Deep dish looks so good it’s intimidating. How, exactly, do you eat deep dish pizza? Can you use a knife and fork? Where do you start? We’ll tell you everything you need to know in our pizza-eating guide. But at the end of the day, what’s important is that you accept that it is going to be an adventure. Here’s to taking part in a classic Chicago tradition!

Everyone has an opinion on deep dish pizza. Everyone who’s tried it—and plenty of people who haven’t—have something to say. There are naysayers and die-hards, haters, and superfans. Here in Chicago, it amounts to being a patriot or a traitor—but that’s another topic for another day. From the battle of pizza-vs-not-a-pizza to the recipe-stealing, kitchen-spying history, deep-dish pizza fires people up.

Make dinner a breeze with our new family meal! For only $30 you get a 12” Deep Dish pizza or 16” Thin Crust pizza, House or Caesar salad and 4 cookies, perfect for 4! Want to spice it up a little bit? Add a bottle of wine, your choice of Chardonnay, Prosecco or Malbec. Get this date night kit for $50!

Why LGBTQ people are more likely to face hunger (and how our partners are helping).

This is Deep Dish Conversations – an interview series in which community advocate, Jerome Moore, sits down with prominent figures in Nashville, TN to discuss deep issues over deep dish pizza.

Just like our pizzas, family history runs deep at Gino’s East. We chatted with Nikita Lovelady – current Gino’s East manager – to discuss the profound impact that three generations of Lovelady ladies have made on our Gino’s family