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Food
Chicago's signature foods reflect the city's ethnic and working-class roots. Chicago deep-dish pizza was popularized by Pizzeria Uno. It is generally accepted that it was also invented at Uno in 1943.[citation needed] One of the creators of this new style of pizza was Rudy Malnati. Rudy's grandson, Lou, would go on to found Lou Malnati's which is another very popular purveyor of deep dish pizza. The first Lou Malnati's Pizzeria opened on March 17, 1971. Chicago deep-dish pizza is world renowned and popular locally, although thin-crust and other styles of pizza are also popular throughout the city.[citation needed] In particular, Chicago pizzerias also serve stuffed pizza (a close relative of deep dish), popularized by such places as Giordano's, and a style of thin crust that is crispy, rather than floppy in the style of New York and other East Coast cities.

Chicago has several signature foods which reflect the city's ethnic and working-class roots. These include the deep-dish pizza and the Chicago hot dog, which is almost always made of Vienna Beef and loaded with mustard, chopped onion, sliced tomato, pickle relish, celery salt, sport peppers, and a dill pickle spear. However, putting ketchup on a Chicago hot dog is often taken as an insult. Chicago is also known for Italian Beef sandwiches and the Maxwell Street Polish (always served topped with grilled onions and mustard). The city has many upscale dining establishments as well as many ethnic restaurant districts. These include "Greektown" on South Halsted, "Little Italy" on Taylor Street, just west of Halsted, "Chinatown" on the near the South Side, and South Asian on Devon Avenue.


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[edit] Grocers

[edit] Ethnic

Rogers Park Fruit Market

[edit] Bosnian

BM Bakery

[edit] Cuban

La Unica

[edit] French

Bale French Bakery

[edit] German

  • Delicatessen Meyer

[edit] Mexican

Supermercado Morelia

[edit] Middle Eastern

Middle East Bakery & Grocery

[edit] Thai

Thai Grocery

[edit] Cooperative Grocers

[edit] Meat Markets

[edit] Retail & Warehouse

The businesses listed below don't focus on food as their primary business.

[edit] Specialty & Gourmet

  • Bouffe
  • EatZi's
  • Fox & Obel
  • Potash Brothers
  • The Chopping Block
  • The Spice House
  • Treasure Island

[edit] Cheese

  • The Cheese Stands Alone
  • Chalet Wine & Cheese Shop
  • Pastoral

[edit] Supermarkets

There are a number of different supermarket chains throughout the Chicago area including:

[edit] Wine & Spirits

  • Binny’s
  • Fine Wine Brokers
  • Sam’s Wine & Spirits



[edit] Misc