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Grand (Red)
Mon-Thu. 11:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Fri-Sat. 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Sun. 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
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i am bit confused as to which restaurant is the osteria and which is the pizzeria, but i am pretty sure i was in the pizzeria because i ate pizza.
came here on a friday night and we were seated in about 25 minutes after a lovely glass of red at the bar. loved the spinach salad - we split 2 between the 3 of us and it was more than enough. and the pizza! thin, thin crust. fresh, delicious ingredients. we had the onion special pizza and the margarita and the onion was my favorite, so if they have that definitely order it. love the small, intimate, yet fun atmosphere. will definitely be back!
We were driving down Ohio and were STARVING, so my sweetie found the first available parking space. We figured it would be fun to just go to the closest restaurant we see. Via Stato it is! It was about 2:35 pm and as we approached the host stand, there was this HUGE board that stated, "1/2 off all pizzas from 2:30-4:30, SHHH don't tell anyone!" oops, I guess I spilled the beans!...OMG, I never get that lucky! We arrived at the perfect time! =) Yey! since the pizzas are 1/2 off, we ordered 3. We got the sausage (my favorite), pepperoni, and garlic. They were very good, and VERY thin, which I loved! I hate getting stuffed on one slice of the traditional pan pizzas, so this was perfect for me. Oh, we also ordered the penne chicken pasta which was very good. FYI, the servings here aren't huge like other Italian restaurants, but appropriate for the price.
The only reason this place doesn't get 5 stars is because the service was slow, and the pizzas took a fairly long time. But for half off, I ain't gonna complain!
Ok, so... night number 8 in Chicago for work and only one day left...
As it was my last night and I was completely brain dead from working so long (and being in a hotel so long), I planned on blowing my night on margaritas at a famous Mexican restaurant down the street... and then it started to rain. As my Southern blood can no longer handle 40-50 degree weather AND precipitation, I decided to just eat in the hotel restaurant (something I NEVER do)... which was Pizzeria Via Stato.
I sat down and started out with the Sangiovese blend of wine... delicious! Amazing and I definitely had another glass...
I ordered the Margherita pizza and the Panzenella salad. I expected the salad to be a, well, SALAD, with bread on it (like you see on Food Network). But, it was actually a bread salad (no lettuce at all) with heirloom tomoato halves, strips of onion, cucumber and olives, all drenched in olive oil. DELICIOUS!! The olive oil was amazingly aromatic and flavorful, and it completely drenched the authentic, toasted Italian ciabatta it was covering. Amazing! The tomatoes, cukes, onions and olive slivers all complimented it perfectly. DEFINITELY go and get this salad!
Then my pizza came, and it was kind of a bummer! :( This pizza is extremely thin crust, which I knew when I ordered, but didn't realize that it was so thin that parts would turn BLACK AS COAL as it was being cooked! (Yikes! I thought that stuff caused cancer?!) The ingredients were simple, hand-crushed tomatoes, cut up basil and mozzerela... only not nearly enough cheese to be satisfied with. It was yummy, but not nearly as awesome as EVO back home in Charleston (SC)... SC better then Chicago... what's that tell you?!
In the end... only 3 stars for the pizza but 4 for the salad, wine and service. It was a nice atmosphere and a good meal (some parts great) for a rainy night in!!
Ok.... this is an edit... the gelato, OMG, the gelato!!! Amazing! I had the caramel chocolate, and was told all gelato was made in house daily. Amazing, heavenly, orgasmic...
Seriosly, go to this restaurant, get some amazing wine, the panzanella salad and the GELATO!! YUMMY!!
The pizza here has a paper thin crust. Almost too thin. The edge of the crust bubbles too much and burns. The toppings were quite good and fresh with great flavor. However, I'm just not a fan of the crust. I was expecting a more authentic Italian-style pizza. These were nothing like the ones I had in Italy. They weren't bad though and the atmosphere is nice and cozy.
The pizzas are pretty small and are kind of a mix of Chicago tavern style (cracker-crust) and central/northern Italian-style. A pizza per person and a split app is probably the least someone would want.
Mine was cut into squares and the margherita has nice minimalist but high-quality toppings, with good olive oil being the most noticeable flavor. I'd def go back.
I went on a weekday, you can walk up and get seated easily.
Is it fair to write a review just on the wine??? You bet...here it goes.
I used to come here a lot for happy hour when the entire restaurant was called Osteria Via Stato, but we called it Erik Estrada's. For some reason it was much easier to say and remember. Osteria Via Stato is a mouthful...and now it's Pizzeria Via Stato..seriously whatever.
