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Casey Rabach And Will Montgomery Review Some Chicago Pizza

Casey Rabach grew up in Wisconsin, with Chicago as his nearest big city, so he knows Chicago style deep dish pizza. “Very familiar with it,” Rabach says. “It’s a big hit throughout the Midwest. It’s a workingman’s pizza, not a flimsy New York style pizza — nothing against New York style pizza, but it’s not that.”

So when the team got to Chicago yesterday afternoon, Rabach and a few other Redskins players headed out — on a recommendation from former Bears quarterback Rex Grossman — to Giordano’s Famous Stuffed Pizza. What that is, for those who are unfamiliar, is a deep-dish pan lined with a buttery pizza crust, filled with cheese and inaccurately-named toppings, then sauced on top and baked. Forever. If you go to Giordano’s, be aware that a pizza takes upwards of 40 minutes to hit your table.

Anyhow, here’s their review:

Ambience: “Real pleasant,” offensive lineman Will Montgomery says. “Kinda family atmosphere.”

Price: “About what you’d expect,” Rabach says. More specifically, you’re looking at $15.00 for a one-topping small pizza, which is more food than it actually sounds like.

Food: “Absolutely awesome pizza,” Rabach says. “Very good take on the traditional Chicago deep dish pizza.” Montgomery concurs. “The pizza was great, and we’re all happy.”

Value, And Teasing Will Montgomery: “Each slice weighed in at about six pounds,” Rabach says, “which came as a surprise to Will Montgomery. He had high expectations for himself, which he failed to achieve. He told me, ‘Just to let you know, I can eat, like, three-quarters of a pizza.’ I think he had two and a half pieces. I’m pretty disappointed in him.”

Montgomery nods sheepishly. “I thought I was going in for a whole pizza and I only got three slices in,” he says. “But I think each slice was really like four regular slices, so I had about twelve slices on the conversion ratio.”

This review refers to Giordano’s Jackson location.