"2"^^ . "4"^^ . . . "1"^^ . "3"^^ . "I am absolutely flabbergasted that this bistro is rated so high. I pulled in and found that parking was extremely tight but was able to pull into a spot as another left. I saw many people were waiting for seats and was glad that I was doing a to go order. It was a mix of families as well as many college students as its only 100 yards or so from the university.\n\nI walked in through the back door and navigated to the front of the restaurant where I sat at the bar and placed a to go order for a pepperoni Chicago style deep dish pizza, about $19 for a 10\". The gal informed me it would take about 45 to 50 minutes so that I could leave and come back or just hang out. \n\nOnce I got back, parking was nearly impossible. I had to drive around for a good 15 minutes and parked about 1/4 mile away in another parking lot running in so I wouldnt get towed. Since this is a university area, all parking (even neighborhood), are private or blocked off. Once I went in the gal was just as nice and gave me my pizza which smelled pretty darn good.\n\nOnce I got back to my hotel I opened the box and saw the grease laced pizza calling out to me \"eat me, eat me!\". Oh shit, I was about to make love to this pizza, I thought. I love chicago style pizza and its rare to find a good one outside of Chicago (Tonys Little Italy in Placentia CA is an exception). I grabbed a slice by the base making sure to cradle the back as it began to sink a bit from the weight of this meaty monstrosity. I could feel the warmth as it got close to my lips and wrapped my mouth around it. William H effing Macy was that thing salty. I focused on what was in my mouth and felt some grease leaking out as I hesitantly swallowed it. \n\nEnough with the suggestive descriptions. But I was shocked! This thing was so damn salty I couldnt believe it! I took another bite and again, this was bad. I grabbed the utensils placing the slice down and did some science biting into the bread. The bread was soft but I dont care for bread too much so moved on. The cheese and sauce, a bit salty but not what I had tasted before. It was then that I took a bit of some pepperoni (which there is a lot of) and holy crap I had to close my eyes as it was nearly unbearable. I repeated the process finding the exact same thing. \n\nThe pepperoni was overly salty. combined with the sauce and cheese made for combination that could stop hearts. I ended up throwing over half of it away and not even saving it as I had expected too as it was probably the WORST Chicago style deep dish I have ever had. The only saving grace was the service as that was excellent."^^ . . "2018-05-14T00:00:00"^^ .