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Chicago deep-dish pizza is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in Chicago. Chicago's defining pie, built upside down in a cast-iron pan: an inch of buttery cornmeal crust holds slabs of mozzarella, fennel-sausage and chunky tomato. Start with where to eat Chicago deep-dish pizza in Chicago.
Chicago's defining pie, built upside down in a cast-iron pan: an inch of buttery cornmeal crust holds slabs of mozzarella, fennel-sausage and chunky tomato.
Pizzeria Uno on Ohio Street served the first deep-dish in 1943 under owner Ike Sewell and original cook Rudy Malnati Sr., whose family later launched Lou Malnati's. The pan-baked, cheese-on-the-bottom architecture was a deliberate break from the East Coast slice, designed to function as a meal rather than a snack. By the 1960s a parallel tradition (stuffed pizza, with a second layer of dough above the cheese) appeared at Nancy's and Giordano's. Across the city, tavern-cut thin (square-sliced) has always outsold deep-dish two to one with locals, but deep-dish is what the postcard sells and what the visitor expects.
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Where to eat Chicago deep-dish pizza in Chicago: the editor picks
Guided tour · 3 hours
Taste Chicago’s iconic foods on this Loop District tour! Deep dish pizza, Italian beef, gourmet popcorn and more tastings, plus our delicious Secret Dish!
Guided tour · 3 hours
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