New York vs Chicago: the big Pizza debate

    It's been like this for a very,
          very,
              very long time.



     But New York and Chicago fight over many food things. Even their hot dogs have issues. However;  some people think their style of pizza is better.


  In New Haven, their pizzas are shaped like numembas not circles and if it weren't for a chef named Frank Pepe, who placed clams on pizza, clam pizza would not be born.

   St Louis Style is cracker thin crust. Thinner than new York style and you can just break it.



But what is this feud that Chicago and New York have agents each other over a pizza? Well it started when started when Pizza came to the United states in 1905. Chef Lombardi ran a grocery store but gave up that business to make pizzas when people fell in love with it. He even had a license to making it and having the first pizzeria. Although that place is no longer with NYC anymore, there is another Lombardi restaurant that is in NYC making pizzas Chef Gennaro Lombardi made almost 110 years ago today.
  
   So when did Chicago start making their deep dish version, when Ike Sewell who use to be a University of Texas star, thought pizza in the East coast was nothing but flat.

   I don't understand but then, pizzeria UNO came around and Chicagoans loved it, but you have to eat one slice with a knife and fork.

 Then there were other Chicago style pizzerias opening in the Chicago area. Just like they did in NYC with New York Style pizza.

  How to they compare?

   One with deep dish, cooking for hours and hours

and the other takes almost a minute to cook while it is in a hot hearth.

    I guess for me if I had to choose, I like thin crust new York style, but to tell you the truth, I don't know why two huge cities are feuding over food. It's just strange, and they have been feuding about it for a long time.

In my opinion, I don't like either version, there is one style I prefer over New York or Chicago, it's Old Forge, PA style. My mom grew up with it and I've tried it. It's really good. It's a rectangle shape with I guess onion flavoring in the sauce and it's very good. I prefer that over those two any day. But I don't get it that often. My mom makes it once in a while but we use a different sauce.

  

                                                           Thanks Mom.

    So New York and Chicago, quit feuding over food, ok. It's food and just eat and enjoy.

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