Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Company

The pizza pot pie is AMAZING 👏

Recommended dishes: Half Pound Pizza Pot Pie

Salad and it's dressing surprisingly amazining

Friendly service and excellent food. Fast and delicious. Definitely recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

If you're visiting Chicago, Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder is an absolute must! From the moment we sat down, our server, Ken, made the experience exceptional. He was incredibly attentive, friendly, and explained the menu perfectly, making sure we knew exactly what to expect.

The famous Pizza Pot Pie was absolutely delicious, and the sauce was outstanding—rich, flavorful, and unlike anything we've had before. Every bite lived up to the hype!

The food, the service, and the overall experience were all top-notch. We ABSOLUTELY recommend Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder to anyone visiting Chicago. Be sure to ask for Ken if you can—he'll make your visit even better!

Believe the hype. Very different from any pizza, so make sure you take a look at the photos online. The food is 5 star all the way. The salads are AMAZING and almost steal the show. Make sure you try both of the dressings. I can't figure out which is better, but they are both sooo good. This visit is the first time I did not try a pizza pot pie and had a grinder and OMG it was waaaay to much food for one person. If you don't arrive when they open, you will likely have to wait. Its worth it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Waitress last night for my bday was horrible rude and terrible attitude quit your job if you don’t like it! Secondly we told you it was for my bday! Slamming plates saying we provide backwards service here don’t expect good service and basically needs a ton of training or needs to be replaced. We spent good money here. We sat closer to the kitchen middle booth probably the easiest to serve by the kitchen. Mad about asking questions horrible experience good luck if you get the waitress if you go ask for a manager or another server or your experience will be trash FYI

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Came here for my sisters bday yday and the waitress serving our party closer to the kitchen bathroom side At 7:30pm was horrible!!! Rude and terrible behavior! If you don’t like your job lady quit I’m sure someone who wants one will be happy to serve people. Instantly regretted even giving her a solid tip after her terrible service majority of the people it was there first time and she was slamming plates and giving attitude and saying things like oh this place is known for bad customer service if you haven’t been here before getting mad at asking questions about options and literally saying this is how it’s made and we can’t change or make arrangements for anything. Owner and manager definitely need to train some of these employees as a business owner I can’t even imagine treating my clients a certain way for them to want to close any deals or book me.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Delicious, great service

A true gem in Chicago. Home made everything. High quality ingredients, wonderful staff. Portions are ridiculous. I will visit here again and again.

I’ve tried various pizza for a long time… but this place is absolutely unprecedented in my experience.

Let’s talk about the appetizer first. You seriously consider to order it because the pot pie takes a while to make it (30~40 minutes in our case). We ordered Mediterranean bread and it has so much good flavors - starts with the plush of the dough, with good touch of garlic, and continues to fresh parsley and oregano. It is a simple bread but it has all good taste inside. It is large (we are party of 3 men but not able to finish it all) so keep in mind of that - to go box is available and the bread still tasted good on the next day.

Now for the pot pie - per person you should consider ordering half pound because it was enough for us (again, we are men with age of 20s). We ordered three combinations: sausage with mushroom, sausage without mushroom, and no sausage but with mushroom. The sausage has really strong fennel seed taste with rich juice from the meat which completes the taste, but you exclude if you don’t prefer those. For the mushroom - I think this should be included. This mushroom carries the part of the essence inside the sauce, and it tastes really good as having a big bite.

Overall, is it worth a +2 hrs wait? Definitely!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Half Pound Pizza Pot Pie, Mediterranean Bread Hand for Reference

Amazing. Once drove 2.5 hours out of our way to eat here on a road trip.

If you haven't been..... hurry up and go?!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food and so attentive to make your experience memorable. Been going here since 1978, and never has failed to satisfy, the salads and Mediterranean bread are a must the half pounder.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Half Pound Pizza Pot Pie, Mediterranean Bread Hand for Reference, Pot Pie Pizza

The food was a little blah. Pizza could had much more flavor and personality. The flat bread was good but not tasty enough to support a meal on its own. Seemed like a good neighborhood place but not a destination restaurant.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Half Pound Pizza Pot Pie, Mediterranean Bread Hand for Reference

One of the unique places. Food and services were good.