I'm originally from Chicago, but now live in Orlando Florida. Every time I get back home I eat more pizza there than in a year in Florida. Love Chicago pizza, both thin and pie.
Barnaby's will always hold a special place in my heart, love that they still have the same tall wood bench seats... but Lou's tavern with the same butter crust as the deep with the corn meal... I believe the kids say BUSTIN!
I grew up in the 70s six blocks from "Nick & Vito's" on the southwest side!!! It was held in the highest esteem by all and a rare treat for us. Many a kid burned the roof of their mouth on that piping hot deliciousness. 😍🍕❤
There are so many more amazing places that didnt make the cut here that we need a sequel (and honestly we could have like 10 sequels). Fox's in Beverly, Palermos on 63rd, and Auerilos South Loop are the ones I really love, but there are so many more
There's nothing wrong with deep dish either. Most people confuse deep dish with stuffed pizza. Lou Malnatis deep dish for example you dont need a fork or knife and sure as hell isn't a casserole. And you don't see anyone complaining about Detroit style which is just as thick. In short: new yorkers are a holes who ruin everything
Hell, yeah to JP Graziano I used to own a restaurant and I use them as a purveyor for my tomatoes and other Italian specialty products I love that family business. They were always so nice to me.
There used to be a place called Father and Son . They had one spot on Milwaukee Ave and another location in the cityThey were the bomb for thin crust pizza.
I live in Jersey, and we have some great pizza, but there's something about tavern style pie that just hits different. I love the cracker thin crust. but it frightens me because I can easily imagine demolishing an entire pizza by accident. Great video!
Wonderful review, Gentlemen! Like yourselves, I love tavern-style pizza. I'm also born and raised in Chicago. Of all the pizza I've tried over the years, I have to say my absolute favorite pizza is found at Joe's on Higgins at 5862 W. Higgins in Chicago. Family owned and operated. Truly, their pizza is a mind-blowing, toe-curling, eye- crossing rapturous experience not to be missed! PLEASE, PLEASE go there! You both will love it!!! Thanks much, Glenn
I grew up on Pat's Pizza in the 60's. We lived a few blocks away, and going to Pat's was always a treat. I remember how thin and greasy the original pizza's were, and I loved them.
Tavern style is my fav. There used to be a place in Cal City called John's. They moved to Munster many years ago and since there are so many pizza joints with the name John's, they are now called "The Original John's". Have been in business since 1943. Yes, 1943, one of the very first. Their taven style is cut into long strips instead of square. Not cracker crust, but thin. My grandad went there in the 40s/50s. He started taking my dad in the 50s. My dad took me as a kid and I took my son. Four generations and it's the fav of all of us. Their sausage is made in house, crumbled and layered over the entire pizza. The best pizza ever, in my opinion. 24 years ago we moved to TN. Whenever we're up north we buy 4 family size (18 inch). They will par bake and deep freeze for you. We bring them home and enjoy throughout the year. They also use Faulds ovens.
Loving these Chicago tours, especially since you guys actually show *some* Southside joints. You've gotta try Palermo's on 63rd. It's a unique, sweet sauce. Definitely my favorite pizza spot of all time
Yo. Adam. You're making some serious quality, fun videos. Shoutout to you and whoever the editor is. The transitions/cuts are clean, color is on point, sound and music keeps me engaged. Keep it coming, thanks for the content
Great review. Some great looking tavern style. Lived on south side of Chicago for around 15 years and Rosangela’s Pizza on 95th in Evergreen Park was always my go to. Now I live in Houston, TX area and it’s a desert in terms of tavern style. Tried a few passable places but would definitely be on low end of the scale compared to Chicago joints.
Grew up in West Beverly, and going out to dinner almost always meant Vito and Nick's (or Nick 'n Vito's - rolls off the tongue better). So many sensory memories. Getting out of the car, with the roar of all the traffic up and down Pulaski. The smell of the pizzas baking piped into the parking lot. Once inside, the jukebox was always on (I particularly recall the big bass boom of the Beatles' "Day Tripper"). All the chatter and laughter filling the room. And, of course, the Christmas lights over the bar. The pizza was and still is amazing. My family assembled at Nick 'n Vito's for pizza for the first time in years, and all those memories and good times came flooding back. The place will never win an award for decor, but we always thought of it as "our place". Going back again, I realized it still was.
