Having worked in Chicago for 12 years, might I suggest some pizza places for Chicago style pizza? Uno's is great but if it is too crowded try Due's just a block or two over (619 N Wabash Ave). It was their first branch. Giordano's is probably the next "famous" option for Chicago style pizza. (Their pizza gives me heartburn. I like Uno's better.) Gino's East is the 3rd in the famous Chicago Pizza makers. They have a graffiti theme and feel free to write your own note on the walls there. Special note, their sausage pizza is a wheel of sausage the size of the whole pizza found in the deep dish. Enjoy! I just saw on the Food Network someone demonstrating a wheel of sausage same size as the pizza, just laid atop the crust. They made the wheel in a big pastry press, flattening balls of sausage. I was trying to figure the easiest way to make a round wheel of sausage, same size as the crust, that could easily be moved around. I figured the best way would probably be to roll it to size on a piece of parchment, then flip it out onto the pizza. Definitely something to try sometime. And I've noted Gino's East... Thanks, Kelly! PJH

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