pizano's pizza & pasta

suck suck empty table still 20 min wait get life need to spent my money better place that manger that was on duty at 3 pm not deserve this job drinking at bar loosin 9 guestgoodjob

nice atmosphere.goodchicago style pizza and great service. nice restaurant in the heart of downtown. everything you would expect in an authentic italian style restaurant.

when i visit u.s.
i try food in many restaurants
first one is pizano's pizza & pasta
this place is famous for pizza and pasta.
favourite destination for anytime pizza cravings, they have such amazing spread of various snacky items which makes me visit their again and again for quick hunger bites.
i ordered medium veggie lovers pizza with extra cheese they gave it just in 15-17 mins the base wasgoodand fresh nicely baked with right amount of vegetables on top.

i tried their minestrone soup it's was good. but didn't like the squid pasta sauce didn't have any flavor. tried their mozzarella cheese stick it wasgoodnice crunch outside soft cheese inside.goodbeer menu. service was not that good. you are paying more than what you get. could have been better.

i tried the pepper and cheese individual size pizza. it was crispy and delicious. friendly staff but too noisy inside. it isgoodto be crowded for the restaurant of course but i couldn't even hear the waitress.

watery toppings, tasteless crust. this isgoodpizza in chicago? ok. does not meet even minimum expectations. sorry i wish i could say better i had high hopes.

verygooddeep dish pizza. i enjoyed my deep dish pizza last night!

good pizza andgoodpasta. julie and kelly in the bar did an amazing job. happy birthday kelly! pizano's is always agoodstop in chicago.

for about $20 a person, we gorged ourselves on pizza and slugged back half-price bottles of wine. agoodtime.

interesting, thin crust deep dish.goodflavor.goodpizza.goodpatio in the middle of downtown busyness. nice, pro staff. and nice beer choice on tap.

skip the gnocchi. a friend recommended that we eat here for lunch -- it's a favorite of his. i ordered gnocchi with pesto sauce and was very disappointed. the gnocchi were overcooked and mushy and the sauce was some kind of cheesy concoction with basil specks. there was a lot of pasta, however, most of which went uneaten. the dinner salad was just ok.

i will givegoodmarks to the staff who were friendly and efficient. the place got rather noisy, especially since we sat near open windows and could hear all the traffic on madison.

i guess this place is known more for its pizza. my one experience with their pasta was not very good. perhaps i'm too picky since i spent six years in italy.

rudy's special was verygoodchicago style pizza. from the perspective of an out-of-towner, it's the best i've had.

really enjoyed everything here. first off our server kary was excellent. he had a great personality made outstanding recommendations and even offered to buy us desert.

he recommended anna maria's pasta that was perhaps the best pasta i have had. the pasta was stuffed with chicken and prosciutto and the sauce was just perfect. since we also ordered rudy's special thin crust pizza i decided not to polish off this great dish. the pizza was verygoodalso but that pasta took the cake.

all in all a very enjoyable dinning experience and one i would definitely like to repeat.

windy city pizza club visits pizano's. when it comes to deep dish chicago pizza, pizano's isn't what you need to satisfy your palette. their pizzas are big, they're average tasting, but their service is lacking and the cheese and sauce combined were much too heavy. most recently, the windy city pizza club met there for their monthly meeting, and to many it was disappointing.

according to the oprah winfrey show, pizano's has the best thin crust pizzas in the city and one of the top in the nation, and while the deep dish was just okay, their thin crust wasn't much better as it has a very "warmed up in a microwave" taste. after hearing so many great reviews from a-list celebrities, and friends, i came to the conclusion that this pizza was not for me. their location in the loop was roomy and warm on a snowy and frigid chicago winter's night, but their presence of service for a group of 15 people was lacking and unacceptable for a place that prides itself of spectacular chicago pizza.

pizano's was opened in 1991 rudy malnati, junior and features three locations: state street, loop, and glenview, each with it's own unique look and feel. the loop location where the pizza club met was 2 stories with a private room and bar in the roomy basement. if you were a true chicago pizza fan, you would know the family that owns this establishment. rudy's father, rudy, sr. is the founder of pizzeria uno & due. rudy jr.'s, brother is lou malnati, founder of lou malnati's pizzeria.

according to the pizano's website, agoodraised bread dough tones the crust. in our experience with the crust, it was extremely hard. they use high-grade canned tomatoes and of mozzarella cheese, topped with a sprinkling of grated parmesan and oregano to complete the basic pizza. it sounded good, but the biggest issue was that they use too much of each item. the actual wait time for pizza was no longer than 20 minutes, so if you are in a rush and want an average pizza with a lot of history, this is agoodplace. anchovies, onions or green pepper are other optional additions.

i did enjoy a tossed salad, which was fairly large and nicely priced. all of the prices that pizano's offers, are out-of-date and expensive for what the quality, but items are large so you could technically say you are getting your money's worth.

i would possibly go back, but not with a group.

pizano's =goodgrub!. chicago... just when i thought you were totally dominated by thegoodgrub's california love, zachary's chicago pizza, you go and pull a stunt like this... and totally redeem yourself! finally, we know what the godfather was talking about when he kept calling everyone paisano... literal translation... that dude freaking loves pizano's. and why shouldn't they... the pizano's roots dates back over sixty years, and like a fine wine... she's a-getting better with age. at pizano's, they definitely have the art of chicago pizza down cold... with that classic, rich, chunky-yet-smooth tomato-top-layer... the wrap-around, crispy, flakey, i-think-i've-just-figured-out-what-true-love-is, hand-tossed crust... and the best part... the ooey, gooey, cheesy, stuffed-like-a-thanksgiving-turkey, deep-dish filling with thegoodgrub's personal favorite... spinach and mushroom battling it out in a pizza royal rumble. i've said it before, and i'll say it again... i don't know what it is about spinach and mushroom, but those toppings... scratch that... this is chicago style... stuffings... go together with chicago pizza as one of the all time great food pairings... along side peanut butter and chocolate... french fries and milk shakes... flaming hot cheetos and dr. pepper... and that's just science. adding to the food, pizano's definitely has a pretty classy flare to bring to the mix... for sure a great place to bring a grub date. but be warned, because when the server lays down that pizano's-inspired happiness... and starts to dish out the first piping-hot slices... it's just a natural reaction to start singing love songs and whispering sweet nothings... to the pizza. luckily we were on no-such grub date and could immediately... and ferociously might we add... devour the now-i-know-why-they-call-it-pizza-pie amazingness. on a side note, what is it about chicago that makes the pizza so mind-blowing? sometimes we hear that it's the water... nah. definitely the mob. only organized crime could have coordinated such a masterpiece. and man, can pizano's go to war with any of the great crime families. if this place were a crime family... and we're not saying they are a crime family... please don't hurt us mr. pizano... their caporegime would make sonny corleone look like sonny & cher. leave the gun... take the deep dish. and if you tell me, "oh, i've had chicago pizza"... and you follow it up with "at bj's"... well, it might as well have been domino's... and that ain't puffery. seriously, grub nation, while writing this post i've checked flights to chicago not once, not twice, but thrice. because, when you get down to it... i don't really care what it is that makes their pizza sogood... just as long as pizano's is around... dishing out that deep dish grub.