New York Style Pizza in Chicago

Tell you what. I found better that any Chicago style pizza in of all places, Texas! Of course they are New York implants. One is Romanos in Houston on West Gray, Yo Frank and Vinny! The other is a guy in North Irving, just west of Dallas named Marios. Yum. I get to leave the Windy Shitty next week and get me some. Ahhh, real pizza, instead of a giant loaf of bread with piles of crap all over it. Burp, followed by heartburn.

I grew up in NJ < 20 mi from NY. I have traveled all over Italy and Europe and true NY Pizza rivals anything in the world. I now live in IL and cannot deal with the "pizza" any longer. Look, the deep dish would not be bad if you called it something else, but it is not pizza. As to the other stuff, please it is not pizza at all. There is no such thing as "party-squares." Pizza cut up in squares is toaster pizza and is only appropriate if you are drunk and every known pizza place is closed. I now wish I never had pizza from NY so that I would not miss it. Don't get me started on the bagels. . . . .

I did not think Cafe Luigi on Clark was all that great. NOt bad, and was an attempt at New York style. I had slices though, You really have to get a pizza fresh out of the oven.

I will try again. I am heading up to Sonnyside to Try Spacca Napoli next week santullo's.

I loved Tribeca pizza in NY but don't know what happed to it! I like the gooey thick cheese that pulls with each bite, the subtle tomato sauce, and the cardboard like crust! Does anyone know what happened to Tribeca or what is similar to the above pizza description in NY or IL? They used to have Ritz Pizza in Arlington Heights years ago and a Pizza place in the middle of Randhurst before food courts were invented.
Thank you!

What I can't understand about pizza in Chicago... You can get thick crust, stuffed crust, double dough, and thin crust, but not crust. Nobody seems to grasp the concept of a pizza with dough that is not so thick it doesn't cook through, and not crunchy like a cracker. There is something in between, and it is wonderful...

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OK, if you're going to Chicago for business why the hell would you look for New York style pizza? That's completely dumb. BTW Deep-dish>oily crap(aka NY style pizza)

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I agree that Gigio's is good, however, they can't touch NY Slices. It's the real deal from the foldability (no squares "slices" there!) to the grease dripping off when you take a bite to the "pizza mouth" you get when you take that first screaming hot bite. It's truly the best around. Prices are good and the food is amazing.

Folks, while I really enjoyed all yor comments,isn't the key issue:
Does Lombardi's of NY have a franchise/spin off in Chicago?

I found the best New York style pizza outside of New York. It is called New York Slices in Highland Park, IL. You can buy by the slice or the whole pie. It is a real as it gets. The garlic knots are fabulous. You have got to try it! They also offer a whole wheat crust. The Grandma pizza is the best! I highly recommend!

Ok, so, I stay in Oakbrook every other week for business, and am so sick of Chicago style pizza -- I like it, i'm just sick of it. I need a NY slice.
Can anyone recommend a place?

Real pizza is not meant to be cut in little parallelograms, first of all. Imperfect triangles. No exceptions! New york style, or real italian pizza, or any wood oven pizza that is made correctly is sorely missed when thick, THICK cheese sits upon the even thicker crust that is supposed to be the "pizza" you were craving when you plaed the order. Then you sit with your inch of cheese upon a greasy, thick saltine and miss your home town goodness.... That's all I'm sayin.

I love you simps who think pizza wherever you came from is better than pizza everywhere else. It isn't. It's just what you learned to think pizza's supposed to be like. Look up the primacy fallacy sometime and see if your little minds can reformulate it to apply to food preferences.

Some of us have the reverse problems. I am from Chicago and live in NY. Now that is a tough one. But I have enjoyed pizza all over the world (Pizza in Napoli is pretty good, but I would take a slice from New York over it), and am trying to find some great New York style places in New York.

I am checking some recommendations through this site and and others like Citysearch and have been dissapointed with the favorites. I have been here 7 years and found I like the average slice on the street better than the "best of" lists. Any great "average" places?

Thanks
Michael

I have been in search of New York style pizza since I moved here 4 years ago!! I have to agree with Jason that Santullo's is as good as it gets here. I love the pizza but the service and ability of them to deliver is always questionable.

Pasquale,
I have to admit I have never tried real pizza in Italy. Sounds like I need to plan a trip, eh? I grew up in a place in New Jersey where there's lots of Italian-Americans who came over here and gave us a taste of great pizza. This blog focuses on New York Style Pizza because there is lots of bad pizza out there, and for a true lover of great pizza, a good slice can be hard to find. OK, so I will go to Naples and try the real thing. It's now been added to my life to-do list. THANK YOU, PASQUALE!

Tom, I have some bad news for you. You will have to remove Carlo's from your list of pizza places as they have closed up shop and are out of business. I am currently looking for a new place where I can get a good slice of New York Style pizza here in Charlotte. I have had some promising tips from other people, but haven't had time to check them out for myself.