Monicas Pizza

I've been going to this place for over 10 years now, since I was about 13 or 14...  The owner is still the same!

This pizza is one of the best in Chicago!  If I had to recommend a pizza to a visiting friend, I would take them to Monica's..

You can get a delicious and good-sized slice of Cheese pizza for $2.00.

Friendly staff & delicious pizza!

Also - Their breaded mushrooms are incredible!

It's more of a takeout place, but there are a few stools you can sit at on a nice summer day.

In recent months, I had a thin crust and PAN pizza and both were VERY good, made the way I requested, and overall tasty. Kinda surprised they don't have a stuffed available or at least a deep-dish, but we can't have everything.

Monica's Pizza, located on 65th and Pulaski, does their beef sandwich to perfection.

Don't let their strip mall location deceive you - this restaurant knows how to make a true Chicago beef sandwich. Their tough Turano bread is toasted once around in their rotating pizza oven. Their beef is usually a generous portion of non-banquet tasting quality. The amount of giardeniarra peppers is always on the mark, slithering through a mound of beef and tackling spicy-craving taste buds to enormous satisfaction. Order an open-faced sandwich to dine-in and usually you get a little more. However, the carry-out sandwich is of the same quality and still a great bang for the buck.

Monica's Pizza has a long-standing record of getting my order right and the taste of their beef sandwich truly defines a superb south side sandwich. In all honesty, if I didn't have medical concerns, I'd have Monica's beef sandwich dry with giardenierra peppers all three meals of the day.