funkster wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 4:06 pm
True Chicago pizza is tavern style cut in squares.
I have to explain this to people (non-Chicagoans) all the time, because people elsewhere have really been led to believe that “Chicago-style pizza” = deep dish. So you always see these things on TV or the internet asking people if they prefer “NY-style pizza” or “Chicago-style” pizza, but they actually mean typical NYC thin crust vs Chicago deep dish, which is like comparing apples to oranges. In Chicago, “pizza” = thin crust “tavern style”, which is the default pizza. When Chicagoans refer to deep dish they call it “deep dish”.
I'm at ReNapoli now. Ordering my food to go 3 roast beef sandwiches and a large pie for my kids.
But I was told the owners are not from Chicago from an employee.
Ahhh. Ok. Odd, wonder if they have some familial connection as typically places like that outside of Chicago are run by Chicago transplants.
Is the pizza "Chicago style" or like traditional Napolitana?
"Hey, hey, hey — this is America, baby! Survival of the fittest.”
The place when I googled it some stuff came up. Possibly connected to some people.
I'll let you know how the food is and after that I'll stop hijacking this thread. Sorry everyone. I always had a genuine desire to try authentic chicago style food
The place when I googled it some stuff came up. Possibly connected to some people.
I'll let you know how the food is and after that I'll stop hijacking this thread. Sorry everyone. I always had a genuine desire to try authentic chicago style food
Looks like the DiFabios one several other restaurants in Westchester/CT. For all we know, maybe they’re connected to guys in the NYC-Chicago network and that’s why they decided to sell beef sandwiches in Old Greenwich, of all places haha.
"Hey, hey, hey — this is America, baby! Survival of the fittest.”
The place when I googled it some stuff came up. Possibly connected to some people.
I'll let you know how the food is and after that I'll stop hijacking this thread. Sorry everyone. I always had a genuine desire to try authentic chicago style food
Looks like the DiFabios one several other restaurants in Westchester/CT. For all we know, maybe they’re connected to guys in the NYC-Chicago network and that’s why they decided to sell beef sandwiches in Old Greenwich, of all places haha.
They made me the wrong pizza. I was the only one who ordered at that time. They put sausage in my beef sandwiches. Is that a thing? Because I didn't like it. Once I took the sausage out it was a little better. But I wasn't all that impressed tbh. It was to go and I didn't have time to have them make me another one. The employee said he was from Kosovo and rhe owners were not from Chicago. Idk if I took his word for it but that's what he said
The place when I googled it some stuff came up. Possibly connected to some people.
I'll let you know how the food is and after that I'll stop hijacking this thread. Sorry everyone. I always had a genuine desire to try authentic chicago style food
Looks like the DiFabios one several other restaurants in Westchester/CT. For all we know, maybe they’re connected to guys in the NYC-Chicago network and that’s why they decided to sell beef sandwiches in Old Greenwich, of all places haha.
They made me the wrong pizza. I was the only one who ordered at that time. They put sausage in my beef sandwiches. Is that a thing? Because I didn't like it. Once I took the sausage out it was a little better. But I wasn't all that impressed tbh. It was to go and I didn't have time to have them make me another one. The employee said he was from Kosovo and rhe owners were not from Chicago. Idk if I took his word for it but that's what he said
Sausage is a thing but you have to order that special and it’s called an “Italian combo”.
I’ll still try it as I’ve been meaning to, but especially if they’re not from Chicago I don’t have high hopes that their beef sandwiches are going to hit the mark.
"Hey, hey, hey — this is America, baby! Survival of the fittest.”
The place when I googled it some stuff came up. Possibly connected to some people.
I'll let you know how the food is and after that I'll stop hijacking this thread. Sorry everyone. I always had a genuine desire to try authentic chicago style food
Looks like the DiFabios one several other restaurants in Westchester/CT. For all we know, maybe they’re connected to guys in the NYC-Chicago network and that’s why they decided to sell beef sandwiches in Old Greenwich, of all places haha.
They made me the wrong pizza. I was the only one who ordered at that time. They put sausage in my beef sandwiches. Is that a thing? Because I didn't like it. Once I took the sausage out it was a little better. But I wasn't all that impressed tbh. It was to go and I didn't have time to have them make me another one. The employee said he was from Kosovo and rhe owners were not from Chicago. Idk if I took his word for it but that's what he said
Sausage is a thing but you have to order that special and it’s called an “Italian combo”.
I’ll still try it as I’ve been meaning to, but especially if they’re not from Chicago I don’t have high hopes that their beef sandwiches are going to hit the mark.
I ordered a traditional a "cheef" and an "combo italian" I didn't like it. It's Greenwich so it's like 80 bucks for a large pie and 3 roast beef sandwiches. But it wasn't worth the price imo. I can never get nothing good chicago. I'm bad luck I guess
The place when I googled it some stuff came up. Possibly connected to some people.
I'll let you know how the food is and after that I'll stop hijacking this thread. Sorry everyone. I always had a genuine desire to try authentic chicago style food
Looks like the DiFabios one several other restaurants in Westchester/CT. For all we know, maybe they’re connected to guys in the NYC-Chicago network and that’s why they decided to sell beef sandwiches in Old Greenwich, of all places haha.
They made me the wrong pizza. I was the only one who ordered at that time. They put sausage in my beef sandwiches. Is that a thing? Because I didn't like it. Once I took the sausage out it was a little better. But I wasn't all that impressed tbh. It was to go and I didn't have time to have them make me another one. The employee said he was from Kosovo and rhe owners were not from Chicago. Idk if I took his word for it but that's what he said
Sausage is a thing but you have to order that special and it’s called an “Italian combo”.
I’ll still try it as I’ve been meaning to, but especially if they’re not from Chicago I don’t have high hopes that their beef sandwiches are going to hit the mark.
I ordered a traditional a "cheef" and an "combo italian" I didn't like it. It's Greenwich so it's like 80 bucks for a large pie and 3 roast beef sandwiches. But it wasn't worth the price imo. I can never get nothing good chicago. I'm bad luck I guess
You have to go to Chicago. Johnny’s, Buona Beef, Al’s, Fontano’s etc. I’d think that the only safe bet for one outside of Chicago would be a Portillo’s as they’re a Chicago chain and probably bring all their products in from Chicago.
I was wary when I saw that ReNapoli calls it a “cheef” (it’s supposed to be a “cheesy beef”). Small quibble but if they don’t know the lingo what else are they going to cut corners on? I also have a hard time believing they use anything close to the right bread, which is very particular (in Chicago it has to be a high gluten bread from specific bakeries, so that it holds up under the gravy assault. This gives it a very distinctive, chewy texture).
If your beef didn’t look something like these below, it ain’t the real deal. The best is if you’re in Chicago in late summer and Melrose Peppers are in season and the beef stand has them. Intensely flavorful little Italian sweet peppers grown locally in Melrose Park and other Italian suburbs for generations (the legend is that they grew wild on the slopes of Monte Vesuvio and some guy gathered the seeds to bring with him before he emigrated to Chicago). I grow them in my garden here in the Bx as a reminder of home. Melrose Peppers, hot giardinier’, and swimming in gravy.
"Hey, hey, hey — this is America, baby! Survival of the fittest.”
I caught the one today over why matt Madonna was calling Mikey nose a rat. I will actually say it's a must watch because it breaks down the who 2 family beef in under 6mins it was highly interesting. Nothing new maybe cleans up the story all over a women
