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I had Gino's once as a little girl and the memory of how much I liked it has always stuck in my mind. Now that I was back in the windy city as an adult I wanted to see if it held up to the memory.
It definitely did. I loved every minute of it. We ordered the classic sausage and cheese and a vegetarian pizza. The classic sausage ad cheese is where it's at. Absolute perfection. The vegetarian was interesting because it had a wider range of vegetables than are on your typical vegetarian pizza including zucchini.
We started with calamari which was only okay. I ate so much pizza I found new, previously untapped regions of my stomach into which I could put pizza. I ate 3 slices. I am glad I don't live in Chicago because I think this would be just about all I ate.
And the best Chicago deep dish is....(drumroll please).....Gino's East. Yes, that's right. It's the cornmeal crust, not too greasy, good dose of toppings. Heck, I've even ordered a regular, non-deep dish pizza here and it's great.
I've never liked the ambiance of a GE's location (kind of like Alcatraz, but darker), but this location delivers, if you can bear to wait the 2 hours or so. But the good things in life are worth waiting for.
I visited Ginos' during a recent party trip to Chicago.
Although everyone in Chicago raaaaaaves about their deep dish pizza. Often telling me "you can't get this in California, homie!" I'm afraid Gino's pizza is no more special than a slice of deep dish from either Oakland Legend ZACHARY'S or up and coming Bay Area favorite PAXTI'S.
With that being said, you WILL love the pizza at Ginos'. This long time Chicago legend knows how to make a great pie. However, I'm going to warn you know, Gino's BEST food item are their garlic bread sticks. Toasted bread sticks FILLED with warm, buttery, rich, garlic paste!
They are daaaaaangerous!
I haven't been to any of the other Ginos' located in Chicago, but this location is famous for its "feel free to write on anything" gimmick. Even though kids and drunk people might get a kick out of it, the years of graffiti makes this location looks shabby, run down, and almost makes you feel like you're eating inside of a dark alley somewhere. lol
Harsh. I know. But it's our job.
Side Note: If you do go to Gino's, see if you can find the autographed Michael Jackson photo in the store. I ran across it by accident while "skimping" through the store, and apparently management had forgot about it-so I wonder if the MJ pic is still there.
Wow, they're not kidding when they deep dish! The meaty legend was great, packed with four kinds of meat... Sausage, pepperoni, salami and Canadian bacon. What's up with the canadian bacon? Anyways, lots of sauce and cheese all layed in. Amazing! The downside was the wait, deep dish takes at least 45 min...
I came here with a few buddies. Good place to a watch the game and feed your belly. The deep dish was loaded with toppings and sauce, but the soft crust that I love wasn't any different then a deep dish I've gotten in San Francisco. This is a good place for tourists to get the Chicago deep dish experience.
I will wait exactly 45 minutes (to Cook everytime!!, longer to your table) everytime for that pizza!! Best pizza in the world!! No Joke! No frills...
SERIOUS PIzza!! write your name on everything while walking around with a beer. Everyone must wait for the standard "45 minutes" it takes them to craft each perfection....
I was in Chicago for a couple of days so I had to at least try deep dish. Gino's East came recommended.
We ordered the house salad, which was a lettuce blend with tomatoes, red onions and black olives with Italian dressing, to start while we waited the required 45 minutes for our pie. My friend hates iceberg and the "blend" was really nothing more than iceberg.
We went with a small cheese and pepperoni deep dish. There were four slices and that was plenty for the two of us. Okay, so this was my first-ever experience with deep dish and, while I have nothing to compare it to, I was truly disappointed in what I imagined it would be like. I thought the toppings would be well cooked since it's in the oven for so long, and the cheese would be nicely browned. Neither was the case. The pepperoni was blah and not crispy. There seemed to be way too much cheese, like 3/4 inches' worth! And, it wasn't browned because Gino's special chunky tomato sauce sat on top. The golden cornmeal crust was hard to eat. It was hard as a rock, not doughy at all.
