Monical's Pizza

I'm a slaaaaave for you, Monicals Pizza.
I can't deny it.
I'm not trying to hide it, baby.

It's been almost a year and a half since I professed my Yelp love for Monicals. Proud to say that nothing's changed. This isn't for those people out there that want to sit around and talk about how you must eat deep dish when you live in/near Chicago. Oh no no no. This is for a different type of people. This is for the people that have an utmost respect and appreciation for a good thin crust pizza.

I can never get enough of their Family Pleaser. Salad, a 2 liter and a medium pizza. It's the perfect amount of food and oh so good. (You can also find coupons on their Facebook page, in your mail if you're local or on their website.) Us locals will recommend that you get some of the sweet red salad dressing and the creamy italian dressing and mix them. That's how us Kankakeeans roll.

Did I mention I love their thin-crust pizza? It is sooooooooooo gooooooood. They put some kind of Italian spices on top of it to make it unique to only Monicals. I get lots of different toppings but tonight it was pepperoni and green olives. It was delicious as always.

Jeff S said in best back in '07: You are the family pleaser, Monicals.

It's marginal pizza and the pasta dishes are cheap imitations of the originals. Not inexpensive either.

I think you had to have grown up around one of these to actually like it as an adult. I give it 2 stars because kids do like it. The pizza is terribly juvenile tasting, and the toppings are rarely cooked properly. The crust is comparable to a generic brand frozen pizza. However, staff has always been friendly and there are always tons of coupons so it's OK to take the kids for dinner....just not if you want pizza.