- Restaurants |
- Nightlife |
- Shopping |
- Movies |
- All
FaMe da Lupo - CLOSED
Category: Restaurants Pizza Pizza [Edit]
1463-65 W Leland AveChicago, IL 60640
Neighborhood: Uptown
(773) 334-9800
- Nearest Transit:
-
Lawrence (Red Line)
Wilson (Red Line)
- Parking:
- Street
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
-
$
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
Alison H. said: "The food here is great! Great pizza fabulous wings and they have cheesy garlic bread that is out of this world. Add all that to the fact that this restaurant has incredible customer service, they are always helpful accommodating and…" read more »
20 reviews for FaMe da Lupo
20 reviews in English
-
Review from Meghan P.
Chicago, IL
5/14/2010
Great pizza, really fast service!
Very delicious crust and reasonably priced.
The outdoor seating looks great; I can't wait to try it out :)
Try it out! -
Review from Meghan P.
Chicago, IL
1/4/2010
YAY! A great delivery place! I was wonderfully surprised when my order came 20 minutes early and it was delicious and HOT.
I can't tell how many times I have gotten lukewarm pizza. It came and we dove right in and it was delicious! It wasn't like you know the best pizza in the whole world, but they make a decent pizza:)
We ordered a large regular pizza and added pineapple and bacon. The bacon is totally the way to go it was so fresh and delicious. Also their pizza is very cheesy which sometimes you can find lacking in a thin pizza.
I'm totally putting this on my takeout rotation AND its TOTALLY CHEAP. So worth it. Very pleasantly surprised is my reaction.
2nd time: Totally reinforces my first review... the delivery was EARLY EVEN on Super Bowl Sunday and it was warm and delicious. Their sausage is goooood. -
Review from Elizabeth H.
Chicago, IL
10/10/2009
From what I have read Fame da Lupo roughly translates to : Hunger of the Wolf.
This is based on a pick up order (that I did not pick up) so I cannot review the interior or the service. I can, however, say that our quoted time for pick up was twenty minutes on a Friday night and it was ready just in time when we went to get it. The service on the phone was very polite and helpful.
Okay - we live in Chicago and there are a BILLION pizza places to choose from on every other corner. I think if you are going to open a new pizza place in the city then you had better have an original or super tasty pie. FaMe was just meh and I have most definitely experienced much, much better. My husband found it comparable to Domino's. It was edible and I didn't think it was gross or anything but it was absolutely nothing special and sadly not something that I would go back for again.
Besides pizza they offer apps like chicken tenders and fried zucchini, a good selection of salads, a few sandwiches and about 8 pasta dishes. I will certainly give them a shot since I live so close by but I am not holding my breath.
Last but not least there are tons of spelling errors on their website and that just bugs me! If you are going to have a website take the time to spell check!
After a night of Carol's Pub debauchery FaMe will no doubt be a great way to fill a drunk belly, until then I plan on passing. -
Review from Aaron K.
11/5/2009
Solid new pizza place in the neighborhood. Their pizza's are decent - my wife really digs the chicken bacon ranch, which reminds her of a place back in college. Summing up our pizzas, none have been overly greasy and the toppings and cheese always seem fresh. Our only complaint is that the crust is not always evenly cooked, especially on x-large pizzas.
We have never eaten there and I don't think many others have either. The place has a family pizza joint feel, but is dimly lit and constantly empty. FaMe is BYOB and Rayan's is only 1 block away at Wilson and Clark. However if we are going to sit for pizza I would rather visit Fontana Grill, take the EL to Landmark or make the trek to Spacca Napoli.
That being said, because of proximity I'm sure we will keep FaMe in our carryout pizza rotation (along with my personal carryout favorite Villa May.)Listed in: Around Uptown
-
Review from Rachel G.
Updated - 6/30/2010
Sign up in window "Under New Management. New menu Coming"
I think this is a good thing. I've walked by here many times and always found no one inside eating or cooking. I hope the new menu is better and I hope they get a new advertisement plan together. So for now the restaurant remains closed, but I will def check it out once it opens back up!1 Previous Review: Show all »
-
10/21/2009
I was really excited when this restaurant finally opened up. But disappointed with the overall… Read more »
-
-
Review from Christine S.
