Best Deep dish pizza in Chicago

[Anonymous]

Will be in Chicago this weekend. What is the best deep dish pizza place?

[Anonymous]

I like Giordano's

[Anonymous]

Lou Malnati's

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Anonymous wrote:Lou Malnati's

Just to add - if you've not eaten deep dish in Chicago before, budget some time. It's not like fast casual where you can order off the menu and it comes in 5 minutes - they bake the whole thing after you put in your order. So go before you're starving, plan for 90 minutes minimum, and order an app.

[Anonymous]

Malnati's

[Anonymous]

Chicagoan here and the answer is and always will be Pequods.

Avoid the Giordanos/Lou Malnatis suggestions. LM is fine but both are more tourist focused.

Connie's on the southside is also good.

[Anonymous]

Another Chicagoan's vote for Pequods. Lou's is so overrated and touristy.

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Anonymous wrote:I like Giordano's

Giordano’s is stuffed. Good but technically different than deep dish. Lou Malnati’s is very good. Original Uno’s and its counterpart Due’s are way better than the chain IMO. Peqod’s is further north and also very good (not as well known as those three). Several years ago (pre-pandemic), I ate at Labriola on Michigan Ave and the deep dish was excellent - even better than Malnatis which is my usual go to. Not sure if it is still open.

[Anonymous]

Pequods is great for a local of course, but as a tourist I think you should do the tourist thing and go to either Lou Malnati’s or just do the ultimate tourist one and go to Pizzeria Uno.

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Anonymous wrote:Pequods is great for a local of course, but as a tourist I think you should do the tourist thing and go to either Lou Malnati’s or just do the ultimate tourist one and go to Pizzeria Uno.

I agree with this. The original Pizzeria Uno and Pizzeria Due are great but be prepared for a long wait. Also, for some reason, the suburb locations aren't the same. It has to be the original Uno's in the city.

[Anonymous]

My husband who grew up in the Chicago suburbs love Rosatti's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pequods is great for a local of course, but as a tourist I think you should do the tourist thing and go to either Lou Malnati’s or just do the ultimate tourist one and go to Pizzeria Uno.

I agree with this. The original Pizzeria Uno and Pizzeria Due are great but be prepared for a long wait. Also, for some reason, the suburb locations aren't the same. It has to be the original Uno's in the city.

I’m 11:49. Agree - definite difference between the chain and Uno and Due in the city. Different menu, etc. One tip is to go for an early lunch.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Giordano's

Giordano’s is stuffed. Good but technically different than deep dish. Lou Malnati’s is very good. Original Uno’s and its counterpart Due’s are way better than the chain IMO. Peqod’s is further north and also very good (not as well known as those three). Several years ago (pre-pandemic), I ate at Labriola on Michigan Ave and the deep dish was excellent - even better than Malnatis which is my usual go to. Not sure if it is still open.

+1 on Giordanos stuffed -- it's awesome. But it takes 30/40 minutes to make. And plan on eating a slice, two max. It's pretty heavy.

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Anonymous wrote:Lou Malnati's

+1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lou Malnati's

+1

+1 more -- we had Lou Malnati's shipped to us via Goldbelly for a family birthday and it was awesome