Transplant from Texas and starting coming to Chicago for over 10 years now before settling down 3+ years. Coming from Austin we have something similar when it comes to brisket. However, the tavern style pizza is a whole nother level and y'all are spot on. I love tavern style and I prefer Phil's but I love trying a new tavern style every two weeks. I settled on the southside and sometimes my family comes up this time of year, but i remember when I first told them locals don't eat deep dish like that and you know i feel like every new comer you just have to share this tradition of tavern style pizza that is an underated little known fact about Chicagoans and the food scene. Thanks for doing this for our city!
Don't forget to go north of the city. In the collar counties. We have a lot of good places up here for tavern style pizza. Kaisers pizza, bill's pub & bill's pub north, quonset hut, jesters, waynes pizza, rosatis (depending on the location), antioch pizza.
John's Pizza was my neighborhood spot, I went there for decades, but it closed. I go to Pat's now, sometimes Congress or Armands. When I worked on the southside Falco's was my jam. Totally different type to Pats, but I liked that butter crust.
I grew up in Chicago, my family ate more deep dish than thin crust, but we love them both equally! It was just easier to buy 1 fat Lou’s pizza to feed the whole family than a stack of thin crusts (cheaper too!). 🍕❤️
I live in Cincinnati and traditional grocery stores don't have a quality Gardiner on shelf. I did however find an excellent one at a middle eastern grocery. The brand is ZIYAD HOT GIARDINTIERA and is packed in oil. A 32 oz container was priced locally at $9.99 and has a very long refrigeration life.
I moved to North Carolina 30 years ago from La Grange Park and I haven’t had a good pizza in 30 years. my favorite was a little place called Alex and Aldo’s which of course has since closed but I miss a tavern style pizza. Thank you so much for this video. It brought back a lot of memories good ones cheers mates
As a south 'burbs boy it made me sad not to see Aurelio's here, but even without that this was a very nostalgic video and now I'm hungry for some pizza squares.
When my dad died in April, we had the after-funeral dinner at Aurelio’s in Joliet. They were great, even working with my vegan niece to get her a vegan personal pizza.
7 places .... 7 pizzas ...... thin crust - all of them, yet all are different and world class. Great video. Next up, confine your search to neighborhoods. Each Chicago neighborhood and suburbs. Pizza fans should realize that there are some incredible pizza makers going under the radar all thorough Chicago and the suburbs and beyond.
Worked down the street from sidestreet many years and this was the go-to spot for during lunch beers and a pizza. Fantastic and happy it was featured. I was thinking at the first two places like "man if only they went to sidestreet" and 15 minutes in!! Haha. Going to vitos tomorrow finally. Cheers!
Great review. Keep in mind that Barnaby’s are individually owned and the Northbrook location is the best. Frank the owner runs the cash register most days and is the nicest guy ever.
I’ll be in Chicago for almost 2 weeks soon & im definitely gonna hit up a few of these! 1st stop will be Kim’s Uncle cause pizza looked so good & the cook was super cool! THANK YOU BOTH 😎😎
Good review. Need to try Trio's pizza near Harlem and Higgins. Just opened back up from retirement. Phenomenal thin crust. Sausage, dough and sauce are legendary.
REALLY GLAD you covered Barnaby's. Interesting franchise history and they are so rare and unique the remaining restaurants deserve more attention than they get.
Grew up a mile from Nick and Vito's (yes, not Vito and Nicks). Thanks for calling that out, respect to this Northsider. My dads pizza was just sausage, extra oregano, thin the crust out as much as possible. My childhood relived. Now I live in Downers Grove. So cool to call out Kim's Uncle.
That first one they definitely gave you a double dough. Soo easy to see when looking at that cross section. You can see where the two doughs seperated like they do through out the crust!
My old condo building is right next door to Michael's on the east. I couldn't believe I'd stumbled onto good pizza while I lived there because there wasn't much going on in the neighborhood at the time and I was used to the vibe of Lakeview. I grew up with some of the best pizza places (Faso's, original Aurelio's) and Michael's compares.
Kim’s Uncle is easily one of the best pizza joints to open up in a while. Only problem….its blown up in popularity making it tough to snag a pie. Only one I haven’t had is Crust Fund…just signed up and keeping the fingers crossed.