From all the rave reviews this pizza obviously appeals to a lot of people, but definitely not me. I'm chalking this pizza up to a specific regional taste that I don't share.
My friend hated this place more even more than me, but she did at least get a kick out of the music selection. Some Barry Manilow. Some Carpenters. Some Donna Summer.
came here on the latest chicago trip and it was definitely a spot to see. inside had a really chill ambiance with saw dust on the floor and people's writing all over the walls. real urban type feel and shit (which i thought was kinda cool)
the pizza was super huge as expected and majorly filling. since the girls we were with didnt like chicago deep dish much, we also ordered a thin crust bbq chicken pizza which was not bad either.
overall i like giordanos a little better however both are kinda in the same boat. either way, ill be back just to go next time im in the neighborhood.
Out of the two deep dish style pizzas I tried while in Chicago, this was my favorite of the two (but not my favorite pizza of the whole trip).
At the restaurant, we arrived fairly late on a Friday, but were seated right away, and although the pizza took a while to cook, it was fun to sit and look around at all of the ridiculous graffiti covering the wall. It may be a touristy spot, but sometimes, tourist traps are traps for a reason. I was a little amused when my friend asked the waitress what kind of beer they had, and she replied, "Anything you'd want!" and then the choices turned out to be Bud, Bud Light, Sam Adam's... but that's a minor quibble, really. The service was friendly and prompt, even if there was no way I would ever order a beer here.
The pizza itself was really good. The crust is a lot lighter and flakier than Giordano's, and I liked that there wasn't quite as much cheese. The sauce had a great taste that complimented the rest of the pizza very well; all in all, it was well proportioned for a deep dish, even though we split one small pizza between four people and that was more than enough food.
Over all, it was a fun experience and I was glad I got to try real Chicago deep dish--even if I'd recommend going elsewhere to do your drinking.
Gino's East is one of those places that the tourists have to go to experience Chicago Style Pizza. I went there back in 1998 when I was a true tourist and then I went there again this week with some friends of mine from out of town. I don't know why I haven't gone back in all the years I have lived in Chi-town... but it really is decent pizza if you like the Chicago style. My personal favorite when experiencing the deep dish, however, is Lou Malnati's. It is a little bit of a different style but so much more delicious.
I would say Gino's is pretty on-par with Giordano's and Pizza Due. If I had to rank them, I would go 1. Gino's, 2.Due, 3.Girodano's. The thing that is cool for the tourists is the atmosphere. Every wall is covered with graffiti, that has been there over the many years. Kind of a cool thing for kids to see and to be able to write on the walls! I would go back if I was with another visiting family who wants to experience Chi-town pizza in a cool atmosphere.
First time in Chicago, HAD to go to Gino's East.
4 Cheese deep dish with garlic sauce...OMG.
We usually don't get plain ol' cheese...but...wow...
Had our hotel order delivery so we could have it again on our 4 day trip...
Can you tell we liked it?
Now...to find an excuse to make it back out to Chicago... :-p
I've been to Chicago twice and have visited Gino's both times. The food is completely underwhelming and overpriced, and the service is incredibly slow. To be fair, I have always gone with a very large group, so that might affect the quality of the service. However, the second time I went, we bought a party package in advance, and it still took us over an hour to get our pizza. Moreover, I didn't think the staff was very friendly at all. I'm glad that I've tried Chicago-style deep dish pizza, but I will avoid Gino's in the future.
The pizza was great. Went with the sausage & cheese and was not disappointed.
Couldn't get past the service though. Place was not that busy @ 3:00 on a Thursday & we waited forever just to get drinks. Our waiters seemed completely uninterested in waiting on us, but were more than happy to talk to the hostess & bitch about the customers (not just us)
I'd split the difference, get the pie to go.
On a business trip we had 1 night to dine out and wanted to get some deep dish pizza in Chicago. When in Rome...
We were able to get a table on the sidewalk patio right away. The waiter was prompt with drinks. Though I can tell you my Captain & Diet Coke was not Captain, but some generic rum.
