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Deep Dish Pizza



Everyone has heard of Chicago Deep Dish. Just because you’ve heard of it doesn’t mean you’re prepared for it. When the pizza came out, it was nothing like I expected (aside from the obvious depth), but it was the first time in my life I truly understood why some people call it “pizza pie”. However, I have to say those who apply the title to flatbread pizza are doing this Chicago classic an injustice. Chicago Deep Dish towers higher than I have ever seen any pie tower. Most striking, however, was the fact that the pizza was inverted. Ellie and I got a pepperoni deep dish. The bottom layer was the pepperoni, then the cheese in the middle, and then the sauce on top. Each slice is gargantuan. A misunderstanding lead to our dinner being much later than expected. Even with that delay and our ravenous appetites, it was a struggle for Ellie and I to get through two slices apiece. As I sit on the Green Line writing this, one more slice waits in my backpack to be breakfast before grocery shopping tomorrow. A Moscow Mule makes a good accompaniment.

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