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kh730 Apr 6, 2026 +110

"Like some sort of sauce who-ore".

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TorberaLongDong Apr 6, 2026 +55

Grew up in Chicago, lived in or around the city for 33 years. I agree with everyone here- tavern style was what you’d get on Friday night. Tavern style was what was ordered at the sleep over as a kid. Tavern style was what mom got when she worked late and didn’t feel like cooking, or what you’d get when everyone came over to watch the game. Do I love deep dish? Yes. Truly, there is nothing like a butter crust deep dish pizza. And yes, I’d still call it “pizza”. But it’s like a burger vs a steak. And I don’t mean that one is better than the other, they’re just very different versions of something that is actually pretty similar. Deep dish is special occasions, it’s a super filling meal you go out and enjoy with your family. Tavern style and even New York style is what you’re ordering for a casual bite. I have no hate for either. I will definitely say I prefer NY Style over Tavern style. Deep dish is like its own category. Not better or worse, just different.

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zEeXUrqVR7DeM7M8yac3 Apr 6, 2026 +20

“Tavern style”? Is this another type of Chicago pizza? We don’t have that in New York.

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HurricaneHurdler Apr 6, 2026 +19

Thin crust cut into small squares

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TorberaLongDong Apr 6, 2026 +7

Yea, tavern style is a very thin almost c****** like crust. It’s good. I do prefer NY style to tavern style but it’s still great pizza when done right. Tavern style is wha most people eat in Chicago. As said previously, deep dish is more a novelty.

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M_J_E Apr 6, 2026 +5

Until the influencers started calling it tavern style, we just called it pizza. Yes, it started in the taverns of yore, but no one called it tavern style 10 years ago.

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ApatheticAbsurdist Apr 7, 2026 +1

It’s closer to Jersey bar pie style. Though they cut in squares and Jersey cuts in slices. Beyond thin crust, crispy to the point it’s almost a c******.

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GoForAU Apr 6, 2026 +4

I’ve read nothing but facts. I don’t live too far from the border of Illinois so when I do drop over to Chicago I will get a fresh slice of deep dish and a frozen one to bring home. A quick slice of pizza should be NY style. A meal, and I say that in the best way, is Chicago style.

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Kundrew1 Apr 5, 2026 +177

We in Chicago eat tavern style pizza far more often than deep dish. Nevertheless we will still fight John Stewart for this.

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ye_olde_green_eyes Apr 6, 2026 +18

Is tavern style just the regular crust box cut stuff?

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GimmeSomeSlack Apr 6, 2026 +23

Sort of. The crust is rolled out before resting overnight, topped all the way to the edge, and has a c****** like snap to it (but not dry!).

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TheOriginalKrampus Apr 7, 2026 +1

Idk man, I always found it pretty dry. There were some local greasy spoons by my first Chicago apt that I’d get it from sometimes. You know, the kinds of places that sell tacos, pizza, and fried chicken (or maybe Indian food, rib tips and pizza puffs…). But I just would buy it because it was c**** and I was a broke law school student. Even the nice thin crust joints my friends would take me. I always preferred deep dish or stuffed pizza over thin crust/“tavern style”.

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Lowca Apr 5, 2026 +23

Exactly. I only really eat it when family comes to town. And lately, I've been doing Detroit style more and more. It reminds me of the classic pizza hut pan pizza I grew up with.

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OozeNAahz Apr 5, 2026 +10

Surprising the Spin pizza chain has a pretty good Detroit style I have really been enjoying here in KC.

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bacchusku2 Apr 6, 2026 +1

Well now I’m trying it

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OozeNAahz Apr 6, 2026 +1

The Mike’s hot honey Detroit style pepperoni is great.

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Kundrew1 Apr 6, 2026 +7

I order Jets all the time.

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MikeyRocks757 Apr 6, 2026 +10

I feel Ike Jets is the most slept on pizza out there. Few pizzas as good to me as an 8 corner with pepperoni and sausage! And shoutout to Roberts Pizza in Chicago, my wife and I really enjoyed it when we visited.