We decided on 2 mediums for 6 of us and that was the right choice. We selected the Deep Dish Crumbled Sausage Pizza which could've used some more sausage. And the other pizza had pepperoni, onions & mushrooms. This one had plenty of toppings.
I will comment on the crust- it wasn't what I expected. It had a cornmeal texture.
I do not think I'll be returning to Geno's on a future trip.
So I'm in Chicago with my wife and kids doing the deep dish/stuffed pizza tour.....
Went to Malnati's, Giordano's, and Gino's East (had tried Uno's many times before in various locations). While Malnati's sauce was the best of the three and Giordano's was the largest of the pies, I thought Gino's was the best overall (two of my three kids concur). It's also the most expensive of the Big Four, but well worth it in my opinion.
We went with the Meaty Legend on 1/2 and basic Cheese/Pepperoni on the other 1/2. The crust at Gino's is part of what I think distinguishes them from the others - very light/flavorful/pastryish/buttery. The Meaty Legend is loaded with pepperoni, sausage, Canadian bacon, bacon bits, and gobs of cheese. It's a stupendous carnivore blend with a distinctive, hearty flavor. I could barely finish two slices.
Geno's has a decent draft selection (wish they had Peroni on tap like Malnati's) and a solid menu all around for the non-deep dish crowd. The atmosphere has a weird graffiti/fun house/dive bar feel with a multitude of 80s time warp celeb photos that have been thoroughly defaced.
On a totally unrelated note, I played the role of the airhead tourist and left my GPS on the circular bench seat (it fell out of my pocket). When I returned about 20 minutes later, our waitress (the charmingly gruff Patsy) summoned the bus boy (didn't get the name) who had picked it up and ACTUALLY PUT IT BEHIND THE BAR FOR LOST AND FOUND! Wanted to embrace him, but tipped him instead. Thanks Gino's East. I will not forget your kindness, competence, honesty, integrity, or first rate deep dish pizza.
We had heard that this was one of the best deep dish pizza places around Chicago so we had to try it. As the guide book mentioned, there were graffiti everywhere on the walls, ceilings, and chairs. Since we knew that the pizza would take about 45 minutes, we ordered beer and salad. The pitcher of beer was $16 which was pretty cheap I thought.
For salad, we got the House Salad and Crispy Chicken Cobb Salad. This was plenty to share among 6 of us. The pizza indeed took long. We ordered a large Gino's East Supreme and a medium Vegetarian. I was surprised how expensive the pizza was! The large was about $32 with medium about $24. The pizza was really thick (as we all know Chicago style) and it was caked in tomato sauce that we couldn't tell what toppings were on the pizza. The cornbread crust was kind of interesting. I was only able to eat 1 1/2 slices and I was done. Overall, I didn't think it was that great. I think I'm better off eating thin crust pizzas.
You can't visit Chicago without having some deep dish. I haven't tried all the popular spots yet, but Gino's East is the real deal, as good as it gets for Chicago style deep dish. The cornmeal crust is flaky and delicious! Also the graffiti on the walls, booths, everywhere, provides some nice table conversation. Be sure and order your pizza as soon as you sit down, cuz it can take 30-45 minutes.
Great pizza but Lambardis is better
We went to Gino's East after we found out that the wait at Lou Malnati's was over an hour... (Gino's East is about 3 blocks away from Lou's on N Wells ).
I wouldn't reccomend going to Gino's East if this is your first experience at Chicago deep dish. We environment is dark and grimey. There is writing all over the walls. I guess some people like this. It felt kind of dirty to me.
We got the Gino's East Supreme Large to feed four of us, and it was more than enough. We ate it all but one slice.... I thought the crust was a little soggy, and there could have been a little less sauce and more toppings. Tasty, but not all that.
I still reccomend Lou's and Giordano's over Gino's East. But all of these over Uno's.
