EVERY PIZZA PLACE I EVER TASTED- BY RANKING
This does not mean this is the final word on what pizza is the best(and the worst), but it is damn close!
Updated November 8, 2009
| RANK | PLACE | COMMENTS |
| 9.40 | Lou Malnatis | Simply the best! Best sauce! best cheese! Best Sausage! Deep |
| 8.90 | La Gondola | Since the days on Montana in Chicago, still putting out a GREAT pizza. The way it should be done. Thin |
| 7.90 | O Fame | Great thin pizza, sometimes too big of a bubble, but great thin. Delivery is terrible and Largest size isn't that big but a very good pizza. |
| 7.50 | Barnaby's | Another excellent thin. Have not had one in quite sometime, but always solid. |
| 7.40 | Chili Mac | YES! Chili Mac on Broadway in Chicago. Probably the most surprised I have ever been about a pizza! Have to give Kelly credit here. |
| 7.25 | Edwardos | Thin, very good very fresh ingredients, all natural. |
| 7.20 | Aurelios | Another good thin Chicago Pizza, many south burbs would probably be a top of the line pizza anywhere else. |
| 7.15 | Bacinos/Giordanos | They might both be pissed I lumped them together, but they are very very similar. Deep dish and thin. Both good, never had a bad one. Just saying I have had better. |
| 7.10 | Mother Other Kitchen | CLOSED Had a great butter crust in Wilmette. |
| 7.10 | D'agastinos | Good thin. Very thin. Not Pats thin, but still thin. Good delivery system, but the new $1.50 service charge + $2.50 delivery charge + TIP = Not worth it anymore.Premiere price for not a premiere pizza. |
| 7.10 | UNOS / DUE | ORIGINAL places only! Another very good pizza, deep dish, still like Lou's better, but would still do either of these places in Chicago ONLY! |
| 7.05 | Genos East | Good deep dish, still in 4th place of the big 4. Not bad at all, just better deep dish. |
| 7.02 | Scoozi! | Untraditonal, pizza made in lengths on a long board, but really excellent product! Yes, you can get a sausage pizza. |
| 7.00 | Pats Pizza | Not sure it is possible to make a pizza thinner than this. A bit greasy, but still good. |
| 6.85 | Art of Pizza | Consist ant, good, a bit greasy in the crust. Open at 11 AM daily and serves slices, which is a plus. |
| 6.75 | CW Napkins | Great delivery system, which counts. Slices, Good pizza to eat while working on a project. Yes, my project pizza! |
| 6.50 | NANCYS | This is the home of STUFFED Pizza. I order it once a year, great for a pig out session. |
| 6.45 | VINES | Right next to the Cubby Bear. They offer some funky pizza variations, but they will make you a simple pepperoni and it is really good. |
| 6.40 | Pizza Capri | A thicker thin crust. Lotsa good other stuff here as well. |
| 6.40 | Fornello-Irving Park | They make a wood oven pizza that just doesn't work for me, but the BEST Lasagna I ever had! I order the Lasagna! |
| 6.35 | Carrenos | Good thicker thin pizza. Similar to Pizza Capri. |
| 6.15 | Village Inn Skokie | UPDATED Really good thin crust, good sauce, definite grease. Dropped it a bit, due to just had one and can say have had better ones. |
| 6.00 | Petes Pizza | Great Pizza for Parties. Huge. Quick. Good delivery. |
| 6.00 | Cafe Luigi | Close to NY style Pizza in Chicago. Not a NY fan, but this is not bad. |
| 6.00 | Tomato Head | Poor mans version of Barnaby's, but still decent. |
| 6.00 | Pizza Bellas | Pretty Similar to Luigi. |
| 5.90 | Pizanos | Rudy Malnati. Thinner than Lous, but thicker than regaulr thin. Can taste the similar styles. |
| 5.85 | Bricks | Only had it once and was not my order, was after a good night, leaving some girls palce at 4 AM, went looking for a diet coke to go, grabbed some slices too! not bad at all. |