Chicago, IL
Updated - 4/13/2010
I ordered take-out from FaMe da Lupo over the weekend... What happened? The delish pizza that I've raved about has turned to shit! I couldn't believe how under cooked it was. Wow! The calamari was also under cooked and not edible. Do they have new owners already?
I'll give you another shot, but another under cooked pizza and I'm outta here!1 Previous Review: Show all »
-
3/15/2010
The pizza here is really good...
I've had the spinach salad and calamari, which wasn't so great...
… Read more »
-
-
Review from Brad S.
Chicago, IL
12/7/2009
Eating in was very nice, hand-tossed All-In pizza was had and enjoyed by all. Service was nice, prices were reasonable. This place is Bulgarian or Russian mixed with Italian, so you get stuff like Potato Pizza and Russian Soup on the menu. They are BYOB.
I got the same pizza take-out a week or so later, and unfortunately it was thin crust even though I asked for hand-tossed, but the flavors were good.
I'm giving this 4 stars for now, as I think they have potential, and they are much tastier than Godfathers already. I'll update this once I go back a couple more times. -
Review from Lois and Clark G.
Chicago, IL
10/21/2009
We're always on the lookout for new restaurants, so when FaMe da Lupo finally opened we were excited to give it a try. Maybe they're still working the kinks out of the menu. Or maybe it was the fact that we ordered one of the more non-traditional pizzas. Who knows? Whatever it was, we won't be coming back soon.
Clark loves anything with BBQ sauce, so we ordered (free delivery coupon on website) a BBQ chicken pizza and decided to balance it out with the house salad. The delivery was pretty prompt (20 minutes around dinner time on a Wednesday night) and the bill was less than $20, which were both wonderful things. Our food, unfortunately, was less than wonderful.
The house salad, which included a nice mix of leafy spinach, lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers, was topped with a house Italian dressing. For the most part the salad was good (the dressing was great), but the random overly squishy, not too fresh lettuce ruined several bites.
The pizza started out promising; the first thing Clark said when he opened the box was, "they cut it pie-style -- that's ok in my book." The taste and crust, however, left something to be desired. My thought was, "this tastes strange," then Clark said, "does this smell like canned squid?" Seriously, though, not enough sauce, dry chicken, and not enough crisp in the crust. I love pizza and I maybe finished half a slice.
But as we said in the beginning, maybe our experience would have been different if we tried this place a few months down the road or if we tried a nice traditional pizza. We'll give these guys some time to get into the groove. -
Review from Andrew K.
Chicago, IL
1/21/2010
Dude.
I had a menu for FaMe da Lupo at home, and my boyfriend had been there once or twice, and said it was pretty good.
One of my friends came into town, and we decided to go and grab some pizza. I said "Hey, I heard theres a decent place right down the block. I'm pretty sure it's open, we should check it out.
Enter, FaMe da Lupo.
The prices were pretty reasonable, especially considering the quality of the food.
The have a couple of really interesting toppings, including Lukanka, which is a Bulgarian spicy sausage, or a Potato and Dill Pizza.
Between my friend and I we ordered two pizzas, I got the Waikiki (Hawaiian), and my friend got the Margharita. They were both pretty excellent. The flavors were good, and the people who made it obviously put a lot of effort into making some awesome food for us.
I will be going back there again, for sure, and will be recommending the hell out of it to everyone I know in the neighborhood.
Also, FYI, it is BYOB.
A few other things that I feel are worthy of mention that I forgot until now: the owner and waiter for this restaurant is European, and thus, there are a few odd cultural aspects to eating here.
For example, if you order a soft drink, you may not get ice in it-- if you ask, the guy behind the counter is polite enough to put some in, or you can ask for it with ice if you want.
Also: once you get your check, they probably won't come to collect payment for a while, simply because again, the guy is from Europe, and in my experience, thats how they do things there. They don't want to seem like they're forcing you out. Have payment ready, or just go up to the counter and pay. -
Review from John B.
