#1
9.7Top Tier
The best pizza in America? It might be… It could be… This 2024 James Beard semifinalist serves sourdough-based Neapolitan pizza from a relaxed space off Mozart Street. Rather than a 1000-degree wood-fired oven,…
City ranking
Best Pizza in Chicago
A ranked guide to the best pizza I’ve found in Chicago.
Chicago is sometimes unfairly reduced to deep dish. Pequod’s and Burt’s show how good that style can be, but the city’s real strength is its range. Pizz’Amici makes nearly perfect tavern pizza: extremely thin and crisp, but still flavorful enough that the crust matters. Middle Brow makes sourdough Neapolitan pizza that belongs in the national conversation. Chicago also has Roman pizza, bakery pizza, coal-fired pies, modern squares, and every kind of pan pizza imaginable. The city can be excessive, but its best pizzas are carefully built, with crust strong enough to carry the richness. Of the cities I have reviewed, Chicago may have the most complete pizza culture.
Score keyTop Tier · 9.0+Great · 8.0–8.9Worth the Calories · 6.5–7.9All Pizza’s Good, Right? · Below 6.5
#2
9.6Top Tier
Pizz’Amici (“Pizza Friends”) started as a DIY project among friends - first in a Ukrainian Village apartment, then as @EatFreePizza, followed by “Pizza Fried Chicken Ice Cream” (great name) in Bridgeport and @k…
#3
9.2Top Tier
#4
9.1Top Tier
My first ever post from this account was a review of Prince Street Pizza’s Hollywood location (I was out in LA for a football game). The original Manhattan shop has long been a favorite of mine - since they took over for the “original” Prince Street Ray’s Pizza. So, when I happened to pass their recently-opened Chicago spot, I felt I had to stop in for a slice.
#5
9.0Top Tier
This is a pizzeria I have long been looking forward to visiting. I first encountered Tony Scardino - “The Professor” - from his incredible-looking pandemic-era pizza-making. Scardanio has a formidable pizza res…
#6
9.0Top Tier
Pequod’s Pizza, named after the ill-fated ship in Moby-Dick, was founded in 1971 by legendary Chicago pizzaiolo Burt Katz. Katz later opened another pizzeria named after the first mate in Moby-Dick—Starbuck’s—b…
#7
8.9Great
Vito & Nick’s is said to be the king of Chicago-style thin-crust pizza. That certainly sounds intriguing. So, when I find myself on the South Side with some friends, we decide to investigate.
#8
8.5Great
Pronounced “Bahn-chi”, @bonciusa is the Chicago outpost of a Roman pizzeria (which you can find on the “Via della Meloria”, near the Vatican). Here, the Roman “pizza al taglio” (literally “pizza by the cut”) is…
#9
8.5Great
#10
8.4Great
@damatosbakeryandsubs is a working Italian bakery, with a wholesale operation, that also serves one of Chicago’s most distinctive slices. The style here is pure bakery pizza: cut from a sheet pan, handed over o…
#11
8.4Great
#12
8.3Great
#13
8.1Great
#14
#15
7.9Worth the Calories
#16
7.6Worth the Calories
Lou Malnati’s (Chicago, USA) - A Chicago staple since 1971, @loumalnatis delivers a prototypical example deep dish pizza... I might even call it archetypical. But Joe, you might ask: what exactly is “deep dish”…
#17
7.5Worth the Calories
#18
#19
7.4Worth the Calories
#20
7.4Worth the Calories
#21
7.1Worth the Calories
#22
6.5Worth the Calories
#23
6.1All Pizza’s Good, Right?
#24
5.6All Pizza’s Good, Right?
#25
5.3All Pizza’s Good, Right?
#26
4.8All Pizza’s Good, Right?
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#27
8.8Great
#28
8.2Great
Armitage Pizzeria is a small, cash only, two-employee operation located at 711 Armitage Avenue in Lincoln Park. If you don't watch out closely for it, Armitage's understated black awning is easy to walk past. The founder…
#29
#30
5.8All Pizza’s Good, Right?
#31
5.1All Pizza’s Good, Right?
#32
4.2All Pizza’s Good, Right?
#33
3.9All Pizza’s Good, Right?