Styles

Chicago bars

Tavern thin

Crackers, squares, a beer

The other Chicago pizza: cracker-thin, cut into squares, meant for a bar rail. Party cut. Sausage in little crumbles. No fork.

This is what a lot of Chicago actually grew up eating. Deep dish is the postcard. Tavern is the weeknight.

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Vito & Nick's in ChicagoChicagoEditor

Vito & Nick's

Chicago, United States

8433 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60652

Editor's pick

Cracker-thin, party-cut, a South Side bar pie. The Chicago pizza that is not a postcard.

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Recipes for this pie.

Classic Cheese PizzaNew York

Classic Cheese Pizza

From New York

Sauce, mozzarella, that’s it. The pie Google still looks for every night.

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