Great Lake Pizza

Apr 13, 11 Great Lake Pizza

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Cuisine: Pizza Location: 1477 W Balmoral Ave, Chicago 60640 Price: $21-$22 for a whole pie. Must buy a whole pie Having done a tour of the local big-name pizzerias in Chicago, I am shocked at just how much the city loves its deep dish. It doesn’t matter if deep dish pie is too heavy, and it doesn’t matter if it takes 15...

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Art of Pizza

Mar 12, 11 Art of Pizza

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Cuisine: Pizza. Specialty: Deep Dish. Location: 3033 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657. Price: Less than $4 for a large slice of pizza and a drink. I had just made rounds of the legendary triumvirate of Chicago pies—Gino’s, Lou’s, and Giordano’s—that has riddled the city with an excess of nearly identical restaurants....

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Giordano’s Pizza

Feb 14, 11 Giordano’s Pizza

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Cuisine: Pizza. Specialty: Deep Dish Pizza/Chicago-Style Pizza. Location: All Throughout Chicago. Price: $19.25-$29.25 for a large stuffed pizza. I’d finally arrived at the last of Chicago’s deep dish triumvirate, Giordano’s. I had already trekked through the casual sports bar-ish Lou Malnati’s with its amazingly cheesy...

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Gino’s East of Chicago

Jan 28, 11 Gino’s East of Chicago

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Cuisine: Pizza. Specialty: Deep-Dish Pizza/Chicago-Style Pizza. Location: All Throughout Chicago. Price: $25+ for a huge 11” deep dish pizza. Gino’s East is the second of the legendary triumvirate of Chicago pizza. Again, like Lou Malnati’s, it is a large chain, which I’d normally consider a big con, but I’m much more...

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Lou Malnati’s

Jan 18, 11 Lou Malnati’s

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Cuisine: Pizza. Specialty: Deep Dish Pizza/Chicago-Style Pizza. Location: All Throughout Chicago. Price: $16.75-$21.75 for a 14” pie (serves 4), $5.45-$6.75 for a 6” (individual size). Honestly, I’m not a fan of chains at all. I don’t like my restaurants to cut corners anywhere, especially with something as sacred as a...

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