I grew up just N of Detroit....used to go to ChicAHgo all the time. Haven't been in years since I moved to the southwest.....love the tavern style, but deep dish does have a special place in my heart. Plus, they opened a Lou Malnati's a couple miles from my house! 🤷♂
The admiration for a good dew with pizza, managing a pizza spot my family owned for almost a decade had me in full agreement with you, an excellent pairing indeed.
There's far too much greatness in this video for me to really comment on any 1 or 3 things specifically - suffice to say that this is AMAZING. You & John hit it out of Wrigley 😉 with this one & I'm here for it!!! Now, on to the most important question this video raises - Where can I get that shirt?!?!?! 😎
WOW! This video really brought me back! I lived in Chicago about 8 blocks away from Side Street Saloon and Pat's (never had it...dangit!). I have had both Chicago deep dish and tavern style "Chicago cracker thin." Now I live in TX and I have been making both for a long time at home since I cannot get it here. I love both. Would love a recipe video with you and Jim for his pizza popup! Cracker Thin is far harder to make well in my opinion because the dough on a deep dish is nothing more than a pie dough. I have had Vito and Nick's on Pulaski (believe it or not the time I went there the crust was not crispy or crunchy - surprisingly not a great bake). I actually worked in Northbrook and did happy hour at Barnaby's (love Barnaby's). For me, Lou Malnati's was always the best deep dish. One time on a visit back I noticed they served tavern style; I tried it and was shocked because it is also the best tavern style I had ever had. Lou's wins. I know....because of their national success I am going to hear it, but they are good for a reason. My goal at home is to make it better than Lou's for both. Sometimes my family think I do. I know better...
@@TheLABMovies Uh, no. You're obviously not a Chicagoan. They are brick and mortar locations all over the south side of Chicago going back to the 40's or so. The frozen pizzas came way after. Try to know what you're talking about please.
Home Run Inn was a great pizza place. Emphasis on was. Quality has gone down. Their frozen is still the best, but can't remember the last time I ordered a pizza from there. Plus a 14" cheese pizza is over $20. Not worth it anymore.
Toppings under the cheese was the old school way in Chicago. The pizza took longer to cook the sausage. People didn't like waiting that long for the pizza. People also started complaining that the sausage wasn't fully cooked. So a couple of things happened pizza's were made with the topping on top of the cheese or the toppings were precooked and added to the pizza. Both have changed the way tavern Chicago pizza's taste. I grew up in the Chicago area in the 60's and 70's. I fondly remember going to taverns with Dad or Grandpa to get a pizza. We'd sit at the bar they would have a beer and I would have a soda. I miss the old school pizza, the taverns, and my Dad and Grandpa. Cheers from Colorado!
Phil's Pizza in Bridgeport is my go-to! Cash only and they're likely to be rude but pizza is 🔥🔥🔥 BUT I must admit, some of these other places in this video could probably top it! Following for that Crust Fund Pizza drop 🤤
Would love to see Adam try St. Louis style pizza and probably hate it, as many out-of-towners do. Maybe do a video with Billy Parisi who is from St. Louis and I believe is based in Chicago. He could probably make or steer you in the right direction for toasted raviolis too.
I'm from southern Wisconsin and make my own dough. All types. Just trying to master tavern style. Your tease of this video had me waiting so impatiently. I'm glad it lived up to the wait. Great job. I have road trips to plan
I've been doing my own pizzas at home for about a year now. Check out America's Test Kitchen channel and look for the video where they recreate V8to and Nick's pizza. it's where I started. I've tweaked to my own taste. I rarely eat pizza out any more. If you're cooking in a home oven, Crank it as hot as it gets. And I recommend getting a pizza steel. I've jumped the shark. I now have two pizza ovens for making pizza in the summer outside.
Great video dude!!! In Northwest Indiana all we got that's similar would be Gelsosimos... Tell me, u have had JJ'S Pizza. Thier kitchen sink is soooo different
My favorite spot was called John’s pizzeria on western ave. They shut down a year or so ago. Walking in there place was like walking into a time capsule, the place looked vintage, but not a fake vintage. And the pizza was super thin, and super crispy. So sad they shut down
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I'm originally from Chicago, but now live in Orlando Florida. Every time I get back home I eat more pizza there than in a year in Florida. Love Chicago pizza, both thin and pie.
