Entries tagged with 'thin crust'
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Pie Hole: Boystown's Siren Call to Pizza Eaters Across Chicago
Slice–Serious Eats Chicago contributor Daniel Zemans 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. Pie Hole Pizza Joint 737 W. Roscoe Street, Chicago IL 60657 (map); 773-525-8888; pieholepizzajoint.com Getting There: Red Line to Belmont, walk 2 blocks west and two blocks north; or take #8 Halsted bus to Roscoe Pizza Style: Thin-crust Oven Type: Conveyor The Skinny: Proudly gay-themed pizzeria dishes out truly delicious pies with some unique flavor combinations Price: 14-inch plain cheese, $14; 14-inch specialty pies...Monticchio: Not Quite Neapolitan, Not Chicago-Style, Not Bad, but Not Very Good
Serious Eats contributor Daniel Zemans 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. Monticchio 4882 N. Clark Street, Chicago IL 60640 (map); 773-275-7080; monticchiopizza.com/ Getting There: Red Line to Lawrence, walk half mile west and 2 blocks north; or #22 Clark Street bus to Ainslie Pizza Style: Neapolitan-style and thin crust Oven Type: Gas The Skinny: Comes up short on what they call Neapolitan pizza, but the thin crust is worth a visit Price: 11-inch Neapolitan pies, $9.75...Candlelite: Enjoy the Pizza, Fall in Love with the Garlic Fries
"The crust is the thinnest, crackeriest (now officially a word) crust I have ever encountered." 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. Candlelite 7452 N. Western Avenue, Chicago IL 60645 (map); 773-465-0087; candlelitechicago.com Pizza Style: Very crisp, very thin Oven Type: Gas The Skinny: Fantastic pizza for a neighborhood bar but only mediocre as a pizzeria; garlic fries are exceptional Price: Specialty pizzas are $9, $14, $17; all pizzas are 2-for-1...The Ingenious Crust of Gotham Pizza
Quite some time ago I received the following email about Gotham Pizza from Deb Perelman of the popular food blog Smitten Kitchen: This email is entirely about pizza, and this dinky slice place (Gotham Pizza) that just opened a couple blocks from my apartment that I'm kind of in love with. It's not brick-oven, they don't import mozzarella from anywhere, there are no fancy toppings and its MO could be aptly summed up as, "Hey, at least we're not Ray's."But seriously, as much am I waiting with baited breath for Co. to freaking open [I told you this was...Delisi's Pizzeria & Bar: A Fully Restored Neighborhood Institution
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. Delisi's has been a fixture in Lincoln Square/Ravenswood for decades. It sits on the industrial west side of Western Avenue, across the street from Rosehill Cemetery, the largest cemetery in Chicago and final resting place of 11 Chicago mayors, a vice president of the U.S., and Oscar Mayer. Likely by virtue of its location (a place with little foot traffic in a neighborhood largely...Pizza Capri: Disappointing Thin-Crust, Passable Stuffed Pies 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. Pizza Capri 962 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago IL 60657 (map); 773-296-6000; pizzacapri.com Pizza Type: Thin-crust (but not Chicago thin-crust) and stuffed Pizza Capri has been serving up thin and stuffed pies in Chicago since 1987. I must confess going in that I probably have overestimated Pizza Capri's import to the Chicago pizza scene due to the fact that I have lived, at different times,...Bricks, Pizza Heaven in the Bowels of 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. Just off of Lincoln Park on the near north side of Chicago, deep underground (well, 10 feet anyhow), sits Bricks, one of the more unique pizzeria locations I have encountered. The awning for Bricks proclaims it to be home of the best pizza on earth. I think that’s an overstatement, but it is one of my favorite places to go for thin-crust pizza, both...Super Thin-Crust Pizza at Michael Angelo's II
Michael Angelo's II 29-11 23rd Avenue, Astoria NY 11105 (b/n 29th and 31st streets; map); 718-932-2096 Pizza Style: Ultra-thin crust New York–style Oven Type: Conventional steel-deck gas oven The Skinny: Make sure to order the "thin-crust pizza." There's a regular crust, but the thin is seriously the way to go I spent a large part of the weekend in Astoria and had a nice couple a slices while there. I had some squares from Rose & Joe's Italian Bakery, which were good (and which Slice has covered here), but what I really want to focus on are the slices...Pat's Pizza: House-made Sausage and a Perfect Crust Make One Great Pizza
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. Pat's Pizza 2204 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago IL 60614 map); 773-248-0168; patspizza.info Pizza Style: Bar pizza, with an impossibly thin, flaky crust somewhere between cracker and phyllo in consistency Pat's Pizza has been in Lakeview on Chicago's north side for nearly 60 years, most of which was spent across the street from the Brew & View, which, with double features for $5 and a...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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