10 Outrageous Pies

Pizza Pot Pie

For the past 40 years, Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Company has been turning the city’s signature deep-dish pizza on its head, literally. The restaurant’s famous Pizza Pot Pie packs cheeses, house-made marinara sauce, choose-your-own veggies, and freshly ground pork sausage inside a large bowl topped with a sheet of triple-raised Sicilian bread dough. After a turn in a 500°F pizza oven, the golden-brown top is flipped upside-down tableside, the bowl is removed, and diners dig in. The restaurant, which reports serving more than 2,000 of these half-pounders per week, recommends one per person, since most people aren’t fond of sharing.

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