Barnabys by Ohare closed after many years. the best, also Rosatis
Vito and Nicks is a must.
By far my favorite style of pizza. People always scoff at me when I want thin crust. It’s just so satisfying and I prefer the toppings to crust ratio.
Barnaby's will always hold a special place in my heart, love that they still have the same tall wood bench seats... but Lou's tavern with the same butter crust as the deep with the corn meal... I believe the kids say BUSTIN!
I grew up in the 70s six blocks from "Nick & Vito's" on the southwest side!!! It was held in the highest esteem by all and a rare treat for us. Many a kid burned the roof of their mouth on that piping hot deliciousness. 😍🍕❤
There are so many more amazing places that didnt make the cut here that we need a sequel (and honestly we could have like 10 sequels). Fox's in Beverly, Palermos on 63rd, and Auerilos South Loop are the ones I really love, but there are so many more
Thank you for doing this video to let the rest of America see that Chicago deep dish is not our go to pizza. Most of those pizza's look perfect to me.
Speaking as a New Yorker, I feel like this would be stiffer competition for the New York slice than deep dish.
Depends on which part of Chicago.
There's nothing wrong with deep dish either. Most people confuse deep dish with stuffed pizza. Lou Malnatis deep dish for example you dont need a fork or knife and sure as hell isn't a casserole. And you don't see anyone complaining about Detroit style which is just as thick. In short: new yorkers are a holes who ruin everything
Stfu and let deep dish be its thing.
@@SeanStrifesorry g, but I'll take Chicago deep dish over NY pizza any day of the week.
Hell, yeah to JP Graziano I used to own a restaurant and I use them as a purveyor for my tomatoes and other Italian specialty products I love that family business. They were always so nice to me.
That rotating pizza oven was Beautiful! What a fantastic piece of machinery and history.
There used to be a place called Father and Son . They had one spot on Milwaukee Ave and another location in the cityThey were the bomb for thin crust pizza.
I remember that place, it was my dad's favorite pizza place. I loved it.
This was the place for thin crust pizza in the westside of Chicago. It was one of the best thin crust pizza.
Grew up on that place. As well as the original Nancy's, villa Napoli, Jakes, renaldis, Joe's, Phil's , skyway inn, superarosas, Pete's place, etc .
I live in Jersey, and we have some great pizza, but there's something about tavern style pie that just hits different. I love the cracker thin crust. but it frightens me because I can easily imagine demolishing an entire pizza by accident. Great video!
@jboogie8819, "I can easily imagine demolishing an entire pizza by accident." Easily. It happens far too easily. But it's worth it.
These are all great, also great tavern style is Phil's Pizza in Bridgeport, and Papa's Pizza in Woodridge
Phil’s is fire!!!!
Wonderful review, Gentlemen! Like yourselves, I love tavern-style pizza. I'm also born and raised in Chicago. Of all the pizza I've tried over the years, I have to say my absolute favorite pizza is found at Joe's on Higgins at 5862 W. Higgins in Chicago. Family owned and operated. Truly, their pizza is a mind-blowing, toe-curling, eye- crossing rapturous experience not to be missed! PLEASE, PLEASE go there! You both will love it!!! Thanks much, Glenn
This was John’s pizza for me in Bucktown… too bad they closed up shop last year… 😭😭😭
I grew up in Chicago years and years ago myself. So many to choose from. Nancy's , Joe's, father and son, Rosie Angelina's, superosas, lous, pats, etc
I grew up on Pat's Pizza in the 60's. We lived a few blocks away, and going to Pat's was always a treat. I remember how thin and greasy the original pizza's were, and I loved them.
Tavern style is my fav. There used to be a place in Cal City called John's. They moved to Munster many years ago and since there are so many pizza joints with the name John's, they are now called "The Original John's". Have been in business since 1943. Yes, 1943, one of the very first. Their taven style is cut into long strips instead of square. Not cracker crust, but thin. My grandad went there in the 40s/50s. He started taking my dad in the 50s. My dad took me as a kid and I took my son. Four generations and it's the fav of all of us. Their sausage is made in house, crumbled and layered over the entire pizza. The best pizza ever, in my opinion. 24 years ago we moved to TN. Whenever we're up north we buy 4 family size (18 inch). They will par bake and deep freeze for you. We bring them home and enjoy throughout the year. They also use Faulds ovens.
