2007-03-05 07:40:32 · 10 answers · asked by mezcal_304 2 in Dining Out ➔ United States ➔ Chicago
New york style has a thin crust & the cheese is on top. Chicago style - the crust is usually 1 to 2 inches thick with the toppings in the middle & the sauce on top.
2007-03-05 17:49:44 · answer #1 · answered by Rickaford 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question as to the difference between Chicago style pizza and NY style pizza is not so simple. NY has only one basic type, while Chicago has three unique styles. Stuffed, deep dish, and thin crust are the Chicago styles. The first two are uniquely Chicago, and the third requires some explanation.The definitions by Mrs Sexy Pants are very accurate, and I will expand these.
Surprise! Very few Chicago natives eat deep dish. There are only a handful of places that serve this style, and it is unknown outside of the downtown Loop. Mostly for college students and tourists. This is traditionally made with the sauce and cheese inverted, but I don't think it is done that way in the UNO Chicago Grill franchises around the country.
The predominant style that Chicago natives eat is "thin crust". That style can run from cheap thin greasy stuff that is made in squares, to super quality traditional round Italian restaurant pizza that is the best anywhere. The latter is medium crust thickness, good edge roll, and with huge amounts of sauce and cheese. The rule in Chicago is that you always get enough to eat!
While the stuffed style is attributed to Chicago, I never saw any there.
New York (and New Jersey) style can be good in it's better renditions. The crust is everything, and should be thin, a little crisp, and have a good taste. Light on the sauce and cheese. It is a good snack, but not the gourmet meal that Chicago style is.
2007-03-06 20:25:42 · answer #2 · answered by Bubba D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicago-style pizza is a very specific variety of pizza. Pizza is traditionally considered to be a type of hearth cake such as focaccia. The Chicago-style pizza shares more in common with a casserole, such as lasagna. True Chicago-style pizza, a unique deep dish variety, features a buttery crust-cheese-chunky tomato sauce construction. While stuffed, pan and thin-crust style pizzas are also served in Chicagoland, it is for the deep-dish style that Chicago pizza is most famous. Although, they also make very thin pizza that is cut in squares, not slices.
New York-style pizza is a common style of pizza, originating from New York City. This style is identified by its wide, thin, and crispy slices. The traditional toppings are tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese or a mix of provolone and white American cheese. It is traditionally hand-tossed and light on sauce. The slices are traditionally eaten folded in half, as its size and flexibility may otherwise make it unwieldy to eat by hand. New York-style pizza is often sold by the slice, which is typically an 18 inch or larger pizza cut into 8 slices.
2007-03-06 12:46:34 · answer #3 · answered by mrs sexy pants 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are two differences between Chicago style pizz and Newq York style. New your style is thinner and cracker like. Chicago style is thick and doughy with a lot of cheese and marinara. New York style is cut into wedges. Chicago style is cut into squares.
2007-03-05 18:23:53 · answer #4 · answered by dpon62 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Chicago pizza is a two-crust pie with filling (the items often thought of as toppings) in-between. You get a layer of crust, then cheese, pepperoni, veggies, whatever you like, then another layer of crust on top, with marinara sauce on top of that.
Click on this link -- www.giordanos.com/stuffed.php -- to see photos of Chicago pizza (frequently called stuffed pizza) from one of the most popular (and, in my opinion, best) places for it in the Windy City.
I believe that New York pizza is a one-crust pizza with pepperoni, etc. on top.....but Answerers from New York will likely have more complete answers for that than I do.
2007-03-06 08:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by Robin Frog 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Like some of the posters said NY pizza tends to be thinner and larger and more greasier than Chicago that's thicker and the ingriedients actually cook better in that format and is less greasy unless you get it from one of those nasty hole in the wall places run by foreigners.
2007-03-08 23:16:15 · answer #6 · answered by nabdullah2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chicago pizza is thicker more like deep dish
ny pizza is thin with large slices you have to fold in order to eat
2007-03-05 15:45:04 · answer #7 · answered by Iluvhim 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the obvious is that chicago pizza is in chicago and new york pizza is in new york.
2007-03-07 09:14:04 · answer #8 · answered by BOB H 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One type was born in Chicago, the other type was born in NY. They both taste good. One is fat, the other skinny.
2007-03-06 10:40:42 · answer #9 · answered by ropman1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chicago is BIG AND WAY BETTER! new york is sappy and gay
2007-03-06 00:11:06 · answer #10 · answered by M.K. 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