D.P. Dough

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  My fiance and I recently ordered from DP Dough because he heard about them on a radio commercial.  We both grew up in the Chicago area and I moved here just two years ago.  It seems like there's no good pizza here.  I was really surprised by DP Dough's calzones.  We've ordered from there twice now.  The calzones are great!  Good dough and the marinara sauce is yummy, not too sweet.  They do put a lot of pepper on their fries, I don't know why.  My daughter is a picky eater and so she had chicken tenders and fries.  She couldn't eat the fries, they got too hot with all that pepper.  
  
  We also ordered Party Stix, bread sticks with some sauce, pepperoni, and ground beef.  They were not so good.  The dough and the marinara sauce is the same as the calzones.  It just doesn't taste as good when it's in pizza form.
  
  We will definitely order calzones again.

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  Posted on 01.31.13 Jennifer G.

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  A few years ago, I moved from Normal to Chicago.  I missed some of my friends, being a dumb 21 year old, and D.P. Dough....
  
  D.P. Dough is the Man of My Dreams.  Every time I am drunk and hungry, I wish I was laying on my couch, fumbling with my phone, calling in a delivery order to the dough wizards and then making out with a veggie calzone.  Three years of city-life, and I have yet to find a tastier calzone!  
  
  Dearest D.P., please set up shop in Chicago along the blue line.  
  
  Much Love.

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  Posted on 01.10.13 Kathleen O.

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  Definitely a late-night indulgence.

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  Posted on 12.12.12 Lauren W.

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  i think i'm still waiting for a calzone i ordered about 18 months ago. i hope it shows up soon. i'm getting hungry.
  
  seriously, i had so much hope for this place, and it's not that their food is bad, it's just that every time i either walked in or ordered delivery, the order either got screwed up or took forever to arrive. 3 hours for a calzone to be delivered about 1.3 miles from their location? unacceptable. and that happened multiple times.
  
  won't order from them again. ever.

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  Posted on 05.26.12 Chef B.

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  this place owns! the babe ruth of late night food! build your own calzone or choose from over a million different calzones! winnner winner chicken mo fo dinner!

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  Posted on 04.07.12 Carmello J.

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  if you like a calzone go across the street to Prime Time. Get the Itilian beef with jardinare. Ive done dp twice now and was unhappy both times . Maby I should try agian when Im drunk! I heard some girl saying the other night she had to be drunk to pull of the Dp.

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  Posted on 09.30.11 Austin A.

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  Super easy to order online if you are stuck on a conference call. Food arrives pretty quickly even in Downtown Bloomington, but I don't recommend you get the food for delivery.  When you eat there you get your food right away so it is nice and hot and you can remain blissfully ignorant of how greasy your calzone is. If you get delivery, your food goes into a box where it sits for a couple of minutes and by the time you get it the grease has almost soaked through. Even worse if you order a cookie and they put the cookie in with the calzone. This shouldn't be a problem for you though, as their cookies are awful. Plus, it is slightly overwhelming to order as there are 3 pages of options, plus the option to make your own.
  
  Despite the grease, the food is pretty good and pretty cheap considering how much you get. It can really hit the spot after a night of drinking in Uptown.

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  Posted on 08.26.11 Tristan B.

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  The problem with DP Dough is consistency. I have been there and had a wonderful calzone then gone back ordered the same thing and felt sick. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to their product. For my $8 it's not worth the risk.

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  Posted on 08.07.11 Lawrence T.

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  Good size meal for the price; dough was perfectly cooked, not greasy at all. Very satisfying.

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  Posted on 07.27.11 Matt D.

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  I have tried about 10 different combinations of zones and liked them all. I have only eaten in the old restaurant once and ever since have ordered online for delivery. Awesome website, dependable delivery, good prices and incredible selection. My family orders about once every other week and I will have new zones to try for over a year before repeating. They may not have a huge menu of varying tastes and styles, but if you are in teh mood for a unique calzone then this is as good as it gets.

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  Posted on 06.14.11 Eric G.

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  Awful place...
  
  I called D.P. Dough because it was in Illinois State's "specials" book. I placed an order late at night, starving because of the lack of food in the dorms. I waited and waited, and an hour later I called them back and asked if my order had been placed. After waiting for 2 minutes on the phone & terrible customer service (the guy on the other line couldn't hear because it was 'too loud') he told me my food was on the way. 2 hours pass, I call back and the same guy tells me to "hold on". I hang up, figuring the food would come soon and to be patient.
  
  I was wrong. D.P. Dough closed, and failed to deliver my $16 order, I guess delivery was not as important as the customers they were serving. I have eaten here before, and they have an option of "express" calzones, which I found out were calzones that had been sitting in the cooker all day. I will NEVER deliver from D.P. Dough again, and will make sure that none of my friends go either.

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  Posted on 10.30.10 Alex S.

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  Not only was the restaurant itself kind of dingy and scuzzy-looking, the food was rather expensive and not really that good.
  