Much respect 🙏 Adam on your channel 👏. I love your outdoor videos with ya peoples. Please keep doing these great things bro
Loving these Chicago tours, especially since you guys actually show *some* Southside joints.
You've gotta try Palermo's on 63rd. It's a unique, sweet sauce. Definitely my favorite pizza spot of all time
I just had one last week it was Really good
From one Chicago food reviewer to another, job well done sir!
Thank you dude!
👋 😊
They really want to do a neighborhood spot like how come y’all don’t even try Italian fiesta
Yall need to colab!!!!
@@CesarDelgado-fu2nd yo!!! I didn't know you watch his videos Cesar haha what up!
Great video! I’m not originally from this area but I’ve lived here for 30 years and I have come to love the tavern style. Keep up the great work guys!
My first time being so early to a vid, was waiting for you to do this one! Love the "food tour" videos you have been doing lately!
I appreciate it. Stoked that you like it. They're supremely fun to make.
Yo. Adam. You're making some serious quality, fun videos. Shoutout to you and whoever the editor is. The transitions/cuts are clean, color is on point, sound and music keeps me engaged. Keep it coming, thanks for the content
Wow!! You came out to Westmont for Kim’s Uncle. What a nice surprise
Go up the street to MRS T'S and try the western suburbs favorite for twelve years. You will NOT be disappointed 😮
Ahh, the Barnaby's in Niles. That's nostalgia. Had no clue they even offered giardiniera, or about "the incident" lol
We gotta get to the bottom of this.
He said they were in Northbrook.
@@innersquirrel Northbrook, Niles, and Arlington Heights in IL. South Bend, Mishawaka, and Granger in IN.
@@AdamWitt Maybe it was making the bottom soggy. lol
I would bet money it was an allergic reaction.
Great review. Some great looking tavern style. Lived on south side of Chicago for around 15 years and Rosangela’s Pizza on 95th in Evergreen Park was always my go to. Now I live in Houston, TX area and it’s a desert in terms of tavern style. Tried a few passable places but would definitely be on low end of the scale compared to Chicago joints.
What an entertaining ride. Great episode, great guest! The hometown love and enjoyment really shine through, my dude.
thanks dude
Grew up in West Beverly, and going out to dinner almost always meant Vito and Nick's (or Nick 'n Vito's - rolls off the tongue better). So many sensory memories. Getting out of the car, with the roar of all the traffic up and down Pulaski. The smell of the pizzas baking piped into the parking lot. Once inside, the jukebox was always on (I particularly recall the big bass boom of the Beatles' "Day Tripper"). All the chatter and laughter filling the room. And, of course, the Christmas lights over the bar. The pizza was and still is amazing.
My family assembled at Nick 'n Vito's for pizza for the first time in years, and all those memories and good times came flooding back. The place will never win an award for decor, but we always thought of it as "our place". Going back again, I realized it still was.
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13:58 In Charles leclerc voice “Just an “inchident”😂
Transplant from Texas and starting coming to Chicago for over 10 years now before settling down 3+ years. Coming from Austin we have something similar when it comes to brisket. However, the tavern style pizza is a whole nother level and y'all are spot on. I love tavern style and I prefer Phil's but I love trying a new tavern style every two weeks. I settled on the southside and sometimes my family comes up this time of year, but i remember when I first told them locals don't eat deep dish like that and you know i feel like every new comer you just have to share this tradition of tavern style pizza that is an underated little known fact about Chicagoans and the food scene. Thanks for doing this for our city!
I love that you started the vid in an alley
John is a fun dude to watch. My man knew what the hell he was talking about. Great pizza ep.
He's quick AND one of the nicest people in the midwest (and that's saying a lot).
lose the dudetalk
@@BernardProfitendieu No.
For an East coaster, Barnaby's looks amazing!!
Great video! I have my favorites but always glad to find new places
Don't forget to go north of the city. In the collar counties. We have a lot of good places up here for tavern style pizza. Kaisers pizza, bill's pub & bill's pub north, quonset hut, jesters, waynes pizza, rosatis (depending on the location), antioch pizza.
