Deep Dish Pizza in Chicago

Chicago invented deep-dish at Pizzeria Uno in 1943 — this list covers the pan-and-stuffed canon that critics and LTHForum regulars actually rank first.

• #1

  Pequod's Pizza

  Lincoln Park

  “Burt Katz's 1970 pan-pizza legacy lives on via the caramelized-cheese rim that made Pequod's the modern Chicago deep-dish benchmark, voted Yelp's #1 pizza in America in 2024.”

• #2

  Lou Malnati's Pizzeria

  River North

  “The Malnati family traces its deep-dish lineage back to Pizzeria Uno's kitchen in the 1940s; their flaky butter crust and sausage-patty pie is the Eater Chicago Pizza Week poll's consensus best deep-dish in town.”

• #3

  Burt's Place

  Morton Grove

  “The late Burt Katz's last pizzeria, reopened in 2017 under new ownership that kept the signature caramelized-crust pan pie Katz originated at Gulliver's and Pequod's before founding this Morton Grove shrine.”

• #4

  Bartoli's Pizzeria

  Roscoe Village

  “Run by the Bartoli family whose ancestor co-founded Gino's East in 1966, this North Center pie has been named best deep-dish by Eater Chicago, USA Today and Food & Wine.”

• #5

  Gino's East

  Streeterville

  “Opened in 1966 by Sam Levine, Fred Bartoli and George Loverde, Gino's East popularized the yellow cornmeal crust and the graffiti-walled Streeterville tradition that still defines the tourist-era deep-dish experience.”