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Chicago-style pizza is pizza prepared according to several styles developed in Chicago. It can refer to both the well-known deep-dish or stuffed pizzas and the lesser-known thin-crust tavern-style pizzas more popular with locals.WEB, Deeper Than Deep-Dish,weblink 2023-07-17, www.historians.org, AHA, Perspectives on History, The pan in which deep-dish pizza is baked gives the pizza its characteristically high edge, which provides ample space for large amounts of cheese and a chunky tomato sauce. Chicago-style deep-dish pizza may be prepared in the deep-dish style and as a stuffed pizza. Chicago-style thin-crust pizza dough is rolled for a thinner crispier crust than other thin-crust styles. The thin-crust pizza is cut in squares instead of slices, and is also referred to as a "tavern-style" pizza.WEB, Ali, Tanveer, Ludwig, Howard, January 13, 2015, A Guide to Chicago Pizza: From Deep-Dish to Tavern-Style and Beyond,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160101171634weblink">weblink 2016-01-01, January 2, 2016, DNAinfo, WEB, Kindelsperger, Nick, June 2, 2014, The Best Deep Dish Pizza in Chicago,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160106080646weblink">weblink 2016-01-06, January 2, 2016, Serious Eats, WEB, Deep Dish vs. Thin Crust - The True Chicago Pizza,weblink 2023-07-16, Visit Oak Park, en, WEB, 2019-07-22, Chicagoâ€™s Real Signature Pizza Is Crispy, Crunchy, and Nothing Like Deep Dish,weblink 2023-07-16, Bon AppÃ©tit, en-US, WEB, Mai, Jeffy, 2017-03-13, Chicagoâ€™s Essential Tavern-Style Thin-Crust Pizza Restaurants,weblink 2023-07-16, Eater Chicago, en, MAGAZINE, 2021-05-16, Why Tavern-Style Pizza Is Chicago's Signature Food,weblink 2023-07-16, Chicago Magazine, en-US,

Deep-dish

According to Tim Samuelson, Chicago's official cultural historian,NEWS, Borrelli, Christopher, Tim Samuelson: Chicago's cultural historian,weblink 2017-04-09, Chicago Tribune, en-US, there is not enough documentation to determine with certainty who invented Chicago-style deep-dish pizza.NEWS, February 18, 2009, Who Invented Deep Dish?,weblink January 2, 2016, Chicago Tribune, It is often reported that Chicago-style deep-dish pizza was invented at Pizzeria Uno in Chicago, in 1943,WEB, Who Cooked That Up?,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070508145230weblink">weblink May 8, 2007, {{better source needed|date=March 2024}} by Uno's founder Ike Sewell. However, a 1956 article from the Chicago Daily News asserts that Uno's original pizza chef Rudy Malnati developed the recipe,WEB, About Us,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180929111700weblink">weblink 2018-09-29, 2017-04-09, Pizano's Pizza and Pasta, and Michele Mohr from the Chicago Tribune reports that the menu at Rosati's Authentic Chicago Pizza has included deep-dish since it opened in 1926, according to the descendants of Saverio Rosati.WEB, Mohr, Michele, October 22, 1995, Rosati Family is Dividing Up the Pie,weblink June 29, 2019, Chicago Tribune, File:Chicago-style pizza.jpg|A deep-dish pizza from CaliforniaFile:Chicago-style-pizza-03.jpg|Deep-dish pizza from Lou Malnati's