I live Northeastern Indiana and I love tavern-style pizza. For a long time, it was really hard to find this pizza and I am glad it is popular.
John's Pizza was my neighborhood spot, I went there for decades, but it closed. I go to Pat's now, sometimes Congress or Armands. When I worked on the southside Falco's was my jam. Totally different type to Pats, but I liked that butter crust.
My favorite style of pizza and the best pizza related video I've seen. You guys rock!
Thanks, Nick and Vitos absolutely!!!!!
I grew up in Chicago, my family ate more deep dish than thin crust, but we love them both equally! It was just easier to buy 1 fat Lou’s pizza to feed the whole family than a stack of thin crusts (cheaper too!). 🍕❤️
I live in Cincinnati and traditional grocery stores don't have a quality Gardiner on shelf. I did however find an excellent one at a middle eastern grocery. The brand is ZIYAD HOT GIARDINTIERA and is packed in oil. A 32 oz container was priced locally at $9.99 and has a very long refrigeration life.
Michael's fan of 25 years. The owner and a couple of the crew still recognize my friends and me when we drop in.
Wish you guys checked out Villa Nova, been making tavern pizza since 55 and it's amazing
only person to get it right
Need to look for some documentaries on those Fauld’s ovens. Works of art.
A couple of places I used to go to got rid of theirs when they moved and the pizza was never the same. They make one hell of a difference.
I moved to North Carolina 30 years ago from La Grange Park and I haven’t had a good pizza in 30 years. my favorite was a little place called Alex and Aldo’s which of course has since closed but I miss a tavern style pizza. Thank you so much for this video. It brought back a lot of memories good ones cheers mates
Amazing video for my lunch break here at work
As a south 'burbs boy it made me sad not to see Aurelio's here, but even without that this was a very nostalgic video and now I'm hungry for some pizza squares.
When my dad died in April, we had the after-funeral dinner at Aurelio’s in Joliet. They were great, even working with my vegan niece to get her a vegan personal pizza.
What suburb?
Aurelios sauce was always too sweet for me
@@vjizzzle1 I grew up in Park Forest. We went to the original Homewood location all the time.
Traverses was a good south side spot not around anymore tho except naperville
23:02 - *Huge Mt. Dew Slurp* - "I feel like I won a gold medal at the X-Games." I BURST out laughing 😂😂😭😭
Great vids like always, love how you honor the history of Chicago foods! But my top is Novel Pizza in Pilsen, best tavern atm
Vito and Nick’s looks amazing! Stopping in next road trip through.
a true & proper look into pizza, thank you for doing our city justice
We LOVE tavern style pizza so this might just be a great train trip MSP to Chicago to check out these places!
Your videos seriously make me feel like coming to Chicago and just do a pizza tour
7 places .... 7 pizzas ...... thin crust - all of them, yet all are different and world class. Great video. Next up, confine your search to neighborhoods. Each Chicago neighborhood and suburbs. Pizza fans should realize that there are some incredible pizza makers going under the radar all thorough Chicago and the suburbs and beyond.
Surprised you didn’t do Home Run Inn. Also love La Villa on Pulaski. We order every Friday!
Wow la villa forgot about that place
Worked down the street from sidestreet many years and this was the go-to spot for during lunch beers and a pizza. Fantastic and happy it was featured. I was thinking at the first two places like "man if only they went to sidestreet" and 15 minutes in!! Haha. Going to vitos tomorrow finally. Cheers!
Great review. Keep in mind that Barnaby’s are individually owned and the Northbrook location is the best. Frank the owner runs the cash register most days and is the nicest guy ever.
Congratulations. You made me very sad because you didn't go to Fox's in Beverly. Great video though and good to know when I visit home again.
Thanks Adam & John!
As a Chicagoan this video makes me so happy and hungry. I could taste those through the screen.
Huge influence for Chicago recipes is seasoning of the ingredients especially the sausage with must have key ingredient: fennel.
I’ll be in Chicago for almost 2 weeks soon & im definitely gonna hit up a few of these! 1st stop will be Kim’s Uncle cause pizza looked so good & the cook was super cool! THANK YOU BOTH 😎😎
Good review. Need to try Trio's pizza near Harlem and Higgins. Just opened back up from retirement. Phenomenal thin crust. Sausage, dough and sauce are legendary.