Of course with my first real time being in Chicago I had to go here. This was my first experience with Chicago deep dish and I was not disappointed. We got some 22oz Fat tires and split 2 medium deep dish pizzas and 1 thin crust between 3 of us and almost finished it all! The deep dish pizzas were vegetarian and a sausage. The thin crust was BBQ chicken. The veggies were plentiful and there were a ton, the sausage was huge and tasty but I think the BBQ thin crust actually stole the show. It was a perfect combo of tangy and just sweet enough BBQ sauce. Overall I think Gino's East is one of those places that you HAVE to try at least once. The atmosphere at the bar was cool and the bartenders were pretty attentive with how busy it was. Even though this is a tourist destination I can definitely see myself returning to Gino's but this time maybe at one of there other locations just to give it a shot.
A word of advice: we drove by the one on Superior and there was a line out the door so then we went to this one and it was the same. Go in and SIT AT THE BAR if there is room. We didn't have to wait at all and there were 4 stools open. We had plenty of room to devour our food and drinks. Enjoy!
Excellent deep dish pizza. I like the sausage patty style that covers the entire bottom of the pizza. The graffiti is odd - it is even on your cups. You may have to wait in line, then wait a while for your pizza, but it was really good. I've ate here several times and always had a good experience. I will force myself to try the other deep dish pizza places next time I go to Chicago.
I'm still a huge fan of this franchise, but last night was definitely something worth mentioning. My party and I arrived at around 8:55. Apparently they close at 9 pm during the week?!
Anyway, our waitress was not doing much to hide her willingness to be finished for the night. She was borderline rude, actually. We hadn't even looked at the menu, before she rushed over and was obviously not leaving until our order was placed. "We're actually closing in 2 minutes. The deep dish takes an hour to cook." ???! She took our order then strangely passed by the table and said, "and you got here at 8:59!!!" She also winked at me twice. So odd.
My advice to you is to get there at least 30 minutes prior to closing time to prevent getting this treatment. Or call in your pizza order beforehand.
And for people who review and call Gino's crust weird and yellow, I have one word for you. CORNMEAL.
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I don't want to beat a dead horse my repeating what others have said about Gino's East in Chi Town so I will keep my review short & sweet.
Forget the appetizers, don't fill up on beer, forget the dessert, just get the deep dish pizza. This pizza here, in all its glorious toppings, fillings and majestic crumbling cornbread crust is not only by far the best deep dish in Chicago, it is also the perfect example of it. With the exception of the Italian grandmothers who may be able to do better in their wood burning ovens at home - this is about the best deep dish that is offered at a price to the public sector. Im originally a Chicagoan and now am a Detroiter. every time I'm back in Chicago and staying downtown - I think about this place! Remember to make sure your pizza has crumbled sausage in it too. Mmm.
First off, out here in California, I've had deep dish pizza in the past, Numero Uno's, Pizza Hut, Chicago Chicago, etc. - yeah I know, a lot of you are thinking YUCK and I'd have to agree with you. It wasn't until I was in Chicago on business that I finally had a chance to have a decent slice of deep dish pizza. I'm afraid to say that it wasn't Gino's East but after that first bite out of that small deep dish pizza, my eyes opened and I was hooked (that was at Giodando's incase if you are wondering). Ever since then, coming back to California, pizza just isn't the same... once you've had a slice of heaven. :)
Now roll forward 2 years (just last week) I'm back in Chicago again looking forward to deep dish pizza. BUT I've been given the name, "Gino's East" AND another friend whom we met in town gets a recommendation from a local to the same place... looking back it it.. it MUST be destiny! (LOL)
Okay on to the review...
If you go to this place for dinner, go early. The lines are really long and if you're going to order a medium deep dish, go with a hungry group and have an appetizer because it takes 45 min for the pizza to cook. IT IS WORTH THE WAIT. The crust has some corn meal in it, but it isn't crumbly but it's hold up perfectly from cutting the slices to eating it with a knife and fork. I must admit, at first I thought the sauce on the top may be a little watery, but after the first bite - all doubts disappeared. The four of us at the table was hooked, even my sister in law who had her heart set on finding a seafood pizza. BTW, we ordered the Gino's East Supreme with the sausage patty style.
