First, let me start off by saying that I HATEed Chicago-style deep dish pizza...before I found Buddyz! I am a big fan of crispy, flavorful crust that I thought could only be derived from a New York style, thin-crust pizza...I WAS MISTAKEN! Buddyz took my idea of the Chicago style deep-dish pizza to a level I never thought possible. It was crispy and extremely flavorful...and at the same time, it was simple. We started with a Buddyz salad with deli meat and provolone and bacon and that in itself was amazing. It was very fresh and the rach was also delish! We also had a fried calamari appetizer with marinara sauce. Often when we have calamari (even at high end restaurants) it is greasy or overpowered with flavors that do not fit...not the case here. The calamari was very clean tasting and perfectly crisp with great flavor. We ended our meal with a 10" deep dish Lake Shore Drive pizza which had 4 kinds of meat...what made this pizza so crispy and different from other Chicago style pizzas was that the cheese wa the bottom layer followed by the toppings and then sauce then more toppings. It was delicious and large enough to feed 3 adults at 2 slices a piece.
We liked Buddyz so much that my husband and I went back tonight (yep, 2 nights in a row) to have some more. We were served close to closing hours at 8ish and still received amazing service from our server, Trina. We will definitely be coming back soon!