Who has the best stuffed pizza?
 

Well??????????? Who does?

You can only talk Chicago in this arena.<BR><BR>The top picks always include Lou Malnati's, Giordano's, Uno (not the chain) (and a few others).

&quot;Stuffed pizza&quot; and &quot;best&quot; don't belong in the same sentence. A classic example of Americans performing subtraction by addition.

Another vote for Giordano's

Well, if you're talking spinach, Baccino's have a great spinach and mushroom. Not as salty as Giordanos.<BR><BR>For what it's worth,<BR>Racy

Thanks for the replies! And yes, I assume it would be Chicago. I should have added also which places are known for shipping them. My friend loves pizza and we do not have a place that makes stuffed pizza here (south fla) so I thought I would surprise him with one.

If it is done a certain way deep-dish can be BETTER than the thin crust variety, although I am a thin and crispy crust person on any given pizza day. Don't judge all stuffed pizzas by what you get outside of Chicago.<BR><BR>The above are all excellent, but my all time favorite one is at Gino's East in the Southwest suburbs. It's very similar to Baccino's but it has more corn meal and also lose corn meal under the bottom crust that is HEAVENLY.<BR><BR>YUM!

There's a little-known place in Chicago called Rizzata's that has the best stuffed pizza I've had anywhere (and I've had Giordano's, Uno's, Gino's, Bacino's, etc.). Giordano's is a close second, though!<BR><BR>For regular deep dish, my favorite is Lou Malnati's. Gino's is also very good!

Y-U-C-K<BR><BR>who knows something about food?

dont knock it till you try it toots!

Oh buzz off Sarah.<BR>And next you'll tell us that you don't like ice cream because it's such a &quot;commodity of the proletariat&quot;.<BR>(That means working class/common in case you slept through sociology, Sarah).

Pizza Hut does not offer stuffed pizza. Stuffed pizza has two layers of crust with the sauce on top and the cheese and other ingredients between the two layers of crust.

What's the difference between a stuffed pizza and a calzone?

When people talk about &quot;stuffed pizza&quot; what do they mean? Pizza Hut has the god-awful processed cheese stuffed crust. <BR><BR>But there is a pizza place near where I live called Zachary's that says they make &quot;Chicago Style&quot; stuffed pizza. Really, it's not &quot;stuffed&quot;, but rather a deep-dish pizza. I don't like thick crust, but their crust isn't that thick. The pizza is absolutely AMAZING. <BR><BR>Does anyone else know what I'm talking about? Zachary's Pizza in Berkeley and Oakland, CA

I love Zachary's stuffed pizza, too. And, yes, Sarah, I do know about food. But, James, it IS actually a stuffed pizza. The top dough layer is thin and kind of melts in.<BR><BR>I think of stuffed pizza as just a different thing than pizza, and I don't see why you can't like both, if they're good. <BR><BR>You know, even in Italy there are variations in pizza. The Romans and Neapolitans argue all the time about crust.

I travel to Chicago on business a lot. I just ate at a place called Edwardos. It was really good. I also like Giordanos and Gino's East.

Michele: Where in Chicago is Rizzata's?<BR><BR>Also, what is the diffence between:<BR><BR>pan pizza<BR>deep dish pizza and<BR>stuffed pizza?<BR><BR>I'm a native Chicagoan &amp; have never really understood the differences. (I always order thin crust.)

Another vote for Giordano's.

Being a huge pizza fan, here's my take. Not sure if I'm 100% right, only what I've noticed. I believe pan pizza has a thick crust and of course, is baked in a pan. Deep dish crust isn't usally as thick but it's baked in a pan and has more toppings. Stuffed has a botton and top crust and usually has the most toppings. To answer a previous questions, a calzone is usually a serving for one and involves one round crust folded over to form a &quot;moon&quot; with the fillings inside and then baked.

Mary is correct but in addition to her explanation, stuffed pizza has the all but the sauce between the layers of crust. The sauce is on top of the top layer of crust.