Okay the place is a bit dark and looks grimy because there is literally writing all over the place, in fact it is encouraged. Read the sign as you come in the revolving door listing places where you can't write (LOL - the servers).
We also came back here for lunch the following day, we where resisted the temptation of having pizza, so we each ordered from their hot sandwiches. They were also good, but honestly go there for the pizza.
Chicago pizza. The first time I had it, I was like... WTF? It was heavy. Doughy. Greasy (the oiliness of the crust). Didn't like it. Friends in Chicago tried to convince me otherwise with Gino's East. It was crowded. Loud. People are free to write graffiti on the walls. I wasn't sure whether I was at a restaurant or at a freakin zoo.
Back to the pizza... again, super heavy. Pizza isn't meant to be eaten with a knife and a fork. What were they thinking?
And frankly, I believe deep dish pizza is one of the reasons why you see so many fat women in Chicago (one visit to Taste of Chicago during the summer will reconfirm this belief of mine). Personally, I like my pizza thin and sassy... not fat and heavy. But whatever... if they like em thick, they like em thick. I'll pass.
Felt the needs to go here on a recent trip to Chicago after watching the NYC vs. Chicago Pizza Food Network special. I should have done more research; I didn't realize there were about 20 of these places....
Pizza left me disappointed and sad. Crust - dry and lackluster, I couldn't even eat it. Inside of pie, yummy but not yummy enough to make up for the shitty crust.
Maybe I didn't go to the "right" Gino's, maybe I didn't order the "right" pie - whatever...I'm not going back.
I honestly feel bad giving Gino's East a 2-star review, but looking back at the experience - the phrase "meh - I've experienced better" sums it up completely.
Of course, it could have been our situation. I was entertaining some family from back in L.A. (uncle, aunt and 2 young cousins) and it was dinnertime. We had wandered to this area, and the choices were Hooters (not appropriate with family), Ed Debevic's (line out the door), Carson's (an excellent place for ribs, but the kids wanted pizza) and Gino's East. Oh, if we had only gone with any of those first three choices...
We shockingly only had to wait a minute to get a table, but that was the end of the speediness. It took quite a while to get our server to arrive and take our order. We were thinking about the classic Chicago-style pizza for the out-of-towners, but having kids around meant a classic thin-crust cheese. We actually considered getting the thin-crust cheese for the kids AND a deep dish for the adults, but when we were warned that even a thin-crust was going to take at least 45 minutes, we shied away from the extra pizza that would be an even longer wait.
Waiting 45 minutes in a booth with two young children is excruciating. Even after giving them pens and letting them add to the nightmare that is the graffiti/tagging/marking up of the walls of our booth, that distraction was 20 minutes of our wait.
At 45 minutes, we were losing hope of ever seeing our server again, let alone our pizza.
At the 55-minute mark, we flagged our server by flailing our arms comically in his direction once we spotted him. He apologized for the delay, but "it IS a Saturday night". As if it's OUR fault we got hungry and chose this establishment and attempted to pay money for food! Someone with the grace / people-skills of a manager found our table (crying hungry kids are a beacon to mangers) and offered some nice balloons to the kids.
If only balloons were edible.
Just after the hour mark, our pizza arrived. And sucked, to be frank. I'm no gourmet, but I'm fairly certain I've purchased frozen pizzas that I've baked/burnt in my oven that were tastier than what we were served. (We quickly boxed up the leftovers and what was left of our sanity as waiting for dinner took the kids past their bedtime.) Maybe it WAS our fault for going with thin-crust instead of the "true Chicago deep dish", but did we really deserve that life lesson, and at such a high price of money and time?
"Meh. I've experienced better." Couldn't say it better myself, 2-star rating!