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ThePrideOfKrakow Apr 6, 2026 +4

Jets is the Shit, even the next day out of the air fryer is fire 🔥🔥🔥

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TheScreaming_Narwhal Apr 6, 2026 +5

Detroit style is leaps and bounds better, so I can understand why.

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GlamMetalLion Apr 6, 2026 +2

deep dish pizza really isnt that pan pizza like, but i still like it

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cathbadh Apr 7, 2026 +1

Pizza ajit just doesn't cook their pan pizzas right anymore. They don't come out fried on the bottom. My only complaint about Detroit Style is that I'm usually stuffed after one slice, especially if it's more like Jet's then Buddy's

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lerxstlifeson Apr 6, 2026 +3

As a Chicagoan it gets so tiring for everyone to quote this bit like it's gospel is my main gripe. For you new Yorkers in here it's like someone making an "I'm walking here" joke. It's not exactly original content at this point.

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Vestalmin Apr 6, 2026 +2

I was surprised people thought deep dish was the main style of pizza in Chicago when I moved away. I get it because it’s a staple of the city but deep dish is*heavy*

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chatrugby Apr 6, 2026 +2

My coworkers and the mind boggling about of deep dish joints in the suburbs that are supported by locals would like a word with you.

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Zaggar Apr 5, 2026 +5

I went to Chicago once, and I absolutely had to have a true Chicago-style deep dish. It was like a cake of pizza, or maybe a lasagna? It was a real beast to perceive. I really need to try Tavern Style!

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palinsafterbirth Apr 5, 2026 +6

I’m a born New Yorker who lives in Boston who’s married into a family from a Chicago. Deep dish is fine but one slice is enough, these may be fighting words but South shore bar style > Deep dish

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TurboLicious1855 Apr 5, 2026 +3

I call it a true pizza pie. It's a pie crust, filled, topped, cooked. Yum. Is it pizza? ...

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DBCOOPER888 Apr 6, 2026 +1

Yes, how is it not? Round pizza dough crust with cheese and tomato sauce.

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bob3905 Apr 6, 2026 -2

It's a casserole

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TurboLicious1855 Apr 6, 2026 +8

No. A casserole doesn't have a crust. Like a frittata. Chicago Pizza pie is not a casserole, even if John said it was. ;)

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penguinopph Apr 6, 2026 +10

That's not what a casserole is.

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avelineaurora Apr 6, 2026 +1

Chicagoans and elitists will string me up for saying so, but Pizza Hut's new-ish tavern style crust is pretty bangin'.

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MaybeNotTooDay Apr 7, 2026 +1

Deep dish pizza is lasagna. Chicagoans just won't admit it.

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DBCOOPER888 Apr 6, 2026 +1

It's a true pizza pie.

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garebearmassacre Apr 6, 2026 +3

Yeah seriously, I live in Chicago and have maybe had deep dish like once. It’s excessive. Tavern style is perfection

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KnotSoSalty Apr 6, 2026 +1

NYC has the better Pizza. Chicago has the better hotdog.

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NickOulet Apr 6, 2026

At best, this shit is pizza soup and a bread bowl. At worst it’s pizza casserole.

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bufftbone Apr 6, 2026 +1

I always say Deep Dish is tourist pizza.

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Boggie135 Apr 6, 2026 +16

>In defiance of god, man and all things holy That still cracks me up

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BirdLawyer50 Apr 5, 2026 +60

Man people here just can not take a joke can they

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jimmysmith69 Apr 6, 2026 +30

Every joke has some paragraph long response below it explaining why that joke is wrong and not accurate and it’s like ugh 🫪

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One-Earth9294 Apr 6, 2026 +17

I was expecting to see a bunch of fun banter in the comments. Nope just a bunch of f****** humorless jackholes talking about 'food gatekeeping' God I hate kids these days.

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BlacksmithSolid645 Apr 6, 2026 -11

This topic is just so beaten to death that even the kids know it’s beaten to death

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BirdLawyer50 Apr 6, 2026 +4

It’s playful rivalry. No one who doesn’t like it is forced to care about it

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BlacksmithSolid645 Apr 6, 2026 -1

it's hack

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NachoBag_Clip932 Apr 5, 2026 +191

It is a funny bit, but I find the NYC pizza gatekeeping very tiresome.

