Pizano's Pizza

Pizano's attracts a lively crowd at lunch and dinner, but especially during happy hour. The food is good, and the action at the bar, where patrons can settle in and watch the big game, remains lively throughout the night, especially when a the game is close.

Pizano's, owned by Rudy Malnati Jr., son of pizza legend Lou Malnati, offers the same pizza as Lou Malnati's, in addition to a selection of pasta and Italian chicken classics. From my experiences, the chicken parmesan is about the best around. The large piece of white meat chicken is perfectly breaded with a hint of garlic, topped with mozzarella cheese and finished with a wonderfully thick meat sauce.

While the chicken dishes are great, the pastas aren't slouches. The sauces are thick and flavorful by themselves, but for a little extra zip, diners can order sides of sausage, meatballs, meat or marinara sauce and/or the fresh vegetable of the day. Of course, there is the famous Malnati pizza, with big chunks of tomato paste and fabulously flavorful sausage that is thick and meaty without being knock-out spicy.

Pizano's buttery, cheesy garlic bread joins the chicken parmesan in the "best I've ever had club". The bread boasts a crispy crust, with a soft, hot, garlicky inside. It makes a great appetizer.  

Overall, Pizanos offers good food and a good time.

The Pizza here use to be great and now just is horribile.  I have ordered delievery from here twice and the first time it was burned.  The second time it had barely any sauce in it.  There is much better Pizza in Chicago go elsewhere.  The food here is nothing like it was in the past.

"Voted best thin crust in Chicago" my ass. It tasted like pizza from a bowling alley. Chuck-E Cheese has better thin crust.