I don't know what you're referring to, but that absolutely does not describe any Chicago pizza. And while I'm sure some do, I can't think of many Chicagoans who call it "pie". At all. I dare you to go to Pequod's or Burt's Place or Labriola and tell me it isn't as good as any pizza you've had anywhere. If you think of deepdish as "soup" the you had an unfortunate experience. And Lou Malnati's buttercrust is...everything. There are astonishingly good Chicago-style hole in the walls all around Chicago. So many. But what you described...I think you're talking about something else.
I'm talking about the kind of sit-down joint you find off wacker drive, as a tourist of IETF attendee, in a clutch of other people none of whom are local. Probably the mistake was allowing somebody to say "lets do pizza" instead of sampling the richer food choices beyond the tourism hub.
I've had many fine meals in Chicago. "deep dish" Pizza isn't one of them.
