Lou Malnati's deep dish pizza is the best deep dish pizza I have ever had.
If you are planning a trip to Chicago, there are various Lou Malnati's Pizza locations throughout the City and Northern Suburbs, maybe Southern Suburbs too (but most of us know not to go there). Gino's East and Giordano's are good choices for deep dish too, but Lou's is where you want to go if you only get one shot. Lou Malnati's opened on March 17th, 1971 in Lincolnwood. "Lou always thought it was funny that an Italian should open a pizzeria in a Jewish neighborhood on an Irish holiday. But that was Lou's style, he loved all types of people and didn't care much about what people thought." Well guess what, Lou. We think you're pretty awesome.
Note: If you just aren't a deep dish lover, Lou Malnati's thin crust pizza is FANTASTIC ...and is the only proven hangover cure known to college kids.
Everyone that enjoys deep dish knows that having a perfect crust is a priority. Lou's cornmeal crust is both crunchy, yet sweet. I also love how you can really taste the wine in the chunky tomato sauce. My mom's favorite pizza is the sausage. Lou's sausage "patty" is specially created for the restaurant, layered on top of the cheese and just under the pizza sauce. Yummm....
One (more) thing I love about this pizza is that you can find it at The Taste of Chicago, Lollapalooza, etc. Lou knows you love him, so he comes to you. The photo above was taken at Lolla in 2010. As you can imagine, this was one of the better days of my life: friends, music, beer and authentic deep dish pizza = happy girl.
Lou Malnati's Home Page
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