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As the discussion transitioned into the pizza's evolution within Chicago's culinary landscape, the host highlighted the changes surrounding deep dish pizza in the decades that followed. Prominent establishments, like Giordano's, gained fame for crafting the stuffed deep dish pizza, introducing more layers and flavors, while Pequod's offered a unique caramelized cheese crust.
The 1960s and 70s marked the height of deep dish pizza experimentation, with chefs developing thicker crusts that could hold even greater quantities of sauce and cheese. However, controversy continued to brew among Chicagoans, who remain deeply divided over which pizzeria serves the best deep dish pizza.