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| - I'm not from Chicago, but I've been to several of the key places that serve as true pure examples of "Chicago-style Deep Dish" pizza. I also grew up on Rosati's (which came here from Chicago decades ago).
Here in Arizona, there's not a ton of places to get a Chicago deep dish. And I've seen a few of them close as well. I've been to a lot of them, and some I like more than others. Rosati's is great, but quality can vary wildly from store to store. Oregano's sells a deep dish... it's good, but intense.
Deep dish pizza in general is intense... it's a ton of food. It's also kinda weird if you haven't had it before. Sauce on top? WTF is that? It's almost like an upside-down cake made with pizza ingredients. It also requires you to wait a long time as they take like an hour to cook. But it can definitely be worth the wait.
Sanfratello's is a new chain that comes to us straight from Chicago. Tonight, I picked up a deep dish pepperoni and sausage, a caesar salad, and something called "pizza fritz." Their pizza boxes are pretty unique - they don't require employees to spend hours of their day folding boxes... it's a clever design that I've never seen before. It also seems like less cardboard, and it's more sturdy. Who cares though, right?
The food was delicious. I honestly wasn't expecting too much from the pizza, but it was excellent. It was lighter than a typical deep dish. All the flavor was there though. It was a great example of a good Chicago deep dish, but when I was done eating it, I didn't feel like I had a giant brick in my gut. The salad was good as well - tender chicken, clean fresh lettuce, crisp croutons, and tasty dressing. Can't ask for much more.
The pizza fritz were like a puffed pastry made from pizza dough sprinkled with powdered sugar. Pretty simple, but a nice little treat. Didn't seem like it was super high in calories like other desserts. It came with some chocolate dip, but we opted to put chocolate swirl cookie butter on it instead - because fat. Shut up.
The setup here is more or less pick up and delivery... they do have some nice yet very small tables inside, and a few tables on the patio. This location is set up similar to how most Rosati's are, but a tad bigger. Don't expect to bring the whole family for a sit-down meal.
Anyway, I like this place. Put one closer to my house.
Oh, they deliver too. (sadly, not to me).
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