The lost meals entries consist of meals that occurred at various times throughout 2012 which, for any number of reasons, escaped my documentation – some due to a cross country move and a new job, some due to the Los Angeles Kings run to the Stanley Cup, and some simply as a result of too much travel. Having enjoyed many of these meals with friends or family and with some of them amongst the year’s very best the reality is that with time my memory has deteriorated and as life moves forward I’ve realized there is little hope to ever “catch up” or document these experiences as well as I’d hope, yet in order to preserve them I present these pictures, notes, and thoughts on the experience.
Medium Pan – Half Sausage
Medium Thin – Half Basil
For our third stop of the night it was decided we should finally pay a visit to Pequod’s, a space formerly helmed by Burt Katz, where many claim the best deep dish pizza in the city can be found and although I cannot disagree that this is the best deep dish I’ve experienced within city limits I most certainly can say I would much rather drive out to visit Burt’s in Morton Grove than deal with the disorganization, noise, and hassle that is Pequod’s ever again.
Beginning first with a forty-five minute wait just to obtain a seat and progressing to a nearly thirty minute wait before ordering followed by a deafening hour-long delay before our pies would arrive there really is not much to like about the demeanor, decibels, or décor at Pequod’s and although the beautifully caramelized crust and rich, bright tomato sauce certainly outshine the flavors at Uno or even Lou Malnati’s it is only to a small degree – not one worth such annoyances, and the thin crust option was actually quite dismal – a limp pie with a doughy crust that could just as easily be made from a box at home.