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Ummm, well they serve single sliced pizza that you can get with or with out fries. BE WARNED, the pizza slices taste like ass and do not expect pepperoni after like 2pm. Cheese and sausage are the choices you have.
The sammaches are good and I suggest the Roast Beef or Italian Beef not dipped. The prices are mad cheap, but it is not something you'd want to eat everyday, for health reasons, but for a quick, cheap meal on the fly, can't beat it. 5 bucks and you could walk would w/ plenty food.
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Ordered a pizza from this place once.
It was incredibly awful. In fact, it may be the worst pizza I have ever had. Bagel Bites are better. Much better.
I would never eat here again.
A fave of mine from those high school days. I'd get a slice of pepperoni with fries, and drown those fries in BBQ sauce. In those days when sauce, grease and butter went on everything I ate i would have given then 5 stars- so teens, put this place on your radar. When I'm in the area almost 10 years later, I get the same and it doesn't quite do the same for me but definitely stirs up fond feelings. A soft and chewy type of thin crust, minimalist sauce, thin and just smoky-spicy pepperoni, plentiful gooey cheese and a satisfying slather of grease. I'd say gooey is a good word for the pizza here and even now some days that's just what I want.
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This place brings me back to some of my fondest high school memories. The place is small with only a few places to sit, there's 3 booths one big booth, two mini ones attached to the wall. Which may be a negative to some but the food and great prices make this place an instant favorite for several years.
The pizza slices and fries are tasty albeit unhealthy but if your that hung up on that, just go to some veggie joint. For as little as $2.75 you can an enormous slice of pizza and great helping of fries. Cholies has a really big menu so if your not in the mood for something other than pizza try one their sandwiches or their shrimp baskets.
The service is always quick and they also deliver. I also recommend the thin crust. Cholies is one of Chicago's best kept secrets in city filled with great pizza places.
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Cholie's has a good menu, the prices are like from the 1980s or something. They are so reasonable. They deliver in under 25 minutes (in a neighborhood where 90 minutes is the delivery norm.) The food always comes HOT, yummy, and the delivery staff is very friendly and clean. They have dine-in space at their location with some TVs on the wall. I've never been there, just delivery. But I am hooked on them now.
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"A small sausage pizza with a side of fries", for $10 including tip- that's what I ordered when I was hungry back in college and oh how I crave it if only I still lived in Hyde Park. I gained a LOT of weight back in college and I blame it on Cholie's (and also having a car). Forget Domino's, forget Giordanos, forget CPK and PIzza Capri- if you're in Hyde Park and need pizza, this is where you want to get it.
The place is dirty and worn down, but every foodie knows that that's where the food's at. Forget the slices you need to get the made to order small pizza. Why? The crust is just to die for, the amount of cheese they put on it is insane and the sausage tastes oh so fake. Just the way I like it. Trust me.
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I ordered from here during my four years in HP. I moved here as a New Yorker, skeptical about this whole Chicago pizza thing. Cholies did win me over though with taste and affordability. I recommend the 2 medium special (2x12in w/ 1topping each)- feeds 2-4. It used to be $10 for this, and I believe it is only slightly more now.
Toppings: Your standard sausage or pepperoni are good, but try some of their more unusual ones such as sliced beef, candian bacon , ham, or shrimp (extra$). Unfortunately they do not have regular bacon.
They sometimes under-cook the crust, so if this worries you, ask for it crispy- half the time they will listen to you.
Also recommended: shrimp basket, chicken parm sandwich, burger
Say hi to Juan the delivery guy
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Just writing this review is making me nauseous. It's the only pizza that's still wet with grease COLD.
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Based on my experience last night (my first time at Cholie's), and the older reviews on yelp, I'm inclined to think Cholie's Pizza has gone downhill in the last 1 - 2 years. The prices seem unreasonable for a non-gourmet pizza shop. My 16" pizza, sparsely populated with tomatoes, onions, green peppers, and mushrooms came it at a hair under $20. I didn't see the 2x12" special that another reviewer noted. Perhaps it is no longer available or, equally likely, I was simply blinded by hunger. After waiting 35 minutes (come on folks, I can make a pizza at home in about the same amount of time) the pizza was ready with, as another reviewer noted, slightly undercooked crust.
The only reason I'm giving Cholie's 3* stars instead of fewer is that, after getting over my monetary and temporal disappointments, the pizza tasted fine -- in a very average way. I'm sure I'll find better pizza in Hyde Park.
