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| - While browsing for a place to find dessert in C/U, I noticed that Old Chicago had 3.5 stars. I blurted out, "3.5 stars? Who is writing these reviews?" Seriously, that guy above me, or that girl below, who gave this place 4 stars. They don't know what good food is. Don't listen to them. Sorry, but it's true.
This place is a blaspheme of Chicago as a restaurant city. The owners should write an apology and make cash reparations to the city for besmirching its reputation and as a consolation for anyone coming into this place thinking they would be getting true Chicago food.
First off, you walk in, and the obligatory Chicago street sign, for Rush Street no less, is in orange. Orange? I grew up in Chicago. Not once did I ever see an orange street sign. Black on yellow or white on green. We have orange highway hazard cones. Hmmm, strike one. Onto the menu. The restaurant was started by a bunch of guys from Boulder Colorado who had never even been to Chicago. Well, that sounds like the kind of people you want dishing up authentic Chicago food, doesn't it? The pizza combos used ingredients that no authentic Chicago pizzeria would ever be caught dead using. Pineapple? Chicken? Anaheim chilis? Oh, and then there's the lame "Chicago Seven" name to try and tie it all into Chicago. Otherwise, the pizza names resemble something you'd find at California Pizza Kitchen. And I don't mean California Avenue, where Giordano's, a REAL Chicago pizza place, was founded. Strike two.
The pizza got to the table fast. I do mean fast. When pizza gets to your table in 15 minutes or less, that means one of two things: wood burning oven, or frozen pizza warmed up in a conventional oven. I'll leave the reader to guess which choice is correct. Taste test time. I've lived on the north side and the south side. I know what the different neighborhood pizzas taste like, and what a Chicago pizza should taste like in general.
This wasn't Chicago pizza. The crust was cardboard-like. Chicago isn't world-renown for its thin crust pizza. But those neighborhoods pizza places that focus on thin crust do it in a cracker-style. Not cardboard. The mushrooms looked canned. The tomato sauce was bleh. Strike three.
Oh, and just for good measure, the spinach artichoke chip seemed to be devoid of spinach, but not of salt.
They do have a good beer selection. I assume this is so you are tempted into drinking enough beer so that you do not notice how bad the pizza is.
Avoid. Steer clear. There is a Rosati's in C/U as of the time of this writing, and that is representative of a Chicago-style pizza. Ironically enough, Rosati's is based in Chicago, not Boulder Colorado. Old Chicago would be a good place to bring a group, if you wanted to drink, watch a game on one of the 2,382 TVs they have, and don't care about the quality of the food you are about to eat.
POST-SCRIPT: about three days after getting this review, I got an email from the marketing department of the corporate parent of Old Chicago. Basically saying that they are sorry we were dissatisifed with the experience and offering a voucher for free food. This is the saddest part of the experience. It was obviously just a form letter. The folks didn't even bother to read the review to see why I was dissatisfied. Strike 4 if that is even possible. A restaurant that is non-responsive to their customer's concerns is the worst kind of restaurant.
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