Stuffed pizza

(File:Chicago-style-pizza-01.jpg|thumb|Stuffed pizza from Giordano's)By the mid-1970s, two Chicago chains, Nancy's Pizza, founded by Rocco Palese,NEWS, Chu, Louisa, September 19, 2016, Family's Stuffed-Pizza Dynasty Began with a Fight,weblink September 21, 2016, Chicago Tribune, and Giordano's Pizzeria, operated by brothers Efren and Joseph Boglio, began experimenting with deep-dish pizza and created the stuffed pizza.BOOK, Pollack, Penny, Everybody Loves Pizza, Jeff Ruby, 2005, Emmis Books, 1-57860-218-1, 33, Palese based his creation on his mother's recipe for , an Italian Easter pie from his hometown of Potenza in Basilicata at the far southern end of the Italian Peninsula, more commonly known in Italy as pizza rustica Lucana.WEB, Our Story,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20181023200134weblink">weblink 2018-10-23, 2017-04-09, Nancy's Pizza, WEB, Scarcedda,weblink Cuore Basilicata, it, The primary differences between a stuffed pizza and a deep dish pizza are that stuffed pizzas are typically deeper, have another layer of dough covering the toppings, and have more cheese than deep dish pizza, while deep dish tends to have more sauce.WEB, Stuffed Pizza vs Deep-Dish Pizza?,weblink Doreen's Pizzeria,

Thin-crust pizza

(File:Chicago thin crust pizza.jpg|thumb|left|Chicago-style tavern-style thin-crust pizza)There is also a style of thin-crust pizza found in Chicago and throughout the rest of the Midwest. The crust is thin and firm enough to have a noticeable crunch, unlike a New Yorkâ€“style pizza. While in New York, bakers who had immigrated from Italy made pizzas using the traditional method of tossing the dough by hand; the tavern owners who first developed Chicago's thin-crust pizza instead rolled their dough or used mechanical sheeters. This led to thinner crusts than those present in hand-tossed pizzas.WEB, McClelland, Edward, June 30, 2020, Tavern Style Isn't Just Chicago's Signature Pizza, but Its Signature Food,weblink August 22, 2022, Chicago Magazine, This pizza is cut into squares, also known as "tavern-style" or "party cut", as opposed to wedges.NEWS, Vettel, Phil, Kevin Pang, 2009-07-23, Pizza slices: Two foodies debate the merits of wedge versus 'party cut',weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090726105418weblink">weblink 2009-07-26, 2009-07-23, Chicago Tribune, WEB, Chahwala, Jaison, March 13, 2017, 20 Great Spots to Taste Real Chicago Pizza: Tavern-Style Thin Crust,weblink March 13, 2017, Eater Chicago, The name "tavern-style" comes from the pizzas originally being served in taverns, often as an enticement to drink alcohol. This origin in taverns is also linked to the pizza's shape, as the square shape of the slices made it possible for taverns that did not have plates to instead set them on napkins.{{As of|2013}}, according to Grubhub data and the company Chicago Pizza Tours, thin-crust outsells the more widely known deep-dish style among locals, with GrubHub stating that deep-dish comprises only 9% of its pizza deliveries.WEB, John, Derek, 2013-12-20, Deep Dish or Thin Crust? Even Chicagoans Can't Agree,weblink live,weblink 2015-05-28, 2018-03-06, NPR, The Salt, NEWS, Rousseau, Caryn, 2014-09-19, It's not all deep-dish pizza in Chicago,weblink live,weblink 2020-11-12, 2017-01-17, The Detroit News, Associated Press, In response, Technomics food industry researcher Darren Tristano questioned GrubHub's conclusion on the basis of the delivery service's user demographics, saying that its younger users can not afford deep dish pizza, while NPR noted that the data would not include information on two particular deep-dish chains (though with just 20 restaurants in the city of 2.7{{nbsp}}million) that are not on GrubHub.

Toppings

The typical toppings commonly found on pizzas in most of North America (such as sausage, pepperoni, onions, and mushrooms) are also standards in Chicago-area pizzerias. A survey in 2013 indicated that while the most popular pizza topping in most of the United States is pepperoni,WEB, Lutz, Ashley, October 10, 2013, Here's a Pie Chart of the Most Popular Pizza Toppings,weblink August 23, 2017, Business Insider, WEB, November 12, 2013, The Top 10 Most Popular Pizza Toppings,weblink August 23, 2017, Huffington Post, in Chicago the most popular topping is Italian sausage.WEB, Kindelsperger, Nick, August 21, 2017, Why Are Chicagoans So Obsessed with Italian Sausage on Pizza? An Investigation,weblink August 23, 2017, Chicago Tribune,

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Chicago-style pizza

Deep-dish

Stuffed pizza

Thin-crust pizza

Toppings

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