Chicago-style

Deep-dish pizza descriptor

Chicago-style describes things done in the manner associated with Chicago.

In publishing, it refers to the citation and formatting guidelines of *The Chicago Manual of Style*: The professor requires Chicago-style footnotes.

In food, it most often describes deep-dish pizza with thick crust and layered toppings, or Chicago-style hot dogs loaded with specific toppings but never ketchup.

pizza

deep-dish

Thick, pan-baked style

  • panShallow cooking vessel
  • crustHard outer layer
  • cheeseFermented milk solid

tomato · stuffed · layered · sausage · pepperoni · cornmeal · buttery · mozzarella · marinara · thin-crust

jazz

swing

Suspended recreational seat

Louis Armstrong · Benny Goodman · saxophone · trumpet · clarinet · speakeasy · 1920s · Prohibition · big band · nightclub

improv

Second City

Chicago's longtime nickname

unscripted · spontaneity · scene · audience · satire · characters · humor · games · workshop · long-form

hotdog

poppy seed bun

Bread roll with dark seeds

  • mustardTangy seed-paste condiment
  • relishKeen pleasurable appreciation
  • onionPungent layered bulb

tomato · pickle · celery salt · steamed · natural casing

citation

footnote

Citation at page bottom

reference · source · annotated · ibid · parenthetical · academic · scholarship · journal · publication · superscript

architecture

skyscraper

Very tall urban building

ornamentation · high-rise · lakefront

Opposites
pizza crust style

Chicago-stylethin-crust

Minimal dough base

Neapolitan · crispy crust · flatbread · flatbread pizza · margherita

citation/formatting style

Chicago-styleMLA style

Humanities citation format

in-text citation

Family

style, Chicago, Chicagoan, Chicagoland

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Rated G