* After having had pizza from other establishments in Hyde Park I'm dropping this down to a 1. I don't understand why anyone would eat their pizza given the other options.
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We ordered a medium sausage pizza (~14" diameter for $12.50) for delivery to the U of Chicago on a Monday around 9 PM. It arrived faster than they said it would, and was hot and hit the spot. The crust was my least favorite part - seemed too buttery/flaky or something.
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yea it's a good place and the pizza is cool. But it's not Belmont pizza off the red line. They have slices for $1.55.
Colies have like a special sauce because their pizza is really good, and it lingers in your mouth for a while. I hate the highschool kids that are always there so I always get it to go. Us college folks must always seperate ourselves from highschool kids!
PLEASE GO HERE AT LEAST 2 TIMES
Man cholie' pizza is the bomb!!!!!! Believe it or not , me and my brother was their 1st customer back in the late 90's. I was a young 18 year old kid living the life in hyde park, man i miss those days on 53rd and hyde park. I still stop by every now and then and pick up a slice, the owners still remember me . It still taste the same way it did 12 years ago GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In our ongoing quest to find restaurants that are open after our pottery class in Hyde Park, we tried Cholie's, which is open until some college-student-hour: convenient! PLUS, the pizza is $1.75 a slice, which seems cheap when you're used to Sbarro, which is like, what are they up to now, five bucks a slice or something ridiculous? Anyway. The boy and I are at odds over Cholie's; I thought the quality of the pizza was pretty rad, especially given the price; he did not. But I have better taste than he does, so take my word for it. Plus, they're open late!
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So far, this is the best pizza place I've been to in Chicago. For $2.75, you can get a gigantic slice of pizza and a heaping serving of fries. I normally get that if it's a solitary meal (and when it's approximately 500 feet away from my apartment, it's a solitary meal quite a bit) or if I'm feeding more than myself, I get the 2 medium pizzas for $12 (there's a coupon on the take-out menu, clip it out & hand it over). I've never tried anything other than the pizza though I've heard the sandwiches are good, but I can't help it. I never eat inside because a) again, apartment is super close and b) there's 3 booths (one big booth, two mini ones attached to the wall) so if you're claustrophobic (which I am) then it isn't the place for you.
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This is a really good pizza joint. Hot, tasty, Chicago THIN crust that can't be beat. You know deep dish pizza was invented in the 80's..this is the real deal! Also accessible from the neighboring tavern through a take-out window. Goes great with cold beer! Also serve appetizers and sandwiches. Go to Cholies, people!
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This is the best hole in the wall ever. This small pizza place has the best thin crust pizza in the world. Ive been eating here since high school.
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Cholie's Pizza is a great place to get good, quality pizza for a cheap price. It's very small in there and it will get crowded, but they have a good menu and everything is nice. Good for a quick fix.
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On one of my tracks around Hyde Park I would always see their little delivery car zip by. One day I decided to stop in and try it.
Well they are a cash only operation. So not having any cash ( I'm one of those debit card freaks) I was turned away.
The end.
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I really liked the pizza here! It was fresh, thin crust and hot! The people were extremely welcoming and friendly. THe sandwiches they have are also very good! I would go back here if it wasn't so far from me.
yummy yummy yummy i got cholies in my tummy. well, not right now, but i wish i did. best cheapest most delicious wonderfullest pizza ever. for $2.50 you get a huge slice of pizza and a soda AND it's attached to my favorite bar, the falcon inn. They also have tons of other stuff there and I heard they will even make stuff special for you. My friend goes there and gets a huge piece of french bread all soft and crusty and covered with mozzarella cheese and garlic for two dollars. If you live in Hyde Park and you haven't had Cholies, what is wrong with you?! I want to eat cholies every day and every night. they deliver too. i don't usually eat there, there are only three tables and it's really hot and there tend to be a lot of teenagers hanging out in there too. so take it to the bar, or take it home, or eat it on the sidewalk, just go go go!
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By far the worse service (and average pizza) in Hyde Park, I was disappointed with the customer attention, the slow speed, and unprofessional staff. Can you really expect good customer service from a small pizza joint? (I'd like to think so.) I was also disappointed with the delivery range (interesting only delivers within the wealthy district of Hyde Park! hmmm....
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Neighborhood: Hyde Park
Category: Pizza
Neighborhood: Hyde Park
Category: Nightlife
Neighborhood: Hyde Park
Category: Pizza
Neighborhood: Hyde Park
Category: Pizza
Neighborhood: Hyde Park
Category: Restaurants
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