A dark, sticky-table neighborhood pizzeria where the burnt-cheese ring around the crust is the whole point. Unpretentious and beloved by locals who'd never touch the tourist deep-dish chains.
Located at 2207 N Clybourn Ave in Lincoln Park; signature is a ring of mozzarella around the pan rim that caramelizes into a dark crust · pequodspizza.com
The Lincoln Park location opened in 1992; the caramelized-crust technique traces to Gulliver's in Rogers Park · pequodspizza.com