Well after guzzling down wine at Quartino my friend and I had the bright idea to get more across the street because a) it was close by and b)we hadn't had enough.
So we hurled ourselves through the revolving door and wow, has this place changed. It's like two completely separate restaurants now. I usually like to belly up to the bar, but every seat was taken so we decided to get a table and just drink amidst the 'eaters'.
The wine list had several nice wines, but I stop reading when one of the wine descriptions mentioned Zinfandel (I love Zin's) That's what we ordered. Ok, it was the cheapest on the menu, but one of the best glasses of wine I've had in a while. Our server, which was great (Brian), noted that it was new on the list.
Service was great and we didn't eat a thing. We let out server know that we were just gonna have a glass or three of wine and he was happy to attend to our thirsty needs.
Everyone looked happy with their pizza's and they smelled delicious. Maybe next time I'll try a slice. But this time it was all about the wine. I remember now why I used to come here so much...the wine was always great here...sigh.
Ok, BIG STAR DEDUCTION for the bathroom. I forgot that the men's restroom is a true 'country' mile away - I'm serious. This restaurant is connected to the Embassy Suites and yes, you have to go in there to use the restroom. If I remember correctly, it's up several flights of stairs, around two corners, past the business center then down a corridor. I should have stopped in to update my facebook and tell my friend that I didn't ditch her and that my journey back would be a while. It's kind of funny at first until you have to go again, then it's not.
I want to go back and try the pizza and leave before I have to pee.
The general atmosphere is good.
But, it's a pizzeria, and the pizza took FOREVER to come. And then it was so soggy it was difficult to eat - and I just ordered a margherita, not some weird pizza.
I tend to be pretty picky when it comes to pizza and generally like a straight-up neapolitan margherita. A good number of pizza places in this town claim to offer "Italian" or "Neapolitan" pizza but so far they all miss the mark. That being said, I was a bit dubious about the positive reviews I heard about Pizzeria Via Stato but ducked in on a lazy evening with my partner.
He had the margherita while I opted for the sunchoke. There is no pretension that the pizza here is somehow authentic italian. The ingredients are delivered on a simple crust no more than the thickness of a few sheets of paper and crispy-dry. The crust is pleasant on it's own well complimented by the few toppings.
Some of the pizza and beer prices are probably $1-2 too high though I suppose some of the cost is for the ambience. The venue is dark and earthy with wood tables and a vaulted ceiling. There are cabinets on two walls showcasing the extensive wine collection. The elegance is slightly muddled by two or three televisions mounted to the ceiling by the bar.
Also, the basil has been chopped to pieces on the margherita--I'm religiously against anything but whole-leaf basil on pizza.
We just dropped in and ended up eating at the bar rather than waiting 20-30 mins for a table. Mickey our bartender was excellent! My wife had a fantastic Cosmo. Best since our martini bar days in NYC. We had the cheese sampler appetizer and it was excellent. We shared a pizza and being thin crust lovers, we really liked it. The sauce was good and toppings nice and fresh. We would definitely head back our next time in town, even if just for drinks and people watching
I came here for dinner after a Saturday afternoon movie at AMC on Michigan. A 10-20 minute wait was closer to 30 minutes, but that was alright. We ordered our appetizers and pizza and enjoyed the outdoor seating and people watching on State St. Our server must have forgotten about our appetizers because only minutes after I commented on how long it was taking for our appetizers to come, our pizzas arrived sans appetizers. We had to remind the waiter of our order. Oh well.
The food itself was quite good. I had the margherita pizza and I believe my friends ordered the mushroom and sausage pizzas. All of them were very tasty. The margherita had a hint of sweetness to it, which I enjoyed, though it's not for everyone. They serve extremely thin crust pizza here, which usually isn't my thing, but the crust was very well done. It was flaky and crispy in all the right places. The mozzarella appetizers were also very good, albeit late, and were a good complement to the pizza.
I was a bit disappointed that you really couldn't order anything besides pizza, appetizers, alcohol, and dessert at the pizzeria. So, if you're in the mood for anything other than pizza you'd be better off going to the full restaurant or somewhere else. Even though we got our appetizers after our entrees, the waiter did keep our beverages topped off throughout the meal which almost made up for the appetizer flub.
