Best Pizza in Chicago (Time: rentals, charge, single)

[Cityadventurer]

You mean hotdog right? wait which is better hot dog or pizza? All hot dog tasted the same to me. What make Chicago unique?

[Avengerfire]

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[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by Den Mathias

I will be visiting some relatives in Chicago in a few months and would like to know what is considered the best pizza in Chicago?

Also, I need an Italian roast beef sandwich fix!

Any suggestions on your favorites?

Giordano's can be found throughout Chicago and the suburbs, which means you might be able to find one near you. Tastes differ but I think they are the best and certainly in most peoples top few.

Giordano's Locations (http://www.giordanos.com/locations.php - broken link)

I brought my girlfriend back Giordano's from a recent trip there (She's a Chicago native) and you would have thought I'd bought her a new car based on her reaction.

[Den Mathias]

Originally Posted by CarolL

Best pizza: Lou Malnati's (several locations), Gino's East

Best Italian beef is not in Chicago, but in Elmwood Park and totally worth the drive:

Johnnie's Beef
7500 W North Ave
Elmwood Park, IL 60707-4140
(708) 452-600

Thanks for the information. Is the roast beef on rolls with the little yellow peppers? i am getting hungry just thinking about!

[Den Mathias]

Originally Posted by Cityadventurer

You mean hotdog right? wait which is better hot dog or pizza? All hot dog tasted the same to me. What make Chicago unique?

Nope not hotdog. That is a different thread.

[Den Mathias]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

Giordano's can be found throughout Chicago and the suburbs, which means you might be able to find one near you. Tastes differ but I think they are the best and certainly in most peoples top few.

Giordano's Locations (http://www.giordanos.com/locations.php - broken link)

I brought my girlfriend back Giordano's from a recent trip there (She's a Chicago native) and you would have thought I'd bought her a new car based on her reaction.

Ok, Giordano's will be on my list. I may have to stay longer!

[CarolL]

Originally Posted by Den Mathias

Thanks for the information. Is the roast beef on rolls with the little yellow peppers? i am getting hungry just thinking about!

All Italian beef sandwiches in Chicago are on "rolls," i.e. Italian bread, also made in Chicago. Generally, if you order the sandwich with sweet peppers, you get the roasted, green bell peppers. If you order it "hot," you probably won't get the little yellow peppers whole, but rather chopped as an ingredient in giardiniera. (If you're from out of town, you may not know that giardiniera in Chicago may not be what you're used to; here, it is not the bland relish that was sold on the East Coast when we lived there. Here, it can be pretty spicy.)

For an explanation and picture:
Straight Dope Chicago: Who invented Italian beef, and why can't you get it outside of Chicago?

[marymouse]

Hi everyone, I grew up in chicago, then moved to sw florida. trust me their is no good pizza here, they did put an aurelios pizza here last year, but was disappointed with the end result. Anyways, my favorite thing to do when I go back home is go to giordanos for spinach stuffed pizza, and of course the chicago hot dog. I want to place an order online but giordaos charges 50 dollars just to ship, i want to surprise my husband who never had pan pizza before, I know ginos east ships and lou's. Which place doyou think would be comparable to giordanos. Thanks appreciate your comments.

[Avengerfire]

^ Thanks for searching the forum and posting in an appropriate thread! ^

[surlycue]

Has anyone eaten at that uberpopular pizza joint in Andersonville. I've heard they make the cracker crust style pizza (like at Piece) but every time I've walked by the joint they are closed. Is the pie worth the wait/visit?