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zephyrtr Apr 5, 2026 +100

The whole point was he was trying to let it go but then folks were pouring salted garlic on an open faced casserole. He even ate deep dish with the mayor of chicago like 2 days later, iirc but that clip doesn't get the clicks.

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cynognathus Apr 6, 2026 +23

It wasn’t the mayor of Chicago. He ate pizza with Marc Malnati, the son of Lou Malnati who created deep dish pizza.

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stacecom Apr 5, 2026 +54

Any food gatekeeping is tiresome. As a Chicagoan for almost 30 years, I get really tired of the concept of condiment gatekeeping as a point of pride. Disliking ketchup on hotdogs is not a personality trait. Certainly not one you need to advertise. Also, the irony that some of the replies are people doing pizza gatekeeping is telling.

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Luchalma89 Apr 5, 2026 +5

I just don't know how to care about how other people eat their steaks.

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wufnu Apr 6, 2026 +1

> As a Chicagoan [Ooohhh, oohh! Sounds like somebody's taste buds are republican!](https://youtu.be/UILL3Qcxos8?t=1299)

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Obvious-Science-7119 Apr 5, 2026 +18

I think NYC culture is you ride or die NYC. Surely everyone realizes that it's great, it's c**** but it's just pizza. But I love deep dish and I love NY style greasy foldable pizza.

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marcdasharc4 Apr 6, 2026 +4

Went down a pizza rabbit hole during COVID and came out with a genuine appreciation for how many distinct styles there are worth enjoying. Read somewhere that part of what makes NYC pizza unique is actually the city’s water treatment, something in it supposedly affects the dough in ways you can’t replicate elsewhere. Can’t personally verify if that’s true, but it’s the kind of detail that made me personally appreciate how much can go into separating one style from another.

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TheScreaming_Narwhal Apr 6, 2026 +6

I think this is true, applies to the bagels as well. Damn I love NYC Pizza and Bagels.

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marcdasharc4 Apr 6, 2026 +2

Huh, never considered the bagels, honestly sounds plausible.

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modix Apr 6, 2026 +4

New Haven is a better style for the bigger pies anyways. NYC is just a style like any others, had crappy versions and good versions. It's definitely not the platonic ideal of a pizza, and the best pizzas I had weren't that style.

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Obvious-Science-7119 Apr 6, 2026 +3

I do think it's a great drunk pizza

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modix Apr 6, 2026 +2

No argument ment on that front. Chicago tavern style is great for that too. A couple bottles of red and some friends and it's a great night.

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Doombah Apr 6, 2026 +1

I dunno. I went to the PEZ visitors center with my girl a few months ago (which was fun!) and I figured while I was down there to get some New Haven pizza. We went to Frank Pepe's Apizza. Got a pizza, and it was good. No doubt about that...but I've certainly had better. I was nice and crispy and reminded me of New York pizza, but it was a bit bland. The toppings were great and fresh. I do want to try it again with some pepperoni (gf doesn't like pepperoni) just to say I tried it at least twice. NY pizza is good. I don't think I've had a bad slice there ever. Chicago deep dish is good, too. My only complaint is that when I went to the restaurant, I ordered it and it was an automatic 45 minute wait. That's... a long time. It wasn't bad by any means and I'd get it again, but the wait time was bad.

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torn8tv Apr 5, 2026 +1

Get outta here with your reasonable take. No one wants that here

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AaronRodgersMustache Apr 6, 2026 +2

He probably wears an NFL Shield hat to a game like Rob Lowe

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BlackjackCounty Apr 5, 2026 +6

It’s not “gatekeeping.” He just likes it more. No one is standing in front of the deep dish not letting you eat it.

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Kidspud Apr 5, 2026 -6

People who live in or near NYC constantly talk about the city’s features like they’re unique. Point out that bodegas are the same as any other convenience store and NYC folks get *indignant*.

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forkball Apr 6, 2026 +2

Like any other convenience store. Weird take, because bodegas sell stuff you can't get in any other convenience store. And often have a bodega cat. Which is against code. But also standard. In a NYC bodega you can buy stupid fake virility pills, synthetic marijuana, blunt wraps and other marijuana paraphernalia, legitimate cigarettes stamped from another state, and so on. Some sell liquor even though they don't have a license because no one can sell hard liquor in NYS but liquor stores. You know, *just like a corporate 7-Eleven*.

