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Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Co.

2121 N Clark St

773-248-2570 phone

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Historic pizza joint with character and good food.

Hours

Monday
4p - 11p
Tuesday
4p - 11p
Wednesday
4p - 11p
Thursday
4p - 11p
Friday
4p - 11p
Saturday
12p - 12a
Sunday
12p - 11p
Categories
Italian / Pizzeria, Deli / Sandwiches
Neighborhood

Lincoln Park

Tags
dinner, pizza
Related Places Nearby
Deli Boutique, Bricks, Bacino's of Lincoln Park, The Pasta Bowl, Bourgeois Pig Cafe
Credits (history)

Added 8 months ago by Pbasskalas

Last updated 7 months ago by Jesse.

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What people are saying about Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Co.

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A Must Do

March 26, 2008

This place is really good! It has a very old school Chicago feel to it. It looks like it hasn’t changed since the days when Al Capone used to frequent that area. The staff are very friendly and very Italian. It reminded me of that Italian restaurant in the Simpsons. “Ay, Luigi..!”

Anyways, the food was awesome and very large. The pizza pot pie was good, but the things that really stood out were the garlicy salad dressing ( I forget what kind it was, but we asked for a refill!) and the dessert. The tortoni might be my new favorite.

All in all, definitely check this place out, you’ll love it. While you’re over there, go across the street and check out the really old buildings where the St. Valentine’s massacre supposedly took place. Kind of cool.

1 POUNDER

March 25, 2008

Okay, Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Co. was great. We ate almost everything on the menu although we didn’t get a grinder. We got the smallest salad on the menu but it was huge and easily fed 3 of us. The padre made me get a 1 pounder of the pizza pot pie. It was really really really good but theres no way I could ever finish it.

Okay this pizza pot pie thing. Its essentially a small cup type dish that they layer with cheese, sauce, meat, 2 mushrooms, and you can pick white of wheat bread to put on top. They cook it, bring it out to your table, and then flip the whole thing upside down. Upside down it really looks like a mushroom. Anyways, it was great and you should definitely get one. Just get the 1/2 pound guy.

After all that we got their only desert. TORTONI. This creation from the gods tastes like butterscotch ice cream almost. Here’s the description from their site: “An Italian frozen cream dessert, flavored with rum and crushed macaroons and sprinkled with finely crushed toasted almonds. Made exclusively for the Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Company.” My suggestion is to save room for this guy.

Also we went there very late (about 10pm) on a monday night –also st patricks day. I could imagine this place getting very crowded very quickly.