10 best pizzas in Chicago

10. Jet's Pizza - Schaumberg's favorite deep dish. Not traditional deep dish, more of a four corners deep dish, but every bit as good. If Lou's isn't your taste, try.

9. Frato's Pizza - good thin, but even better Italian Beef. Best Italian Beef and pizza combo in town. Way out in Schaumberg, but if you're O'Haring it, give it a whirl.

8. Vito & Nick’s - hidden in the southern suburbs, Vito's and Nick's makes one of the best not NY style thin crust.

7. Dimo's - in a city famous for its namesake, the greatness of NY still pizza is evident in the number of great pizzerias that specialize in NY style. Dimo's is close to the top of those.

6. The Art of Pizza - when I'm in Lakeview and want some deep dish, but not in the mood for Pequod's, I get a pie at Art's. If you want traditional deep dish, after Lou's it's the best.

5. Piece Pizzeria - NYish style pizza. Not quite as floppy as true NY pizza, but it hits the spot when the deep dish gets tiresome.

4. Forno Rosso Pizzeria Napoletana - Chicago's best Neopolitan pizza. Tourists will clamor for Eately's, but Eately's pizza is overpriced, overcrowded, and not worth the effort. Forno's on the other hand is fantastico!

3. Jimmy's Pizza Cafe - over in Lincoln Square. If you want NY style, Jimmy's is probably Chicago's best.

2. Lou Malnati's - of all the famed pizza joints in Chicago popular with tourists, Lou's is the best of the bunch. First thing to remember when asking about Chicago deep dish is that if someone recommends Giordano's, Pizzano's, or especially Gino's East, stop listening to them right then and there. If they say Lou's keep listening. Better than the pizza is chopped salad.

1. Pequod's - some say it's not true deep dish, but rather, a pan pizza. I still say it's Chicago's best pizza.



Avoid at all costs:
Connie's
Gino's East