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BassmanUK Apr 5, 2026 -11

As a European, I’m struggling to consider this pizza.

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Zaggar Apr 5, 2026 +2

As a foreigner to America as well, I've been to NYC once. I was consistently corrected by people "It's a PIE, not a PIZZA! Jeez!" So maybe it helps to think of it as entirely different?

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Apr 5, 2026 -3

Pizza was basically invented in NYC, bud. Everything that stems from this is literally less like pizza than this.

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ew73 Apr 6, 2026 +2

Everyone knows that Pizzarina Sbarro invented pizza in the early 1980s.

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BassmanUK Apr 5, 2026 -6

Well no, it was invented in Naples. But I wasn’t talking about NYC pizza (which is pretty good), but about that abomination in the thumbnail.

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Apr 5, 2026 -15

Ain't shit invented in Naples. Pizza as we know it today, even deep dish, is squarely an American invention. It literally has its roots in Italian immigrants in the US.

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BassmanUK Apr 5, 2026 -1

r/ShitAmericansSay

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Apr 5, 2026 -22

Sorry but we are the third largest country on earth with the world's largest military; unfortunately for you that means we have a LOT of influence on global culture. Sorry you had to learn this way

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BassmanUK Apr 5, 2026 +11

Why don’t you go shag that flag harder mate.

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Apr 5, 2026 -15

At least we care about our own country enough to defend it. Everywhere else seems happy to get stepped on.

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elizabnthe Apr 5, 2026 +18

You're being stepped on by your own government.

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uses_irony_correctly Apr 7, 2026 +1

Enjoy sending more boys to die in the middle east to "defend your country"

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rammo123 Apr 6, 2026 +2

You might have the world's largest military, but that military doesn't have a time machine to go back to the 18th century to stop a Neapolitan from inventing it first.

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Pavlovsdong89 Apr 6, 2026 -11

Why would Europeans allow people from the UK to represent them when giving opinions on food or anything else for that matter?

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BassmanUK Apr 6, 2026 +1

You’re aware the UK is part of Europe, right? Even if our food is shit.

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Pavlovsdong89 Apr 6, 2026 -8

How astute of you to notice. Surely a mental giant such as yourself also noticed that I'm (not even subtlety) implying that the opinions emanating from your island don't carry as much weight as those on the continent. I say "surely" because it would be embarrassing if you are unable tell when someone is "taking the piss."

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BassmanUK Apr 6, 2026 +2

Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? I can understand if you’re having a bad day mate, fundamental attribution error and all that. Or are you always this much of a bellend?

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Pavlovsdong89 Apr 6, 2026 -4

I tell you that your opinion should be disregarded and your response is to... continue to tell me what you think? How's that going for you?

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quechal Apr 5, 2026 -20

NYC pizza is greasy garbage. New Haven pizza is where it’s at.

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Abba_Fiskbullar Apr 6, 2026

New Haven appiza?

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Galahad_the_Ranger Apr 6, 2026 -6

And NYC pizza is okay-ish and while they won’t shut up about tradition and how someone’s great-grandmother brought the recipe from Italy yadda yadda, it has jackshit to do with italian pizza and Italians are like “ma che cazzo is this paperthin oily slice?”

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avelineaurora Apr 6, 2026 -1

That and it's straight up overrated. Like I'll never turn an NY slice down for sure, but gimme a tavern style or Detroit style first any day. Or even an average generic medium-thickness crust, I don't even know what you call your average hand-tossed lol. But if I want a thin crust, I want it flaky and crispy. If I want a soft crust, I want it toothsome and doughy. *Hearty*. NY style is neither!

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thelingeringlead Apr 6, 2026 +2

That medium thick is typically greek style.

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ImperfectRegulator Apr 6, 2026 +5

Agreed on it not being pizza, its very good though,

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911freeze Apr 6, 2026 +16

Deep dish is still good. You eat it less than once a month in chicago. The rest of the time it’s tavern style or something similar. But i still love going to Lou’s every so often for a deep dish.

