Pizzaco's

Meh. The search for a decent approximation to NY style pizza in Chicago continues.

The crust is far too thick and chewy to even pretend to be NY style, there is a distinct lack of grease, and the cheese hardened into a plasticy mess moments after cooling off slightly, indicating low-quality cheese. Also, the sauce to cheese ratio is completely off.

I'm beginning to think I should just give up on this search and save up all my pizza cravings for trips back east.

Wow, this pizza was really bad.  I ordered a large veggie pizza, which had mushrooms, spinach, roasted peppers, and onions.  The mushrooms were not readily identifiable as mushrooms, and the rest of the toppings were total mush.  Obviously, these ingredients were NOT FRESH.  Plus, the sauce had little flavor and there was too much cheese.  The outside crust was pretty nice, which is the only reason this isn't getting only a single star.  Also, delivery was fast.

Yum Yum Yum. This place is one of our favorites, we get pizza from here every other week or so. The sausage is great (some pizza sausage is suspicious). Their ingredients are always fresh, the staff (usually the owners) are helpful and very friendly and they give reasonably accurate estimates on when things will be done or delivery will arrive.

Only sad thing is that they reduced the scope of their menu. Their chicken parm was the best in the city hands down. And now with reduced salad options they might not make my special-order cheeseburger pizza -- I'll update when the craving next hits and I see if they'll make it. Hm... maybe tonight.