Chicago deep dish invented by Texan Ike Sewell.
Up here they steam them refrigerate the heat on the wood fired grill to serve. Lol
Are these pork or beef ribs? Chicago processed beef and hogs in yesteryear.
My friends in Chicago appreciate "deep dish" pies, but under their breath, they admit that true Chicago bar pizza is the way to roll.
Huge fan and have made it at home as well. Last couple trips to Chicago before I retired included Portillos.
This is very true. Deep Dish is for special occasions and when we have out of town guests who want to try it. Much more often we eat thin crust, always cut "tavern style" and never into triangles. There are a bevy of incredible family owned places dotted around the city and suburbs that serve this. My personal favorites are Home Run Inn and Papa's Pizza in Woodridge, IL. Also sausage is the most popular topping by a mile in an area about 50 miles around the city and in southern Wisconsin and West Michigan. All the rest of the country favors pepperoni. I've actually seen some maps showing this. (It matches the area where 16-inch softball is dominant over the girls softball variant with the gloves that for some reason non-Chicagoan men actually play.)
Portillos is great and I go for it every time I pass through Indianapolis. But if you are actually in Chicago there are better places for hot dogs (superdawg, Gene and Jude's, Byron's which puts shredded lettuce on the dogs which is a violation but they've been doing it since the Depression so they are grandfathered in) and Beefs (Al's is PERFECT). Believe it or not the best thing at Portillo's is the burgers and the chocolate cake shake where they shove a huge slice of amazing chocolate cake into a milkshake.
Al’s is the gold standard. There are a lot of good places, but Al’s has a particular savory flavor profile in the Au jus that is exceptional.Next time I am in Chi-town, where should I go to get some?
JC
The are a bunch of places on the south side that do rib tips and hot links. I have tried a couple, they were just OK. Thick sweet sauce, but not unique. None of them brag about homemade sauce so I think it’s bottled. If you find yourself on the south side in White Sox land, I recommend going straight to Harold’s Fried Chicken. That’s an experience.
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