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QueezyF Apr 6, 2026 +2

I’ve been craving a Lou’s Chicago Classic going on 3 years now.

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SunriseApplejuice Apr 6, 2026 +1

So f****** good. Can’t find it in Australia (at least I haven’t) and it’s torture. Give me extra mozzarella with pesto and artichoke hearts and black olives 🤤.

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ZombieJesus1987 Apr 6, 2026 +1

I wish Chicago style pizza was more popular where I live. I live in Ontario, Canada and there's no pizza place in my city that does an authentic Chicago style deep dish pizza.

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1ndomitablespirit Apr 6, 2026 +3

Pizza, and pizza adjacent, are almost all delicious.

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Oreare Apr 6, 2026 +12

Detroit style is where it’s at right now

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samsinx Apr 6, 2026 +3

I knew Detroit style would come up (I grew up in the area.). It’s my favorite but haven’t found any place outside of the region that quite lives up to places like Buddy’s or Shield’s. The others either put too much cheese, grease or Pepperoni for some reason.

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rip1980 Apr 5, 2026 +15

When coworkers are in town from NYC...I offer to spread ketchup on cardboard so they feel at home.

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FerricDonkey Apr 6, 2026 +12

Very thoughtful. I hope when you visit, they are kind enough to dump a can of tomato soup on a sponge.

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im_buhwheat Apr 6, 2026 +2

This is just a pie everywhere else.

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ManassaxMauler Apr 6, 2026 +2

Deep dish is still better than that abomination they have going on in Pennsylvania

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VR_p0rn Apr 6, 2026 +3

This was maybe the funniest Jon has ever been.

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Dmnkly Apr 5, 2026 +8

It’s a brilliant bit, and I say this as a food writer who was born and raised in Chicago. I grew up on deep dish. I love deep dish. If you can’t find the humor in this, I can’t help you. What’s *sad* is how many Chicagoans are so sensitive about deep dish that they’ve spent the past 20 years retconning this whole “deep dish is tourist pizza” BS. And I could never prove it, but I have a strong suspicion that this segment played no small part in that bit of revisionist history.

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rwags2024 Apr 5, 2026 +14

Deep dish pizza just seems like a casserole

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DBCOOPER888 Apr 5, 2026 +9

How does it seem like a casserole? It factually meets the definition of pizza in form, ingredients, and taste. It's made of pizza crust with a crusted bottom, with layers of cheese and tomato sauce. It does **not** meet a definition of casserole, because it's not baked, or shaped, in a casserole bowl.

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elpis_z Apr 6, 2026 +6

The layers are all off. You have to eat it with a fork. It’s much more like a casserole than pizza

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penguinopph Apr 6, 2026 +1

I don't think you know what a casserole is.

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_bieber_hole_69 Apr 6, 2026 +1

You absolutely do not need to eat it with a fork

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elpis_z Apr 6, 2026 +3

You don’t need to eat steak with a knife and fork. Yet civilized people do.

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hyrule5 Apr 6, 2026 +2

There is nothing difficult or cumbersome whatsoever with eating a deep dish pizza with your hands. Eating a cheeseburger with your hands is messier.

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_bieber_hole_69 Apr 6, 2026

Civilized people eat pizza with a fork and knife? Well I guess me and my friends and family are Neanderthals! You do you man!

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aSpookyScarySkeleton Apr 6, 2026 -1

A deep dish pizza slice is a solid chunk and crust on the bottom and the back, like any other slice of pizza. Keyword solid as the slice isn’t going to start falling apart when you pick it up, you just eat it like any other slice of pizza, it’s just way thicker.

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elpis_z Apr 6, 2026 -1

So, you’re gonna pretend there isn’t a pile of loose tomato sauce on the top that gets everywhere?

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DBCOOPER888 Apr 6, 2026 +3

What does off mean? A pizza is not defined narrowly by the ordering of layers. You also do not need to eat with a fork. This is a myth bordering on a lie. I eat deep dish with my hands whenever I have it. I've also seen people eating big NYC pizza with a fork too.

