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| - Gino's left me a bit perplexed. I don't leave many three-star reviews... perhaps because I just make up my mind on whether I love a place, really like it, or don't like it at all. But Gino's was just somewhere in the middle.
The wait-in-line-outside system for getting a table was not a great idea (although our group was assured that they are finalizing an app or buzzer or some other type of system to streamline and ease up that process).
The wait actually wasn't so bad, as it was a cooler breezy evening, so the hour or so standing outside was fairly comfortable.
Then we got seated. They had a nice big booth for our group of six that fit us perfectly. As I looked around at all of the TVs with the Cubs game, Bulls game, and Sox game on, I felt like I was back in my hometown of Chicago! The nostalgia got to me and I felt an inner peace. I hope that is what it feels like right before you die.
Anyway, I digress. We ordered our pizza right away because deep-dish pizzas take 45 minutes or so to cook. No surprise there. Good company, good TV, and (hopefully) some good appetizers to snack on while we waited for our pizza!
The appetizers consisted of mozzarella cheese sticks and calamari. Those are typically the reliable ones that are always going to be good at a Chicago pizza joint. They exceeded my expectations!
Then the pizza came. Let's face it, the pizza must be the star of the show. It's a Chicago-style, deep-dish pizza restaurant... so nothing else matters. And if there is one thing in life that I know, IT IS PIZZA!
Now, it has been a couple of years since I have been to Gino's... but I remember the taste, structure, ingredients and aroma of pizza like I remember my name. This was... different. The crust was not as crunchy and was too thick... and the sauce not as tangy. We originally ordered our pizza with extra sauce and then the server talked us out that saying that it comes with "A LOT" of sauce on it already. We still asked for the extra sauce on the side.
Our pizza did not have "A LOT" of sauce on it. And that side of sauce did not arrive until we were all done with our first piece of pizza.
When that sauce did finally arrive, I became the gluttonous superhero known (probably only to me) as PizzaMan! Yep, I went to town on a second piece. Appetizers, a pint of beer, and two pieces of deep dish pizza. I was turning back into that fat little kid from Chi-town... and I was ok with that!
I wish our pizza had looked and tasted like the Gino's East pizza that I know and love... but I will probably go back and give them a second chance, especially since I now live pretty much around the corner from them. Maybe later, I will be able to update my review, but for now, it's a three.
***THREE STARS***
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