Olivant asks...

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...do the pizza chains like Dominoes modify their usual cardboard offerings for ya'lls more discriminating palates?

I can't say for sure, but I can't imagine that they would do that. Would each Domino's or Pizza Hut location change their recipe to compete with every little neighborhood joint that makes pizza? I don't think so.

Dough, sauce, cheese, toppings. There's a lot of ways you can put those together and that's what makes my pizza different (maybe better, maybe not as good) than yours.

Believe me, for all the press that Uno's or Gino's East gets for their pizza in Chicago, there's a hundred little mom-and-pop store-fronts making and delivering pizza equal to or better than those restaurants.

But among the name-brand pizzas in Chicago, I've always been partial to the Giordano's thin crust. It's almost like a pastry dough...

Sadly, my neighborhood lost a good, delivered pizza when Armand's closed its doors after 55 years. It gained some notoriety when it was reported to be the site of an alleged meeting between politicians and mob bosses to discuss the available riverboat casino license for the village of Rosemont.

tony b.