i grew up near a place that had something they called a ponza rotta.

it was the pizza equivalent of a chimichanga. it was a deep fried calzone. my high school had a tradition of trying to run a ponza mile instead of a beer mile. last one to puke after eating a whole ponza and running a mile won. only ever knew one person to actually finish the mile.

Sadly you're part wrong, Chicago Style Pizza is very different from Detroit's Deep-Dish. Deep-Dish Pizza is born out of motor city cooking za in automotive pans, with a thick crunchy crust, while Chicago Pizza is made by morons who don't know how to make anything that isn't oversauced lasagne.

Scots do it too.

Chicago deep dish pizza is more akin to eating the deep fryer, there is so much oil in it.