Deep Dish Pizza

People at Berkeley rave about Zachary's Pizza. I've had it a couple times, and although my tummy was quite pleased, I didn't think it was rave-worthy. Tonight I actually went to Zachary's for dinner. Previously I had it when someone had ordered it to go and brought it back. So tonight I thought, okay, now I will get the true experience. The pizza will have been freshly made and placed before me while still piping hot. So I ate and ate and well, it didn't really change my opinion. I really felt like all I was eating was tomato sauce. I don't think it matters what toppings you order; the sauce will just overpower everything. You're really just paying for the texture of the toppings, so if you're gonna pay for toppings you might as well pick healthy ones. I also found the tomato sauce to be a little too acidic for my taste.

Now, let me tell you about Pizza Chicago. Whenever someone tells me how great Zachary's is, I reply, "Yeah it's okay... but Pizza Chicago is waaaaaaaay better. What? You've never heard of Pizza Chicago? Pshh. You don't know anything then. You're just a big deep dish lovin' poser." Unlike Zachary's, the pizza from Pizza Chicago actually resembles pizza. You know, the cheese and toppings are on the outside. And when you order different pizzas, they actually taste different! I know right? Different toppings actually excite different taste buds!!! Holy cow! Okay okay, now you're asking, where can I find this Pizza Chicago? Well, there are only THREE locations in the ENTIRE WORLD. And if you're lucky enough you may live close enough to travel to one. They're located in Palo Alto, San Jose, and Santa Clara. Yeah yeah, Pizza Chicago is not actually located in Chicago. For all I know it's not even representative of Chicago styled pizza. But I don't care. It's hella good. My favorite is Black Hawk (named after Chicago's NHL team). Order it.

Some tips:
-You can get a pizza that's half one special and half another, so it's easy to satisfy multiple people and get variety.
-Every Monday night you get a 25% discount on your entire meal (at the Santa Clara location anyway).
-Sweetness is super delicious. It's a giant chocolate chip cookie with Haagen Daz ice cream on top. Yeah, if you're from Taiwan, you know you love your Haagen Daz. (The Sweetness is pretty much the same thing as a pazookie from BJ's.)

No discussion on Bay Area deep dish pizza would be complete without a mention of BJ's. I don't much care for their pizza. I find it rather salty.

Oh, I don't much like UNO's either. Although I base that on my memories as a kid, and who knows what young me was thinking.