Gino's East vs Giordano's

Every now and then I veer away from the grilling world and like to point out great food finds that I encounter during my travels. As everyone knows, Chicago is the home of deep dish pizza. If you have never tried it, you need to. The restaurant that claims to have made the first deep dish pie is Pizzarie Uno's in 1943. Since then dozens of pizza joints have jockeyed to be the best in town. A few of the other popular ones are Gino's East, Giordano's, and Lou Malnati's.

This week I was in Chicago and decided to conduct a little taste test. The two joints I singled out were Gino's East and Giordano's. Gino's East is a bit touristy but a lot of fun. The place is covered in graffiti and has a nice flair to it. Giordano's is more of a traditional chain restaurant. My pictures of the Gino's East pie didn't come out but I did score a couple of shots my monster pie from Giordano's.

Overall I felt like the two places were fairly equal. I didnt actual compare apples to apples though since at Gino's I ordered their sausage pie while at Girodano's I had pepperoni and onion. The Gino's sausage was kind of interesting because it came in patty form rather than crumbled. Even though I felt like the sauage didn't have enough taste I would choose Gino's East as the winner. Frankly, the Giordano's pie probably had a little too much mozzerella on it. I felt like it was just a sea of 'average' cheese. In the end I would eat at either one of them again for sure. I am actually getting really hungry at the moment blogging about them.