pizza Hut was vile, and Chucky Cheese is important to avoid for more than just the pizza.

 

[Lino]

I've never had it shipped because my house is like 20 minutes from the original Malnatis in Lincolnwood. :cheese:

Man, I knew I should have went to Chicago with my wife a few weeks ago I thought a few days by myself would be great, but I ended up doing a bunch of shit around the house and didn't relax much at all. I should have went with her and asked you were to go