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Best Pizza in Chicago

The most essential pies in Chicago, ranked by the Great Pizza Places editorial team.

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Lou Malnati's Pizzeria pizza
68
Deep Dish

Lou Malnati's Pizzeria

Chicago, IL

The standard-bearer for buttery-crust Chicago deep dish.

9.4
Editorial Score
Pizzeria Bebu pizza
84
Neapolitan

Pizzeria Bebu

Chicago, IL

Neapolitan-inspired pies with a Chicago-chef sensibility.

9.4
Editorial Score
Pequod's Pizza pizza
161
Deep Dish

Pequod's Pizza

Chicago, IL

Lincoln Park's pan-pizza champion, famous for a caramelized cheese crown that crackles like burnt sugar.

9.3
Editorial Score
Pequod's Pizza pizza
162
Deep Dish

Pequod's Pizza

Chicago, IL

The definitive Chicago pan pizza — that caramelized cheese edge is unmatched.

9.3
Editorial Score
Spacca Napoli Pizzeria pizza
181
Neapolitan

Spacca Napoli Pizzeria

Chicago, IL

VPN-certified Neapolitan pizza in Ravenswood.

9.3
Editorial Score
Bonci Pizzeria pizza
195
Roman

Bonci Pizzeria

Chicago, IL

Gabriele Bonci's Roman-style pizza al taglio.

9.2
Editorial Score
Coalfire Pizza pizza
202
Neo-Neapolitan

Coalfire Pizza

Chicago, IL

Chicago's first coal-fired oven turning out blistered thin-crust pies.

9.2
Editorial Score
Lou Malnati's Pizzeria pizza
276
Deep Dish

Lou Malnati's Pizzeria

Chicago, IL

Buttery-crust Chicago deep dish from a family that helped invent the style.

9.1
Editorial Score
Pizzeria Uno pizza
302
Deep Dish

Pizzeria Uno

Chicago, IL

The 1943 birthplace of Chicago deep dish.

9.1
Editorial Score
Vito & Nick's Pizzeria pizza
324
Tavern

Vito & Nick's Pizzeria

Chicago, IL

South Side tavern-style icon since 1923.

9.1
Editorial Score
Coalfire Pizza pizza
344
Coal-fired

Coalfire Pizza

Chicago, IL

Coal-fired pies with a leopard-spotted crust and imported ingredients.

9.0
Editorial Score
Piece Pizza pizza
397
New Haven

Piece Pizza

Chicago, IL

New Haven-style apizza inside a Wicker Park brewpub.

9.0
Editorial Score
Pat's Pizza pizza
466
Tavern

Pat's Pizza

Chicago, IL

Lincoln Park tavern-style thin crust since 1950.

8.9
Editorial Score
Vito & Nick's Pizzeria pizza
568
Tavern-style

Vito & Nick's Pizzeria

Chicago, IL

The definitive Chicago tavern-cut — cracker-thin and cut into squares.

8.8
Editorial Score
Bonci Pizzeria pizza
581
Roman

Bonci Pizzeria

Chicago, IL

Gabriele Bonci's Roman-style pizza al taglio — imported straight from Rome.

8.7
Editorial Score
Spacca Napoli pizza
714
Neapolitan

Spacca Napoli

Chicago, IL

VPN-certified Neapolitan destination in Ravenswood.

8.6
Editorial Score
Piece Pizza pizza
769
New Haven

Piece Pizza

Chicago, IL

Wicker Park's New Haven-style destination with a crisp thin crust.

8.4
Editorial Score
Burt's Place pizza
797
Deep Dish

Burt's Place

Chicago, IL

The late Burt Katz's legacy pan pies with that iconic caramelized edge.

8.3
Editorial Score
Paulie Gee's Logan Square pizza
865
Wood-fired

Paulie Gee's Logan Square

Chicago, IL

Paul Giannone's Chicago outpost of the Greenpoint Neapolitan classic.

8.1
Editorial Score