Is Chicago-style deep-dish pizza actually pizza?
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is no stranger to controversial rulings, speaking his mind when he thinks something is unjust--and apparently he feels very strongly about deep-dish pizza, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
The conservative Supreme Court Justice told the Windy City that he does not believe that the Chicago-style deep-dish pizza should be classified as pizza at all.
"It's very tasty, but it's not pizza," Scalia said, at the Union League Club of Chicago's 126th annual George Washington's Birthday celebration.
In 2011, Scalia explained why he thought a Chicago deep dish should be called "a tomato pie" instead of pizza.
"Real pizza is Neapolitan [from Naples, Italy]. It is thin," he was quoted as saying. "It is chewy and crispy, OK?"
Scalia was quoted calling New York pizza "infinitely better" than Chicago's. Last year, "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart stated his opinion about the deep dish.
"Let me explain something, deep-dish pizza is not only not better than New York pizza. It's not pizza," Stewart explained, after released a video showing that even a dog would not eat it.
One day after the Queens-raised Scalia dissed the pizza, a fired up Emmett Burke, owner of Emmett's restaurant, a Greenwich Village pizzeria, wants Scalia to visit his eatery and taste Chicago pizza for himself.
"New Yorkers have the inferiority complex because the Chicago pizza is getting strong," Burke said, according to the New York Daily News. "Scalia can bring in his favorite New York pizza and we'll bring ours, and we can have Jon Stewart taste it."
Neither Scalia nor Stewart responded to the restaurateur's challenge.
Do you agree or disagree with Justice Scalia?
