Logan Square may increasingly be a hipster enclave shunned by people who have lived in Chicago for more than a few years, but those who stay away are missing out on some delicious food. Newcomer The Boiler Room serves up a tasty thin-crust pizza topped with giardiniera and some delicious pies by the slice. More
Here at Slice, we're looking for the best pizzas everywhere. This week, we've got recommendations for slices and pies in the Chicago area. Don't worry, the rest of Illinois is coming soon! Here's my guide to the city's best. More
With a crisp cracker-thin crust, slightly sweet sauce, and some good browned commercial mozzarella, Joe's Italian Villa in Bridgeview, Illinois, puts out a good tavern-cut pie. But if you order their house-made fennel and pepper-packed sausage on top, you are in for a real treat. More
Passionate Chicago Slice commenter cpd007 has told me to go to Villa Nova Pizza a couple of times. I had every confidence in the recommendation, but Stickney, a small suburb located just southwest of Cicero, is not exactly on the way to anywhere I normally go. But I'm always up to explore new places when new pizza is involved and I recently made the trip. More
If you know anyone who grew up in the southern suburbs of Chicago at any point in the last 50 years, the chances are good they have a deep love for pizza at Aurelio's. Opened as a restaurant that would star beef sandwiches by 26-year-old Joe Aurelio Sr. in Homewood in 1959, the popularity of the pizza quickly redefined the place as a pizzeria. More
This is not a pizza that's going to blow your mind, but if you're in the neighborhood, it's one that will bring you some Chicago thin crust pizza joy. More
Crust isn't everything. There I said it. Given the quality of the sausage, the well-seasoned salt, and the heaps of real mozzarella (no "pizza cheese" nonsense here), the purely functional crust at Manzo's does not stand in the way of this being a crave-inducing pie. More
While the pizzas at Chicago's Fontana Grill (Uptown) are not worth going out of the way for, as a neighborhood spot, I'm a fan. The staff could not have been nicer, and the outdoor patio may well be calling my name once summer gets here. Also, the prices are not bad at all. All pizzas are buy one, get one free Sunday through Thursday and bottles of wine are half price on Tuesdays. More
If you are a fan of beer and are anywhere near Munster, Indiana, you owe it to yourself to check out Three Floyd's Brewpub. And if you want to eat while you're there, for pizza at a bar you can do a whole lot worse than the thin-crust pies served there. More
Serious Eats Chicago contributor Daniel Zemans checks in with another piece of intel on the Windy City pizza scene. —The Mgmt. [Photographs: Daniel Zemans] A Mano 335 N. Dearborn, Chicago IL 60654 (map); 312-629-3500; amanochicago.com Getting There: Brown Line to... More
