Entries tagged with 'Great Lake'
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Great Lake Is Great Shakes: The Windy City Finally Has Great Pizza to Call Its Own
I went to Chicago last weekend for the thoroughly enjoyable Gold Peak Tea event at Blackbird. I spent three days there and I must tell serious eaters everywhere that it may have been the finest 72 hours of eating I have done in a long, long time. Chicago has become a remarkable food city from every vantage point: from ethnic regional hole-in-the-wall joints to temples of molecular gastronomy and chef-driven new American restaurants that celebrate local purveyors to just great old-fashioned iconic American foods like hamburgers and hot dogs. Over the next week or so I'll be telling you about...Alan Richman Names Top 25 Pizzas in the U.S.
Chicago Upstart Great Lake Has Country's Best Pizza Alan Richman (left) and Lucali proprietor-pizzaiolo Mark Iacono (right) hold a copy of the June 2009 issue of "GQ" in front of Iacono's Lucali (the No. 2 pizza in the U.S.) at press event celebrating the story's May 19 publication. The issue contains Richman's "American Pie," a list of the top 25 pizzerias in the country. In the June issue of GQ, food writer extraordinaire Alan Richman ranks the top 25 pizzas in the U.S. after visiting what he considers the top 10 pizza cities in the country. The story is much...Great Lake: Stunningly Good Pizza in Chicago
Daniel Zemans, our man in Chicago, checks in with another piece of intel on the Windy City pizza scene. Daniel also blogs about Chicagoland pizza with his friends on the Chicago Pizza Club blog. —The Mgmt. Great Lake 1477 W. Balmoral Avenue, Chicago IL 60640 (map); 773-334-9270 Getting There: #22 Clark Street bus to Balmoral, walk a quarter block east, or take the Red Line to Berwyn, walk one block north and half a mile west Pizza Style: Biancoesque Oven Type: Gas The Skinny: Extraordinary in every way Price:All pizzas are 14" and range from $19 to $23 Since Great...Slice is part of the Foodblog Ad Network. To advertise on this site or across a network of food-related weblogs, click here.
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