To the left we have previously talked about snowy day in Chicago while to the right we are looking at one of my top 5 thin crust tavern style pizzas. JC's Pub & Ristorante in Mc Cook featuring just a straight up thin sausage pie. Their wood paneled decor with dim lighting and Christmas lights on the bar set the scene nicely.
Where to begin with this one, well lets start with what we are looking at, first off this is the finished product seconds after it is set down on my table. Notice how perfect this cheese is cooked. In my preferences I go for a slightly burnt cheese on my thin crust pizzas. JC's knocks that one out of the park! That slightly burnt cheese paired with their amazing sauce gives it the beautiful hues of orange and red all mixed together. Did I just mention amazing sauce, I sure did... my all time favorite sauce in Chicago land pizza is Aurelio's.
There is no denying it, when ordering from Aurelio's, extra sauce and well done are as automatic as my email signature popping up on new emails. JC's has a scaled down version of the Aurelio's sauce with just a slight hint of sweetness in their tomatoes. For this reason I feel JC's appeals to die hard Aurelio's sauce lovers but also doesn't go over board for those who are expecting zero sweetness from their tomato sauce.
That brings us to the crust. I love how when this pizza is taken out of the oven and sliced, it is put on a "cooling rack" on top of the pan (see pic below).
Where to begin with this one, well lets start with what we are looking at, first off this is the finished product seconds after it is set down on my table. Notice how perfect this cheese is cooked. In my preferences I go for a slightly burnt cheese on my thin crust pizzas. JC's knocks that one out of the park! That slightly burnt cheese paired with their amazing sauce gives it the beautiful hues of orange and red all mixed together. Did I just mention amazing sauce, I sure did... my all time favorite sauce in Chicago land pizza is Aurelio's.
There is no denying it, when ordering from Aurelio's, extra sauce and well done are as automatic as my email signature popping up on new emails. JC's has a scaled down version of the Aurelio's sauce with just a slight hint of sweetness in their tomatoes. For this reason I feel JC's appeals to die hard Aurelio's sauce lovers but also doesn't go over board for those who are expecting zero sweetness from their tomato sauce.
That brings us to the crust. I love how when this pizza is taken out of the oven and sliced, it is put on a "cooling rack" on top of the pan (see pic below).
This helps to give the pizza a nice crispy cracker crunch on the outside pieces but those tiny squares in the middle as the pie is disapearing fall into the category of what I like to call "Fold & Pop". It's almost as if we enjoy the pieces on the outside as our warm up and then as we start to get full we decide to kill this pizza with an all out attack making each slice just 1 bite. So there you have it, a pizza with amazing cheese & sauce, and a crust that is both crispy on the outer rim and foldable on the inner rim.
The group I brought to this establishment enjoyed the pizza and all gave it their thumbs up on the spot, but what is so special about this pizza is that as we were heading back to Chicago more comments started to fly, I kept hearing "You know what, that was really a good pie" or "Man I can still sort of taste that sauce" and I truly believe that when a pizza makes you think and talk about it after you have left and are already full, then that is the sign of a top 5 thin crust pizza joint of the Chicago Pizza King.
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