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This is it. This IS Chicago thin crust pizza at it's best. They don't take cash, don't deliver, the cooks wear dirty t-shirts and white hats and the place hasn't been remodeled since that 70's show. BUT, it's got the best damn thin crust I've ever had. For those of us who have moved on to the greener pastures on the North Side, they offer half-cooked pizzas that you can take all the way home and finish up in your oven and they ain't half bad! This is to Chicago thin crust what Jimmy's in Humboldt Park is to the Chicago hot dog. Authentic and gifted.
The interior is CLASSIC. It's almost photo-worthy...and I think that's what makes it homey and original in a city that boasts all kinds of crazy places to dine.
Our waitress was someone you can compare to your best friend's mom, super sweet and calls everyone younger than her "kids."
The crowd is all regulars, and makes you feel like you've stepped right into a scene from Cheers.
And the pizza...oh yes, it's amazing. Homemade sausage, gooey and cheesy, and loaded up with veggies!
Don't fool yourself by thinking you'll be able to resist the old school charm and $5 pitchers of Old Style...you'll fall for it just like everyone else does!
A good pizza is something that's very hard for a lot of people to agree on. Everyone has a different expectation of what qualifies for a "good pizza". I feel like no matter what your tastes are that Nick and Vitos masters the quintessential thin crust pie.
Dining here is like stepping into a time warp, or some relative's really dated basement that features a vinyl clad wet bar. No worries, just keep your eye on the prize and you will be rewarded with a very tasty meal. Sidenote, notice the carpeted walls? We think that is not only a design statement but serves the purpose of absorbing all the delicious pizza smells to keep customers salivating for their entire dinner.
Our waitress was super friendly and welcoming and helped make some great suggestions for the pizza toppings. The prices for drinks are all reasonable, but if you are gonna enjoy the pizza right, just go with a pitcher of Old Style. When the pies arrived, they didn't last long. The element of thin, crispy cracker crust with just the right amount of greasy cheese made this a meal that goes down the pie hole all too easy. Our group demolished the three pizzas we ordered in no time. If there were leftovers remaining, I doubt they would make through the car ride. The sausage that is used in the pizza had an excellent amount of fennelly zest to it. And if you are looking to add a notch to your flavor belt, I recommend adding garlic as a topping.
Ugh, Guy Fieri dubbed this pizza as a "manhole cover to flavor town". Where does he come up with this shit? I thought Dr. Phil was bad when it came to making up bad quotes, but this really takes the cake. I hate Guy Fieri, but damn I like this pizza.
This pizzeria is CASH only!
Haven't been there in a long while, but when I saw the pictures I knew it was the same place we used to go to when we lived in the area. We called it Nick and Vito's. Good thin crust pizza and from current readings, it hasn't changed. I remember all the wait staff were not in high school to be kind. Still the case I see.
I'd say it's worth the trip.
There are a ton of reviews of this place, so I'm going to do a short one.
Good pizza! All they have on draft is old style, but it is $3.50 for a half pitcher....Nice! For me it's worth the drive from Brookfield, but if I lived on the Northside it's not worth it.
Okay, I'm lettin' you guys into the inner circle. My man and I are kooky to say the least. We have a lot of inside jokes, sayings, rituals etc. Like when we got our new bed and it was so high, we said it was like climbing a mountain just to get in it. And then it just turned into calling the bed, "The Mountain". We don't say "bedtime". We say "Mountain Time". I told ya, kooky.
So the point of this story is whenever we get pizza and the delivery guy is strolling up the walk, we start chanting, "PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA!". I wish I was kidding. We're dorks. And I like it.
It was no different on our trip to Vito & Nick's, a spot I had seen on DDD and our first stop upon driving in from Milwaukee. The only thing I had eaten that day was a Nature Valley granola bar, plus we got lost, and the pizza takes a while here. So when the waitress came out of the kitchen with our order, the "pizza chanting" began.
I'm not down with deep dish. Crispy thin crust for me any day. And this sucker was ka-ris-pee. I love the way it's cut in little squares just perfect for popping in my boca gigante. We got half sausage/half pepperoni, but the pep was wayyyyyyy better. The sausage kinda tasted like Farmer John brekkie links, and was the reason I deducted a star.