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FerricDonkey Apr 6, 2026 +3

>A pizza is not defined narrowly by the ordering of layers. Disagree.

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DBCOOPER888 Apr 6, 2026 +2

Factually wrong. Incorrect. Unsupported in the objective truth of reality. This is only relevant in describing types of pizza, not determining whether something is a pizza.

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FerricDonkey Apr 6, 2026 +1

Nuh uh. I get that language is how it is used and you're trying to redefine pizza to include tomato soup in a bread bowl, but I ain't going along with it. Your casserole may be pizza inspired, but it's significantly different. A hamburger without the top bun isn't a pizza just because it's got bread, ketchup, cheese, and some meat, and neither is your cheese lined swimming pool. (I'm being tongue-in-cheek, it does seem like a different type of food to me, but I don't really care and am just playing along.)

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DBCOOPER888 Apr 6, 2026 +1

It can't be soup because there is no broth. Calling it a bread bowl is saying any pizza with a **cornicione** crust is a bread bowl, which is most of them. The depth of the crust has never a determiner. Adding tomato sauce on top of the pizza is a style used by other types of pizzas.

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FerricDonkey Apr 6, 2026 +1

A bowl is a bowl by virtue of the walls supporting the contents to a non trivial depth, not merely by being raised. Many plates have raised edges. The tomato soup in your bread bowl is kept from spilling out by the walls of the bowl, hence it is a bowl of soup. If y'all accidentally left the broth out, that's y'all's problem.

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elpis_z Apr 6, 2026 -5

I’ve had deep dish dozens of times. I love it. But it’s not pizza and I’ve never seen a single person eat it with their hands.

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DBCOOPER888 Apr 6, 2026 +5

How is it not pizza when it factually meets the definition? Circular pizza crust dough with cheese and tomato sauce. Whether you eat with a fork or not has no bearing on this. **As I stated**, I eat it with my hands. I've seen people eat NYC pizza with a knife and fork.

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elpis_z Apr 6, 2026 -3

We disagree on what pizza is. This isn’t new. There’s always been a debate on whether deep dish qualifies.

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DBCOOPER888 Apr 6, 2026 +2

You are disagreeing with objective truth. The fact people debate this does not give your argument validity. Some people think the moon landing was staged, the world is flat, and the twin towers were taken down by demolitions.

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elpis_z Apr 6, 2026

I live in Chicagoland. Formerly NYC and Chicago. When people go out for pizza in Chicago, we mean tavern style. People get deep dish when friends visit. It’s a novelty. Anyway, have a good night!

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DBCOOPER888 Apr 6, 2026 +5

As someone from Chicagoland as well, why do you people have to always bring up the tavern style comment? Like, what the hell does that have to do with factually meeting the definition of pizza? The fact you prefer tavern style pizza does not mean deep dish is not pizza.

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WastedBreath28 Apr 6, 2026 -1

Its more like a *pie*. Deep dish is a *pizza pie*.

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raised_by_toonami Apr 5, 2026 -5

Yeah, lasagna would be a closer comparison.

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a-handle-has-no-name Apr 6, 2026 +6

No pasta (or pasta substitute) in Deep Dish either

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Not_Cleaver Apr 5, 2026 -12

Regarding those downvoting you - Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer.

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trenhel27 Apr 5, 2026 -5

>I've seen what makes you cheer. Extra thin tavern style pizza? We don't eat deep dish here. Not regularly. It's a tourist thing. Edit: added quote to show exactly what I responded to, apparently reading comprehension is lacking here today

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DBCOOPER888 Apr 6, 2026 +3

The f*** does that have to do with whether deep dish meets the objective definition of a pizza?

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trenhel27 Apr 6, 2026 +1

>I've seen what makes you cheer. This is what I was responding to. Jesus take a f****** pill

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Not_Cleaver Apr 5, 2026 -10

I’ve had Monical’s. It’s shit. And Casey’s General Store isn’t much better.

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malcolm816 Apr 5, 2026 +7

Imagine taking a stand against good food. All pizza is great, you guys. You can like it all. You don't have to choose.

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stevenmoreso Apr 5, 2026 +41

Let’s not get carried away, this piece was just a joke. Much like Chicago style deep dish “pizza”.

