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Why Pequod's Pizza Is on Our Top 50 Pizza Worldwide
Pequod's Pizza, under Burt Katz (founder)'s direction, is ranked #22 on our Top 50 Pizza Restaurants Worldwide. The pizza style: Chicago Pan (caramelized rim).
The oven type: Deep-pan oven, 260 Celsius. The dough fermentation: Buttery crust, cornmeal-dusted pan.
The signature pie: Pequod's pan pizza with caramelized rim, sausage and mushroom. The dough provenance: Burt Katz pan-pizza recipe with the burnt-cheese rim.
The award lineage: Chicago institution since 1992; the caramelized-rim signature.
How to Order at Pequod's Pizza
The booking lead time: 2 to 4 weeks for prime time. Reserve through OpenTable, Resy, or the restaurant's direct booking line.
Order the regional signature. The kitchen's strongest expression at Pequod's Pizza is the Caramelized-rim pan pizza. The pizza style is Chicago Pan (caramelized rim); the dough technique determines what to order alongside.
The dress code: Casual; the Lincoln Park dive-bar register. The pizza spend: 20 to 35 USD per pan pizza. The kitchen at Pequod's Pizza is rated 10/10 for food and 9/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why Pequod's Pizza Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"Burt Katz's Lincoln Park institution. The famous caramelized cheese rim (the cheese pulled up the sides of the pan and burned during the bake) is the Pequod's signature, the most-photographed pizza-rim crust in Chicago."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 10/10, ambience at 9/10, and value at 10/10. The Chicago Pan (caramelized rim) register is structural; the oven, the dough, and the regional pizza tradition produce the pie that rewards the pilgrimage.
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