Jon Stewart Calls a Truce, Declares Chicago Pizza 'Very Tasty'

A week after throwing down the gauntlet in the Chicago vs. New York pizza war, Jon Stewart ate some humble pie — actually, make that a Lou Malnati's pie — on Wednesday night's "The Daily Show."

After drawing the ire of Chicagoans by calling deep-dish pizza an "above-ground marinara swimming pool for rats" (among other insults), he ate his words when Marc Malnati himself showed up with a fresh-from-the-oven Lou Malnati's pizza.

Though Stewart scoffed when Malnati offered him a fork and knife — "What am I, a f_in' animal?," he asked — he was forced to admit he'd been dead wrong about deep-dish.

"Let me say this — very tasty. It's very, very tasty, and I apologize. Truce," he said before shaking Malnati's hand.

While Stewart's war against Chicago pie may be over, he may have stirred up more trouble; after taking a few bites deep-dish, he and Malnati agreed that California is the big loser when it comes to making good pizza.

"I mean California's pizza ... and I say this with all due respect to California, that is a pile of s__," Stewart said.

Click on the embedded video to watch Malnati and Stewart smooth over the pizza-related differences between Chicago and New York.

Last week, Plainfield Patch Facebook fans shared their picks for the best pizza in Chicago, naming Malnati's, Fat Ricky's, Salerno's, Beggar's and Gino's. 

Who do you think makes the best Chicago-style pizza?