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  • Papa Del's is a legendary local pizzeria with a well-deserved reputation for both its deep-dish and thin crust pan pizzas. They say you can't go home again, but Papa Del's is the exception to the rule. As an Illinois student of the 1980's, I first enjoyed their creations out of the Wright Street location and the long-gone Green Street pizza factory. I would dream about those deep-dish slices and would often stop in when traveling through central Illinois. Relocating myself to Champaign thirty years later, their location is now the sleek, renovated Coca-Cola bottling plant on Neil, but the pizza is just as good as it ever was. Historically, my favorite has been the deep-dish with extra cheese but lately I've been opting for the thin crust. Both are excellent renditions: deep-dish has a bread-like soft but crispy crust filled with their spicy red sauce and Italian sausage or whatever ingredients are your pleasure, while the thin crust is loaded up with the same and baked on traditional corn meal. Their other offerings are pretty good. I've enjoyed their calamari fritti lightly breaded and fried accompanied by both an aioli and marinara, and the hot spinach dip is also a tasty appetizer with pita chips and crostini. Caesar salads are huge and freshly made. If you plan to dine in, be prepared for a wait especially on sports weekends. It takes a good 45-50 minutes for a deep dish, a little less for the thin crust, but it's worth the wait. The only knock I have on this restaurant is that the service is inconsistent. Recently, Giordano's opened a location at Market Place Mall, and while I've loved their pizza in Chicago, I have to ask "why?" For my money, it's hard to beat the hometown favorite. One thing Giordano's might be able to teach Papa Del's is how to properly accommodate customers. I've had several great servers at Papa's and a couple really bad ones. (Gabby is my favorite server-always chipper and fast with the drinks and food.) Service needs to be more attentive if you're going to have to patiently wait for your pizza. If Papa's can get this right, I'll be happy to give them that coveted fifth Yelp star, but for now it stays at four.
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