Other than the flavorless sausage this pizza was bananas. And bananas is good.
This place is a joke.
Overcrowded joint with late-70's interior decorating from your nightmares.
Average-tasting, thin crust pizza that takes an hour and a half to get to your table because this place is so busy. On top of that, the lack-luster servers deliver your pizza to the wrong table.
Yup, that's right folks, after waiting an hour and a half for our pizza, my boyfriend saw them deliver our pizza to the wrong table. When the family told them that they hadn't even ordered yet, our pizza was sent back to the kitchen, and then came to us. WTF?
They also do not accept credit cards. This is completely inexcusable for a restaurant in my opinion.
Bottom line: the atmosphere sucks, the servers suck and the pizza was only memorable in that it was overdone from being in the oven twice. Do yourself a favor and avoid this place.
What's up with the good reviews?? My sister had a 3 hour layover at Midway on Wednesday and I went down to hang out with her. I read these reviews and thought this would be a chill place to drink wine & eat pizza for 2 hours. It sucked! OMG so slow. Our server was the slowest ever. Although when we were leaving I thought about it and maybe she had a stroke recently. ?? We still left a 20% tip for some reason. Anyway pizza took over an hour and was not that good. I had to go up to the bar to get us drinks. I love thin crust and this was horrible. Also our server was not friendly at all. Weird place. I can't believe people love it. WTF????
OLD SCHOOL Chicago paper thin crust pizza.
The waitresses are so original - its amazing that a couple them are actually alive taking your order - let alone getting it and bring it to your table :) Maybe they robots?
Love this place. Love nothing has changed. Love the old school service.
THIS IS a Classic Chicago pie.
It was a haul getting here from downtown, the waitress was pretty much MIA the whole meal and we almost got killed by a maniac criminal leading cops on a high speed chase through the not so nice neighborhood that surrounds the restaurant ... but none of that mattered one bit after taking a bite of the pizza. Not only the best thin crust pizza I've ever eaten, but the best pizza I've ever eaten. Wish I lived closer. Second thought, maybe it's good that I don't!
Unbelievably, incredibly wonderful pizza. No exaggeration.
Who cares that the walls are covered with carpeting, and the service is a little slow. Sure, the waitresses are geriatric, and the crowd only slightly less so. It somehow all adds to the atmosphere, just like the Italian guys at the bar cheering on the Sox, Bears, etc.
This is the REAL Chicago you won't find on the loop. Take my advice, if you're from out of town like me. Explore the surrounding areas. Get a feel for all of this glorious city's mostly undiscovered, yet fascinating neighborhoods. Take a bus trip down W 79th St. back to the red line for a cool and interesting experience (not recommended after dark). This is the heart of south Chicago's Black neighborhood, heart of the blues, and no tourists ever see it.
This place is a small old school neighborhood pizza place. It's small, it's outdated, but that is part of it's charm. There is carpet on the walls and I love everything about it.
The pizza was excellent! Very thin and great flavor! I would come back here in a second! Not to mention that they have $1 Old Style pints everyday! 14 inch is thier biggest size, which my husband can eat by himself, but the prices are right so you can order an app if needed! Love this place and I will be back!
I'm a true southsider. I eat like a southsider, i'm obnoxious like a southsider, i drink like a southsider, ...you get the drill. As much as we'd love to think we're all the same the truth is there is a difference between the north and the south here in Chicago. This is one of those old school places that screams "im from the southside!" The place looks like someone's basement. The cooks wear dirty cook clothes, cash only, and the waitresses are little old ladies who sometimes need to be reminded that they are still working. The crowd is mainly made up of elderly neighborhood patrons or large families, or hungry teenage boys. Of course there's a bar, and there's pizza, amazing thin crust pizza. No frills, no light shows, no fancy menus, just the basics. Great pizza!!! And there's carpet on the walls! Hey Nick and Vito, you got carpet on the wall, but how come there's no brother's on the wall?
Sorry, couldn't help it.
This weekend, I felt really lucky when it came to visiting restaurants. Each one was awesome and the staff was amazing. I had a friend in town visiting and they kept bragging about this pizzeria joint. When we drove up, the place looks like an old apartment building.
