I watched a program on Travel channel the other day that pitted New York-style pizza against Chicago-style pizza… so basically thin crust pizza vs deep dish pizza.  It was an entertaining program to watch and highlighted the history of pizza in the US.  Apparently the restaurant I took a photo of and posted on the last time I was in New York (Lombardi’s) is widely credited as being the first official pizzeria in the US.  I’ll have to give it a try next time I’m in the big City.

Here are a few comments and questions I had as I watched the program:

• New York Style = thin crust pizza… New York style?? you mean Italian Style.
• Ike Sewell opened the first deep dish, Chicago-style pizzeria called Uno’s and followed that with another pizzeria across the street called Due.  Sewell doesn’t sound like an Italian name, yet he called his place Uno’s? hmmm, why would he do that? (brand Italy.)
• Soon after Uno’s became popular in Chicago, two cab drivers opened a pizzeria (Gino’s East) neither one was named Gino and neither was Italian…. hmmm, why would they do that?

There are certainly plenty of pizzerias in the world and the guys over at Slice highlight over 21 regional styles here in the US.   What’s your favorite Pizzeria?? and why?