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Dear Hollywood Pies I Miss

You AlreadyA Chicagoan bids adieu to LAs only legit deep dish

Posted on 1042013 1207 00 PM by Daniela Galarza

This morning Hollywood Pies the Pico Boulevard-based Chicago-style pizza joint

that was a secret and then wasnt a secret announced its closure As a born and

bred Chicagoan I shed a salty tear when I heard the news

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Angelenos are so wrapped up in their obsession with making great New York-style

or Neapolitan-style pizza that theyve missed the boat on deep dish And the

beauty of it Why are we so fixated on thin crust pizza anyway Why cant we just

be satisfied with a flavorful pizza pie Here now allow me to clear up some

misunderstandings about deep dish If youre a fan of thin crust thats fine I am

too But if you havent tried to appreciate deep dish well thats your loss (and I

frown in your general direction)

Its actually a pie people with an outer crust and at least an inch of filling

Thinking of it as a pie not a flatbread might ease some of your concerns about its

heft (a single pizza can weigh over five pounds not unlike a hearty apple pie)

The crust its crunchymdashnot squishy not spotted not doughy not chewy Its

not baked at 800 degrees (that would be absurd) You dont have to tip toe around

the dough or pray to the yeast gods or get all snobby about it You just make it and

fill it with delightful things and bake it until its golden brown

The sauce its a thing of beauty Its not just crushed tomatoes and salt its a

simmered-for-hours marinara laden with oregano and garlic It will last in your

memorymdashand on your breathmdashfor days I still remember the taste of Lou Malnatis

sauce (rich with umami chunky but silky bits of dried oregano throughout)

though I havent had it in years

Forget rubbery discs of mozzarellamdasha deep dishs soul can be found in its

lake of molten cheese usually a blend of ricotta and mozzarella

Its meant to be sharedmdashyoure not supposed to finish an entire pie yourself

This is a beast of a meal often enjoyed in the dead of winter while bundled in

layers a foot of snow covering the ground outside Chicagoans dont do pansy

anything pizza included If you hate yourself after eating deep dish pizza

newsflash you probably ate too much

Will you miss Hollywood Pies too Do you have a bunch of cash lying around

Ownership wants to hear from you

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