At first, I was not to sure about going here but boy was it a delight when I tasted the pizza. We ordered a simple sausage and mushroom pizza. It was awesome. It was two of us and we ate the entire thing. Not a drop was left. We topped it off with an Old Style Light. The prices are reasonable and the staff is great.
These folks know how to cook a pizza. It comes out piping hot and delightful looking. It doesn't come with a ton of cheese to make you feel full like most places.
The staff served us at 9:50 when they close at 10. They were cleaning up the place and turning off music when we got there. Mary and another waitress came over to greet us and stated it was no big deal. Have a seat and get ready for a treat. Mary was great and down to earth. She was dropping knowledge about Chicago and telling us stories about the history of the place. You know that you can't go wrong when there is old style carpeting on the walls.
It is a ways to drive but it was definitely worth it. I am grateful to go to a place that's on the Food Network "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives".
Chicago, don't sleep on this place.
I am a big fan, have I had some issues, Oh Yea! Even with the issues I will never stop going, it is my right as a south sider. In this review I will offer up the do's and don'ts of Vito and Nicks.
Don't go on Friday night at the hours of 6 to 8. Way too crowded, and this place is not built for speed.
Don't go at 11am, once again this place is not built for speed. I had an out of towner that was in need of the quintasential South side experience. and what we got for the effort was a pizza that took 75 minutes to make(probably 50 minutes waiting for the ancient ovens to rumble to life) and a salad that had last nights leftovers written all over it. Don't be the first customers.
Don't forget your ID's, the waitstaff particularly the ones in their golden years are sticklers for the rules, even if you have gray hair on your face, you aren't getting served.
Don't rely on the plastic, cash only.
Be willing to sit at the bar, all of my service complaints have been eliminated with this tactical adjustment.
Keep the pizza simple 1 or 2 ingredients, the crust and cheese act weird under a lot of competition.
Don't be turned off by the decor, in my opinion it takes serious balls to carpet your walls, and not vacuum them for decades on end. So embrace the decor, say yeah to it all, from the ancient waitstaff that can barely carry 2 bottles of beer, off duty waits who are drunk at the bar flirting with the mustached regulars,say hello to the loud cooks when you enter, and be thankful this place even exists, our heritage is slowly being gentrified away, for now we can get a 5 dollar pitcher of beer with a 12 dollar pizza, and go home full.
So what does the future hold. As a kid I went to the original Giordano's, I would never step foot in that corporate dump again, In the 80's I would drink a few after work in places like the Billy Goat and Bergoffs, now they are shadows of their former glory. Business plans with more managers and bean counters, this was our history, and there is not much left of it, so please enjoy it while it lasts. There are other locations of Vito and Nicks, but I haven't bothered with them.
In my opinion thin crust pizza Chicago stlye is a dying entity, enjoy it while you can.
I've only been to this place once so far, but it's the best place on the south side that my south burb native girlfriend has introduced me to.
Upon walking in, I was a bit confused as to why a pizzeria had such a 1950's style feel to it. It looks like something out of Happy Days. I expected everybody to be sipping on tall milkshakes, munching on burgers & fries and dudes in tight jeans & leather jackets to roll up on me saying "Aaay!", a la The Fonz. But upon reading some of these reviews, I gathered it's because the place really is THAT old, & never felt the need to modernize. Good for them, I say! Decor doesn't effect my opinion on one places food anyhow, or I probably wouldn't like half the places I do.
As far as the food, I wish I could say more about the pizza itself. But that night, the waffle fries & just the unique atmosphere stole the show. (I remember having absolutely no complaints about the pizza though, if that helps). I'm sure after another visit or two, I will aquire other memorable aspects of their food.
Now, as plenty of people mentioned, they don't accept credit or debit. I thought I could rely on my girlfriend to tell such things before walking in, since she is familiar with the place (supposedly Nick & Vito were at her mothers wedding), but no such luck =P. No worries though, as the waitress kindly referred us to the atm across the street (was either a CVS or Walgreens, don't quite remember).
All in all, this is another place that really exemplifies great Chicago eats: Hole in the wall, mom & pop places serving unhealthy, artery clogging, but delicious comfort food. MMM MMM, bitch.