We got the cheese Fondutu which was excellent, and probably the best spinach cheese like dip I have ever had! It came with toasted buttery toasts and with the cheese, my friend said it tasted like a delicious grilled cheese sandwich, to make it more elegant, you could say it was like a gooey deconstructed grilled cheese sandwich. There were three of us so we decided to share two pizzas, the house special which was the mushroom, ricotta, truffle oil, with farm egg pizza, and the margherita pizza. The Margherita was ok, it was very thin though, and I almost felt like I was eating paper. The white truffle pizza was definitely my favorite of the two pizzas and it was very interesting to have a sunny side up pizza in the middle of the egg. I have to say though, odd as it is, after eating this, I wish there were more eggs in the pizza!
Pizzeria was pretty good, I would go back, but I am not sure I would say it is my fav pizza place, but I was very pleased with the cheese fonduta and the white mushroom truffle pizza. I wonder if they would add another egg for me next time?
I really thought this place was terrific.
I usually loathe going to places in the tourist-laden downtown area, especially in the summertime, but I had a friend in from NYC, and that's where we randomly ended up (I realized halfway through ordering that bringing a New York City-dweller to a pizza joint in Chicago was risky to say the least).
The pizza, though, is great. When they say thin crust, they mean THIN CRUST. Like, cheese and toppings piled on perfectly crisp tracing paper.
The pizzas are considered "personal" pizzas - which is awesome, since I grew up with giant brothers stealing my food, rendering me averse to sharing.
Also, they have a nice wine selection. Call me unsophisticated, but I'm always impressed when I order the cheapest wine on the menu, and they still bring it to me in one of those glasses as big your face with a sliver of a stem.
I also remember having a Caprese salad (the ultimate test of an Italian restaurant, if you ask me), and it was incredible. Literally, my mouth just started watering at the recollection.
Proof that State Street isn't always a shitshow.
This is a great place to grab a quick lunch while enjoying some people watching on State Street. The menu is fairly small but nothing disappoints. The staff is always great and I can never drink more that 1/3 of my water before someone is there to fill it again. Highlights are the fondu and the sausage pizza!
Honestly, I rarely give 5 star reviews! (upon second thought, it looks as though i do, I've given a total of 19)
It was by mistake that I stumbled on Pizzeria Via Stato, I eat at Quartino quite often and when they were too crowded, we crossed the street and decided to give this a whirl.
I had the Pizza & Wine by the glass combo: Shitake Mushrooms, cheese and black truffle oil accompanied by a glass of Feres Grojean Pinot Noir. I was so impressed with this pairing, the wine was delightful and went exceptionally well with the truffle oil.
My friend had the pepperoni and that pizza was also magnificent.
JUST SO YOU ARE AWARE...I love European style, very, very thin crust pizzas. They use about 3 oz. of dough and only 3 oz. of cheese. If you are not a fan of very thin pizza, so thin it is crispy, you will not like this!
The service was friendly, I like that they can wear jeans and the price is also really good. The wine was $11 a glass and $55 a bottle, that is a really fair price for such a nice wine.
OH MY GOD AMAZING...Located adjacent to where I work I was dieing to try Osteria's pizza. Even though I'm not a fan of sausage I tried it anyways and it was fucking amazing. It really was better then any thin crust pizza I've ever had. It gives deep dish a good run for its money. As a concierge I am always asked for pizza places to go to and this is the place I will be sending my guests. Try it...you won't be disappointed.
UPDATE: This place keeps getting better. I tried the mushroom pizza last night and it was unbelievable.
Everything here was good, though not a "wow" experience, so I'm going to give it 3 stars. The fonduta appetizer was delicious, to be fair. The pizza was good - I had the mushroom, onion, mozzarella and tomato sauce. The crust was super thin, and the ingredients were all tasty. We had some red wine with the meal as well, and I guess I feel like it was on the pricey side... but the blame for that could easily fall on my dining companion's shoulders, as he selected it.
They don't do reservations for this part of the restaurant, but a walk-in was no problem on a Monday night. For the guys, as a heads up, to go to the Men's room you have to actually go through the hotel lobby next door, up some stairs and around some corner to get there - essentially, the restroom is located in Evanston. But the ladies room is perfectly close by.
Our server was really good, and the ambiance in the dining area is nice. So overall, a good experience, but I would recommend La Madia over Pizzeria Via Stato, if someone asked me which pizza I thought was better.
I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was very positively impressed by Pizzeria Via Stato. With Quartino across the street, there's obvious comparison's being made. My conclusion: Via Stato trumps Quartino in the quality of the food, but Quartino has the better atmosphere (especially if you eat in the bar area).
That being said, Via Stato is solid. The food is very, very good (especially the fonduta) and reasonably priced, which is my favorite combination. Easy to make good for for a lot of money. Rare to find great food at good prices.
This one's a keeper.
