Langel's Pizzeria

Nice place to bring the family or come out without the kids to the bar.  Has a great enclosed outside area full of TVs that is open all year.  Has a nice room for private parties and staff is always willing to help you out.  

Not a fan of the ground beef pizza....gotta get the sausage chunk!!! IMO

(Preface:  This place is on my "Two-Week List," in which I list the top twenty restaurants and bars that I'd go to if some soothsayer came up to me and told me that I only had two weeks to live.  Check out the full list on my profile!)

This pizza is different from all of the other pizza I've ever had in my life.  It's way different than New York pizza or Chicago pizza.  And it's my first pizza memory as a child.

This place is a neighborhood classic-- and it's a double whammy of perfection, because it's connected to Rodney's, which is a fantastic sports bar.  Usually my family and I sit inside Rodney's, at the tall tables, but the addition of the new outdoor (but enclosed) patio has been really great, too.  It's now the perfect space for big groups.  (If only that patio had been built when I was a kid!)  

The sausage here is amazing.  You have two options with sausage:  either in little chunks or in a layer of crumbles UNDER the cheese.  I always insist on the crumbly sausage when I bring new people here-- I have never encountered sausage like this before.  I also love that the pizza is served in squares.  You're almost forced to eat it with a knife and fork (especially the middle pieces).  

Service has always been outstanding.  (Then again, my sixty-one-year-old-father always tries to flirt with the waitresses, and they think it's endearing.)  But in all honesty, service is top notch.  If an order is ever botched (it happens at busy places, but it happens rarely here), they are really super quick to replace it.

I never order delivery, because it's just so much fun to come here.  I love the ambiance.  It's sporty, loud, and smoky in the Rodney's area. which is very fun if you're a loud person!  However, the old restaurant part and the new patio are much quieter areas (and non-smoking, I believe), so it's a place that can please everyone.

My favorite pizza hands down...the crumbled sausage is so delicious and the crust has a slight sweetness to it...a coworker from Chicago makes me bring her Langels all the time! One tip...order the double crust...it's not deep dish but it makes it hold the toppings better...pizza bread is good but the pizza crust and sweet sauce makes me keep coming back...very reasonable price too