New York Pizza vs Chicago Pizza

I was raised in New Jersey, so I'm partial to the flavor of the NJ pies. All though the possibility does exist that a dusting of ashes from the near by Dow Chemical smoke stack could have added some additional flavor. As a kid, I remember turning off the lights and watching the TV from the glow of the pizza.

Call me a moderate, I like both equally.

I'll take thin crust over thick any day of the week. I actually like to taste the ingredients instead of greasy dough. Maybe I haven't had the right type of deep dish pizza, so I'd be up for that....but as of now, thin crust is the way to go.

Chicago style. No contest. You can either have a thick pizza loaded with cheese, sauce, and toppings, or you can have a paper thin slice of plain cheese pizza that can be folded in half without any effort.

I seen a Chicagoan and a New Yorker almost come to blows over food. (hot dogs were also discussed)

New York pizza wins HANDS DOWN!! Chicago pizza if that's what you wanna call it is way too heavy and chunckie! Gimme a slice of Big Apple pizza any day! i say no to chunkie monkey chicago style.

Chicago style, hands down!! New York style is just all floppy, and greasy! Who wants that slithering through their gut!! Not me!! I like all the dough in Chicago style. Supports more cheese, which I like. Plus all those fresh tomatoes!! Plus, while I'm not from Chicago, my roots are from there and more than half my family lives there, so I'm passionate about it!! BTW, Malnati's all the way!! Especially the original in Lincolnwood!!

Thin crust or deep, Gino's East in Chicago makes the best pizza/pie in the U.S. period! By the way, Chicago owns NY in hot dogs too.

NY PIZZA the Best thin crust the BEST Deep dish is good and differnt but its not pizza! We are food capitol we proberly have better deep dish Chicago style here in NY then they have there!!

Each pizza is totally different and a personal difference. Raised in Chicago, there's a reason and history to the thickness and toppings as I'm sure a history for NY pizza. I like Chicago deep dish over NYC thin crust. I actually like Chicago thin crust over NYC thin crust. The big reason for me is that the NYC pizza had so much grease on the top of the pizza and well it didn't take long for me to take a trip to the bathroom. Chicago thin crust that I grew up with was a more crisp crust pizza which to me is very tasty. Maybe we should compare similar pizzas. A deep dish pizza, it's a whole different food group. You can't compare the two in the same category and it's not fair to either city.

New York Pizza deffinetly wins this one. I like the thin crust, with the sauce and cheese spread on. Chicago pizza is has like a 3 inch layer of sauce that makes me gag. Chicago pizze isn't pizza, its like a sauce, cheece, and meat/vegetable cake, no thanks.

Chicago pizza is an art form. NY pizza is meant to be folded like a wet noodle. If you have any question try a sausage and mushroom pizza from Aurelios Pizza.

Gino's East in Chicago runs circles around any of the New York Greasy spoon joints. For that matter Lou Malnottis does too. Best in Denver is Aurelios in Happy Canyon on Hampton. Get the Sausage and onion or mushroom. Chicago takes pride in their Sausage something Ney York wouldn't know a thing about good sausage!!

Having delivered pizza for two years, it all tastes the same to me.

no question. NYC pizza tops it. when i leave NYC, it'll be the only thing i miss in this stink hole.

Whenever I would visit family in NYC, which was only about 15 miles from my town anyway, I would get a slice of New York Pizza and most of the time it was pretty good. The best pizza's were at those family owned and operated for god knows how long places. I've been to Chicago, had there pizza, and threw it out. I guess I'm a creature of habit.

(1=not a huge rivalry) I like a nice, thick crust, when done properly. I have nothing against NY style, though, but out of the two, I'll go for thick crust, pan pizza, Chicago style, whatever you wanna call it.

you are more likely to cholk on Chicago pizza than actually eat it, lol, i think i would amlmost rather cholk on it that eat it. nyc pizza can't be beat

Here's my Chicago Pizza story: There was a Chicago Pizza in Newport, RI some years ago. Well my friend was a company officer at Navy Cadet School and he invited me to join his graduating class over at Chicago Pizza. I was pretty hungry, but as pie after pie came out, each was more ghastly than the last. The dudes were ordering pizzas with disgusting combos like Double-Onions with anchovies, green peppers, pineapple, kielbasa, ham with no sauce...with extra onions. The dough was thick as a pillow and I ended up not even eating a single slice (in fact I spent the night suppressing a gag reflex). I took my friend to a seafood restaurant and had a real meal. This Pizza rivalry is about as much a comparison as World Series victories between the Yankees and Cubs. New York pizza (and its cousin from Philly) is far superior to the doughy and gross midwestern abonimation. Pizzeria Uno's Chicago Classic is about the only Chicago Pizza I'll even touch.

I worked at six different pizza joints, and, of couse, it depends on who makes the pizza.

I know this a big deal for New Yorkers and Chicagoans. But to me it's a no contest. New York Pizza by 1st round KO. Too much dough in Chicago Pizza.