These 9 on the map
The 9 pizzerias on this page, pinned where they actually are. Tap a marker to see which one it is — all 20 are on the map in the Whosly app.
Chicago pizza
Deep dish is the famous one, but plenty of Chicagoans eat tavern-style most weeks: a cracker-thin crust cut into squares. The newer places do Neapolitan, coal-fired and Detroit-style.
9 of the 20
Pequod's Pizza
Lincoln Parkdeep-dish pizza$$Pan pizza ringed with cheese baked dark and crunchy against the pan, the edge regulars fight over. It's a sports bar on Clybourn, a long-standing favorite of the city's chefs, and the kitchen runs until 2 a.m. most nights (midnight on Sunday).
Vito & Nick's Pizzeria
Ashburntavern-style pizza$A South Side tavern cutting cracker-thin pizza into squares since the 1950s; the house sausage is the topping to get, with a cold beer. Cash only.
Spacca Napoli
RavenswoodNeapolitan pizza$$Jonathan Goldsmith's Neapolitan pies, baked fast in a wood oven assembled by builders from Naples, on a quiet Ravenswood block. The city's chefs and restaurateurs voted it Chicago's best pizza at the 2025 Jean Banchet Awards.
Coalfire
West Towncoal-oven pizza$$Thin, blistered pies from an oven fueled by coal, in an 1876 West Town building; the one everyone photographs is pepperoni dotted with whipped ricotta. The Southport location adds lunch Wednesday to Sunday.
Paulie Gee's Logan Square
Logan Squarewood-fired pizza$$Derrick Tung's Chicago branch of the Brooklyn pizzeria: wood-fired pies like the hot-honey Hellboy, lots of vegan options, and Detroit-style 'Logan Squares' from the recipe that won him the 2018 U.S. Pizza Cup. Tuesday and Wednesday, 5 to 7, margheritas drop to $10; Thursday is trivia night.
Milly's Pizza in the Pan
Noble Squaredeep-dish pizza$$$Robert Maleski's caramelized-crust pan pizzas, baked in limited numbers each day; order ahead, because they sell out. A West Town counter, with a second shop in Lakeview.
The Art of Pizza
Lakeviewdeep-dish pizza$$A Lakeview counter known for stuffed pizza sold by the slice, plus thin and pan pies and daily pasta specials. Art's Special (sausage, onions, mushrooms, green peppers) is the order. Open daily until 11, and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
Bartoli's Pizzeria
Roscoe Villagestuffed pizza$$Brian Tondryk, grandson of a Gino's East founder, makes stuffed and tavern-thin pies in a brick-walled Roscoe Village room; the Tribune once named it the city's best.
Pizz'Amici
West Towntavern-style pizza$$Tavern-style pies on crackery, paper-thin crust in West Town, begun as free pizzas posted on Instagram before opening on Grand in 2024; stick to three toppings. BYOB. Try the house-made Italian beef on top.
The other 11
The 20 are spread across 14 neighborhoods. Lincoln Park (3), Logan Square (3), Ravenswood (2) and West Town (2) have the most; Ashburn, Bridgeport, Edgewater, Lakeview, Noble Square, Old Town, Roscoe Village, Streeterville, West Loop and Wicker Park have one each.
+11 more in the app
A Bridgeport tavern-thin counter by Sox Park, a world champion's Old Town shop, New Haven-style pies at a Wicker Park brewpub, stuffed pizza by the slice in Lakeview, and more.
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Want a sit-down Italian dinner instead? See our Italian list. For deep dish, tavern-style and the rest of the city's own foods, see famous Chicago foods.
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