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| - Let me first start this review by saying I'm a Chicago native. Born in the city and raised in the 'burbs. I've eaten, at least, 100 pizzas at the various Giordano's restaurants in the Chicago area; all of them a stuffed deep dish pizza. Giordano's used to be my all-time favorite pizza, up until about 12 years ago, or so, when they changed. This was just before their bankruptcy.
When they came to the Phoenix area, I was excited, hoping they had rebounded back to their previous glory. Peoria is an hour's drive from me, but we went there the month they opened, as I had to try them. The pizza was not great, but there was hope, as they had just opened and all restaurants have a shaky start when they first open.
So, we gave them the better part of a year and tried them again a couple nights ago. Sadly, the pizza was even worse than it was before. The crust was dry and bland, unlike how it used to be. The amount of sauce looked as though someone brushed it on, you could see the top layer of crust. The amount of ingredients (sausage) were also low. If you like a lot of cheese sandwiched between two layers of bland crust, brushed with a light coating of sauce, you might like this.
I want to like their pizza, as I miss the old Giordano's taste. Unfortunately, I fear they're gone forever, replaced by this pathetic version of what was once the best pizza ever.
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