used to be a busboy here about ten years ago. Sean is absolutely the guy. he can outcook anyone on the line, fix anything in the building, and outserve any server or busboy. guy is literally a machine. he can also eat a bigger pile of fries than anyone i have seen in my life.
"How much ranch are people guzzling?" Welcome to the Midwest. Very happy to see more Chicago-based restaurants getting some love. Even though I prefer Burt's Place to Pequod's, this was a great watch.
They also took off the labels on the Pizza sauce and you can see the brands in the background, they are Stanislaus #10 Can Pizzaiolo Sauce and Stanislaus #10 Can Saporito Super Heavy Pizza Sauce. Then they add to them the dry and fresh basil.
It is actually not hard to make your own ranch mix. The dominant flavor is dill and garlic so it is not hard to just build your own with powdered dill and garlic. So if they are mixing their own ranch, I doubt they would be lazy and not make their own mix of. Especially considering that a gallon of ranch is cheaper then a gallon or mayo.
As a long time Chicagoan, I can say without a doubt that Pequod’s is my favorite deep dish pizza in town. That being said, in general, when it comes to pizza, most Chicago folks tend to eat thin crust tavern style pizza. Sure, this town is known for deep dish (among other food items like hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, giardiniera etc.) but that tends to be what tourists and out of town folk gravitate towards. It’s kind become a destination food item for visitors. Locals don’t really have it all that often. At least, not as much as people seem to think.
The secret ingredient is just hidden valley packets. All restaurant ranch is like that, that’s why it tastes better at a restaurant and not in the bottle
I have to venture a guess that the caramelized cheese crust is inspired by Detroit-style pizza ;) I grew up in the Detroit area and lived for about 5 years in Chicago - always loved Pequod's because it was like the perfect hybrid of Detroit + Chicago style in one!
I used to live in Chicago, Pequods is the deep dish pizza that Chicagoans will actually eat on their own. All the big places like Lou Malnatis and Giordanos are just for when your out of town friends are in for a visit
Pequods has a cool space, the pizza was breaddy and I preferred Lou minotis. But of course to each their own. I live in Spain and we have a lot of Napolitano pizza here maybe that influence me. Absolutely loved Chicago when I visited! Great town, beautiful and the el going through the city is fantastic. It's like some Brasil type sci Fi distopian city but awesome. Love Chicago!
My phone said March Millitaire by Thommy Andersson and the first youtube video I saw with it was "Schubert March Militaire by Traditional" which featured Thommy as the composer?
That can trick is cool … weather one guy does it or if you split it between to people and brought the herbs and tomatoes together it would still be the same amount of time
If a pizza place ever existed, that could actually pay its employees a livable wage... I would fking live in a pizza place come on now lol XD. Worked at Marcos Pizza, loved it - but having to pay rent - even just staying at my moms house - at Walmart stocking for 17.50 an HOUR - which is $7 MORE than what I made at my first job, Marcos Pizza, the entire time I was there (started at $9.45, worked 2 years, and got $10.45 for not leaving, me and 1 other guy. Definitely not livable wages anywhere I think lol, and its like $10 or 11 an hour minimum as of now, will be $15 in the KCMO area in like a few years, feel like I missed my chance lol. I feel like increasing the bottom line wont really do much to jobs that already offer slightly higher pay, but make it harder, like it already ha - for smaller businesses, like Marcos locations, and others - to actually give out better pay, and any sign on benefits like the drivers have.
I live by pequod's and it's definitely one of the best pizza places in chicago. The cheese crust has a great texture and flavor. It doesn't taste burnt at all.
Pfffttt…. Pretty sure those plastic garbage bags are NOT sanitary, especially if you keep them on a shelf down below the table surface. 3:44 . Puts sauce container to be filled directly on the floor, then once filled, lifts up and sets directly on table surface. You now have the floor on the table surface. What trashy unsanitary establishment. 7:08
