pizano's pizza & pasta

decent deep dish. pizano's deepdishpie was loaded with delicious toppings--heaping piles of cheese, pepperoni, and big chunks of sausage--but the crust was bland, dry, and hard. all in all, a good, but not great pizza.
service was fine. prices weren't cheap, but weren't outlandish. the small was enough for two at lunch.
grade: b-

pizano's is a chicago based mini-chain of 6 pizzerias offering both deep-dish and thin crust pie. although the thin pie is their biggest seller, i came in to the downtown loop location on madison street at lunch time to try the deep-dish pizza. pizano's offers the basic deepdishstyle: a bowl-style crust, where the bottom and high sides are relatively equal in thickness. it differs from the chicago stuffed pizza with a layer of dough on top of the cheese, and from the pan style which features a thicker crust, shorter walls around the edge, and caramelized cheese around the perimeter.

excellent deepdishpizza! this chicago legend has been around for ever and it is obvious why. this place is a must for authentic deepdishchicago style. great food and service. love the rudy's special!

this is one of my favorite pizza spots and i'm a chicago native who grew up on uno's and due pizza. weird thing is, here you've gotta get what they term as "thin crust," even though it's a thick and delicious buttery crust and not particularly "thin." tastes like the deepdishi'm used to. we love the rudy's special and the 4-cheese. give its try!

we ate here several times after the marathon. great food, prompt service and a friendly atmosphere. we went there for lunch and dinner, and both the spaghetti and deepdishpizza were great.

fairly decent pizza but i wasn't super impressed. i came in town from memphis wanting something i haven't had yet and pizano's was just that: different. the deepdishisn't very deep and is way overpriced for its quality. it was good-tasting, however, but it's pizza in chicago so that's to be expected. i would return to try something different on the menu.

deepdishtastes like vegetable soup with a crust...and i'm not a fan of vegetable soup.

very good deepdishpizza. i enjoyed my deepdishpizza last night!

pizano's. my goal when visiting chicago was to have an authentic chicago deepdishpizza. my original choice was lou malnati's or giordano's. based upon the local folk, each place the vote was 50/50, with the deciding factor being a single thing that made them go one way or the other (those who chose one restaurant didn't have anything negative to say about the other). i eventually decided to go with lou malnati's. but, according to a few locals, lou malnati's was delivery/carryout only, while pizano's was dine-in only (supposedly, pizano's is owned by lou malnati's). t usually write much when giving reviews, but wanted to help anyone who might face the same predicament as me when going to chicago. s/n...daughter had spaghetti and it looked and tasted great as well! also, the entire atmosphere, crowd, staff, environment was great!

this is another one of chicago's famous deepdishpizza stops.  also, owned by a malnati brother, it appears that there is more friendly family competition with these similar styled pizzas.  there are a few key differences that pizano's does that makes them stand out, but not for the better.  

our pizza was excellent once brought to us. we expected a wait on deepdishpizza so we came in before the lunch rush and prepared ourselves mentally for the 30 minute bake time. we watched as table after table came in, ate, and left while we hungrily stared at our empty water glasses. no water was even offered to us while we waited. we practically had to beg for some h2o. after being told our pizza was coming within minutes (and an hour later) our waitress pushed some complimentary toasted ravioli onto us. our pizza came and our stomachs were relieved of their agony. we had read the other reviews, and ignored them. poor life choice. i urge you not to go here if you're hungry. seriously.

'hey hey' jack brickhouse special at pizano's in chicago a recent trek across the united states brought me to the home of our country's two most famous and notable pizza styles: chicago's deepdishand new york city's large thin crust.  i've had both before.  i've enjoyed them in their hometown confines.  eating these pizzas in their respective cities did not present a new experience for me in and of itself.  however, i had never been blessed with the chance to have each of them just a few days apart.  so when i had a few hours to kill in chicago before catching a flight to new york, the only logical thought that crossed my mind was to jump on the "l" and grab some pie.  brent and i took a train into the loop where we found a touristy and downtown business friendly joint called pizano's .  eating quickly commenced.    pizano's actually has several locations around chicago.  the spot in the loop is not the original, but since i needed to hop right back on a train to midway, it just made

“the best chicago deepdishpizza” is bound to start arguments, but this is one of the birth places for deepdishpizzas although oprah comes for their thin.

marks deepdishwith basil and tomato was to die for! highly recommended!!

best pizza in the loop, best in town, best i've ever had. first and foremost i must disclose i am not a native chicagoan, i'm an out of towner who visits yearly. until a couple years ago i always got deepdishpizza from "the name brand guys". one night a stranger outside the cubby bear swore on his unborn children that pizano's thin crust was the way to go. we always stay right around the corner from pizano's in the loop and i had passed in countless times without stopping in.

my wife greatly prefers thin crust (she's a stl native) and she, too, was blown away with the pie. the crunchy bottom of the crust was an unexpected treat, it really makes it stand out from the competition. i finally introduced it to my best friend last summer (he's nyc guy) and he wound up eating there three times in three days.

the staff has been pleasant and friendly each visit. i couldnt give pizano's a more enthusiastic thumbs up.