Connie's Pizza by the Pier

I can't believe I actually paid for this food - I could have gotten something more tasty out of the dumpster.  The service was eh - what do you expect from teenagers on a Friday night making plans with their friends as to what time they are going to watch the Hunger Games.  Then came the pizza - blah, yuk, blah.  It was some sort of refrigerated thing that they quick baked.  It wasn't hot, it wasn't tasty, it was ick.  They couldn't even get the fries right.  I'm not sure if they were real potatoes or not.  The box the pizza came in was sturdy - if I would have eaten it, it probably would have been better than the gummy crust on the thing that was served to us.

I should have known better than to eat at a food court at a touristy place like Navy Pier. But I was there for an event, it was a beautiful day, and my feet were tired. I'd tramped all around the pier all day long.

I've had Connie's many times - and had never been disappointed. Even at events like the JazzFest, where I got a nice, hot, fresh slice of pizza. So I thought it would be the same here. NOT.

I got the thin spin'azzy which was anything BUT "azzy" anything. It wasn't even hot. I'm sure it was left over from like a week or more ago. Seriously? Really? That's what you're gonna serve me for nearly $7!? And what spinach? It looked like a piece of parsley. Shameful. I wasn't expecting anything world famous, but I've had better frozen pizza for $2. Now I know why New Yorker's insist their thin sliced it is better than ours. They probably ate at a place like this.

I'd have been better off at Mickey D's. The sugar free vanilla coffee I got and $.59 cone made up somewhat for the experience.

Ya'll should be ashamed of yourselves. You're serving people who are visiting Chicago - and they are going back with a BAD impression of our pizza. That's a CRIME. For God's sake, fix this restaurant! It's just embarrassing! You're hurting the reputation of this great city!

To any visitors reading this, I apologize for this place -- because, well, someone needs to. Choose something else. Forget about that food court. There are a ton of great pizza joints not far away. The least I can do is to tell you to go to Due's between Ohio St & Ontario St. Seriously. Do it! I want you to have a good impression of Chicago pizza when you leave!

"LMFAO AHAHAHA OMFGGGG LOLZZZZ" can sum up my experience eating here. If I recall, some friend of mine said that Chicago's pizza beats all others. What I failed to recall was that my friend would gladly eat a live cricket for 50 cents.

So here I am a Connie's. I wanted to get a veggie pizza, and the cashier says they only have sausage. Ok, whatever, sausage it is. Right behind me is a cute little girl who is craving for cheese pizza. Her dad excitedly says, "Lemme get a cheese pizza for my daughter." The cashier gets two pizzas from this abhorrent looking freezer from Hell, and slams them in the oven. This motherfucker doesn't even have the courtesy to handle it like its decent! 30 seconds later, this girl's cheese pizza comes OUT OF NOWHERE already in a box. I thought it was mine as I ordered first, so I grabbed it and the cashier says it's for the little girl. At this point, I am mortified. Not only did this pizza come out of nowhere, it didn't even look warm. How can you serve that, especially to a little girl?!?! The dad looked at the cashier and asked if it was fresh. CLEARLY NOT.

3 precious minutes stood between me and my pizza from Hell. I was praying to the Pizza gods that my order would surprise me and taste pretty dang good. Nope! I opened the box and all it was a small round lump of dough with no sauce, lots of cheese and with four huge pieces of sausage that look like dog crap. Seriously, I have a yellow lab, and her poop looks pretty much like those sausages.

Now ask me if the pizza was cooked all the way-- Seriously, look at the computer and say out loud, "WAS THE PIZZA COOKED ALL OF THE WAY?" .....wait for it........

NO.

CHICAGO EPIC FAIIILLLL!!!!!!!!