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There's all sorts of weird cross-cultural exports in the world. I remember driving through the USA and seeing Clive Owen advertising "Three Olives London Vodka" - a brand I'd never heard of despite living close to London my entire life.

Similarly, I suspect the "Chicago Town Pizza" I see being advertised over here as a real slice of American life, would make a true Chicagoan weep.

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As I understand it, if there's a thing that'll bring most Chicagoans to tears, it's seeing what the rest of the country calls a hot dog.

Yup. Our hot dogs are pretty different (onions, dill pickle, tomato, relish, and mustard). And don't even think about putting ketchup on it!

Eh, as a Chicago resident, we just eat the same normal thin pizza the rest of the world does - the deep dish stuff is only for the tourists.

Uh, so false. Malnatis is such a beautiful thing.

It is, but the delivery guys careening around the city aren't carrying deep dish pizzas. It's all thin crust, pub cut please.

Art of Pizza delivers. It's certainly a special-ish occasion to get deep dish, but it's definitely something people get decently often as a whole.

Nope, nope nope

The reason is that it seems the deep dish doesn't travel too well -- we get it delivered at work periodically, and the crust ends up getting a bit soggy. Also, although the deep dish may be a signature item for many pizza places, their "special" is almost always a cheese, sausage, mushroom, onion, and green pepper thin crust.

What you said is not only false, but would be fighting words for many people I met in my 8+ years in Chicago. Arguments about which deep-dish pizza is best can reach a fervor usually reserved for religious or political arguments.

As a Chicago native, Lou Malnati's is a Chicago classic - and pretty much every one I know here has grown up on it.

Born and raised and lifelong devourer of Chicago deep-dish with the waistline to prove it. You are the tourist.

I wonder if this is a matter of where one is from in Chicagoland. I've definitely heard this from other natives but have also heard people screaming that this is heresy (as we've seen in this thread).

I'm not from there, but I'm happy to have either :)

The neighborhood probably does make a difference just because that's where certain pizza joints are located (or where their original location started). Some people are extremely loyal to their favorite spot but most, like myself, are happy to have the huge variety of pizza that we have in Chicago.

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