  For my $10, I got an admittedly fairly large calzone, served piping hot, with a bunch of oven-baked, squishy, over-peppered fries thrown into the box.  And a drink ... without a lid, because they were apparently out.
  
  The food itself was fairly tasteless.  I had a Pineapple thingamabob which had Chicken, Ham, Pineapple, and BBQ sauce.  It was definitely fresh, but it was also so hot that it had zero flavor.  I saved the second half, which I reheated today.  It was much better at a cooler temperature, but still not worth the price IMO.

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  Posted on 06.19.10 William W.

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  Ok... I don't get this place... at all.  I don't understand them... at all.  How in the world can two calzones cost $16 dollars?  Just tell me that!
  
  So, here's the process by which you will purchase and consume your "zone."
  
  First you arrive.  And it's crowded, well, not as bad as it was before they expanded, but it's always crowded after 9pm.  You'll wait in line.  You'll order your calzones, at which point they charge you about what you pay at a real restaurant.  Next step: wait twenty minutes for your calzone to be ready.  You have a few options here: you can sit in DP Dough with the entirety of the ISU student body, go outside and smoke a few cigarettes while you wait for your "zones" or hop over to Maggies for a few beers while you wait.  Then, when you finally get the "zone," you'll find that it's a little doughy.  You finally bite into it.  And it's going to be marvelous.  It's a steaming hot pile of dough filled with cheese, veggies and meat.  Wait... what's all over your face?  It's grease.  Tons and tons of grease.  Grease all over.  Oh god.... and when you're finished you'll feel like you're going to die.
  
  I eat there, I admit.  I enjoy it somewhat, I admit.  But, the overall feeling that I have for this place is: christ, I hate this place.
  
  Also: order your "zone" well done.

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  Posted on 02.11.10 Thom Z.

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  This would be 4....and maybe now it's better.  About 5 months ago, I went here to eat.  The LITTLE dining area was just a mess.  It was obvious people had recently been there and no one cleaned up.  It was a shame.  HOWEVER, I do know that they are expanding and renovating.
  
  I have ordered delivery a few times...once online and then, was unable to because the computer recognized me as "out of their delivery range"... called and got my order
  
  The food- when you getyour food, you may want to ask for the calzone to be cooked a little extra.  I like mine a little darker than theirs traditionally comes.  They have a BAGILLION options, and you can make your own as well.  
  
  They guys that work there are exactly what you expect in a college pizza-like place.  Really laid back and nice!

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  Posted on 01.23.10 Kelly M.

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  These are some tasty calzones.  Delcious cheese inside delicious dough.  They have a variety of different options for calzones, even breakfast ones.   They also have salads.  You can also create your own calzone.  Tasty stuff here.

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  Posted on 12.26.09 Joe W.

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  The Calzone was fine.  I ate here hoping for one that would be as good as the old Pizza world calzones from the '90s.  These were fine if unimpressive.  I had the chicken bacon.  I'd do it again, but I' m not in a hurry.
  Plus, what a porntastic name.

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  Posted on 04.06.09 Zach T.

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  I love calzones, so I've given this place two chances to impress me.  Both times I got a decent but not remarkable calzone and a salad.  Both times the meal was serviceable, but nothing special.  I suppose it's a decent value, but you won't remember anything much after filling your stomach.

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  Posted on 09.25.08 John T.

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  I thought this place was gross. The calzone dough was hard or it was baked too long. It was expensive for what you got and even though they have a large selection, all of my friends had the same reaction "We will never go back"

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  Posted on 08.10.08 Asaf O.

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  Visited here a few weeks ago.  The calzone selection was huge and they even had a 'create your own' option from various ingredients.  The dough was yummy and the filling was delish - although only lukewarmish.  I would have preferred hotter.  
  
  Didn't seem like the cleanest place but I didn't see anything totally icky either.

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  Posted on 06.29.08 Kelly S.

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  D.P. Dough is a chain that seems to market only in college towns, which is why they must have decided to open one up near ISU in Normal. There  are about 40 different calzone options and you can create your own by selecting 4 ingredients. A calzone is basically a pizza folded in half, so you get this half-moon turnover of goodness for $6.50.
  There are also a lot of great veggie options so everyone will be happy. I tried the Pesto and Spinner and they were both great. The phone number spells out 309-888-ZONE, so it's easy to remember too!

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  Posted on 06.13.08 Van M.

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  I don't want to know what the "d.p." in d.p. dough stands for, but they do make a tasty calzone.  The menu is long and overwhelming.  I think it is a requirement to end every item with the word "zone".  The place was slammed with late night drunken kids starving for the great pizza alternative.  Most memorable was the dude with the inflatable hippo floatie around his waist.  He was getting in everybody's face.  He proclaimed my companion to be a stud based on the detection from his stud finder.  I would advise getting your calzone to go, dining conditions inside are pretty groudy.

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  Posted on 04.23.08 Martha Z.

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