Chicago Style vs. New York Style - A Famous New Yorker Weighs In.

[Bkhuna]

Made with good ingredients, any style of pizza is ok in my book.

[bbqLuv]

Ditto
Even pickle pizza? I tried it, I like it, I googled it, and I found it is a real thing.

[pkadare]

Just a reminder:

noun: humour

1. the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech.
   "his tales are full of humor"

[FireMan]

Humourus - us bein humoury!

[bbqLuv]

The difference between humor and odor:
Humor is a shift of wit, and order is a wife of . . . ...

[STEbbq]

I used to say Chicago deep dish was my favorite. But then I had Detroit style and I mellowed out a bit. I have had pizza in Rome, New York City, and Venice. The foldability of NYC style is amazing. The cracker thin crust for Italian isn’t my favorite. The thin style Chicago is just okay.

Now, I don’t think there is a best, just what you like best. I think all pizza is pretty damn good. It is pretty hard to mess up pizza unless you like bizarre toppings like pineapple. If I had to guess, most people like the pizza best they grew up eating.

[WayneT]

Just the opposite for me. My mom made those Chef Boyardee pizzas from a box and cardboard tribe. Back in the early ‘60s in eastern NC, pizza joints were foreign to us. Now my best pizza is the last one I made.

[Finster]

My daughter goes to school on Staten Island. We've had pizza in countless places in the city. Hasn't been a bad one yet. I've really not much positive to say about NY, but I'll give em their props. They know how to make damn good pizza...
I've had Chicago style too. Not bad, but not my preference. Never knew Detroit style was a thing until very recently. Saw it in, of all places, the frozen section of Costco.. certainly wasn't interested enough for it to get me to sink to the level of frozen pizza. that's reserved for Elios, where at least I get to relive childhood memories while I ingest crappy pizza 🤣

[gmascolo51]

I lived on Staten Island for many years. Deninos is a timeless favorite and this place on New Dorp Lane called Giove is awesome.

[Finster]

gmascolo51
I had a local friend reccomend Deninos and Lee's Tavern, with his preference being Lee's.
We loved Lee's. Have not been to Deninos.
Our usual place is Goodfellas on Victory Blvd. Good pizza, and close to campus.
We've been to countless 0places on our excursions to Manhattan. Seems like the more of a hole in the wall a place is, the better the pizza. But, have yet to have bad pizza at any of the places we've been

[efincoop]

I'm in the camp of you like what you like. So if you like Chicago style, but here (even a whole 2 hours North of NYC) it's NY style all the way. That said I have had a Chicago hot dog and it was good, just not the norm around these parts

[bbqLuv]

If you can't be with the Pizza you love, love the one you're with.

[captainlee]

Good one!

[captainlee]

My preference is thin crust but I'll try any pizza and enjoy it. I've had Chicago deep dish, NY and Philadelphia styles. Variety is the spice of life.

[bbqLuv]

You said a mouth full.
And enjoy every bite.

[Richard Chrz]

I like pizza. Especially the homemade ones, I don’t remember the last time I bought a pizza.

[rlozinak]

I was born in Jersey and grew up on NY style pizza, Love the thin crest with just cheese. Now I did live in Chicago for 6 years and used to eat there style of pizza. Just not a fan of it.

Now I am in Buffalo and a thin crest pizza is hard to come by, but there are a few that have a good pizza

[troymeister]

Nobody in Chicago eats Deep Dish on a regular basis. Maybe once or twice a year. Deep Dish was created by the media as Chicago Style. In reality it is rarely eaten by locals. Below is what most pizza in Chicago looks like.

Here is a nice article kind of explaining that.

[STEbbq]

Agreed.

[SheilaAnn]

Truth! I make deep dish, like once or twice a year. Thin crust tavern style is my choice for Chicago pizza. It’s what I grew up on.

[Murdy]

I'd have to concur, 2 to 4 times a year max.

[Old Glory]

Two Words: New Haven

[Mojo0209]

We have Malnati’s quite a bit when weather is chilly, comfort food. In the summer it is always thin crust. They’re all good for what it’s worth.

[bardsleyque]

Living near Seattle I can't get either. I own a Chicago pizza pan, a Detroit pizza pan, and a pizza stone.
The Chicago and Detroit are more labor intensive, so are made less often.