Monical's Pizza

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  I love this pizza...and I'm a Chicagoan.  My mom grew up in one of the shittylittletowns nearby and when visiting family, Monical's became the place to go out to eat.  I normally don't like thin crust, but they just somehow get it right.  Super thin without overloading the toppings to weigh it down.  
  
  Perhaps it's not fair to review Monical's as I've only EVER eaten their pizza, breadsticks and salad, but I love it.  I make trips down here just for the pizza.  Forget family, I want breadsticks & nacho cheese!  I've brought many friends here, all whom are skeptical about the pizza being good and the drive being worth it but they always end up with my leftovers, because I'm just that nice.  
  
  Honestly, the food really isn't anything special.  The breadsticks are pre-cooked and warmed up in the microwave (which is also why they re-heat so poorly).  The salad is your basic iceberg topped with cheese, large tomato wedges and carrots and the sauce on the pizza doesn't have any flavor that makes you say "wow, that sauce was amazing!".....but it's good pizza.  
  
  This actually isn't my preferred location as I find the staff to be....annoying, but it suffices when I'm not paying attention and get off at the wrong exit (this location is right off 57).

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  Posted on 08.29.12 Claudia S.

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  Never had a bad experience with the service or anything. Staff is friendly.  My issue is with the pizza, just not my style. This place has a predominantly local following i.e. you only really like this food if you grew up on it. I'm a Chicago transplant so I prefer the deep dish or stuffed style of pizza. Monicals is ultra thin which can be OK if flavorful, but the sauce is lackluster and sparing, the cheese is greasy, and the crust too thin to possess any discernible flavor. It basically reminds me of what a Tombstone pizza would be if ate fresh and never fozen. A telltale sign of the pizza's shortcomings: everyone raves how good it is when topped with french dressing... A truly good pizza would not need such an outlandish addition to give it good flavor.

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  Posted on 07.11.12 Jeff W.

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  Very clean and the pizza is REALLY yummy! Some of the best pizza I've ever had in my 30+ years. We were the only ones in the dining room and our server was friendly but slow.  She was a teenager, though.
  
  The dining room was spotless.

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  Posted on 06.12.11 Joni J.

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  This is my favorite pizza chain in Illinois.  I get down to this area every once in a while for work and you can bet that Monical's the place that I go every time.  
  
  They have a fantastic house French dressing.  I usually buy a bottle to take home with me.  The crust on the pizza is fluffy and their breadsticks are to die for!

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  Posted on 07.07.10 Ginger M.

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  Always a great place to eat with great service and great food. Whether we dine-in, carry-out, or get it delivered, we're never disappointed.
  
  If thin crust pizza is your forte, then you're headed to the right place. Fresh ingredients help make this pizza what it is, but be sure to hang onto some French dressing to dip it into. If you've never tried this, you're missing out!
  
  This location is unique in that there is a giant tree in the middle of their dining room, but it doesn't take away from the experience.

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  Posted on 05.06.09 Eric W.

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  It had been years since I'd been to a Monical's.  I spent 7 years in Central Illinois for school and, believe it or not, we thought Monical's was expensive and only went there for a special treat when we were sick of Papa John's (what I wouldn't give for Papa, now!!).
  
  This Monical's was clean and did not disappoint.  Its sublimely thin and square-cut pizza was just as I remembered from my student days.  And be sure not to forget the special sauce!!  One of my friends -- who had never had Monical's pizza -- was still raving about it two days later.  The breadsticks hit the spot while we waited for our pizza.  Our server, Mallory, was attentive and helpful.

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  Posted on 03.31.08 Becky R.

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