Thursday, May 19, 2011

New York Style Pizza Vs. Chicago Style Pizza?


Q: Which style is the best? 
A: There is no correct answer, since this has been debated for years. We'll see what the blogger community thinks.

New York Style

New York Style Pizza is known for its thinly kneaded dough, basic toppings, an evenly spread ladle of Marinara, and a hefty layer of cheese on top. The slices are generally as big as a blanket and about as flimsy, so most people fold it in half and eat it like an Italian taco. If you piled a ton of toppings and sauce on such a thin layer of dough, it'd ruin this pizza's pizazz. Its simplicity is the essence of why it's so good. It's the perfect food for people on the run or after a late night drinking.


Chicago Style

Chicago Style Pizza is literally a "pizza pie", since it's stuffed full of ingredients inside a deep dish dough, then it's covered in cheese and finally overlaid with a thick Marinara Sauce. A much heartier pizza that will fill your gut after only a slice or two. If you like a thick crust with an array of ingredients and gooey cheese, this is your pizza. This is a perfect sit down for dinner type pizza.


The New Yorker's are always going to say "If I wanted some lasagna, I'd go down to Mario's over dea on da corna."

The Chicagoans are always going to say "If I wanted some cardboard, I'd go pull some out of the dumpster."

Let me know what you think  is the best and I'll tally up the winner from the comments left on this blog.
I'm not going to give you my personal preference on the pizzas, to keep it unbiased.

19 comments:

  1. Welp I'm from Chicago so the obvious answer is Chicago style :3

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  2. Chicago style is superior, but only if made right. Bad deep dish is worse than bad New Yorker.

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  3. New york is pizza. The only true pizza.
    Chicago is deep dish pizza.

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  4. It all depends on my mood. Folding a big slice is awesome but deep dish, yummy!

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  5. Actually, I have no side in this debate.

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  6. New York one all the way, but I never tried the Chicago style though. So maybe both are good

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  7. New York looks way better!

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  8. Hey, you forgot about us St. Louisians and our pizza. St. Louis style thin crust pizza is...terrible.

    Good Chi > NY > Meh Chi > Bad Chi > Good STL

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  9. So hard to decide, would need to try a chicago style one first :D

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  10. The New York looks a lot better! The Chicago one looks like it has a LOT of filling... Not my cup of tea.

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  11. Here is the funny thing, I live in the Chicago area, have a Gino's Pizza 5 minutes from my house and never eat it, I prefer Aurelios. Nice tasty thn crust pizza.

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  12. everything around here is New york style pizza which is delicious, but i've had some chicago style in the past (not authentic) but it was on point, always wanted to go to chicago to try the real studd though loos delicious

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  13. My god, Chicago pizza looks delish.

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