My advice: 1. Book a reservation. Walk-ins are slim. We had a reservation for 8:00, and we still were told our table was not available and they would text us when we could be seated. Grabbed a beer next door, and got the text about 8:25. 2. Look at the menu while waiting to be seated, and order as soon as you are seated. We were Seated at 8:30, and immediately put in our full order (we looked at menu online while waiting to be seated). 3. Order an app if you’re hungry. Salad app arrived in just a few minutes after we ordered. We were warned that the pizza would take an hour from our order, and it did. 4. Order a pitcher of beer, not a glass. Our waitress largely ignored us during that one hour wait, which made get a drink refill/beer a challenge, even when the pizza did arrive. 5. Pizza was excellent. Medium deep dish was 6 slices, and easily fed two of us, with leftovers.
Cool bar ambiance. Service was a bit slow, but friendly. Pizza takes 45min so make sure you have time to spare. Pizza was generous on cheese, sauce, toppings and dough (even for thin crust). We were disappointed by the pizza since we came a long distance to try this place based on positive reviews. Their crust is original but has a strange texture— would recommend to try another traditional deep dish places if you are visiting and have limited time
Traveled to Chicago and the only thing my husband wanted to do was try this place. Made a reservation and was seated quickly. Feeling like things were going well, we placed our order. We waited an hour and a half. At that point, our waiter came out and told us it would be at least another 40 minutes. We gave up and left with only some cheesy bread. Disappointing for sure.
Legendary pizza. Unless you get there right at open, there will probably be a wait, but it is definitely worth it. Both the deep dish and thin crust are excellent. If you’re with a group, order both and the thin crust might come out prior to the deep dish and it’s like a pizza appetizer for your pizza main course. Friendly service and a very good beer list as well.
Quick service. Great food. This is the Chicago taste. I asked our waitress what toppings would go on a Chicago pizza and I admit I was skeptical of her suggestions. But I went with it and we were surprised by the bold flavors that worked so well together. Toppings: garlic, giardiniera, green pepper, onion, sausage. Highly recommend. Depending on the group, could split one personal pizza and an appetizer. The pizza is as deep as a soup bowl! Love the mascot.
This is hands down the absolute best deep dish pizza in the city of Chicago. I had family in town from Houston, TX a few weeks ago that wanted to eat something authentic. I couldn’t think of a better place to take them. The food was top notch, the service was excellent, and the drinks were never empty (beer that is) lol. I have been here many times over the years and it’s always consistently great.
If you want legit Chicago deep dish, look no more. Focaccia style crust with an amazing marinara. The edges look burnt but make the pie incredible. The manager was absolutely wonderful too helping us figure out how to take this goodness back home with us. If you miss this, was Chicago even worth it?
Quite an interesting place to say the least. I'm sure dining in would've an even wonderful experience. I got a 14 inch large pan with cheese, a 7 inch pizza with sausage, and mozzarella sticks all for $50. I thought the pizza was good. A little doughy to my liking but good. The sausage was my favorite with the flavor and compact fullness of it. Would love to come back here for an experience.
Always great pizza ! I'm not a fan of deep dishI grew up in NY , so I like my thin crust. But this is one of the best deep dish I've had to date! We got there at 11:30 on a Friday and got a seat , but if you get there at 12 or later you may get turned downReally like this out of the way place !!
Excellent pizza, best deep dish I've had since being in Chicago. Pizza takes 40 minutes to be made then server brings it out.