Paul, Agreed, Uno's pizza isn't as good as it once was, but I was still thinking of driving into the city to get one tonight. We'll do it 4 or 5 times a year, often with the kids. My personal favorite is very crisp thin crust pizza, but after 30+ years, Alex & Aldo got too old and retired. I'm looking for a new place. Fox's Beverly Pizza? 100th and Western is far... Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 09:51:48 -0500, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I miss Uno. Back in the sixties I used to go there at least once a > week with my pals. We'd all pile in this guy's 55 Caddy and drive up > there from the South Side. In those days, there were names carved in > the walls and tables. I carved mine prominently on a table in the > corner. The pizza was wonderful then: thick, savory and sweet with a > very crunchy crust. I went back there a few years ago with my kids. I > wanted to show them my name and have a pizza. Imagine my disappointment > when I opened the door and discovered that they had cleaned the joint > up. "Yes," the waitress said, "we replaced all the tables and woodwork > about ten years ago." It seems that after the franchised Pizzeria Unos > had popped up all around the country, people expressed displeasure when > they saw how worn and grungy the original was. The pizza seemed more > institutionalized as well. It was certainly not what I remembered. > Good, but perhaps not great. My daughter who lives in Chicago tells me > that Giordano's is now considered the best deep dish pizza. She FedExed > me one of theirs a couple of weeks ago. It doesn't have the real > crunchy almost mealy crust of the old Unos, but it does have very rich > sauce and good cheese. Ironically, Giordano's was on the South Side > back when I was a kid, and like most South Side pizzerias, they were > known for their thin crust pizza. Which, by the way, remains my > favorite. South Side thin crust pizza is the real Chicago pizza, and > it's far better than those hefty North Side pies. It's nothing like New > York pizza. The crust is much thinner and has a corn meal texture. The > sauce goes right on top of the crust. Then comes a layer of loose > Italian sausage with lots of fennel. Mozzzarella goes over the sausage > and it's sprinkled with a bit of parmesan. When it's baked the sausage > gives up a bit of grease, and the cheese just kind of floats above the > pie. It's cut in little squares, which makes it manageable by hand. It > would be tough to eat doing a New York fold. Very decadent, very > fattening, but very good. My favorite is at Fox's Beverly Pizza on > 100th and Western. If you've never had a South Side Pizza, you haven't > lived <g>. > On Nov 20, 2004, at 9:26 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > The really important part of the shot is Pizzarea Uno, the best and > > most famous place for thick crust pizza in Chicago! Regards, Bob > > S. > > > > > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:59:00 -0500, Paul Stenquist > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> So I'm walking in Chicago, and I see a Lucky Jeans billboard. Just so > >> happens I recently shot a woman for stock pulling on a pair of Lucky > >> Jeans. So I think, "I ought to shoot this billboard and replace their > >> shot with my shot." So I do. Unfortunately, the light was awful, but I > >> did a workaround in my reconstruct. Anyway, here are the URLs for > >> their > >> version and my version. WARNING: MY VERSION DEPICTS A YOUNG WOMAN WITH > >> HER PANTS AT HALF MAST. DON'T LOOK IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE > >> HUMAN > >> BODY. > >> > >> Lucky's version: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2894619 > >> > >> My version: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2894628 > >> > >> > > > >
