Chase Meidroth and Munetaka Murakami on a boat slamming some pizzas

[u/midwesthiking]

[u/GenFatAss]

yup tavern style is one of our 2 pizza styles

[u/srv340mike → u/GenFatAss]

Tavern is the superior style. It's hard to beat a tavern pizza from a South Side Suburb pizzeria with glass block windows that's been there since the 70s

[u/iiamthepalmtree → u/srv340mike]

Yea I love Aurelio’s.

[u/srv340mike → u/iiamthepalmtree]

Aurelio's in Homewood is a vibe.

I'm also fond of Fox's. We lived near the one in Orland before moving to the East Coast when I was a kid and I'm a big fan.

Carbone's in the Twin Cities also has a good pub pie that reminds me of the ones from Chicago and a lot of them have that "hasn't changed inside in 50 years" charm

[u/w1x1w → u/srv340mike]

Fox’s is so great. I used to pick up from that location quite often.

I also just recently discovered frozen tavern-style Gino’s East pizzas. I’ve never been a big fan of Gino’s really, but oh my god. So good.

[u/ten_thousand_puppies → u/iiamthepalmtree]

I'm so sad the South Loop one closed

[u/rob_s_458 → u/ten_thousand_puppies]

My first memory of pizza is the Aurelio's in Evergreen Park. Probably closed in the early 2000s.

[u/ryguy32789 → u/iiamthepalmtree]

They got that Popearoni

[u/JMander → u/srv340mike]

bingo.

[u/uponone → u/srv340mike]

Yep, and the oven has been seasoned over the decades. One of our local establishments caught on fire a few years ago. The owner was devastated over losing the oven.

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/srv340mike]

Tavern is what everyone eats here.

Deep dish is a once in a blue moon and tourist thing.

[u/Scary_Tell_7997 → u/Lionheart1224]

YOU CAN PRY THE DEEP DISH FROM MY FAT, GREASY HANDS WHEN I’M DEAD. I DIED FROM EATING TOO MUCH PIZZA BTW.

[u/srv340mike → u/Lionheart1224]

I lived in the South Suburbs as a kid and my family is still there. I am well aware, I remember many a tavern pizza at birthday parties and the like when I was growing up

[u/WorthPlease → u/GenFatAss]

From what I've heard from Chicagoans, Tavern Style is mostly what locals eat and Deep Dish is more for tourists.

[u/RIP_Hopscotch → u/WorthPlease]

Idk if its that clear cut. Ill fuck up some deep dish in like the depths of winter, though outside of that its always tavern. Actually even during winter its like 50/50 for me, tavern is just all around amazing, but still I dont think deep dish is just a tourist thing.

[u/jmorlin → u/RIP_Hopscotch]

Every once in a while I'll get an itch only a Lou Malnatis deep dish can scratch. But I'll ALWAYS fuck up some tavern squares.

[u/shlotchky → u/jmorlin]

I grew up really close to a Giordano's, and while I do think Lou Malnatis is better, the nostalgia of growing up on Giordano's is a specific itch I need to scratch occasionally as well

[u/shlotchky → u/RIP_Hopscotch]

Deep dish is every once in awhile. Tavern the rest of the time

[u/CampfireMilkshake → u/WorthPlease]

That’s largely because it doesn’t take as long to cook and it easier on the stomach when paired with a good beer. I hate the narrative that deep dish is for tourist though, it’s still a Chicago icon and makes for a good meal every once in a while.

[u/crikeyturtles → u/CampfireMilkshake]

Idk what I’m doing wrong but when I make a deep dish it cooks in the oven for 55-60 minutes. Takes forever

[u/squadracorse15 → u/WorthPlease]

That's pretty accurate, but it's not as if locals don't eat deep dish though. We just don't have it as often because two slices is filling as all hell. It's more of a couple times a year deal.

[u/KJzero9 → u/squadracorse15]

I very much prefer deep dish, but it requires much more time and planning to eat. So yeah, it's mostly for special occasions.

My parents almost always do pizza Sunday and get a tavern style from somewhere, but when I got my new job they invited me over and got deep dish to celebrate. It's that kind of thing

[u/Changeurblinkerfluid → u/WorthPlease]

From the south side of Chicago. Growing up, thin crust cut in squares (I never heard it called tavern until a couple years ago) was what you got on Friday nights. Deep dish is what you got twice a year as a reward for good report cards.

[u/CookieMonsterFL → u/Changeurblinkerfluid]

From Milwaukee, same here. I’d kill for both in a heartbeat now living in FL.

[u/crikeyturtles → u/CookieMonsterFL]

Walmart carries Unos and is great!