Arguably the best pizza in the city. Chicago-style exactly the way it should be: very thin crust, cooked crispy with high quality cheese and cut into squares.
The rest of the place is another Chicago-style favorite: family friendly dive bar. See also Schallers Pump.
This pizza SUCKs!!!!!! After reading all the great reviews about this place I was extremely eager to try it- I just could not wait- well truth be told I could have waited! and waited and waited!!!!! This pizza SUCKs...... as I stated before!! I've definitely had better. I don't know if I ordered the wrong thing but pizza is their specialty and I order a sausage and cheese....i was not impressed and suggest others to try it for yourself- maybe some people like half way burnt pizza with no flavor and untasty sausages.... but I know one thing & that's not to go here any more!!!
WOrd of ADvice- Beggars pizza got Vito and Nick faded and that's fo-sho!!!!
I grew up in St. Bede's (the parish where Vito & Nick's is located) and have eaten my share of Vito & Nick's pizza. I've probably eaten your share too, because when I was a teenager some of my friends used to work the takeout counter, only they always answered the phone "Nick & Vito's" back then -- so I think maybe Nick & Vito or Vito & Nick have some kind of fair exchange, top-billing system that works for them.
That said, Vito & Nicks has the best cracker crust pizza in Chicago, bar none. Cracker crust is a super thin and crispy crust (about the consistency of a cracker -- but buttery) that supposedly originated in the bowling alleys on the South Side. This type of crust is the perfect compliment to their generous full-bodied sauce and perfect layering of cheese. I hate when the cheese gloms up on you but I don't like cheesy stinginess, either. Vito & Nick's pizza gets that nice cheese pull going when you take a bite -- just right!
Also, for those of you who enjoy the swine, their sausage is phenomenal. I'm sure they make it themselves. Nice and fennely.
Finally, the ambiance. Yes, it still looks exactly like it did in the 70s. I'm pretty sure the bartender and the servers are the same, too. But I get efficient service, good prices and EXCELLENT pizza -- so take the trip. It is so worth it!
Some of the best pizza I've ever had. The crust is thin and cracker-y, the sauce has a bit of sweetness to it and they pile on the ingredients.
I just wish I lived closer or they would open a location near me, because it can be a pain to get down there. It's worth it, though, not only for the pizza, but for the true Southside-ness of the place. Maybe that's why I always feel at home?
Eeey, you know? Vito & Nicks over by dehr? Dem guys?
Yeah, this place has some pretty great pizza pies, and by the looks of the place they haven't changed a thing in the 43 years that they've been open (and that ain't a bad thing). Our server "Aunt Lee" even told us so. She's been working there since the beginning and was either married to Vito or Nick himself. But I will tell you, she was on her game bringing out beers, plates, napkins, soda refills etc. The place is totally dated and charming with old walls and tables, glass display cases holding chariots of some sort and neon beer signs in the window you can see from the moon.
The crust is just thick enough but still bendy and delicious. The toppings are your standard but there's something about the way it all comes together for the perfect round square 1-2 bite pieces you will find at Nick's. Crispy around the edges, soft in the middle. We had a large party and tried a few different combo's. The sasssssage pie was honestly my favorite (which I have NEVER before said in my life). Mushroom and onion came in a close second and the tomato and fresh garlic fell a little short. It just tasted like a cheese pizza and I think we were hoping for a little more garlic zing.
So yeah, go here. Wave hello to your Uncle Pat in the back eating with his poker buddies, give old Aunt Lee a break when she forgets one of your pizzas, the parmesan cheese and the spatula (you can make do without), try not to giggle at the mullets you see (or do so quietly) and have an Old Style. Bring cash or visit the atm across the street at the cvs!
1. I love thin crust.
2. I hate waiting for a table.
3. But I love thin crust.
4. The sausage and giardinera was worth the wait.
5. Typing that made my mouth water.
While at the gym today and watching Food Network (I like to torture those around me), an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives was on. I nearly tripped over my feet when I saw Vito and Nick's! I almost shouted at the TV, "I've been there!" but refrained from making a scene. I then realized that I haven't been here in waaaaay too long.