| 5.80 | Rosatis | Only had slices from here. Huge slices, lotsa cheese, good sausage. Selling slices always is a bonus. |
| 5.78 | Gullivers | Maybe living on historical love here as I have not had it in YEARS, but was always good. |
| 5.75 | Palermos | Out of many requests from diehards I tried it. Had one from he place on 95th and a few from the one in Wrigleyville. Too much sugar in the sauce. However, I would understand how you would love this pizza if you grew up on it, but I didn't. |
| 5.75 | Purgatory Pizza | Good place. Good Pizza specials. Thin Unique Cracker Crust. Similar to Barnaby's, O Fame, Tomato Head CLOSED |
| 5.75 | Bills Place | Maybe it was actually better than I remember, but making me drive to Crystal lake for a pizza raises the bar a bit! |
| 5.75 | Carmens | An FOBF favorite, I have had the thin, it was good (and free) but being pushed to the stuff, don't think I ever had it. |
| 5.75 | APART | UPDATED: Pizza was a bit thinner this time and the place was empty. Maybe it was the weather or they didnt handle the hype well. |
| 5.75 | Exchequer Pub | Downtown on Wabash. Long time place, good thin, heavy toppings. |
| 5.65 | IANS | The home of the Mac n Cheese Pizza. Funky Combo after Funky Combo. Bacon, Cheese, Potato as an example. It's good, it's different. Slices mainly, late night PACKED! |
| 5.60 | Pizza Metro | It was a good pizza. Had better, but would not be bummed if this was ordered. |
| 5.55 | Yakzess/Paddy O splaines | Decent pizza, 2 places are really similar. Of course WIngs are better at Yakzees. |
| 5.52 | HOME RUN INN | A Place I have enver been to! But had many Frozen ones and could only imagine the fresh one is just a better version. |
| 5.50 | Cheese to Please | Something funny about this pizza, but I loved it growing up. |
| 5.35 | Maries Liqour | Formerly served at Hi Tops. Good really thin. |
| 5.30 | Michaels on Broadway | ANother place with Sweet sauce. Not what I like but many do. |
| 5.25 | Big Cheese Pizza | Needed some more cooking, but had a shot, maybe a 2nd order! |
| 5.15 | My Pie | Surprised it is still around. Provides a good deep dish. |
| 5.10 | John Pizzeria | On Western. OK pizza, nothing special, Might order if closer |
| 5.10 | Barrys Spot | Good thin. Delivery place only. If Barry smiled once I might like it more. |
| 5.10 | Congress Pizza | Had a good date there once, so maybe I remember this place better than it is, but would go back. |
| 5.05 | Calos Pizzeria | Ya know when the toppings and cheese are like an inch away from the crust. It was an OK taste, but the crust thing bothered me. |
| 5.00 | Chicagos Pizza | Way too much salt. Good commercials. Open very LATE! Munchies Cure |
| 4.90 | Pronto Za NEW | Terrible Location, crust needs some flavor and slices too big to be sold solo if they dont stay up. OK pizza, kind of New York like. |
| 4.80 | Phillys Best | Similar to the 2 below. Not great, but a slice with a sandwich works. |
| 4.79 | John Barleycorn* | * Not really a pizza. Calling it a Pizza cone. Hand rolled mini roll, cone shaped with cheese in it. Sauce then on the side. Might bge a good idea to stuff the cone with some toppings? Not bad, but still just an appeteizer. thus the * |
| 4.78 | Connies | While I have never ate at the Restaurant, if you have been to a Chicago sports event, that's the pizza and it is OK then. |
| 4.77 | Daves Italian Kitchen | Another one from the history bin. Had it a few times in my yute! Was OK then, so might be not so great as many have said. |
