I like starting on an edge before moving to the yummy middle pieces, so I’d start with #3, I’m not a fan of sausage, so #1 is out. Pepperoni, on the other hand, is the food of the gods.
My first plate usually consists of 1 of each. Order I eat them in is 1,2,4,3. But 3 is my favorite piece
- Because I said so.... - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:25 am:
I’m a Chicagoan and prefer super thin crust. #1 for sure and agree with Cheryl44 on the order. If it’s a slightly thicker thin crust I usually go for a middle piece. Now I’m hungry.
- Joe Bidenopolous - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:25 am:
1 is the right answer for the first piece, but only so you can get an opening to 2 and it’s brothers, which are the superior pieces of any pizza
Chicagoans: if you ever find yourselves in Springfield and want this kind of pizza, Gabatoni’s is the place to go. You’ll think you died and went to heaven.
After living in FL for a few years now one of my few complaints is that we can’t seem to get a good pizza. A friend gave me a few Lou Malnati’s the other day. Have to say I forgot just how great Chicago pizza really is. New York / New Jersey can’t hold a candle to it as far as I am concerned.
Of the choices on the picture - 3, 4, 2, 1. Normally, I’d start with a piece like 3 and move down to other slices like 3 and then up for a couple of 2’s, ending with a 4 or 1 depending on whether my dinner companions left anything.
- Just Another Anon - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 10:56 am:
#4, the taster slice, the tenderloin of the pizza.
The bigger issue here is that this pizza isn’t properly dressed. Gotta have sausage, mushrooms, & peppers on it. Cheese pizza is for children who don’t know any better. This pizza makes me sad, like showing up to a wedding and finding out its a cash bar.
As a born & bred Chicagoan, I cringe when my wife and kids ‘pre-blot’ the grease with a paper napkin.
- Proud Papa Bear - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 11:42 am:
I want 2 but I won’t be that guy. I’m waiting until someone grabs 1 and then I’m taking the two adjoining non-edge pieces, putting some ranch dressing on it, and folding it like a sandwich so my fingers don’t get completely greasy.
- Skeptic - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:07 am:
(Full disclosure, I only lived in the Chicago area a short time.) Clearly #1.
- Perrid - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:07 am:
1 is the best and it’s not a contest. I will grant you that I am not from Chicago so I’m not really the targeted survey group.
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:11 am:
The piece with the sausage on it.
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:12 am:
Sorry, now I see it. #1.
- ChicagoVinny - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:12 am:
1, it’s the filet mignon cut of the pizza.
- Keyrock - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:13 am:
#3. Edge + real content.
- Cheryl44 - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:16 am:
Actual Chicagoan here. It’s 1, 3, 4, 2.
- Anon312 - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:16 am:
Directly to the left of #2. And throw some giardiniera on there already, for goodness sakes.
- Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:17 am:
I start with a corner piece like 1 to tide me over while filling my plate with the likes of 3.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:18 am:
John Amdor, as only John Amdor can, really broke down the pizza slice choice, well worth your Twitter-time amusement.
I rank them 3, 1, 2, 4.
I feel 3 is the best of all worlds, the 3 is being used to disguise its greatness.
- Pot calling kettle - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:22 am:
Who picks one piece at a time? I’d pick the strip from #2 to the top or to the left side.
- bogey golfer - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:22 am:
Where do you find a place that puts sausage on 1/4 of a pie? #1.
- JoanP - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:23 am:
1,3,4,2.
I’m a Chicagoan, born and bred.
- Bourbon Street - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:23 am:
I like starting on an edge before moving to the yummy middle pieces, so I’d start with #3, I’m not a fan of sausage, so #1 is out. Pepperoni, on the other hand, is the food of the gods.
- Grandson of Man - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:23 am:
#1
Sausage is hit or miss with me. I like sweet/seasoned sausage, not gamey. If it’s good, it’s great.
- anonomoose - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:24 am:
#1. Of course.
- XonXoff - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:24 am:
1 for me. And with some luck the adjoining piece wasn’t cut through so I’ll take it too, to avoid making a mess.
- tavern-style - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:25 am:
My first plate usually consists of 1 of each. Order I eat them in is 1,2,4,3. But 3 is my favorite piece
- Because I said so.... - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:25 am:
I’m a Chicagoan and prefer super thin crust. #1 for sure and agree with Cheryl44 on the order. If it’s a slightly thicker thin crust I usually go for a middle piece. Now I’m hungry.
