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Bar/tavern pizza - These bad boys have a super-thin crust, are cut into square slices, and are easy to hold while you sip a pint.
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Bar/tavern pizza - You can find this style of pizza in Midwestern cities.
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California-style pizza - California pizza is recognizable by its weird toppings, like barbecue chicken or Thai sauces.
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California-style pizza - If it has weird, extremely gourmet ingredients, your pizza is probably California-style.
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Chicago deep-dish pizza - This Chicago original features a few inch-deep deep crust with a layer of cheese with toppings, then a layer of sauce on top of those.
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Chicago deep-dish pizza - You're going to need a knife and fork to eat this type, and you likely won't be able to finish an entire pie yourself.
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Detroit-style pizza - This pizza is baked in a steel square pan and has a thin, crispy crust.
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Detroit-style pizza - It's typically topped with a mixture of mozzarella and brick cheese.
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New England Greek-style pizza - Greek pizza has olives and feta on it. Greek-style pizza is different. It has a puffy, round, oiled crust, a mix of mozzarella and cheddar cheese, and a lot of oregano.
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New England Greek-style pizza - You can find it in New England at places called "House of Pizza" or "Pizza House," or at Greek restaurants across the country.
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Grilled pizza - This style of pizza cooks the dough on the grill over hot coals, then adds the cheese and toppings at the end.
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Grilled pizza - It is thought to have originated in 1980 at Al Forno in Providence, RI.
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Neapolitan pizza - This is authentic Italian pizza... but Americanized somewhat. Dough is fermented nicely, and cheese is typically of an imported variety.
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Neapolitan pizza - The crust is thin and crispy, and toppings are usually just sauce, cheese, and herbs.
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New Haven pizza - Often called "apizza," these pies are cooked on wax paper-lined sheet pans in oil or coal-fueled ovens that get extremely hot, giving the crust a nice char.
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New Haven pizza - The pies are often slightly misshapen and sometimes topped with clams. A traditional location to find them is Frank Pepe.
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New York pizza - New York-style pizzas are usually cut into large slices that are folded in half for eating.
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New York pizza - Greasy, but never soggy, they're a NYC mainstay.
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Pan pizza - You'll find these at big chains like Pizza Hut, as well as in the southeastern US.
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Pan pizza - To make the pizzas, the dough is proofed, then cooked in an oiled pan. They are often served as a personal pan pizza.
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St. Louis-style pizza
- This particular variety has an extremely thin crust, topped with sweet sauce and provel cheese.
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St. Louis-style pizza
- Toppings sometimes (but not always!) stretch all the way to the edges of the unyeasted crust.
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New Jersey tomato pie - This usually means cheese on the bottom, sauce on top.
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New Jersey tomato pie - The pizza can be round or square... the important thing is that the sauce and cheese need to be reversed.
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Sushi pizza
- America is a melting pot, and fusion food reigns supreme here. Case in point: the growing availability of sushi pizza.
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Sushi pizza
- What is a pizza, really? You decide. See also: Decadent desserts that are healthier than you think
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Bar/tavern pizza - These bad boys have a super-thin crust, are cut into square slices, and are easy to hold while you sip a pint.
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Bar/tavern pizza - You can find this style of pizza in Midwestern cities.
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California-style pizza - California pizza is recognizable by its weird toppings, like barbecue chicken or Thai sauces.
© Shutterstock
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California-style pizza - If it has weird, extremely gourmet ingredients, your pizza is probably California-style.
© Shutterstock
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Chicago deep-dish pizza - This Chicago original features a few inch-deep deep crust with a layer of cheese with toppings, then a layer of sauce on top of those.
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Chicago deep-dish pizza - You're going to need a knife and fork to eat this type, and you likely won't be able to finish an entire pie yourself.
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Detroit-style pizza - This pizza is baked in a steel square pan and has a thin, crispy crust.
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Detroit-style pizza - It's typically topped with a mixture of mozzarella and brick cheese.
© Shutterstock
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New England Greek-style pizza - Greek pizza has olives and feta on it. Greek-style pizza is different. It has a puffy, round, oiled crust, a mix of mozzarella and cheddar cheese, and a lot of oregano.
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New England Greek-style pizza - You can find it in New England at places called "House of Pizza" or "Pizza House," or at Greek restaurants across the country.
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Grilled pizza - This style of pizza cooks the dough on the grill over hot coals, then adds the cheese and toppings at the end.
© Shutterstock
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Grilled pizza - It is thought to have originated in 1980 at Al Forno in Providence, RI.
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Neapolitan pizza - This is authentic Italian pizza... but Americanized somewhat. Dough is fermented nicely, and cheese is typically of an imported variety.
© Shutterstock
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Neapolitan pizza - The crust is thin and crispy, and toppings are usually just sauce, cheese, and herbs.
© Shutterstock
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New Haven pizza - Often called "apizza," these pies are cooked on wax paper-lined sheet pans in oil or coal-fueled ovens that get extremely hot, giving the crust a nice char.
© Shutterstock
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New Haven pizza - The pies are often slightly misshapen and sometimes topped with clams. A traditional location to find them is Frank Pepe.
© Shutterstock
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New York pizza - New York-style pizzas are usually cut into large slices that are folded in half for eating.
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New York pizza - Greasy, but never soggy, they're a NYC mainstay.
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Pan pizza - You'll find these at big chains like Pizza Hut, as well as in the southeastern US.
© Shutterstock
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Pan pizza - To make the pizzas, the dough is proofed, then cooked in an oiled pan. They are often served as a personal pan pizza.
© Shutterstock
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St. Louis-style pizza
- This particular variety has an extremely thin crust, topped with sweet sauce and provel cheese.
© Shutterstock
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St. Louis-style pizza
- Toppings sometimes (but not always!) stretch all the way to the edges of the unyeasted crust.
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New Jersey tomato pie - This usually means cheese on the bottom, sauce on top.
© Shutterstock
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New Jersey tomato pie - The pizza can be round or square... the important thing is that the sauce and cheese need to be reversed.
© Shutterstock
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Sushi pizza
- America is a melting pot, and fusion food reigns supreme here. Case in point: the growing availability of sushi pizza.
© Shutterstock
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Sushi pizza
- What is a pizza, really? You decide. See also: Decadent desserts that are healthier than you think
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How many of these unique American pizza styles have you tried?
For some, pizza is a way of life
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For some, pizza is simply food. For others, it's a way of life. But everyone can agree that it's delicious. And while the cheesy, saucy concoction might hail from Italy, Americans have made it uniquely their own. Chicago has its deep dish and New York its greasy, sold-by-the-slice favorite, but there are even more varieties all across the country. Have you tried them all?
Click on to find out!
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