I'm a native Chicagoan (who moved to Philly a few years ago) so I feel obligated to chime in. Yes, Uno's and Due's are good, but my favorite has always been Gino's East on Superior. It has become a chain over the years and sometimes I swear the pizzas in the satellite locations just don't taste the same. Maybe it's all that graffiti holding up the walls that makes a difference. Get The Supreme. That being said, Lou Malnati's is also really good. I just got a "Lou's" care package as a Christmas gift and the pizzas were quite good even after being frozen - they're bake at home. Lou's started in the suburbs but now he's got quite a few locations even in the city. And by the way, they don't call it "pie" in Chicago like they do out here in bad-pizza land. They do something they call 'tomato pie' here in Philly that is just canned tomato sauce on dough - what's the point? Another thing that you won't find in a Chicago pizza is pretend sausage like they use here. I have yet to order a sausage pizza locally that did not use those brown extruded pellets that taste like bad breakfast sausage. Even the neighborhood take out pizza shops in Chicago make better pizza than anyplace I've tried in Philly.

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