nsxtasy wrote:

Ram4 wrote:The whole thing should be called Bizarro Lou Malnati's. Eveything is so similar

Don't forget, there's a family connection (as implied in previous posts here). Here it is. In 1943, Ike Sewell and Rudy Malnati, Sr. started Uno's; depending on what source you use, Rudy was the founder or manager or the bartender or who knows what. Anyway, Rudy's son, Rudy Malnati, Jr., opened Pizano's in 1991, and Lou Malnati (brother of Rudy Jr. and son of Rudy Sr.) opened his first namesake restaurant in 1971. All three chains continue to feature similar deep-dish "pan" pizza.