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The Super Bowl is coming on Sunday, like it or not, and with it comes analysis of the action on the field, the commercials, and what's sitting on the plate in front of you. You could go the classy route and cook up a feast for your football-watching friends. Or you could join your fellow Americans in helping to make Feb. 3 the most popular pizza ordering day of the year.
Though Chicago has no dearth of delicious pizza places, a good number of you will inevitably order from a chain. It's just the way it happens ("I want Piece." "I want Rinallis." I want Lou Malnattis." "Fuck it, lets just get Dominos so we have something to eat before the Pats squash the Giants," is sort of how we imagine this conversation happening.)
Luckily Slice has got you covered, with "careful analysis of the various crusts, toppings, and specialty pizzas from Pizza Hut, Domino's, and Papa John's." Adam Kuban's clever take on each pizza provider's MVP options, second string players, and "disabled list" pies, will give you the know how and wherewithal to pick the right pie for your party.
Slice's "post game analyses": Most Papa John's options are safe bets (though they have limited Chicago locations); the olive-and-bacon Pizza Mia from Pizza Hut is strangely delicious, and skip Dominos unless what's most important is super cheap eats and speedy delivery.
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Anyone who DOES order on Sunday better be prepared for some very long delivery wait times. What I've done before is actually order the pizza the day before and then reheat it in the oven (!) Not quite the same as a fresh pizza of course, but you'll be so hungry it won't really matter.
why not order the pizza on saturday, get it half baked and then reheat sunday
It's a damn shame that there are so few Papa John's in Chicago. While I'd certainly prefer a local option, sometimes, you just want cheap assembly-line pizza that's edible, and you don't get that from Dominos or the Hut.
It's too bad there are no Gumby's Pizza here. Ah, for those Pokey Stix.
Little Ceasar's is the best assembly line, IMHO
God I miss Papa John's. Every time I go back to Louisville, I order up a ridiculous amount. I wish I lived in delivery range here.
No self-respecting native Chicagoan would ever opt for chain pizza. I was stuck in a small Wisconsin town several years ago and Domino's was the only thing open. Took one bite, and that was enough for me.
I read somewhere awhile back that Christmas Eve (or was it the Wednesday before Thanksgiving) was actually the busiest day for pizza delivery. I cant seem to find it though. Either way, the chains and the mom's and pop's stand to make a killing on all three very busy days.
Yelling chain restaurant pizza in Chicago is like yelling "fire" at the movies. I'm surprised to see so few comments.
@wyse
"God I miss Papa John's. Every time I go back to Louisville, I order..."
You just miss your family. Oh man...now I'm all homesick for the Burger King in Raleigh. Thanks a lot!
@xlprg
"It's too bad there are no Gumby's Pizza here"
Drink in Madison much? I'd rather have Ian's.
Actually, it was Columbia, Mo. And while I'd rather have Shakespeare's Pizza there, they didn't deliver as late as Gumby's.
But, really, I'd rather have Lou Malnati's.
xlprg:
It is creepy when how you find out that a dude you bring home is from CoMo is when he recognizes the Shakespeare's Pizza plastic tumbler you are drinking wine out of and says "Did you go to Mizzou?"
Spav: I'm pretty sure that has never happened to me (being that dude, I mean), but I'm not 100% sure.
I wish I could order pizza from Canada...
This Michigan native misses Hungry Howie's.
I've never had decent pizza outside of the Chicago or New York metropolitan areas. Maybe I'm just not as well traveled...
I heard Boston has some decent pies, but I've never been there.
That's odd, because most Chicago pizza sucks!
@Joe Blow.
I totally agree. Chicago has the worst pizza of any place I've ever lived - Philly, New Jersey, Lexington, KY, Cleveland. There's some good pizza, but overall it's pretty bad. Don't know where the rep came from.
@Joe Blow.
I totally agree. Chicago has the worst pizza of any place I've ever lived - Philly, New Jersey, Lexington, KY, Cleveland. There's some good pizza, but overall it's pretty bad. Don't know where the rep came from.
Tower18: There's a Hungry Howie's in Naperville, believe it or not.
Am I the only one that misses the "Pizza Pizza" from Little Caesars? This "Hot and Ready" jazz just don't do it for me.
Please. All of you:
Go back to the 'burbs. There's plenty of chain pizza joints.
Try not to get lost on your way back in.....
@dan_l
Amen. If someone honestly thinks Lexington Fucking Kentucky has better pizza than Chicago, then that person pretty much hates pizza in general.
I don't see any reason why Lexington, KY doesn't have better pizza than Chicago. Do you *really* like either deep dish or cracker-thin crust? Well, that's 95% of Chicago pizza. Deep dish has *way* too much cheese and fillings, cracker crust is too light on toppings and weak on crust. All some people are left with is the italian-style, NY-ish floppy thin crust. Which is good, if you have the right toppings and sauce. But the selection is average at best.
Pizza is a very subjective thing, which is why you'll find people from Lexington, or Austin, or Kansas City, who don't like eating pizza crackers or pizza casserole. They like actual pizza. And Chicago just doesn't rate..
Pizza IS very subjective. Chicagoans and New Yorkers think that they cannot be beat, but that's pretty close- minded and actually laughable. Chicago's signature pizza was invented by a Texan who was trying to cross enchiladas with calzones! Not for everybody.
I guess when your city is run like Moscow, Russia- you are programmed to think that your city is great in every way when it's really just fair- then yeh, I guess you would scoff at the great pizzas of places like New Haven, Phoenix, Philly, or St. Louis.