Party cut
English
Cutting a round pizza into a grid of squares rather than into wedges, producing many small, mostly rimless pieces suited to grazing by a group. Standard for Chicago tavern-style and much of the Midwest, where the wedge cut is the unusual one.
Literal meaning
Cut for a party
Region
United States Midwest
Also known as
tavern cut, square cut, grid cut
Common misuse
Describing the party cut as a way of stretching a pizza further. It is a serving convention tied to bar snacking, and the tavern-style base is made thin and crisp specifically to suit it.
Related
Evidence
Strongly supported- Slice (pizza history and culture writing) — Slice / First We Feast
- Chicago Tribune — history of Chicago deep-dish and tavern-style pizza — Chicago Tribune