and they still have a location there today! Thanks to founder Ike Sewell’s recipe, the popularity of Uno’s buttery crust and high-quality tomato sauce helped make Uno’s one of the top pizza destinations in the city for locals and tourists alike, with some happy customers going so far to say a visit to Uno’s is as popular of a Chicago attraction as Navy Pier or Wrigley Field. Pizzeria Uno – or just “Uno’s” to locals – opened its doors back in 1943 on the corner of Ohio St. You can’t start a list of the best deep dish pizzas in Chicago without starting with the original. But with all the options to chow down on in Chicago, it can be challenging finding that perfect slice! To help, here is our list of the best deep dish pizza in Chicago you must try while visiting the Windy City. In fact, Bill Murray, a native of the Chicago suburbs, has been known to say that, “unless you are a pizza, the answer is ‘yes’, I can live without you,” and it’s hard to argue against that kind of thinking. From crispy, crunchy crust to gooey cheese and mouth wateringly savory tomato sauce (on top, of course) – just thinking about a deep dish pizza from one of Chicago’s famous pizza joints is enough to make anyone’s mouth water.
If you have the time and love deep dish, Pequod's is worth the trip for any tourist.There are few things that go as hand-in-hand as the city of Chicago and deep dish pizza. The sauce was delicious and the cheese had a great stretch and flavor to it. A cornmeal crust with caramelized cheese on the top of it, paired beautifully with the flavorful sauce and toppings. What set Pequod's apart from the rest was its crust. The menu listed it's deep dish pizza under the title of "pan pizza" and all of the pizzas were "build your own" as you started with a cheese deep dish and added additional toppings to it. Out of all of the places we tried, Pequods was definitely the smallest restaurant and the only one that wasn't a chain. A popular location amongst locals, we knew that we had to try this place to round out our pizza tasting tour. Pequod is located in Lincoln Park, a bit further from the downtown tourist attractions, but definitely worth the trip out there. Pequod's and Giordanos were our top two pizzas and it was extremely difficult for us to agree on a winner between them, but Pequod's ultimately triumphed. Overall, we were reminded of why we loved this restaurant so much and were thoroughly satisfied with our experience. We loved the flavor of the crust as well as the sauce, and thought that they had a great cheese to sauce to toppings ratio. It had a distinctive cornmeal crust that was a bit harder to cut into but made the pizza great for picking up and eating with your hands. The biggest difference we noticed with the Uno's pizza was the crust. Like most deep dish restaurants, Uno's let us pre-order our pizza when we put our name on the waitlist to be seated, so we did not have to wait as long for our food upon arrival. Uno's is the oldest deep dish pizzeria in Chicago, founded in 1943. We were thrilled that the only location, and the oldest, was located just a block away from our hotel, on Ohio Ave.
So Uno's topped our must-visit list when we planned our trip to Chicago. Since then, we have never been able to find a deep dish pizza establishment in the Bay Area on par with Uno's. We were extremely disappointed when Uno's closed all their locations throughout California in the early 2000s. We absolutely loved their pies and frequented their Cupertino and Fremont locations often. Uno's was our very first exposure to deep dish pizza in the Bay Area in the early 90s.
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