| 4.75 | Peuqods | I just never liked the pizza. Really bready. Too much Oregano, but some pizzaheads love it. I am just not one of them. |
| 4.61 | Whole Foods | Yes, they feature fresh pizza and it's OK. Sometimes it's also just a pain in the ass to fight through the homeless people waiting for the free samples and I hate to disrupt the employees discussing when the next rad show will be. |
| 4.60 | Bo Jonos | Sloppy made pizza, was not tasty at all. |
| 4.58 | LA Rosa on Golf | Another one from the past! But still cooking, so muist be doing something right. |
| 4.57 | Pie Hole | Funky spices on this one. Very thin, unique, not for me. |
| 4.56 | Nonnas | Really undercooked. Put in the Box when cheese melted, no browning. |
| 4.55 | lincoln Park Pizza | Good for the kids at LPHS , just not for me. |
| 4.55 | Villa May Pizza | Plenty of hype surrounding this place. was really disappointed. Sloppy thin. |
| 4.50 | Gigi's | Like a Dominos rip off |
| 4.40 | Bubamarra | Another place talked up! Just wasn't that good. |
| 4.40 | Ranallis | UNfalvored crust, sausage not that good either. |
| 4.40 | Lauries on Broadway | Breadie thin crust. Was like what they consider a good pizza in Florida. |
| 4.40 | Leonas | I just don't like the sauce. Not sloppy, they do everything else well, just not loving the pizza. |
| 4.40 | Renaldis Pizza | Just don't like it much. Lack of sauce. But they have other stuff |
| 4.35 | Venice Pizza | Was a huge pizza, tasteless. Disappointed |
| 4.32 | Fireplace Inn | Great place to hang! Just wasn't a good pizza! |
| 4.30 | Old Towne Pizza Pub | Someone must have spilled the salt on my pizza. Ate less than half and left it. |
| 4.27 | Chicago Oven Grinders | Just never liked it. Questionable on even calling it pizza, but the sauce is more like it was made for a pasta dish. Others love it, they stand in line on the weekends. Not for me. |
| 4.25 | Pie Hole | Uses some funky spice here. Not for me. |
| 4.05 | Orso's | Might be risking my life with this bad review, but I think they might have spilled the salt on this one. Had 1 piece, sent it back paid for the drinks and left. |
| 4.00 | Pizza Ria/Pizza Baci | 2 Places i Wrigleyhood, drunk it's good and that's it. |
| 3.75 | Papa Romeos | Not good. In the Dominos class. Amy you pizza moron! |
| 3.50 | Royal Chessman/Villa Rosa | CLOSED Another 2 places from my youth. Sometimes, you just feel like a good bad pizza. I can't explain it, but these were the places. Never uniform, nothing measured, no doubt homemade. |
| 2.75 | Pizza Rustica | Not sure how the place remains open except some people must like the taste of frozen pizza. I hated it. |
| 2.25 | Pizza Ria | Like Flavored Cardboard. But at 3 Am it's just edible if I had enough JAck and Cokes. |
| 1.50 | Bertolinis- Vegas | Alleged to be good italian food, but when asked how was pizza I responded with "If we were in Chicago,this would be the second worst Pizza I ever had." And they kicked us out! |
| 1.05 | Z Best Pizza | CLOSED Former Location 200 N Dearborn Food court. Was like eating Cheese off cardboard and this was with a hangover when anything would have tasted good. |
| 0.00 | Shaky's -Acapulco | after years of walking by this place and seeing the 5 mins or it is free sign. I had to go for it. 100 pesos, a tortilla, ketchup, American cheese melted is what they called a pizza. |
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Gotta Try List- Phils, Vito & Nicks, Sapore D Napoli, Candellight, Spacca Napoli,DOC, Domincks
Never to be ranked. Dominos, Pizza Hut,Papa Johns, Lil Ceasar, Calf Pizza Kitchen, Homemade Pizza (gotta cook it to be ranked)