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On a couple of occasions, I've had Lou Malnati's that was shipped to SoCal. I phrase it that way because it wasn't my choice. People send it as gifts. And of course, these are people who were born in the 50s and fondly remember the heyday of Chicago deep dish.

But the Malnati pizza is not so special that it's worth the $100 you'll spend. And then you have a huge Styrofoam container to worry about.

The Los Angeles area Aldi stores carried both Gino's East and Home Run Inn at the time, and I got one of each for comparison. I thought the latter was the best of the three. (I think it's exclusively at Vons now, but I don't go to Vons very often.)

The consensus about the Gino's East frozen deep dish: it's not quite the same as the real thing. (There's one in Sherman Oaks, and people have different opinions about whether it's the real thing.)

Because Giordano's is the meh-est of the deep dishes, I can't imagine it being worth the hassle and expense.