I'm thinking 3.5 stars on this one - I enjoyed a nice leisurely lunch at Pizzeria via Stato, consisting of the lentil soup, a potato pizza and a glass of wine. Service was excellent and the food was good. However, I just didn't feel like the pizza was worth the price. It left me slightly unsatisfied. I'm not normally willing to shell out $20+ for lunch for myself, and I gave Pizzeria via Stato a try only because I had a gift certificate. However, I will definitely be going back at least once...for I want to try one of their "red" pizzas, and they also have a bacon cocktail. Yes, you read that correctly. It's called a "baconcello." There's no WAY it could be bad...right?
Service is good, and the atmosphere is cozy. You are thrown in the section between the real restaurant (Osteria via Stato) and the lobby of the Embassy Suites Hotel, but you are closest to the bar and wood burning oven. But for $12 for a 10" pizza, it is hardly enough to get me full. The pizzas are incredibly thin and flimsy. The bf says it's "cracker" pizza. I've tried the potato pizza (couldn't really taste any potato, but the dill really gave it a kick), sausage (disappointed with the ground sausage which made it taste like a microwaveable pizza), and margherita (which my bf thought actually tasted good in "cracker" form). They also offer a few appetizers and salads. Beware: the salads are priced accordingly to their sizes (small!). My only suggestion would be to get the fonduta (spinach dip) - it'll fill you up since the pizza won't.
Four stars was a stretch, but there were good thinks about PVS. I have to admit that pizza would never be my first choice, but I haven't tried Roman style pizza and always want the opportunity to use my LEY points card. We started with the fonduta - spinach, pecorino, crostini. It was very tasty. We ordered 2 pizzas - a red - housemade sausage, mozzarella, tomato sauce and a white - organic fingerling potatoes, pancetta, smoked mozzarella. They were both good with fresh tasting ingredients and thin, thin, crispy crust. If you're in the neighborhood give it a try, but I'm not convinced it's destination dining.
With all of the gourmet pizza places popping up around the city, we decided to give this place a try. We were seated very quickly and the service was great. When they said that the pizza was thin crust Roman style though, they weren't kidding. My pizza was so thin that it kept falling apart while I was trying to eat it! It was just OK, so I'm not sure if I will be going back for seconds.
Delicious pizzas with very cute and haughty hostess. She is cold and I like it. The beers are tasty. They have the basics +. The atmosphere is excellent though. Dark, moody, and open. Usually about $25 a head including 2 beers.
Went here the other night for a lighter dinner. I didn't know that this was kind of a separate thing from Osteria Via Stato, although it is in the same restaurant. What is weird is that they have two menus and can only order from one or the other, depending on where you sit. I think the fancy Osteria section was in the sectioned off dining area inside. We sat outside, so it wasn't a big deal. We ordered the margherita and mushroom pizzas. The margherita was ok, not the best I have ever had, but did have fresh basil and a good flavor. I thought the mushroom one was definitely better. The special thing about the pizzas are how thin they are... like, cracker thin. I really liked that! However, since they are so thin, sometimes the edges got really burned. Overall, the pizzas were decent. Would definitely go back there for something light. Oh, my one complaint about the place... only one women's bathroom.
Last night, I tried this place out for the first time. I have wanted to try it out for awhile. We were seated promptly; however, then we were forgotten about as well as the table next to us. Management did a good job to rectify the situation once there was a complaint, and then everyone was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. We ordered olives, which were decent, and the caprese salad. I also ordered the recommended glass of wine, which I thought was a great choice, and then we split a margherita pizza and a potato pizza. The margherita was ok, I have had a lot better, but I loved the potato pizza. I was a bit skeptical because I am a normal don't play around too much with the pizza toppings kind of girl, but I thought the pizza tasted a lot like a baked potato and it also had the potential to be a great after an afternoon of drinking pizza. The bill also was very reasonable. I would go back for the potato pizza, but would probably walk to Quartino for other types.
We had the thin crust pizza - the Vegetarian. Awesome!! Seriously, the best thin crust pizza I have ever had. It's paper thin, has the right amount of sauce and toppings, is crisp on the edges, and soft inside. Just the way I like them. If you are not a big fan of deep dish pizzas (like me!) then this place is it!! The only reason I did not give it 5 stars, is that came out a little cold. Also, the salad, was nothing to write about - a bit too much dressing for my liking. Service is great, and the they have a decent patio.
a piece of Italy without leaving state street. loved the thin crust pizza and atmosphere. the outdoor seating is a plus! i tried one of the red wines from the favorites list and it was delicious!
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