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Zathrus1 Apr 6, 2026 +2

Was in Chicago a decade ago and went to Giordinno’s (sp?). Enjoyed it, particularly the gluten free pizza. They simply made the crust out of sausage. Heart attack on a plate, but a tasty one.

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CharIieMurphy Apr 5, 2026 +3

The real ones know to get a deep dish and a tavern style when ordering

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melloshmell0 Apr 5, 2026

The real LPT is always in the comments

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raised_by_toonami Apr 5, 2026

Deep dish is great in the winter when I want to take a five hour nap afterwards.

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zero_msgw Apr 5, 2026 -1

Just make sure when you pass out on your pizza, you dont drown

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maybeinoregon Apr 6, 2026 +1

Personally, I find all pizza to be magic! lol But as far as the best pizza…well, I found the best was in Italy.

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Few_Advisor3536 Apr 6, 2026 +1

That aint a pizza, its a f****** quiche.

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TheDankestOfAll Apr 6, 2026 +1

Listen, I’ll take NY pizza over Chicago deep dish any day of the week and I live in the latter city. That said… deep dish slaps y’all.

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evolutionxtinct Apr 6, 2026 +1

I love Chicago and Detroit style pizza, slap me with a slice any night!

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KTOWNTHROWAWAY9001 Apr 6, 2026 +1

Not Italian.

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Victoria4DX Apr 6, 2026 +1

Jon Stewart is not funny at all and is clearly coping, seething, and dilating over Chicago beating the overhyped, pretentious New York at the pizza game. Costco puts out a better pizza slice than the average New York pizza parlor.

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cathbadh Apr 7, 2026 +1

I loved this bit, but the number of lunatics on the internet who chose to make it their entire personality is exhausting. All pizza is pizza and it's all good. New York being better than Chicago doesn't make Chicago bad. Besides, Detroit style is better then both!

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karateninjazombie Apr 7, 2026 +1

John Stewart knows what a real pizza is I see. Good man.

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_zeejet_ Apr 8, 2026 +1

I was told the very first time I was in Chicago by a cab driver that locals don't really eat deep dish and eat the thin crust tavern-style far more regularly. This isn't a new revelation - you only need to do the slightest amount of research and ask literally one person from Chicago to know this. We New Yorkers can respect the tavern-style, but deep dish? Nah, that's not pizza.

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I_hate_all_of_ewe Apr 8, 2026 +1

I've never once thought to myself "You know what would make pizza better? If it was extra thin, limp, and floppy". And the pizza in that clip looks incredibly unappetizing.

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ReflexImprov Apr 8, 2026 +1

I really like Chicago deep dish pizza, but this is one of Jon's funniest bits ever and I love it even as I disagree with it.

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Stev106 Apr 5, 2026 +1

If New York has the best pizza then who makes the best pizza in New York? Edit: I’m getting downvoted so it must be Chicago people so I’ll ask the same too who has the best deep dish in Chicago?

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maybeinoregon Apr 6, 2026 +3

We’ve ordered deep dish from 3 different places in Chicago, and honestly they were pretty much all good. Granted they all get shipped over night to Oregon, but still… If I had to pick one, it’d be Giodarno’s. Their instructions, added sauce packet, made the deep dish fool proof.

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Stev106 Apr 6, 2026 +2

Awesome thank you for the recommendation. I hope they ship to Colorado because I would love to try it.

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maybeinoregon Apr 6, 2026 +1

Fwiw, if you’ve never had that pizza before, don’t try and thin slice it. Iirc, I think by our second pizza, we just did quarters to keep it all together so to speak lol And with that, I’ll leave you with a quote from my gf…honey do you want another slice? As she’s unbuttoning her pants she says, another slice, are you kidding me? lol (You could always start by sharing a quarter, then get a second quarter if needed. Quarters stored more easily too.)

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thelingeringlead Apr 6, 2026 +1

check out Goldbelly, you can order from all the big ones.

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Victoria4DX Apr 6, 2026

Giordano's is goyslop for tourists. It is the Rainforest Cafe of deep dish pizza. Lou Malnati's is clearly superior.

