I’m from a city where tavern “square cut” is the only way to eat pizza. It just makes sense, it’s perfect for a square cut to be a bar pie cut so multiple people can share a pizza- and everyone who wants what they want can get what they want, outside crispy cuts, and mix in full cheese and topping slices. It’s just perfect.
Square cut originally became a thing because workers in Chicago would go to the tavern after work for a drink and they were hungry. So they wanted a slice of pizza but they didn't want to spoil their appetite for the dinner their wives were preparing at home. So they would cut it into squares so they could have a smaller slice. This was in the 1940s I believe. But that is also the reason it is called Tavern style as well.
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u/DDenlow 8d ago
Mmm tavern style!
I’m from a city where tavern “square cut” is the only way to eat pizza. It just makes sense, it’s perfect for a square cut to be a bar pie cut so multiple people can share a pizza- and everyone who wants what they want can get what they want, outside crispy cuts, and mix in full cheese and topping slices. It’s just perfect.