I have just returned from Chicago and did a personal head-to-head comparison of Lou Malnati's vs. Giordano's pizzas (stuffed only).<BR><BR>The clear winner is Giordano's.<BR>Malnati's crust is pitiful, though the pizza itself had a nicer appearance and I liked the whole slices of tomato on top. Good pizza, no question, and light years better than what I have available at home.<BR><BR>Giordano's crust, sauce, cheese and entire package is the best I've ever eaten.<BR><BR>So here's to GIORDANO'S!

I'm agreeing with most everyone else.<BR><BR>GIORDANO'S!!!<BR><BR>I take the red-eye Thursday evening and you know where I'll be on Friday!!!<BR><BR>I just might get one to take back to LA, too!<BR><BR>

Hey &quot;stuck&quot;: if you ever get REALLY desperate for a Giordano's pie, they express ship them on ice anywhere in the country. Pretty expensive shipping...like $20 to the coast.<BR>But, there are times....

Well Giordanos looks like the winner and they ship. So I places an order for two pizzas (total w/ shipping 71.14) this morning and they should be here tomorrow! I can't wait. Thanks for the replies.

Not to be a wet blanket, but a frozen pizza never tastes like a freshly made one.<BR>I had a pizza delivered frozen once and it really was not a good representation of the fresh, best case scenario.<BR>Just my 2 cents.

Giordano's Giordano's Giordano's!!!<BR>Makes my mouth water!

Well it has arrived by Fedex and even just opening the box, it smells better than anything we can get here. Thanks again.

some F'in fool is writing message after message in response to his own message.

LuvPizza: don't cook it too quickly (to max the flavor and crust texture).<BR>Tell us how it turned out!

Our vote goes to Biagio's Suparosa, (they used to be called Nancy's). They've won best stuffed pizza in Chicago many times, and were once featured on the Today Show as the best pizza in the U.S. Good Luck !

Try the new Chicago Deep Dish Pizaa from Pizza Hut. Y-U-M!

Hopefully Sarah is just kidding.<BR>The cheese they use in those things is disgusting flavorless process stuff that ANY self respecting pizzeria in Chicago wouldn't use for lining the wastecans.

Gino's Gino's Gino's.

<BR>In order<BR><BR>1. Giordano's<BR>2. Baccino's<BR>3. Eduardo.s<BR><BR>Unfortunately all Giordano restaurants aren't the same. Some are better than others. Still #1 in my book.<BR><BR>If you want to know what a stuffed pizza is, and see a slice, go here:<BR><BR>http://www.zacharys.com/stuffedpizza.htm<BR><BR>

LuvPizza kind of left us hanging. Where are you?

I'm in cell block C6 in the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary.<BR>But I love stuffed pizza and we don't get any here.<BR>So I thought I'd just try to get some discussion going to stimulate my imagination.<BR>Thanks for the good thoughts.<BR>Peace everyone.

Who said frozen pizza doesn't make the grade? Phooey!<BR><BR>At Fresh Fields, buy Wolfgang's or American falt bread frozen pizzas.<BR><BR>Let it thaw, and then add good olive oil, red pepper flakes, anchovies, black olives, basal, onions, garlic, oregano, tomato paste or chopped tomatoes, parmegiano reggiano, salt and pepper, and cook that bad boy per instructions on the box.<BR><BR>You talk about something good - yummmmmm! You'' run back to the store for more.

Hi,<BR>I am the real &quot;luvPizza&quot; here! I ordered two of them - one cheese only and one with onion and mushrooms. We wanted to try sausage but they wont ship meat. They arrived without a problem and were still frozen. There was plenty of dry ice left for probably another day if I wasn't home the first time to sign for them. As so soon as you opened the box, it smelled great! So we invited a few friends over and did the mushroom and onion one first. It baked up pefectly. Didn't have a cardboard taste at all. We all loved it. A couple days later we tried the cheese one and it too was very, very good! Everyone is hooked on them so we have decided to once a month order a couple and everyone take turns paying for them. They were very good! Thanks for all the advice!