Since eating deep dish makes me feel like Fatty McFatterson, it has to be pretty money-tasting for me to indulge. That being said, Gino's doesn't make my first, second or third choice. I just don't get it, really - sausage patties or crumbles, neither is all that tasty.
Coming to eat at this Gino's is on par with the deep dish - nothing special unless you like tourist traps and walls covered in "Jenny was here summer of '07" and "BK + MD = 4-eva." Yup, restaurant walls turn bathroom stall. I'm not sure I get it. Nor do I get how long it takes to get your order. Man. Maybe Gino's East tricks people into thinking they like their pizza - it takes so long that ANYTHING will taste good.
Do yourself a favor - when you are in Chicago, try a better pizza spot (Piece, Pequods are my top faves and Lou Malnati's if you MUST go the deep dish route). Not only will you save some cash, but also some time and part of your sanity.
A friend of mine had an out-of-town visitor this weekend, so of course, we had to get him "authentic Chicago pizza." Unfortunately, both of us are from Jersey so what do we know about the authenticity of Chicago pizza?
I suggested Gino's East because it was close by and heard rave reviews. We got the spinach deep dish. I was disappointed. It wasn't that it wasn't good- it was alright- it just wasn't what I was expecting. The cornmeal crust was kind of a shocker, and it wasn't nearly as greasy or saucy as I would have liked to nurse my killer hangover. I have to give it 3 stars simply because they delivered within 30 minutes. Customer service goes a long way.
Seriously...how can a restaurant mess up my order without fail EVERY TIME. I refuse to continue paying for over-priced, poor quality pizza they didn't even make correctly.
1. They take over an hour every-time to make my pizza (should be no longer than 45 min)...I'm take out too!
2. Mess up my order every time!. If I say 1/2 sausage, they give me all sausage..If I say crumbles, they give me patty.
3. Rude and slow service inside...They took forever letting me pay for the pizza they took forever to make incorrectly.
I don't even care for Gino's East that much. My ex boyfriend used to liked it. Go to Bella Bacino's or Edwardo's if you want good quality, real stuff-deep dish pizza.
One time a cop was next to me and witnessed my entire experience with this place....He told me I shouldn't have to go through that and to just walk out with the pizza. My conscience wouldn't let me...
Gino's East was on my "must dine at" list for Chicago. I've had a craving for real Chicago deep dish pizza for weeks before I came out... So I made it a point to my cousins that we stop at Gino's East..
The inside of the restaurant is a bit dimly lit and most of the surfaces were scribbled and written like graffiti... but I didn't care. Dammit! I was starving for some deep dish pizza!! We placed our order and it took 45 minutes. Trust me, it is well worth the wait. We ordered the spinach and combo pizza... Once it was served, yessss... IT WAS ON!!
Now, some people don't like Chicago-style, but if you are a true pizza lover, you will surely like this. I even bought some frozen pizzas to take home to California...
I'm not a deep-dish aficionado by any means but I appreciate Lou's, Giordano's and Pequod's. Gino's, however, bores me a bit.
First off, we came in during lunch as the advertised lunch special is a steal! Close to $6 for a personal deep dish pizza with salad and a drink. No, the wait time isn't as long as Gino's aforementioned competitors... but isn't that a sign?
Too much crust (cornmeal?) and not enough goo. Plenty of pizazz but lacking in substance. And it was nowhere near hot... a side effect of a mass-produced lunchtime special, perhaps? Our server? Who? We barely saw him. Took almost 20 minutes to close out which defeats the purpose of a lunch special. I've got 45 minutes not including my walk to and fro. Please don't eat up an extra 20 because you're out smoking.
Simply overrated in my book.
the good:
-The pizza is okay, not amazing but edible and much better than Uno's (bllleeechh).
- They have a really cheap lunch special of a sm. salad, personal pizza and drink. You have to ask- it isn't on the menu.
the bad:
- it is a tourist trap. Tinny, oversized, artificial environment where the servers can't even keep an eye on their sections. (Read- the incredible disappearing server)
the ugly:
- We tried the antipasto as an appetizer. Not only was it more of a straight salad than we expected.... where the lettuce wasn't a lovely shade of brown- it was slimy and mushy like an avocado... not ok.
