Getting stuffed on Pizza House’s Chicago stuffed pizza

If you’re craving Chicago-style pizza but can’t make it to the Windy City, East Lansing’s Pizza House is the next best thing. Located in Hannah Plaza, the restaurant boasts a wide menu of dishes, including burgers, sandwiches, chipatis and pasta. It even serves breakfast. Unfortunately, I haven’t tried any of these options yet. How can I when the pizza is so amazing on its own?

Customers can order almost any kind of pizza one could imagine: traditional, thin crust, super thin crust, Sicilian deep dish, Chicago deep dish or Chicago stuffed. Whenever my family and I visit, there’s never a question of what to order. Our favorite is the Chicago stuffed. Since we don’t live in East Lansing, we tend to reserve it for special occasions like birthdays. Most of the time, it’s easier for us to just pick it up and take it back home to Delta Township instead of eating at the restaurant. I know you’re probably thinking it’s stupid to drive all that way when there are plenty of other pizza places closer to our area. Well, after one taste of the delicious Chicago stuffed cheese pizza, you won’t care how far the distance is, either.

In true Chicago form, the stuffed pizza is served with the hearty marinara sauce on top and cheese baked underneath. If the gooey mountain of mozzarella under the sauce isn’t enough cheese for you, more is baked inside the crust itself! Some might argue it’s more like tomato pie than pizza. No disrespect to tradition, but this is pizza on a whole other level. It’s like a combination of deep-dish pizza and stuffed-crust pizza in one glorious creation.

As you can imagine, this is a very filling meal all on its own. However, when we’re feeling adventurous, we add an order of Pizza House’s famous Cheesy Bread Stix, which are always top-notch. They’re baked with garlic butter and four types of cheese: mozzarella, cheddar, muenster and Parmesan. If we want to go the extra mile, we get the feta bread, which is basically the same thing with the addition of feta cheese. Both come with your choice of marinara, ranch or chipati sauces. If you really want to blow your tastebuds away, mix the ranch and marinara together for a unique, creamy taste.

While stuffed pizza may be one of the pricier items on the menu, I guarantee it’s well worth the cost, especially if you want a real taste of Chicago. Maybe I’ll try some of Pizza House’s other offerings one of these days. It’s just a shame that the pizza will be a tough act to follow.