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| - I had high expectations . . . and maybe that steered me wrong, but this place didn't knock me off my feet. It was fine, the most impressive part being the walls filled with Chicago greats and not having to wait for a table at 2:30 PM on a Sunday. OH and there are several good sized, good quality TVs for your sports viewing pleasure. Which was nice since the US Open was on.
We started with the house salad -- it's not an antipasto or a great house salad at that -- it's ICEBERG lettuce, cucumbers, onions and tomatoes. Their house Italian is more of a balsamic which I really didn't mind, but the salad was less than impressive. I am not an iceberg lettuce fan, but luckily my husband is and he finished it off.
Their tomato sauce is a little on the tangy side, which is fine. My daughter wasn't crazy about it, but I do realize tomato sauce is a personal preference kind of thing. She ordered the spaghetti and meatball (one big meatball) and was satisfied. She also ordered garlic bread which was waaaay garlickly - I know, I know, it's supposed to be, but my husband and I could still taste the garlic in our teeth two hours later!!
The pizza . . . . they told us it'd be 45 minutes, but it was actually 25. Bonus! Maybe it's because we ordred the homemade sausage, pepperoni and green pepper and didn't stuff it full? It was good - it wasn't great, not quite like thick, oozing goodness of Lou Malnati's or Pizzeria Due in Downtown Chicago, but it was still delicious. The crust wasn't too thick or too doughy which in my book, is a good thing. If I ever crave deep dish, I would probably, maybe return, but I wouldn't make a special trip to do so. A note on size, the small is 8 pieces and was more than enough for 2 adults.
The other bummer was . . . . no beer? No wine? Beer and pizza make a great meal in my book! I was disappointed, truly.
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