Location: 2121 North Clark
Food: What a unique pizza place. We started off with the Mediterranean Bread.... which is (per the menu) the restaurants most popular item and I can see why. WOW! It's a very thin piece of dough topped with a mix of herbs (including dried onion, oregano, garlic and... way more) and parmesan cheese. The bread is huge and hangs over the side of the plate. It could probably serve up to 4 people but the 2 of us ate the entire thing.
We followed that up with a pizza pot pie. We got the half pounder which was plenty to share after having the Mediterranean bread. It's cooked in a bowl with cheese on the bottom, topped with a meaty sauce and a few whole mushrooms (my favorite part) then covered with the crust which cooks over the side of the bowl. When they bring the "pizza" out, they flip it onto a plate to serve it so that it ends up looking more like a pizza with the crust on bottom. I love the mushrooms, they are so fresh and are cooked whole so they don't get all dried out and rubbery.
The menu also includes several salads and oven grinders. I haven't tried the grinders but I've had the chef salad once and I remember the dressing being amazing.
Drinks: Not many beers on tap (Stella and Miller Light were the only 2) but they have a good selection of bottled beers.. including several from Goose Island (312, Winter, Honkers and Matilda).
Service: Good. No complaints here. The guy in the front is a rockstar... no list of names but can somehow remember the order and number in the party. Impressive.
Atmosphere: Dark, lots of wood. Cool old place. Busy but we only waited about a half hour. Open for dinner only during the week... open at noon on the weekends.
Price: ONLY TAKE CASH. But reasonable. Plenty of food for $30-40 for 2 people.
Another similar spot: I'll be honest.... I don't know of any other pizzas like this one.
wow... that mediteranean bread looks good. we will have to try it when we come up to visit!
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