[Pizza Wars 2013] Chicago style vs New York style
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Does Sicilian have the sauce on top? Because Detroit puts the sauce on top, and uses a lot of it.
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Saw somebody review Giordano's and he really dug it. Might have to try it in Orlando. The crust looked thin and flaky, almost like my grandmother's pie crust.
Noticed my $4 Great Value Three Meat Pizza box artwork looked different. They now consider it a Three Meat Pizza because the pepperoni is made with chicken, pork, and beef. LOL Cheaters!
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Was it a sort of deep dish, thicker caramelized crust with the cheese going all the way out to the edges? That is really the defining characteristic. Sicilian may be square but it is not deep dish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_pizza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit-style_pizza
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The kind of Sicilian that you get in NY is very similar to the Detroit that I just had: a thick crust, fluffy but crispy on the edges. Not "deep dish" in the Chicago sense, but thick and baked in a pan. I guess the difference is the cheese going to the edges.
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I've had Giordano's in Chicago and oddly enough in Canton, Ohio. The Chicago one was really good if you like a lot of cheese. The Canton one was good but not as good as Chicago. My guess is the original restaurants still do it the right way and the chain ones drift a bit.em2nought wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 10:19 pm Saw somebody review Giordano's and he really dug it. Might have to try it in Orlando. The crust looked thin and flaky, almost like my grandmother's pie crust.
Noticed my $4 Great Value Three Meat Pizza box artwork looked different. They now consider it a Three Meat Pizza because the pepperoni is made with chicken, pork, and beef. LOL Cheaters!
I do remember ordering 4 pizzas from the one in Chicago and the bill was a little over $200.00, so it's definatly expensive.
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"Detroit Style" is shoot off of Sicilian, I think. It's just generally thicker and again cooked specifically that the thicker crust caramelized with the oil and specifically with the cheese and sauce which extends right to the pan, giving it brownie like texture with dough. Traditional Sicilian, which square, does not have that brownie like texture.
As you mention, it is not deep dish like Chicago, which is layered in thicker in the pan and is a smaller pizza with way less dense of a dough.
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I'm still of a mind to try Giordano's one of these days, might need to make a facebook marketplace trip to Orlando. The best ample cheese pizza I ever had was a now defunct spot right next to the UF campus named Cassidy's Pizza in the early 80s. Their pizzas looked like bowls of bread that were hugely full of cheese and a bit of sauce.Scraper wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 11:00 amI've had Giordano's in Chicago and oddly enough in Canton, Ohio. The Chicago one was really good if you like a lot of cheese. The Canton one was good but not as good as Chicago. My guess is the original restaurants still do it the right way and the chain ones drift a bit.
I do remember ordering 4 pizzas from the one in Chicago and the bill was a little over $200.00, so it's definatly expensive.
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At the moment, I have to settle for Marco's, as Jet's is just to far away for me to be in the delivery zone.
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I haven't had Jet's since before I started calorie counting. Now that I've hit my goal weight, maybe it's time splurge and eat a couple few slice of Jet's for three days straight. Man, I can imagine it right now.
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Man, you guys eat some weird lasagna.
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slightly off topic. The town where I live only had 3 pizza shops until recently when Dominos opened. The wife and I decided to try it and holy crap was it garbage. I would rank it under Little Caesar's even. The breading was probably the worst part about it, followed closely by the sauce. Just bad all around. Luckily we do have two other locally owned pizza shops that are decent, but none of them are great.
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My kids love Domino's. I think it tastes like an insult to pizza. But I will give them credit. No matter which Domino's location you use, the taste will be consistent.
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My favorite pizza near me is Krauses, which features a double crust. It's a thin layer of crust and cheese on top of the other ingredients. It's delicious. Hepcat may have had it back when he lived in Ohio.
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If you think Domino's is bad now you should have tried it in the 90s. They even crafted a whole marketing campaign around "we know our pizza sucks, and we intend to do something about it". I'm not sure that much honesty even exists anymore.
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Hmmmm....never heard of them. They may not have had a presence in central Ohio when I grew up there though. But I may have to see if that's changed and order a few pies for our annual game day this Christmas holiday season.
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The closest one to New Philly is in Strasburg. If you order make sure to get the double crust.
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Oh hell yeah, you just sealed the deal.
Thanks! The Manor in Strasburg closing left a pretty big hole in our plans.
Thanks! The Manor in Strasburg closing left a pretty big hole in our plans.
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I have place around here, Vizzy's that make pizza pies like that.
http://vizzyspizza.com/menu.html
Oddly enough, the actual pizzas look way better than the picture in the menu.
Soooo good.
http://vizzyspizza.com/menu.html
Oddly enough, the actual pizzas look way better than the picture in the menu.
Soooo good.
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I discovered today that a Dominoes opened even closer to us than one I thought was already too close. My wife is fond of garbage pizza, having nothing but in the Philippines. I can't see how they survive here in the land of awesome pizza options, however. That goes double for Pizza Slut and Papa Johns, both which are even closer.Scraper wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 12:16 pm slightly off topic. The town where I live only had 3 pizza shops until recently when Dominos opened. The wife and I decided to try it and holy crap was it garbage. I would rank it under Little Caesar's even. The breading was probably the worst part about it, followed closely by the sauce. Just bad all around. Luckily we do have two other locally owned pizza shops that are decent, but none of them are great.
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the first Jet's Pizza opened in WA state in Lynnwood:
really far away from Seattle, but i actually might be in Lynnwood on Monday on unrelated business...
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Apparently I never actually answered the core question. Here goes:
I've never had either one. Therefore my answer is "pizza style."
I've never had either one. Therefore my answer is "pizza style."
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Little Caesars Detroit three meat deep dish is now the way to go for me. As soon as I get it home it goes into a pan that's been liberally coated with butter to pan fry, and it receives a large measure of sautéed mushrooms on top. Lid on the pan to get everything good and hot. Bottom of pizza to a dark golden color. Maybe some black olives too. Crushed red pepper and shaker parm to finish it off.
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That's getting close to a garbage pizza and a garbage Detroit Deep Dish is my absolute favorite. Ham, Pepperoni, Sausage, burger, bacon, green peppers, pepper rings, onions, mushrooms, black olives.em2nought wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:53 pm Little Caesars Detroit three meat deep dish is now the way to go for me. As soon as I get it home it goes into a pan that's been liberally coated with butter to pan fry, and it receives a large measure of sautéed mushrooms on top. Lid on the pan to get everything good and hot. Bottom of pizza to a dark golden color. Maybe some black olives too. Crushed red pepper and shaker parm to finish it off.
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Hopefully Lynnwood has better dining options.hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:47 pm the first Jet's Pizza opened in WA state in Lynnwood:really far away from Seattle, but i actually might be in Lynnwood on Monday on unrelated business...Code: Select all
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All pizza styles originated somewhere. The most common in the US is Sicilian, with variations. That's probably what you're thinking of as "pizza style."
I've probably already posted about South Shore bar pizza, our homegrown variety. It's very popular and ubiquitous in our very small geographic region. This place is walking distance from my house:
"BOSSS" is "Boston South Shore" and "Bah" is how we pronounce "bar." As you might expect, most SS bar pizza is made and served in bars, but this takeout place is doing brisk business.