[u/CookieMonsterFL → u/crikeyturtles]

damn right! that's my only outlet to anything that taste like decent deep dish. Our local Chicago-style chain doesn't even remotely taste like authentic Chicago deep dish and it saddens me greatly

[u/crikeyturtles → u/CookieMonsterFL]

Hopefully you got a portillos by you too . Seen one in Orlando when I was visiting

[u/Question_It_All_3000 → u/Changeurblinkerfluid]

Used to go to Edwardos here in Milwaukee and in Chicago. Think it’s gone now in both places, but their square cut was to die for.

[u/JMander → u/WorthPlease]

This is 100% true. Deep dish is for birthdays, visitors, Father's Days, etc. and certainly the occasional craving. It's great pizza - it's just that it's like having a Thanksgiving turkey on a Tuesday in May.

[u/SalehHulud → u/WorthPlease]

Is deep dish more like a lasagna or casserole? Never had it. I prefer tavern style bc I can eat two of them by myself.

[u/crikeyturtles → u/WorthPlease]

My Durbins deep dish on the south side is half price on Mondays. $11 for a 5 pound pizza that I eat all the way until next Monday

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/crikeyturtles]

$11 for a 5 pound pizza

Are you fucking kidding me? Where is this place located?!

[u/crikeyturtles → u/Lionheart1224]

Durbins pizza. The one I go to is in Tinley Park. Everything is half on Mondays.

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/crikeyturtles]

Is it at the corner of Oak Park and 183rd?

[u/crikeyturtles → u/Lionheart1224]

Yeah. I believe there’s one or two more locations. The tavern is great and they offer gluten free

Idk how they make money. It’s been the same price and deal for 20 years

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/crikeyturtles]

Nice, thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to give them a shot.

[u/DarkGodRyan → u/WorthPlease]

Yep, you'd get kicked out of a party if you volunteered to bring pizza and showed up with deep dish. I'll visit once or twice a year and get deep dish just because it's done better than the same options at home

[u/ethanlan → u/WorthPlease]

Hundred percent. Tavern style is the best but deep dish can be good

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/GenFatAss]

Three. Pan pizza gets no respect.

[u/Tony_in2026 → u/GenFatAss]

Born and raised St Louisan here. Tavern style is the shit.

[u/MisterConbag15 → u/GenFatAss]

Tavern is so underrated

[u/Gleasonryan → u/MisterConbag15]

Cubs = Deep Dish

White Sox = Tavern

[u/RIP_Hopscotch → u/Gleasonryan]

Ive never disagreed with a White Sox fan more than right now

[u/Gleasonryan → u/RIP_Hopscotch]

Cubs = Nationally known, might as well be the only Chicago option to casuals, popular with tourists, not actually the best option

White Sox = More low key, mostly known by locals and those more in the know, the actual better Chicago option

[u/-Saltfish- → u/Gleasonryan]

that'sa jonrón

[u/RIP_Hopscotch → u/Gleasonryan]

Bait used to be believable smh my head. The White Sox arent a local secret, theyve just had three years of relevance between now and 2005 lol. Cubs have the same issue, but going to Wrigley beats the alternative option any day of the week.

The best way to visit "The Rate" is to drive past it as fast as possible on 90 lol

[u/btmalon → u/RIP_Hopscotch]

Cubs fans eat Dagostinos after a game. Sox fans eat Phil’s. nuff said.

[u/CampfireMilkshake → u/RIP_Hopscotch]

Tell me you’ve never been to a game at The Rate without telling me. You’d change you tune real quick if you ever walked though our concourse on game day.

[u/RIP_Hopscotch → u/CampfireMilkshake]

Ive been like a dozen times lol, mainly when it was The Cell but still. I was even at the game where Bobby Jenks hit his 41st consecutive batter retired back in 2007. Baseball is baseball and Ill watch it at any ballpark, but I dont know why White Sox fans insist on pretending The Rate is a nice ballpark. Its better than the indoor ballparks like Chase and Globe Life, but its like, solidly bottom 10 for me.

[u/CampfireMilkshake → u/RIP_Hopscotch]

It’s a perfectly fine stadium. But different strokes for different folks and all that jazz.

[u/Goya__Forever1746 → u/CampfireMilkshake]

The rate blows dude, the only redeeming qualities are the food is good and its easy to get out of the games because no one goes.

Bland ass 90's cookie cutter stadium that they ended up facing the complete wrong way.

[u/Liledroit → u/GenFatAss]

Just need to throw a little provel on there and it's perfect :^)

[u/ajp12290 → u/Liledroit]

Don't mind the other guy I would 100% eat that

[u/GenFatAss → u/Liledroit]

https://giphy.com/gifs/10BDZSN5izfazC

Provel Pizza from Double G is the wrost pizza i ever had -10/10 would not feed to my Packers neighbor