The most delicious food mash-up was finally created by combining two restaurant giants in Illinois.

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Lou Malnati's & Portillo's Deep Dish Italian Beef Pizza
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Lou Malnati's & Portillo's Deep Dish Italian Beef Pizza
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Famous Illinois Restaurants Team Up For Mash-Up

It's like something out of Marvel Comics if they did a food storyline. Two of the most famous restaurants in Illinois are teaming up for a mash-up. They are Lou Malnati's and Portillo's. People travel from all over to Chicago just to get a taste of their popular dishes.

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Lou Malnati's & Portillo's Deep Dish Italian Beef Pizza
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What Happens When You Combine Lou Malnati's And Portillo's?

Do you remember those old Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercials from the 1980s? "You got peanut butter on my chocolate, no you got chocolate in my peanut butter."

Okay, now take Lou Malnati's deep-dish pizza with Portillo's Italian beef and put them together. It sounds like heaven to me.  I understand that Italian beef pizza isn't new but taking the best of each is definitely pushing it to the next level.

According to tasteofchicago.com, 

These legendary hand-made Lou Malnati's pizzas feature a flaky, buttery pizza crust, vine ripened plum tomatoes, Wisconsin mozzarella cheese and are topped with Portillo's homemade and slow-roasted Italian beef, with your choice of sweet peppers or hot giardiniera to create the ultimate Chicago deep dish pizza experience.

 

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