DAY 21: OCTOBER 21st, 2008 - Lou Malnati's

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(c) Sean Taylor 2008

DAY 21: OCTOBER 21st, 2008

LOCATION: Lou Malnati's (N. Wells St. and Hubbard St., Chicago)

ORDER: 1 slice of thin cheese, half a slice of spinach pan

GUEST(S): Robin Rothman, Karisa Bruin, Adam Rife


PIZZA REVIEW: Preserving Chicago style pizza through thick and thin. While at Pizzeria Uno, Lou Malnati helped develop a recipe that made Chicago deep dish pizza what it is today. Loaded with chunky tomato sauce and layers of cheese, a couple of slices of Lou Malnati's pan pizza easily constitutes a full meal. Malnati's, like many area pizzerias, also produces a thin crust pizza. I couldn't resist, I had a little of both. The tomato sauce, alone, makes the pizza worthwhile to me so the mozzarella cheese and chewy crust are bonus. With each flavorful bite it became clearer and clearer why there were three large dining areas and a waiting room. The word is out on this place. When you (and everyone else) see the name "Lou Malnati's" you know it's good pizza.

MISC.:
1. Adam Rife water skis every year, early and often.

2. The post pizza analysis was filmed right outside of the Buckingham Fountain - known best in the intro to Married With Children. Anyway, it's under construction now so I couldn't that close to it.


RATING:
4.33/5
VALUE:
4/5

AMBIENCE:
3/3

TASTE:
8/10

SERVICE:
3/3

18/21 = .857 x 5 = 4.286

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Lou
• Malnati's
• pizza
• deep
• dish
• married
• with
• children
• chicago

[mgarza1335]

Correction 15 out if 5 stars!

[phillinBchillin]

Chili's, KFC, PF Changs, Red Lobster, Ruby Tuesdays, Cheesecake Factory...what if you could make the food they do right from home? Now you can! - youtube.com/watch?v=6ktnVmKZXO­o

[phillinBchillin]

Chili's, KFC, PF Changs, Red Lobster, Ruby Tuesdays, Cheesecake Factory...what if you could make the food they do right from home? Now you can! - youtube.com/watch?v=6ktnVmKZXO­o

[ocelotxp]

I would have liked a bit more with this review... what did you order, how would you describe what you ate, what brought you to rate everything as you did, what did your friends think, how does this compare to other pizza you've had, etc, etc, etc.

[ocelotxp]

In response to Carissa's comment about her gluten-free diet, I want to say that Chicago-style pizza probably doesn't have as much gluten in it as New York Style.... mostly because the dough is very different. NY pizza is going to be chewy (a characteristic of gluten-based bread) whereas Chicago pizza is not. In fact, you could probably easily make a gluten-free Chicago-style pizza if you really wanted to.

[JakeGold3n]

good pizza :)