Antonin Scalia Has Very Strong, Extremely Correct Opinions About Pizza

Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is, obviously, a man of strong convictions. That decisiveness extends not only to the realms of politics and media, but also to all things culinary, particularly relating to the audacity of the city of Chicago. “Mediaite,” you might be wailing plaintively from your bunker, “whatever do you mean?” To which we say, “Did you just interrupt me?” And also, isn’t it obvious? For decades now, Chicago has been trying to pass off its strange, tomato-covered hubcaps as pizza. And Scalia has, quite frankly, had enough of it.

California Lawyer features an interview with Scalia (which we discovered, much to our delight, via NPR) in which he shares his thoughts about Chicago and its deep dish monstrosity, as well as whatever it is that people eat in Washington. Babies?

You more or less grew up in New York. Being a child of Sicilian immigrants, how do you think New York City pizza rates?

I think it is infinitely better than Washington pizza, and infinitely better than Chicago pizza. You know these deep-dish pizzas – it’s not pizza. It’s very good, but … call it tomato pie or something. … I’m a traditionalist, what can I tell you?

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