REALLY GLAD you covered Barnaby's. Interesting franchise history and they are so rare and unique the remaining restaurants deserve more attention than they get.
You guys Rock thanks so much for the review we love you from Alaska 🎉🎉😊😊
Bro, that Kim's Uncle pizza looked fucking fantastic...I need something like that in my life...
worth the drive 100p
It’s good
Nick&Vitos still better
lose the brotalk
@@BernardProfitendieu Lick my cinnamon ring...bro...
@@AJvsEverything lose the brotalk
Grew up a mile from Nick and Vito's (yes, not Vito and Nicks). Thanks for calling that out, respect to this Northsider. My dads pizza was just sausage, extra oregano, thin the crust out as much as possible. My childhood relived.
Now I live in Downers Grove. So cool to call out Kim's Uncle.
I love pizza 🍕 😋 😍 i really want to try tavern style pizza when in nyc next june. Thanks for posting this, really enjoyed it
I really wanna know how yall feel about la villa on pulaski. Been my neighborhood favorite since 99
The way that I scrubbed immediately to find you guys at Barnaby's! Amazing as always - rooting for ya always Adam (and our hometown za).
Great job with this video. Now I need to try them out myself.
That first one they definitely gave you a double dough. Soo easy to see when looking at that cross section. You can see where the two doughs seperated like they do through out the crust!
That Chicago Boul Pizza Vocabulary Is Insane . "Corner Adjacent" And "Standard Bake." . That Shit Killed Me 😂😂.
corner adjacent is the elite piece... but the gluckable mini corner takes it for a ride.
@@AdamWitt corner adjacent for sure the goat
My old condo building is right next door to Michael's on the east. I couldn't believe I'd stumbled onto good pizza while I lived there because there wasn't much going on in the neighborhood at the time and I was used to the vibe of Lakeview. I grew up with some of the best pizza places (Faso's, original Aurelio's) and Michael's compares.
Kim’s Uncle is easily one of the best pizza joints to open up in a while. Only problem….its blown up in popularity making it tough to snag a pie.
Only one I haven’t had is Crust Fund…just signed up and keeping the fingers crossed.
I grew up just N of Detroit....used to go to ChicAHgo all the time. Haven't been in years since I moved to the southwest.....love the tavern style, but deep dish does have a special place in my heart. Plus, they opened a Lou Malnati's a couple miles from my house! 🤷♂
The admiration for a good dew with pizza, managing a pizza spot my family owned for almost a decade had me in full agreement with you, an excellent pairing indeed.
There's far too much greatness in this video for me to really comment on any 1 or 3 things specifically - suffice to say that this is AMAZING. You & John hit it out of Wrigley 😉 with this one & I'm here for it!!!
Now, on to the most important question this video raises - Where can I get that shirt?!?!?! 😎
Father & Son's thin crust pizza, which was located in Chicago's westside on Milwaukee/Sacramento. It was the best place for thin crust pizza.
It was one of them. Buy unfortunately long gone
WOW! This video really brought me back! I lived in Chicago about 8 blocks away from Side Street Saloon and Pat's (never had it...dangit!). I have had both Chicago deep dish and tavern style "Chicago cracker thin." Now I live in TX and I have been making both for a long time at home since I cannot get it here. I love both. Would love a recipe video with you and Jim for his pizza popup! Cracker Thin is far harder to make well in my opinion because the dough on a deep dish is nothing more than a pie dough. I have had Vito and Nick's on Pulaski (believe it or not the time I went there the crust was not crispy or crunchy - surprisingly not a great bake). I actually worked in Northbrook and did happy hour at Barnaby's (love Barnaby's). For me, Lou Malnati's was always the best deep dish. One time on a visit back I noticed they served tavern style; I tried it and was shocked because it is also the best tavern style I had ever had. Lou's wins. I know....because of their national success I am going to hear it, but they are good for a reason. My goal at home is to make it better than Lou's for both. Sometimes my family think I do. I know better...
Yo, you mothereffers hit it right!!! The first 2 are on my top 3 (Home Run Inn is my #1). Nice job guys.
