Chicagoans, rejoice: Deep dish classic Lou Malnati’s to come to Phoenix

Chicagoans, hold on to your weather-permitting hats: Lou Malnati’s is coming to the Valley.

(If your mouth is already watering, don’t worry: we don’t blame you.)

A photo posted by Lou Malnati's Pizzeria (@loumalnatis) on Jul 24, 2015 at 12:54pm PDT

Thanks to KTAR News’ very own Paige Dimakos, who inquired that the OG deep dish restaurant should expand to the Valley, Lou’s has announced that they should be coming to Phoenix by next spring.

.@The_SportsPaige We've got your back, Paige! If all goes according to plan, we should have our 1st location in #Phoenix by next spring

— Lou Malnati's Pizza (@LouMalnatis) July 28, 2015

While nothing has been confirmed outside of this tweet, we’ll just assume that it’s the truth and we will no longer have to bare the cold to get a taste of cheesy gold.

A photo posted by Lou Malnati's Pizzeria (@loumalnatis) on Jul 7, 2015 at 11:30am PDT

Recently, Chicagoans have seen the growth of Windy City-based classics here in the Valley, with the opening of not one, but TWO Portillo’s locations, so it was only a matter of time before the pizza great decided to expand as well.

We welcome the deep dish connoisseur to the Valley with open arms and empty bellies!

A photo posted by Lou Malnati's Pizzeria (@loumalnatis) on May 7, 2015 at 9:56am PDT