Pequod's Clone - Pizza Making Progress - September 2022
If you ask ten people who lived on the northside of Chicago what their favorite pizza from that time in their life was, I'd bet that 8 of them will tell you one place: Pequod's . It is a place that serves a distinct version of Chicago Deep Dish that features what they call a "caramelized crust". What it really is a well-done whole milk mozzarella edge. Not quite a frico , but more an 'edge'. Is it my favorite? No. But, I'm a thin-crust-always-kinda-guy. We've been to Pequod's. Both the city location, but also the original up in Morton Grove. Here's my post from a visit there in 2015 . And here is our first visit to the suburban location (the original started here by Burt Katz) in 2011 . Also note...we did eventually make it to Burt's Place before Burt Katz passed away . But, back to Pequod's and why I bring it up. One of our neighbor's requested a Pequod's-style pizza recently. I haven't made deep dish pizz