Let's clear up some things about Chicago style pizza, folks....

Ok, rest of the country.... from 2009-2013, you're going to have to deal with a Chicago boy in the White House. So it's time to clear up some things about Chicago-style pizza.

Everyone always seems to think "deep dish" when they think of Chicago. While it did originate here, it's much more of a "special occasion" thing than your everyday take-out pizza. The first time I ever had deep dish was when I was 13 and I went with my friend Erin to the Printer's Roe Book Fair. Even though we were only 13, we were actually allowed to go downtown on the train and to the fair on our own, because Erin had been going to a charter school in the city for years (her parents kinda split time between the city and the 'burbs) so she knew where she was going and everything. For lunch, we had plans to go to Edwardo's. We got a deep dish/stuffed pizza (stuffed pizza is similar but it involves 2 crusts, a top and a bottom) with tomatoes and elephant garlic. It was wonderful.

Anyway... what the majority of corner pizza places serve is not deep dish. It's not like fluffy Pizza Hut pizza, either. Crispy, thin, breadstick-like crust.

We ordered a pizza from our new favorite place on Saturday, after the hubby put together my new elliptical. He didn't have any lunch, so he was hungry. Very hungry.

This is what it looked like when we were done eating....



Not too much left. But take a closer look at the thin, crispy crust....


Oh, that was a corner piece. Those corner pieces are prizes. Growing up, there were four of us in the house and four corner pieces to a pizza, and I would raise hell when I was somehow denied my corner piece.



See that? Thin thin thin thin thin crust. Good sauce, and then cheese and toppings. This was our usual "garbage pizza", which is sausage, pepperoni, onions, green pepper, and mushrooms. We still have yet to find a new place that does a good version of our "stinky pizza", which is sausage, shrimp and garlic.

So, for the next four years, if the president is ever in your hometown and you hear he's looking for some good pizza, you know what he likes. He and the family are apparently fans of this, the most typical of Chicago pizza. They're not looking for deep dish. They're looking for this.