On Aug 9, 9:14 am, Scott in SoCal > wrote:
> In message
> >,
>
>
>
> wrote:
> >On Aug 8, 10:08 am, smr > wrote:

> >Gino's East has been crap for years. Giordano's is nothing compared to
> >what it used to be. I remember when even a Connie's pie was tasty.
> >Gone, gone, all the icons are gone. But what pizza joints have risen
> >to take their place?
>
> Carmen's. Lou Malnati's. Papa Del's.

I haven't had Carmen's. What do you like about it?

Lou's has been raised and dismissed.

Papa Del's is not in Chicago, rather in a distant college town. If
you're looking for Chicago pizza in a distant college town, I
recommend Zachary's (rain or shine there's always a line) in Berkeley.

>
> >> Go to Falco's on 40th and Cal for the best thin-crust sausage in town.
> >> That's my recommendation.
>
> >Thanks -- I will try to stop there this xmas.
>
> >For thin-crust sausage, we used to go to Little Joe's on 63rd. I see
> >they have relocated to Tinley Park and New Lenox. Are they any good?
>
> Thin crust is anti-Chicagoan. If it ain't Deep Dish Stuffed, it ain't
> Chicago Pizza.

Chicago comprises many pizza styles. The original Chicago restaurant
pizza was baked and served in a jelly roll pan, aka cookie sheet. My
dad used to take my mom to Sparga's when they were dating (after the
war) and it stayed in business up into the 70's. Buddy's and Loui's
in Detroit still serve rectangular pizza, but they use brick (sic)
cheese.