Their pizza is not traditional deep dish, but extra thin crust. The crust is so thin, so crispy, so heavenly delicious!! The ingredients are fresh and they have a large selection of meaty toppings to choose from. It is a carnivore's dream! However, their choice of vegetarian and non-meat options are pretty amazing too. This place always seems to have a steady inflow of business but they seem to turn the tables around pretty quickly. I've never had to wait a memorable amount of time in order to be seated.
The neighborhood around this establishment has been changing but I hope this place stays around for a very long time. After being reminded of their greatness, I can't wait to make a return trip!!! As much as I don't like Guy Fieri and his love for TGIFridays (honestly?????), I'm glad he's giving this place the attention they deserve!!
However, don't go in here looking for a glorious lager on tap unless that beer is Old Style...
I guess maybe my expectations were really, really high after reading all of these reviews which basically say that this is the best thin crust pizza you will ever eat in your entire life. It was good, for sure, but not the best.
I was in on Saturday with two girlfriends as a precursor to one friend's 30th birthday bash (which, really, was just the three of us). Northsiders that we are, we looked around to find a good pizza place on the South Side. Vito & Nick's came highly recommended by both Yelpers and people we actually know, so we gave it a shot.
When we arrived, we were told that the wait would be about 30 min, but that we should order our pizzas up front because they were taking about an hour to an hour and a half. Mind you, this is THIN CRUST pizza, so I'm not sure how it could take that long unless maybe they're using a toaster oven. Anyway, we ordered, and then we waited.
We were seated after about 15, 20 min, and then we just waited for the pizza. And waited. And waited. And seriously regretted not having ordered some apps, as every other table around us had baskets of deep-fried goodness brought to them while we were wiping our drool off the table.
The pizzas finally arrived and they were pretty tasty. Everything tasted great, but again, it wasn't the best I've ever had. The crust wasn't nearly as thin or crispy as I had been led to expect, and the cheese was really brown- which I happen to love, but it almost seemed like it had been broiled or something- the way the top was so much more done than the bottom.
Alas, if I ever happen to find myself all the way down there I would stop by, but I can't say I would make the long trip just for the pizza.
Also- they have $1 pints of Old Style Light every day. So that made the waiting a little more bearable.
While walking in here someone ahead of us said "It's always cash only with these people," a phrase that has since become a part of our regular rotation. I'm not sure exactly who the people talking were or who the "these people" were, but this is a bit of a no-nonsense type of eatery where I could imagine people take shit outside and fall to fisticuffs and then come back inside to finish their respective pizzas.
The pizza is the type of thin, but soft crusted kind that I associate with what people really eat in Chicago way, WAY more than deep dish. It's greasy and sloppy and pretty dang good. The environs are not in any way cute and the walls are covered in a weirdish brownish carpet.
I don't eat here very often though, mostly because I can't stomach sit-down eateries with bills that might be pretty sizable, that still don't take cards - boo that.
The crust is so thin that it's almost invisible. My mouth is getting watery and my eyes are getting misty just thinking about it. It doesn't matter that I just ate a huge dinner less than an hour ago, if someone put a large Nick & Vito's (as everyone I know calls it) pizza in front of my I would devour the whole fucking thing.
One story that my parents love to tell involves this place. I guess when I was about two or three years old I was making a fuss and overall just being a little shit (some things never change), so much so that the waitress took me into the kitchen to show me how they made the pizza. After that I was apparently the perfect little child, ate my pizza and left without further incident.
It was also a huge deal when they started to give you plates to eat your pizza on a couple years ago. It's that type of place. I seriously love it.
I went there this past Saturday and the pizza was OK. I was around the area and stumbled on it. The service sucks. If you're not a regular they treat you like shit. The tables and chairs need updating and the place was a little too dark.
My Aunt Kathy grew up across the alley from Nick and Vito's and remembers seeing the titular brothers arguing and throwing butcher knives at each other in the alley. She explains that they signed a contract that every 10 or 15 or 20 years the order of the names will change. This is why many call it nick and vito's while it is officially vito and nick's.
Like John B, My Uncle Tom comes here everytime he returns to town. Jaded, I grew up in the neighborhood and still fantasize about the pizza.