That’s frozen pizza my guy
@@TheLABMovies Uh, no. You're obviously not a Chicagoan. They are brick and mortar locations all over the south side of Chicago going back to the 40's or so. The frozen pizzas came way after. Try to know what you're talking about please.
@ uh no, you’re wrong. No one has home run inn pizza on their top Chicago list lmfao, cope harder
Home Run Inn was a great pizza place. Emphasis on was. Quality has gone down. Their frozen is still the best, but can't remember the last time I ordered a pizza from there. Plus a 14" cheese pizza is over $20. Not worth it anymore.
Toppings under the cheese was the old school way in Chicago. The pizza took longer to cook the sausage. People didn't like waiting that long for the pizza. People also started complaining that the sausage wasn't fully cooked. So a couple of things happened pizza's were made with the topping on top of the cheese or the toppings were precooked and added to the pizza. Both have changed the way tavern Chicago pizza's taste. I grew up in the Chicago area in the 60's and 70's. I fondly remember going to taverns with Dad or Grandpa to get a pizza. We'd sit at the bar they would have a beer and I would have a soda. I miss the old school pizza, the taverns, and my Dad and Grandpa. Cheers from Colorado!
Less of a tendency to slide when the sausage and pepperoni are under the cheese.
Kim's uncle is so fire!! have been quite a few times and I think it's the all-around best in Chicago
Deep dish is for tourists. Chicagoans eat THIN CRUST. A BIG FAN OF FALCOS PIZZA ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE !!
I love pizza! can't wait to come try some Chicago tavern crust!
We eat this style in Minnesota too!😎👌
Great video now I need a Chicago tavern style pizza!
Some of my faves! If in Rogers Park recommend JB Albertos and also Middlebrow's tavern style night are solid options.
I live a few blocks from Michael's and admittedly don't go there enough! Great video especially considering there's a TON of great pizza in Chicago!
It’s wild that I have lived near westmont my whole life and have never even heard of Kim’s uncle. Absolutely trying it soon
Live In S Indiana every local place down here is Tavern style, Crispy and well done, nothing better than
Phil's Pizza in Bridgeport is my go-to! Cash only and they're likely to be rude but pizza is 🔥🔥🔥 BUT I must admit, some of these other places in this video could probably top it! Following for that Crust Fund Pizza drop 🤤
Giardiniera & sausage is an Excellent pizza plan ! Awesome tour ! Cowabunga 🖖
I Love Chicago, IL. Diamond Cut Tavern Style Thin Pizza.
This makes me miss bills pizza in mundelein
Would love to see Adam try St. Louis style pizza and probably hate it, as many out-of-towners do. Maybe do a video with Billy Parisi who is from St. Louis and I believe is based in Chicago. He could probably make or steer you in the right direction for toasted raviolis too.
I'm from southern Wisconsin and make my own dough. All types. Just trying to master tavern style. Your tease of this video had me waiting so impatiently. I'm glad it lived up to the wait. Great job. I have road trips to plan
I've been doing my own pizzas at home for about a year now. Check out America's Test Kitchen channel and look for the video where they recreate V8to and Nick's pizza. it's where I started. I've tweaked to my own taste. I rarely eat pizza out any more. If you're cooking in a home oven, Crank it as hot as it gets. And I recommend getting a pizza steel. I've jumped the shark. I now have two pizza ovens for making pizza in the summer outside.
@@gchomuk I've made that one a few times. But thanks a lot for the idea. Appreciate it
This was amazing great video
Great video dude!!! In Northwest Indiana all we got that's similar would be Gelsosimos... Tell me, u have had JJ'S Pizza. Thier kitchen sink is soooo different
State line, Aurelio’s, Rossattis, and Doreen’s. I prefer state line over a lot of stuff countrywide
I love me some Michael's! Wayne's Pizza in third lake is my fav pizza growing up. Thin crust FOREVER
My favorite spot was called John’s pizzeria on western ave. They shut down a year or so ago. Walking in there place was like walking into a time capsule, the place looked vintage, but not a fake vintage. And the pizza was super thin, and super crispy. So sad they shut down
Tourists: "Deep dish pizza is real chicago pizza" Chicagoans: "Tavern style pizza is actually the real chicago pizza"