Pizza Capri is simple, fresh, well prepared food... It is definitely the gem of the dismal Hyde Park eateries. The pizza is awesome. They have a nice wine list, good specials, nice service for a simple family restaurant. It's nothing fancy, but it's a great place to have a decent meal on the south side (a rare compliment).
Review Source:The most delicious South Side pizza you'll ever eat. Ever. For real. The prices are good and the sauce is something you will find yourself craving in the middle of the night.
If you can get giardinera on a pepperoni pizza, do it. You won't be sorry. Everything else there is amazing too--chicken, shrimp, cheese sticks. I could eat here every single day.
I'd heard a lot of great things about Capri's pizza, so I was originally worried that it wouldn't live up to the hype... But the first bite with hot, crisping cheese over some awesome toppings on an insanely good thin (but not too thin!) crust made me a believer! This pizza can seriously compete with the best in the country!
It's not a dine-in place, but I think the reviewer who gave one star on the basis of the neighborhood (welcome to South Chicago, random Texas lady...), but didn't even try the pizza made a HUGE mistake - she'll never know how close she came to a slice of food perfection!
The broasted chicken (think fried but more juicy and delicious) has the best crispy skin you'll ever try, and their diverse menu has quite a few other gems, but I can't seem to bring myself to stop eating the pizza long enough to explore!
Hands down the BEST pizza in Chicago I mean in the world. Â
Established in the late 1940's by Tony Ciannamea...more than 60 years later Capri is still the strongest and most authentic, a true staple of Chicago's southside. Â
You will fall in love with Capri at your very first bite, guaranteed. Â : D
truly great pizza, to find pizza this good on the far southside is amazing. the thin crust is good, and the deep dish is awesome. I stand by the original of cheese and sausage, but i have had a variety of toppings from italian beef, black olives, onions, to gardinera peppers, pepperoni and green peppers.
also, the hot wings are good, the broasted chicken can be a hit or miss depending on if it was fried too hard or not, but when its on, it's dead on.
Everyone on this side of town (S. Chicago, S. Deering, E. Side) knows about this place. Â They have some of the best pizza in the area. Â Their broasted chicken is pretty good too. Â They have daily specials M - Thurs.
Their beef or sausage sandwiches are delicious with optional peppers but i'm not too hip to the meatball for some reason.
They have pasta (mostaccioli, spaghetti, ravioli) and appetizers (buffalo wings, poppers, zucchini)
They have ribs too but i'd only order them only if you really have a taste for ribs. They are meaty but a little bland and loaded with bbq sauce.
Lastly, they do offer catering and it is worth ordering for sure.
OK, so if you're from S.Chicago or the East Side you know there's only one place to get great thin crust Pizza.  In fact when family and friends say, "who wants pizza?" no one even asks from where, you automatically know it's Capri's.  It's like the heaven's opened up  and an XL thin crust w/ sausage and cheese fell out of the sky. Seriously it's that good. Â
My husband and I are even pizza snobs now. Â We never eat at chain pizza restaurants like Domino's, Pizza Hut and Little Cesar's. we would rather have our intestines taken out and wrapped around the tailpipe of a truck going down Calumet Avenue.
When ordering pizza make sure to get fries. Oh ya, and  ask them for hot sauce. Yes, I know hot sauce on pizza and fries? I must be joking right? Wrong. Here in the East Side/ S.Chicago area we like hot sauce on are fries AND pizza. And not just any hot sauce, it has to be Hector's Hot Sauce (or as it's referred to Heine's- but that's a whole other review). My North Side and Indiana friends look at us crazy when we bring out our neon orange hot sauce. But after they try it, they love it.
There is also an Indiana Capri right off of Calumet Avenue. Â That one offers the same high quality pizza as the one in South Chicago. Â A word to the wise: It has the best regular pizza not Deep dish or Stuffed whatever you want to call it. Â That pizza is just a chunk of bead with some sauce. Stay far away from that.
I've been eating Capri's Pizza since forever....there have been numerous  other big franchise pizza places (Pizza Hut, Domino's) try to come into the neighborhood and they never last. They were all run out of town with their tails between their legs.
This is a South Chicago staple. Their pizza is amazing, best with a side of french fries. Also their spaghetti and meatballs is also great.
If you're in the South Chicago area you can never go wrong by getting a bite to eat at Capri Pizza. Â They've been in business at this location since 1955. Â Their whole menu is great. Â The pizza is like non other. Â Every pizza is made fresh to order. Â They have daily specials and also lunch specials. Â The beef sandwiches are the bomb always fully stacked with italian beef and made fresh to order. Â I like mine toasted with melted mozzarella cheese, red sauce and hot peppers. Â Their hot peppers are oven rosted daily. Â Yumm!!! Â Try the place out.... the food is great and the prices are very reasonable.
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