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Everyone loves pizza. Or at least, almost everyone. In a 2023 survey of 2,000 people by The Harris Poll, a whopping 21% of Americans listed pizza as their favorite food.
Pizza-A-Go-Go offers nothing but pizza and fountain sodas, but the pizza is a perennial hit with locals and has been since the '60s. Enjoy small ($8.50 and up) and large ($13.50 and up) pizzas ...
Ledo Pizza. Washington, D.C. Ledo Pizza first opened its doors in 1955 when, as the original owners said, pizza seemed to be a passing trend. The restaurant has since become a local chain — but ...
Chicago-style deep-dish pizza was invented at Pizzeria Uno in Chicago, founded by Ike Sewell and Richard Riccardo in 1943. [8] [9] [10] Riccardo's original recipe for a pizza cooked in a pie pan or cake tin was published in 1945 and included a dough made with scalded milk, butter, and sugar. [11]
Slice of Detroit-style pizza with open, porous chewy crust. Detroit-style pizza is a deep-dish rectangular pizza topped with Wisconsin brick cheese and a cooked tomato-based sauce. [2] [3] The dough typically has a hydration level of 70 percent or higher, which creates an open, porous, chewy crust with a crisp exterior.
Jet's is known for its square deep-dish Detroit-style pizza, including the 8-corner pizza which the company has trademarked. [4] When the store first opened, the square pizzas were a novelty in the region. The original recipe came from the Jetts's mother and has not changed since 1978. [2] The first franchise location was opened in 1990. [5]
Photo: ShutterstockThe only thing more Americana than pizza is debating about the best pizza. Some people prefer thin, foldable New York-style slices. Others like thick, ultra-cheesy Chicago-style ...
Gino's East was opened in 1966 [1] by Sam Levine, Fred Bartoli, and George Loverde. Previously, they had opened the original Gino's in 1960 at 930 N. Rush Street. They bought a building on East Superior Street "but didn't know what to put in it," Levine told a Tribune reporter in 1983, when the restaurant was sold to new owners.