In all fairness, I pointed it out to the server who took it off the check but really .... one of the more disgusting things I've had set in front of me at a restaurant.
If you go- stick to the pizza or anything deep fried.
You had me at the yummy cornmeal crust. You lost me with your woefully bad quality control. Inconsistent and uneven. They must be so concerned with cranking pies out of the kitchen to feed the lines of tourists here that they don't care what comes out. I love to add toppings and they just seem to go really light on them. I feel really screwed by that especially when a loaded pizza runs $45. When I worked at Papa Johns in college they stressed consistency on every pizza we made, and we only charged about $10! Again, where is the quality control Gino's? It really pains me to be slamming you like this because you're my favorite deep dish in town and the sausage patty and crust are fantastic. However, we get better consistency elsewhere and that's where we've taken our business. I think about all of those tourists making the stop here to get Chicago deep dish and getting the same bunk unevenness that we had. So sad.
There was a time when I thought you were the man Gino. Then I went to Pi and the bar has been raised. Step up your game Gino, I miss you.
Ah, over and over again I don't see the big deal here.
Enough with the ghetto atmosphere, enough with the deep dish that smells of beer.
The server was so confused because we switched tables. From one crowded corner to another crowded corner....what's the difference? Maybe all the graffiti on the walls gives the guy micro-absence seizures....poor lad doesn't even realize it.
Enough of this hell hole already. Chicago find a new "best deep dish pizza" place!
Loved it! This was my first time tasting a true deep dish pizza and I was amazed at how wonderful it was!! Can't wait to go back for a visit.
I don't know about you, but really, can bread, cheese, meat and sauce ever be wrong?
The answer is no.
And when that cheese is intensified by a pound, and the bread is intensified by a baker's dozen, and the meat is cooked nestled inside the gooey goodness...it can only be right. So so so very right. Because really, if this is wrong, I don't want to be right.
Yeah, we were tourists, and really, I am a huge fan of New York style pizza. But for my first crack at Chicago deep dish - I dig it.
Cheese coma is a gross understatement.
Loved the graffiti laced walls. I personally think it says, yeah...come in...welcome...make yourself comfy...
They get minus one star because it takes an hour to cook...and dammit...I was hungry. Oh, and our waitress was a bit dishelved...but, hell, she's was a 45 year old pizza server, what can I expect?
To be honest i didn't really get excited about this place, until i saw The Amazing Race, some years ago. I tried Gino's East and became a believer .
Pizza is fresh, seating area is one best I've been to in years. If your planning a family outing or want to take a date. Go to Gino's East!! ummmm good!!
Ick! The thin crust pizza is nasty... especially when we got it to our office and it was cold (we work a few blocks away and was driving). Not only was the crust soggy and flavorless, there was hardly any sauce and the cheese was barely melted. Ease up on the inch thick cheese... this isn't deep dish people. And I swear I counted only 10 pieces of pepperoni on an XL. Cheap bastards.
Oh and don't even get me started on the employees and lack of service. Don't bother. Go around the corner to "Delicious" for thin crust. At least it's piping hot and served immediately by super nice employees.
Let me start off by saying, I have not been to Gino's recently. The last time I was there was in the mid ninety's and it sounds like things may have changed a bit. All I remember from those trips here though were some of the best meals ever. Can't attest to the current state of this place though and if it is still the same.
Had one of the best deep dish pizzas ever at Gino's. I used to come to Chicago to play hockey often and one of the locals I knew would always take me to Gino's for deep dish. We tried a few of the other well known and not so well known places in town, but I preferred Gino's. The crust is great, the sauce is excellent and the toppings were perfect. The huge sausage patty on the pizza is so good. Loved all the graffiti everywhere too. In my opinion, this is deep dish pizza at it's finest.
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