- Joe Bidenopolous - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:25 am:
1 is the right answer for the first piece, but only so you can get an opening to 2 and it’s brothers, which are the superior pieces of any pizza
- Nick Name - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:26 am:
1, of course.
Chicagoans: if you ever find yourselves in Springfield and want this kind of pizza, Gabatoni’s is the place to go. You’ll think you died and went to heaven.
On East Laurel, by the railroad tracks.
- Mjolnir - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:29 am:
Born & raised in Chicago (in the city, not surrounding burbs)
2, 1 then, if absolutely necessary, 3, 4.
- Huh? - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:44 am:
Start at 1, eat way to 2. Leave the rest. No need to waste time on a pizza that doesn’t have sausage.
- @misterjayem - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:49 am:
1) My first piece would be the entire vertical column containing #4. And because it is cheese only, ain’t nobody gonna squawk about it.
After that, it’s outermost pieces, then working my way to the middle in a crispy-to-greasy death-spiral.
2) Aurilio’s, thin crust, fiesta, sausage & mushroom.
Ready for pick-up in 25 minutes.
– MrJM
- A Guy - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:54 am:
==Sorry, now I see it. #1.==
The piece immediately south of #1
- Stones - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 9:56 am:
To the question #3.
After living in FL for a few years now one of my few complaints is that we can’t seem to get a good pizza. A friend gave me a few Lou Malnati’s the other day. Have to say I forgot just how great Chicago pizza really is. New York / New Jersey can’t hold a candle to it as far as I am concerned.
- Cheryl44 - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 10:11 am:
Lou Malnati’s lasagna is world class. Also, if I have out of town guests who *have* to eat deep dish, that’s where we go.
- Norseman - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 10:27 am:
Of the choices on the picture - 3, 4, 2, 1. Normally, I’d start with a piece like 3 and move down to other slices like 3 and then up for a couple of 2’s, ending with a 4 or 1 depending on whether my dinner companions left anything.
- Just Another Anon - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 10:56 am:
#4, the taster slice, the tenderloin of the pizza.
The bigger issue here is that this pizza isn’t properly dressed. Gotta have sausage, mushrooms, & peppers on it. Cheese pizza is for children who don’t know any better. This pizza makes me sad, like showing up to a wedding and finding out its a cash bar.
- K3 - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 10:58 am:
What kind of monster picks #2?
- Ducky LaMoore - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 11:07 am:
I’ll just have the entire left side. Hope nobody else is too hungry.
- Nick Name - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 11:12 am:
===a crispy-to-greasy death-spiral.===
Gotta be one of the world’s top five gastronomic experiences.
- Skeptic - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 11:34 am:
“===a crispy-to-greasy death-spiral.===
Gotta be one of the world’s top five gastronomic experiences.
”
Restaurant quality.
- Jocko - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 11:37 am:
#1 on my way to #2, #3, then #4 if I’m desperate.
As a born & bred Chicagoan, I cringe when my wife and kids ‘pre-blot’ the grease with a paper napkin.
- Proud Papa Bear - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 11:42 am:
I want 2 but I won’t be that guy. I’m waiting until someone grabs 1 and then I’m taking the two adjoining non-edge pieces, putting some ranch dressing on it, and folding it like a sandwich so my fingers don’t get completely greasy.
- Fav human - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 11:54 am:
Edge piece, of course. You need a knife and fork for those floppy inner ones.
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 12:24 pm:
4. I like those crunchy pieces.
- NoGifts - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 12:38 pm:
-Jocko- yeah! i’m always thinking “how much good can it do, the rest is fat anyway!” what a waste of napkins.
- Gladhander - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 12:44 pm:
#1 first. It is the quick snack while loading up your plate with the other pieces.
- Huh? - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 12:57 pm:
“You need a knife and fork for those floppy inner ones.”
What heathen eats pizza with a knife and fork?
- Flapdoodle - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 1:20 pm:
You gotta choose only if you’re gonna share, and who says I’m sharing?
- Notorious RBG - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 3:28 pm:
#1 is the only correct answer.
- Harvest76 - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 3:41 pm:
What number do I use if I just roll up the pizza and eat the whole thing?
- Boone's is Back - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 3:44 pm:
Love the Chicago tavern cut of that Pie!