Is there a central Chicago pizza database?
December 2, 2012 11:06 AM Subscribe
Does there exist some resource that would let me break down the extant pizzerias in Chicago by, say, date of opening? Or adherence to local/New York/Neapolitan-style?
If anyone knows, it will be the good people at lthforum.com.
posted by Xalf at 11:13 AM on December 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Xalf at 11:13 AM on December 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
Best answer: This article has a bunch of them listed with the style in bold at the beginning of each description.
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 11:31 AM on December 2, 2012
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 11:31 AM on December 2, 2012
Best answer: I feel like you could easily make a database by cross-referencing Yelp entries (they have most local businesses listed, even if there are no reviews/ratings) with entries from the Serious Eats pizza sub-site. And perhaps a Zagat's guide.
And then when you ran out of restaurants where pizza style had already been identified, you could go and discover for yourself.
posted by Sara C. at 11:54 AM on December 2, 2012
And then when you ran out of restaurants where pizza style had already been identified, you could go and discover for yourself.
posted by Sara C. at 11:54 AM on December 2, 2012
Response by poster: Marie's article is promising!
What I'm trying to figure out - for a class, if you'll credit it - is whether the majority of recently opened pizza places in Chicago are exponents of alien styles, and if in consequence the region's vernacular styles (deep dish, stuffed, and "party-cut" thin) are in danger of being overwhelmed by the invasive species.
Maybe a random sampling of Yelp...
posted by Iridic at 1:08 PM on December 2, 2012
What I'm trying to figure out - for a class, if you'll credit it - is whether the majority of recently opened pizza places in Chicago are exponents of alien styles, and if in consequence the region's vernacular styles (deep dish, stuffed, and "party-cut" thin) are in danger of being overwhelmed by the invasive species.
Maybe a random sampling of Yelp...
posted by Iridic at 1:08 PM on December 2, 2012
Response by poster: I eventually ended up making my case using a combination of Marie Mon Dieu's article and Yelp reviews.
I couldn't exactly establish deep statistical trends, but I did demonstrate that among the pizza places most reviewed on Yelp, no exponents of native Chicago styles have been established in the past twenty years. Contrapositively, the most buzzed-about newer restaurants are dedicated to New York, Hartford, and Neapolitan styles.
posted by Iridic at 10:30 AM on January 3, 2013
I couldn't exactly establish deep statistical trends, but I did demonstrate that among the pizza places most reviewed on Yelp, no exponents of native Chicago styles have been established in the past twenty years. Contrapositively, the most buzzed-about newer restaurants are dedicated to New York, Hartford, and Neapolitan styles.
posted by Iridic at 10:30 AM on January 3, 2013
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posted by Max Power at 11:09 AM on December 2, 2012