Chicago-style pizza
Noun
Meaning
Chicago-style pizza (countable and uncountable, plural Chicago-style pizzas)
A casserole-like deep-dish pizza, the crust of which has a characteristically high edge, on which the toppings are often layered "upside down" (first cheese and meat or vegetables, then tomato sauce).
Alternative names
Chicago style pizza
Examples
If properly dried and trimmed, New York-style pizza could be used to make a box for Chicago-style pizza.
Unlike its thin and flat predecessors, Chicago-style pizza is characteristically hefty.