{"id":85287,"date":"2025-07-23T06:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T06:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/85287\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T06:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T06:58:12","slug":"chicago-dog-deep-dish-pizza-collab-from-portillos-lou-malnatis-surprisingly-delicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/85287\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Dog Deep Dish pizza collab from Portillo\u2019s, Lou Malnati\u2019s surprisingly delicious"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Lou Malnati\u2019s and Portillo\u2019s have teamed up to marry two of the city\u2019s most famous foods with a Chicago Dog Deep Dish pizza.
\n Rick West\/rwest@dailyherald.com<\/p>\n

It all seemed so easy.<\/p>\n

When we got word that Lou Malnati\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> and Portillo\u2019s<\/strong><\/a>, two iconic names in Chicagoland dining, were teaming up to make a Chicago-style hot dog deep dish pizza, I was salivating.<\/p>\n

Not because of the pizza; it sounded like an abomination in theory. But I was all-in on eating one so I could write a story eviscerating it.<\/p>\n

How dare they do this to two beloved Chicago food staples? Outrage! The indignity!<\/p>\n

So I went to a Lou\u2019s in Schaumburg last week and ordered one. And I ate it.<\/p>\n

And you know what? This unholy union actually works. It turns out you can put neon green relish on a pizza.<\/p>\n

It was like a marriage of two people who have very little in common, but somehow they\u2019re good together.<\/p>\n

All the ingredients from the two classics are there.<\/p>\n

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\n While it may not sound appetizing, the Chicago Dog Deep Dish pizza, a new collab between Lou Malnati\u2019s and Portillo\u2019s, was surprisingly delicious.
\n Rick West\/rwest@dailyherald.com<\/p>\n

The pizza starts with your Lou\u2019s deep dish crust as a base, buttered and brushed with poppy seeds. The chunky tomato base is topped with cheese, sliced hot dogs, diced sport peppers, pickles and onions, relish and celery salt. A thin drizzle of yellow mustard provides the finishing touch.<\/p>\n

The sliced hot dogs are the star. Cooking them in the pizza oven and getting a little crust on all that surface area brings out their flavor far better than steaming ever could. The drizzle of mustard, which I\u2019m hearing anecdotally is people\u2019s biggest potential turnoff, brings it all together and provides the dish\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n

Because while it looks like a pizza, it definitely tastes like a hot dog.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s been the sentiment from other guests, our server Taylor Davis said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, people have been very surprised. It\u2019s definitely different,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s been selling better than I thought it would.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manager Peter Chatel said they made the pizza for the staff to try before adding it to the menu for a limited time.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone was shocked by how good it tastes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The pizza follows in the footsteps of another \u201cCrosstown Collab\u201d between the two well-known eateries, who previously partnered on the Portillo\u2019s x Lou Malnati\u2019s Italian Beef Deep Dish pizza. It featured Portillo\u2019s Italian beef with either sweet peppers or hot giardiniera.<\/p>\n

The Chicago Dog Deep Dish pizza is available through August (or while supplies last, whatever that means) only at Lou\u2019s 21 dine-in locations, where it can also be ordered for carryout or delivery.<\/p>\n

Suburban full-service locations can be found in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Lincolnwood, Naperville, Oakbrook Terrace and Schaumburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Lou Malnati\u2019s and Portillo\u2019s have teamed up to marry two of the city\u2019s most famous foods with…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":85288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[12320,960,1109,57653,990,5386,1818,1165,17074,57654,14713],"class_list":{"0":"post-85287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-buffalo-grove","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-communities","11":"tag-elk-grove-village","12":"tag-food","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-illinois","15":"tag-lifestyle","16":"tag-naperville","17":"tag-oakbrook-terrace","18":"tag-schaumburg"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114901254977900819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}