Someone wrote: > >I'll be visiting town soon and since the demise of my favorite local bar I'm >looking for recommendations for a place that has good thin crust za, not the >doughy crap like the large operations sell. Suggestions?? Gigio's in downtown Evanston (corner of Davis Street & Maple Avenue) once won a contest for best eastern-style (aka thin) pizza, or they placed pretty high, at the very least. They serve it by the greasy slice, in cheese, sausage, pepperoni, or mushroom ready-made, and also do whole pies to order. Prices are reasonable, and the place is nicely noisy at lunch. My husband says that they do a nice burger, too, and I like their fries, though a slice or two is more than enough for a light meal!
Chicago, IL
Thin crust pizza?
Someone wrote: > >Someone wrote: >> >>I'll be visiting town soon and since the demise of my favorite local bar I'm >>looking for recommendations for a place that has good thin crust za, not the >>doughy crap like the large operations sell. Suggestions?? > >Gigio's in downtown Evanston (corner of Davis Street & Maple Avenue) once >won a contest for best eastern-style (aka thin) pizza, or they placed pretty >high, at the very least. They serve it by the greasy slice, in cheese, >sausage, pepperoni, or mushroom ready-made, and also do whole pies to order. > >Prices are reasonable, and the place is nicely noisy at lunch. My husband >says that they do a nice burger, too, and I like their fries, though a slice >or two is more than enough for a light meal! > >-- >Janet F. Caires-Lesgold [email removed] >Speaker-to-Toys http://www.enteract.com/~jfc/ >"I brought marshmallows. Occasionally, I'm callous and strange." > -- Willow Rosenberg, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "The Zeppo" My God, Gigios has some of the WORST pizza I have ever had. It is super greasy, bad tasting and that awful taste stays with you all day. Please do yourself a favor and dont go there! It boggles my mind that some one would actually recommend that a person from out of town go to Gigios! You didnt say which town you would be staying in, but if you want decent thin crust pizza in Evanston, you can try either Carmen's or Giordano's. They arent stupendous, but are light-years ahead of Gigios. If you are staying in downtown Chicago, I strongly recommend that you go to either Pizzeria Uno or Pizzeria Due. They make some of the finest pizza on the planet. It is baked in a pan, so it isnt "thin crust", but the crust is exceptionally cripsy, not rubbery or doughy at all. The crust at Uno's-Due's is one of the wonders of the world.
NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 May 2000 19:36:58 GMT X-Abuse-To: [email removed] X-Riddle-Q: Why did Jesus cross the road? X-Riddle-A: He was nailed to a chicken. X-No-Archive: Yes X-Paint-It: #000000 Xref: usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu chi.eats:7440 Someone wrote: > Gigio's in downtown Evanston (corner of Davis Street & Maple Avenue) once > won a contest for best eastern-style (aka thin) pizza, or they placed pretty > high, at the very least. That's interesting; I never would have thought of recommending them. I used to live down the street from that place, and I've eaten there dozens of times. But (no offense intended to you, Janet) I think their pizza stinks, unless it has changed in the last few years. (Yes, I used to eat it anyway. Don't ask. :-) Leona's has much better thin-crust pizza, and that's not even saying a whole lot. One problem to watch out for with Leona's is that they've grown so fast and have been so successful that the customers sometimes suffer for it: if you go there (or order food to be delivered) during a busy time, the food may or may not be prepared well and carefully, because the kitchen staff are so rushed. One pizza that I ordered from them during a lunch rush was delivered practically raw; I had to bake it before I could eat it. But when their food is made well, it can be very good.
Hey, it's been over a month since our last pizza discussion, certainly it's time to go at it again! If anyone needs reading material just do a Deja search on pizza in chi.eats and you'll be occupied for most of the day. I think a safe summary would be that there are few if any Chicago pizzerias that do an authentic NY style thin crust slice. That's definitely not the same as saying there's no good thin crust pizza here. On the contrary. First, let me make a few comments on Bacci. Then, separately I'll post on 3 south side pizzerias that I feel don't get the attention they deserve. A while ago I mentioned Bacci's (on Chicago Av) as a possible Chicago surrogate for New York pizza. I have now visited the Taylor St location and it's virtually identical to the newer place. I'll freely admit it's not exactly NY style (I do have some knowledge of the stuff; I have family in Manhattan and visit and eat pizza regularly). I remember someone objecting because Bacci puts lumps of sausage under the cheese, and tops the pies with something other than mozzarella. They're certainly right about the sausage but not, I believe, about the cheese. It looks like mozzarella, it tastes like mozzarella, and the guys who work there (Taylor Street) say it's mozzarella. Granted, it's mozzarella made in the US, but that's true for just about every pizza in this country. Perhaps it was on a Friday when they sometimes have a special pie with fresh tomatoes and Romano cheese (in addition to mozzarella). But even on Fridays they always have their usual cheese (mozzarella) and sausage (under the mozzarella) slices available. In any case, I think Bacci's does a pretty good job on a type of pizza that usually isn't very well represented around here. Bacci Pizzeria 2248 W Taylor St (also at 2356 W Chicago Av and in Berwyn) Chicago 312-455-9000
Cache-Post-Path: [email removed] X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Lines: 21 Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 07:03:04 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.124.29.7 X-Trace: wormhole.dimensional.com 959410984 206.124.29.7 (Sat, 27 May 2000 01:03:04 MDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 01:03:04 MDT Xref: usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu chi.eats:7560 Someone wrote: > >Thanks. I was born and bred on in the city and always preferred the thinner >crispy crust variety. I live away now and in the interim years my favorite >corner bar/Italian Restaurant has gone out of business. So that's why I'm >looking for suggestions for places to check out on my June buisness >trip/vacation. I'll be staying in either La Grange or out by Carol Stream, but >will be working in the loop for a few days. > I'll give a call for D'Agostino's. They are at the corner of Addison and Southport a bit northwest of Wrigley Field. They have a very good thin crust pizza with a pretty good beer choice. Good stuff.