The best pizza ever is involves sausage and giardinara from here. You should drink pitchers of old style with it and you should do this all during a sox game. While its on point, please remember that this establishment is as much a bar for families and the elderly as a pizzaria for the same. That is what makes it work.
Some corrections though. Nick and Vitos not only doesn't take plastic but DOES NOT DELIVER. They only printed up carryout menus a few years ago and only in spite of themselves.
This is the best pizza in Chicago HANDS DOWN! The pizza has an ultra thin crust that is perfectly baked (not to soggy but not completely cracker). Food and beer is all very reasonable priced. I don't care about the decor, I don't care if it is cash only, I don't care that they don't deliver. I don't even care that I live in Lakeview and have to drive an hour to get there. All I care about, and the reason I'm rating a 5, is Vito and Nick's makes the best thin crust pizza in the city PERIOD
This is the best Chicago-style thin crust in the city, hands down. Sausage is probably the topping of choice, although I love to add spicy giardineras. The service and decor could not possibly exude any more sense of place, from the no-nonsense waitresses, to the conversations at the bar, to the carpeted walls illuminated by x-mas lights. If you live far away, plan to visit this place every time you fly through Midway.
I hereby condemn anyone who rates this anywhere below 5 stars as a persona-non-grata on the South Side.
The best thin-crust pizza in Chicago. I'd say the best thin-crust pizza EVER, but there's a take-out joint in Manhattan that goes head to head with it.
People, you're in Ashburn now. Don't expect a big drink menu or a long description of today's specials. Don't expect post-modern Ikea decorations or mood lighting.
The lighting is x-mas lights, the wallpaper is brown carpet, and your waitress will be delivering your food with a cigarette in her mouth. Normally this would chip off a few stars...but I grew up in this neighborhood and I understand that a restaurant couldn't exist here without appealing to the blue collar meat-heads and mobster cops and city workers.
That being said...if you're a vegetarian...you obviously should go somewhere else to eat. If ambiance is important to you...you should go somewhere else to eat.
If you simply desire pizza and cheap beer to wash it down...you'll be back again and again and again.
If you don't live nearby, it'll be worth the 20 minute drive from the loop. My personal favorite is just sausage, but this is a long-standing debate for the "best toppings" with my family.
I've been coming here, literally, since my infancy. So maybe my review is biased by the sheer amount of nostalgia connected with my weekly dinner here.
Hint: Locals call it Nick & Vito's...and yes...those are real mobsters at the bar.
Bonus hint: Some people here have marked that Vito & Nick takes credit cards. They absolutely do not. So BRING CASH!
This is my all time favorite pizza..When Im on tour and anywhere near the midwest, I make it a point to fly in and grab a pizza at Vito & Nicks.
I grew up in Hometown (leftfor LA in 66). But I still hit Vito and Nicks FIRST THING as soon as I'm in the neighborhood.
Its a great place....the BEST pizza on theplanet.
I hope they never close!!!
JB
http://www.johnbeland.com
Vito and Nick's is most certainly my favorite pizza in Chicago. I prefer the pizza with the Italian beef which is absolutely perfect (and just as good after sitting in the fridge all night.) Sometimes the service is a little slow, but I just don't care because the pizza is so, so good.
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I don't know what all the fuss is about this place. Yes all the reviews were right, this place serves thin crust pizza. But the best? That I'm not so sure of. This place brought me back in time. Back to when I was a kid and used to throw a Tostino's frozen pizza in the oven. Same look, same taste. Over seasoned sausage and lacking cheese, this pizza doesn't rank very high in my book and I would not recommend this place to a friend. Sorry,it just wasn't that good.
Just how far would you be willing to trek for a good Chicago thin-crust? Because just like the fabled man who hikes up the highest mountain to hear the enlightened's wisdom, Loop residents and northsiders will be in for a long journey to the South Side to experience the perfect authenticity that is the original Vito & Nick's. But trust me, it will be oh-so worth it.
Oh, sure, the decor may leave something to be desired. Brown carpeted walls, primary-colored light bulbs, linoleum floors that probably haven't been updated since the '60s... But one bite into their signature super-thin crust pizza and you'll understand why Vito & Nick's regular following keeps coming back. Who cares what's on the walls? It's all about what's on your plate, right? While the pizza is as thin as a cracker, it's not as hard or crispy as one. The meats, sauce, and cheese are all applied in proper proportion; even if you get the "garbage" pizza (which has just about everything on it), you won't feel overwhelmed. Just satisfied.