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PosingAsCinephile Apr 6, 2026 +2

Art of Pizza

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stacecom Apr 5, 2026 +2

[Ray's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%27s_Pizza). There are multiple, so finding the original is left as an exercise to the reader. Or Sbarro, according to Michael Scott.

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Stev106 Apr 6, 2026 +3

If that is a call back joke to the movie Elf I really appreciate that. Haha

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Abba_Fiskbullar Apr 6, 2026 +1

That was a joke about Donald Trump taking someone to Sbarro in Times Square.

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stacecom Apr 6, 2026 +2

I presumed it was just Michael Scott being Michael Scott.

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BlacksmithSolid645 Apr 6, 2026 +1

My two cents on the best slice in NY is at a place in Brooklyn appropriately called Best Pizza, it’s Frank Pinello’s spot. I judge just by the cheese slice but they have an ingredible white pizza and vegetable slice and just every option they have is incredible. I don’t think that’s the most popular answer though, more likely to be something like DiFara or John’s on Bleeker or even Joe’s on Carmine for like a quintessential NY slice. L’Industrie and Angelo’s Coal Oven are up there as well. Not a huge fan of Lucali. Chicago - it’s simply Lou Malnati’s. It’s the most balanced. It’s the one you have to get if you only have one option. I’m a personal fan of Pequod’s but would still consider Lou’s the #1 generally speaking. Sally’s in New Haven (and evidently opening a ton of locations in the coming years) is my favorite pizza place. Their standard pies are the best and their rosemary potato and onion pizza is the best bar food.

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sausage_ditka_bulls Apr 5, 2026

My username says Chicago but I agree deep dish isn’t pizza .

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Avenheit Apr 6, 2026 +1

that looks disgusting

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captaincink Apr 6, 2026 +1

yeah yeah we get it, it's "casserole" "not pizza", blah blah blah. To Chicagoans, it's a one-sided debate. We don't think about NY pizza and don't care what people from new jersey think in general.

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WhiteLama Apr 6, 2026 +1

People are mad until they taste a kebab pizza.

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Flatrock Apr 6, 2026

the cartoony New York accent is extremely irritating

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MidStateMoon Apr 6, 2026 -1

Eh, most NYC joints are pretty meh. I would choose a thin crust Chicago pie any day, but deep dish is still delicious, cmon. I never got the animosity. I’m easy to please though I just wanna eat.

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FaithIsFoolish Apr 6, 2026 -3

Nothing is more tiresome.

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LimerickJim Apr 6, 2026 -2

FWIW this is a rip off of George RR Martin's rant against deep dish pizza that he published on his blog a few months before this episode

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myusername_sucks Apr 6, 2026 -1

I'm good

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mr_nuts31 Apr 5, 2026 -3

Imagine if he meets the pope…

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JosephFinn Apr 5, 2026 -7

I don't get why he hates good pizza.

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Simple_Paramedic7910 Apr 6, 2026 -1

I love tomato soup

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KerryWood34 Apr 6, 2026 -2

Give unto Chicago what is Chicago's and give unto New York what is New York's. We got bigger dough to bake than this bullshit.

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Krow101 Apr 6, 2026 -2

Needs new material.

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Commercial-Lack6279 Apr 5, 2026 -17

New York pizza isn’t special They don’t even give you cilantro lime sauce to spread on your pizza even though everyone knows it goes fantastic with corn and potato toppings.

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Charcole1 Apr 5, 2026 -24

People actually used to watch shit like this before they invented the Internet?

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AdLower2681 Apr 6, 2026

when was the internet invented

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Apr 5, 2026 -16

World is going to hell and Jon is talking about pizza. Tf is going on.

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stacecom Apr 5, 2026 +11

What about this video made you think it was recent?

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Apr 5, 2026 -16

Why tf would someone post an outdated video then?

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EastCoastLoman Apr 6, 2026 -9

And I’m sure his reasoning has something to do with Joe Biden being too old to be President.

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PaullT2 Apr 6, 2026 +7

You're like a decade off. Biden being mentioned in 2013 was usually as Obama's wacky sidekick.

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EastCoastLoman Apr 6, 2026 +2

Ahhh, guess I should have watched the video. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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