Updated - 6/28/2010
Consistently good. I like the hand tossed crust, but as I said in my original review, it's more like focaccia than typical pizza. Their calamari sucks, which isn't a huge surprise. I'm writing this update primarily to remind myself not to order their calamari again.
Listed in: Gone but Not Forgotten, Pizza Pie!
1 Previous Review: Show all »
-
3/11/2010
I avoided FaMe for a long time, primarily because of bad Yelp reviews. Yelp, you run my life! But… Read more »
-
-
Review from Tracy K.
Chicago, IL
10/22/2009
We too had been waiting for FaMe da Lupo to open, and now that its open, we love having a comfortable, BYOB joint a block from the house.
Monday night, my husband and I stopped in around 8:00 for dinner. We were the only dine-in customers at the time, and rather than being awkward, it gave the staff the chance to chat with us. They're good people, and we are happy to have them in the neighborhood.
The space itself is very bright, and while the green and orange color scheme doesn't do anything for me, the laid back atmosphere encourages me to hang out with a bottle of wine. Bathrooms, as well as everything else, were clean.
As an appetizer, we had the sauteed mushrooms which, after we had mentioned being vegetarian, the owner came out to ask if we preferred olive oil to the butter. We like butter, and the mushrooms did not disappoint. They did, however, come seasoned with fresh dill which was unexpected, but ended up being quite tasty.
I ordered the hand-tossed 10" garlic, dill and potato pizza and he ordered the pesto pasta. Both were tasty, but the pesto was a bit soupier than I am used to. Rather than dampen the experience, it gave us a dipping sauce for the pizza.
I appreciated the use of fresh ingredients, and overall really liked my meal. I would like to mention that the pizza is not like standard, non-deep-dish pizza that I have had elsewhere. This could be because I had a non-traditional pizza, but I am thinking (based on other people's reviews) that they aren't trying to make pizza like everyone else. And I think that's a good thing.
I will be back soon to try more menu items and relax over a bottle of wine!
NB: They have all sorts of coupons on their website. -
Review from Ali O.
Chicago, IL
5/8/2010
I really really wanted to really like this place. I saw the article in metromix and I live in uptown and wanted to support local.
pluses:
-pizza= very very delicious. some of the best pizza i've had in a long time. We got the chicken BBQ handtossed and it was absolutely fabulous. A small pizza stuffed the two of us
-Alfredo sauce on pasta tasted homemade and was very good.
-the owner/waiter/cook/phone guy was so cute and genuine ( i believe he just had a child). He apologized to us for the LONG wait and gave us some complimentary creme brulee.
-BYOB no corkage fee.
Negative:
-food took FOREVER to come. Besides our two top, there was only a table of four and a table of one in the place. We ordered brucehtta, a pizza and a pasta. 30 min later our bruchetta comes out, it was disappointing: just sliced bread (not even baked) toped with a mix of chopped garlic, tomato and basil. 30 min after that we get our pizza, looks great, the waiter said the pasta would be right out. We ate the pizza (it was awesome) and 15 min later the pasta came out. The waiter apologized and it was fine because we were enjoying our beer. The gnocchi was nothing special at all, it was overcooked and obviously was shipped frozen etc. But the Alfredo sauce was great.
-It was really strange that there were only two people running the whole restaurant on a friday night: a cook, and then the other guy who did the job of four people (waiter, phones, dispatching delivery and cooking????)
-Also we would get waves of something smelling like sulfur.
I will go back to fame when they've had a little bit more time to get the balls rolling. or else just order pizza (because delivery orders seem to take precedence) The pizza is great and as of now, prob wouldn't order anything else off the menu. Owner is super nice and I love anything that doesn't come with chain-puppets. "hi there, can i take your order?" bleh. I'm just glad we didn't have anywhere else to go because we got in there at 6:45 and didn't leave until 9:15, however it was sort of fun to feel like we were being served in courses!! -
Review from M R.
Chicago, IL
10/25/2009
I have only had the pizza delivered and I must say that I enjoy it very much. It seems like they use real mozzarella cheese. I am going to make a point to try dining in next.
-
Review from Phil S.