I hear there's other stuff on the menu: salads, sandwiches, pastas, waffle fries, hot wings, jalapeo poppers... but really. What could be finer than a large thin-crust, a pitcher of Old Style, and some interesting people-watching?
Anytime we make the hour-long trek to the southside to visit Grandma, we MUST get pizza from Vito and Nick's. Their sausage pizza is the best thin crust sausage in the city!
It's even better reheated in the oven on day two. Thank goodness G'ma insists on ordering enough pizza to feed an army! We almost always take leftovers home with us...in fact, we just ate last night's leftovers for dinner tonight.
Went there on Friday and the pizza was excellent. The place is smaller so we waited a while but were able to order our pizza while at the bar so we were only at the table a few minutes before the pizza came out. It was super cheap too we had 9 people 3 large pizzas 2 steak sandwich's and about 8-10 drinks and with the tip it was only $13 a person. Only downside is they only take cash.
My favorite Pizza EVER!!!!! I have been coming here my whole life, literally. The pizza is amazing. The crust is just.....mmmmm......*salivating with anticipation of eating some soon*. I don't usually get excited about places, but you are crazy if you don't like this pizza. I don't know what vegetarian wouldn't like it either because I've been a vegetarian for nearly 13 years and there's plenty to eat. I mean my 3 years as a vegan nearly killed me because then you really are S.O.L. if you want to eat out anywhere. My pizza is topped with onions, mushrooms, and Spinach....perfection.
As far as it not having ambiance, that's only true if you're idea of ambiance is a bougie wine with your pizza type place. The service is great, and everyone is always so nice. I like that it's one of those places I can come to with friends and family and not get weird stares. Even when I'm ordering out there's always someone to make small talk with and I always get offered a drink while I wait. The decor is sweet. That's probably because it makes me feel like I'm at my grandmother's house or something.
The only things I can say that bug me are that the largest size is a large, so I always order at least 2 for the leftovers, and the whole not delivering thing. I mean it's only about 6 blocks from my house so not a big deal, but it'd be nice. As far as the whole cash only thing, a surprising amount of places don't accept credit or check so it's not so out there, and what's a trip to the ATM or the ol' sock drawer for some cash. It's most definitely worth it to me.
Let me just start off saying that I left this place so full that is goes into my top 5 all-time most full nights ever...
Right away I liked this place, it's completely an old-school pizzeria. Nothing fancy and probably the same decor from 1972 which is always a good thing.
The pizza itself was really good at first, it's very thin and like I said you can eat until your stomach explodes. But once the pizza cooled off a bit, it became kinda soggy and the taste lost a step. Not sure if they put too many toppings on it or the crust is just too thin but it definitely wasn't as good as it first was.
The sausage and cheese was very good and didn't look or taste like those lil turds that Tombstone pretends is sausage. We also got a sausage and giardenra which was tasty when it was piping hot and then not so much
So basically I'll say the pizza was good, but not great.
The waitress was basically that aunt you have that still "parties" if you know what I mean. She was pretty awesome and probably has been known to hook up with an occasional Southsider for an after-work set.
Go for the atmosphere of an old-school Southside joint, but the pizza maybe is dare I say overrated?
PS-If you're cute girl you'll probably be stared at like you stay in a cage at the Brookfield Zoo...it's the Southside times are rough.
I'm not a big fan of thin crust pizza, but my boyfriend, who is always raving about this place, took me here to try to convince me otherwise. And I will admit that I was fairly impressed. The crust was paper-thin and extra crispy. The topping seemed a to have a little too much grease on the cheese, but I think that's what made it so flavorful.
The service was really good. Our waitress was uber friendly. The place has a very classic pizzeria feel to it. From the looks of it a lot of regulars go there. I think I was the only person there without a south side accent.
But overall, I rather enjoyd Vito & Nick's. Maybe one day they'll be able to bring me to the dark side and convert me into a thin-crust pizza fan.
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