i<3pizza wrote:We have begun re-heating them in a 380-degree oven for 25-30 minutes, then flipping them over to allow the crust to firm up for another 15-20,
GREAT POST!!!ryanwc wrote:I'm pretty amused at a thread that starts with a rant from a self-proclaimed pizza "afficianado" (I think that's Spanish for someone who is affixed to a pizza, but I digress) who hates Art of Pizza, loves Papa John's wanted Pizza Hut but was stymied when they wouldn't deliver, and laments that there's no Little Caesar's nearby ... a poster who later states that Chicago pizza is okay, he just doesn't consider it "pizza" - like a 5-year old leading a sheltered life suddenly stopped in his tracks!! at the sight of another child riding something that people weirdly refer to as a "bike" even though it has no training wheels like everything he's ever called a bike did.
... but the thread ends with a GNR for the aggrieved restaurant that spawned the rant!
Well done LTH! Well done!
I'm pretty amused at a thread that starts with a rant from a self-proclaimed pizza "afficianado" (I think that's Spanish for someone who is affixed to a pizza, but I digress) who hates Art of Pizza, loves Papa John's wanted Pizza Hut but was stymied when they wouldn't deliver, and laments that there's no Little Caesar's nearby ... a poster who later states that Chicago pizza is okay, he just doesn't consider it "pizza" - like a 5-year old leading a sheltered life suddenly stopped in his tracks!! at the sight of another child riding something that people weirdly refer to as a "bike" even though it has no training wheels like everything he's ever called a bike did.
... but the thread ends with a GNR for the aggrieved restaurant that spawned the rant!
Well done LTH! Well done!
Ram4 wrote:I also noticed after I left (it was a carryout) that I should have gotten 2 liters of pop for free based on my overall order and they never mentioned it. I guess you have to know you are entitled to it or you lose out.
Darren72 wrote:Deep dish from Art of Pizza last night was really disappointing. Flavorless crust, industrial flavorless cheese, flavorless sausage. You get the idea. And it was delivered an hour after the quoted delivery time. With every bite, I could hear my wife saying "we could have had Jimmy's."
One of Chicago’s most-venerable spots for stuffed pizza, The Art of Pizza, has opened a second location, as they debuted earlier this week in the South Loop. This location offers thin crust, pan, and Chicago-style stuffed pies at 727 S. State St.
Dave148 wrote:One of Chicago’s most-venerable spots for stuffed pizza, The Art of Pizza, has opened a second location, as they debuted earlier this week in the South Loop. This location offers thin crust, pan, and Chicago-style stuffed pies at 727 S. State St.
https://chicago.eater.com/2017/9/27/163 ... ate-street
Ram4 wrote:Darren72 wrote:Deep dish from Art of Pizza last night was really disappointing. Flavorless crust, industrial flavorless cheese, flavorless sausage. You get the idea. And it was delivered an hour after the quoted delivery time. With every bite, I could hear my wife saying "we could have had Jimmy's."
That sucks about your stuffed pizza meal. I wonder how many thousands of people assumed that they had real Chicago deep dish when they had some mediocre stuffed pizza from Giordano's or Edwardo's?
What's wrong with Edwardo's (and Giordano's) is that I feel they serve really mediocre stuffed and thin pizzas. It's no surprise that Edwardo's closed all but 2 Chicago locations, because it was so lousy. The last time I got Edwardo's (the closed one in Wheeling) as I was eating it, I literally said "This is s***!" As I said in my posts, stuffed is my least favorite style. The crust is always bland and dry, the sauce is bitter and acidic, it has that useless layer of gummy dough, and it just depresses me. A couple of times in my life I had a decent stuffed pizza. One was a slice at Art of Pizza and once was at Nancy's but it was not like the other Nancy's. The crust really impressed me. But I could never remember the location where I got it, so it was lost to history. Uno Chicago Grill really annoys me because they claim to be the real deep dish pizza and it's an abomination. I know about Old Chicago as well and I have always avoided it.Drover wrote:Ram4 wrote:Darren72 wrote:Deep dish from Art of Pizza last night was really disappointing. Flavorless crust, industrial flavorless cheese, flavorless sausage. You get the idea. And it was delivered an hour after the quoted delivery time. With every bite, I could hear my wife saying "we could have had Jimmy's."
That sucks about your stuffed pizza meal. I wonder how many thousands of people assumed that they had real Chicago deep dish when they had some mediocre stuffed pizza from Giordano's or Edwardo's?
What's wrong with Edwardo's? And either of those beat the two most prominent examples available at nationwide chains: Pizzerio Uno, none of which I've been to can hold a candle to the original Uno or Due, and Old Chicago pizza, a Denver-based chain which is so authentic that there isn't a single one in the entire Chicago area.