Chicago, IL
7/5/2010
Wandering the neighborhood after being stood up by the pizza place directly north of FaMe, I stumbled upon this place. There was a couple dry humping outside is what really caught my attention. Anyway, they were just about to close so I asked if it'd be cool to order something to go. The owner (I believe) said "No problem" ... and I believed him. And it wasn't - he threw the potato pizza together (cutting up all the ingredients right there), threw it in the oven, and then helped his non-English speaking Italian associate bring the patio furniture in. 17 minutes later I was at home 3 minutes into Leap Year and enjoying the pie. As this place is cheap and BYOB, I will definitely be back . . . especially on a nice day.
-
Review from Tom V.
Chicago, IL
7/9/2010
AVOID THIS RESTAURANT! I've tried 3 times now to order a pizza from this place online via http://www.eat24hours.com and they never pick up the phone to confirm they received the order from this website that they chose to participate in. 3 times my credit card was charged and I had to wait for it to be cleared thanks to this place. Very poor service.
-
Review from Scott D.
Chicago, IL
5/8/2010
I live in the neighborhood and have ordered from here tons of times. I love how fresh everything tastes. Their pizza is always delicious and we really enjoy their salads. It has become our favorite pizza place to order from. I recommend the canadian bacon and onion!
-
Review from Queen U.
Chicago, IL
2/5/2010
A nice additional to the hood...good solid food for the price. Nice to have a take out place so close for pasta and pizza. Great place for kids to eat and adults since you can bring your own booze. Owner and wife are a nice couple. We eat there at least once a week.
-
Review from Jacob J.
Read an article on Metromix detailing spots where you could score a meal for two for under or around twenty dollars. As usual I was open to trying something new and that search brought me to this little spot in the Uptown area. Fame De Lupo, from what I've read it's owned by a couple Bulgarian dudes who decided to open their version of an Italian eatery or pizza and sandwich shop. The flavors and tastes have a touch of Bulgarian to it, so it is different and not typical. I think that's what makes it different amongst the many other pizza and sandwich places just like it. It was the last night of bitter cold, windy as hell and we were the only two in the restaurant. Warm enough to keep us happy and waiting for our meal. A small shop with seating for less than thirty and its BYOB. If you stand from where your seated you can easily watch as the pie man creates his work all while ethnic music is playing in the background. I still haven't a clue what language the lyrics were sung, I remember a catchy song with the tune of Monster mash. Our order, a small "all in" pizza which is the typical "supreme" pizza with chicken as well. A meatball sandwich and two sodas. Total was just under $21 dollars before tip. Enough food to feed two hungry males and then some. The pie looked like a freshly baked Digiorno's, we ordered the hand tossed pie. Hand tossed and thin crusts are available. Good flavor, puffy crust, not sweet, nice chew and everything worked well for me. My friend's only response was that the flavor of the pizza and the sandwich were "weird". But his tastes are weird so we'll discount his remark. The meatballs in the sandwich were not round, rather flattened and laid onto the sandwich with cheese. It came accompanied with a small side salad of assorted greens. I started to wish I had a bottle of wine, oh well, Coke sufficed. Entrance greet: Check. Great service: Check. Exit greet: check Packed our food for us: check. When nearby, wanting something different and inexpensive it's worth a try. Peep my photos and see their menu with pricing on-line. This is more of a 3.5 star joint with room to grow.
-
Review from Mike B.
Chicago, IL
1/30/2010
Oh my....almost got physically ill from eating the pizza...we ordered a large and ate one piece...we never left so much pizza in our lives!! In the middle of the night...i could feel the pizza sauce coming up....my god it was the most horrible pizza I have ever eaten. I am now afraid of trying new things. Stay away-far away
-
Review from Ann D.
Chicago, IL
10/10/2009
We've been walking the dog past this place for a while waiting for it to open, and this morning when we walked by and saw the "we're open!" sign, we went home and ordered a pizza for lunch. And it was pretty darn good - good crust, good sauce, good cheese, fresh mushrooms. The two of us polished off the 14" pretty quickly. They were very friendly on the phone and the pizza came quickly. A great addition to the neighborhood!
