Prof Pizza was recommended by the Sports Anchor for WGN News 9 as having the best Tavern Style Pizza in Chicago... and he was right. A very nice place with great food and impeccable service; especially Mary Kate(the manager) and Brittany (our server), who were not only warm and accommodating , but made a good evening special. Definitely a repeat.
Scott
Horrible Food-Based Experience. Came with my family (2 adults, 3 kids) and ordered two pizzas (1 NY Style Crust with 1/2 pepperoni and 1/2 cheese - 1 Cracker Crust with 1/2 pepperoni and 1/2 sausage, mushroom and onion). Simple, right? Our server was very nice but was struggling to get our order properly inputted into her handheld device. She would read the order back to me and it was wrong twice the way she was reading it back to me. After explaining the order for the third time, she finally was able to read it back correctly. 30-40 minutes later, the pizza came. Immediately noticed the Cracker Crust Pizza was wrong. Mushrooms and Onions covered the entire pizza and they were little pieces so would be too difficult to just remove them. We flagged the server and she had the kitchen refire the pizza. I also noticed that the Crust of the Cracker Pizza was incredibly overcooked and burnt black on the edges. 30--40 minutes later, the Cracker Crust came back and the toppings were correct but the crust was burnt black again. I asked the manager, who brought the pizza, if the crust was supposed to be this burnt. The manager said, "yes this is how we cook them." The burnt crust was not edible and if you grabbed the piece of pizza just by the crust, it would disintegrate and brake and the rest of the piece would fall. Nobody in my family was able to eat the crust. The NY Style Pizza we had was also overcooked but not burnt black like the Cracker. Still didn't eat the crust on the NY Style as it was too hard and not very tasty. I find it hard to believe the kitchen staff and/or ownership intends for their Pizza too be served so overcooked that it is burnt black. I'm not the type of person to complain or ask for free stuff but when the check came I was surprised to see I was charged for the pizza that had to be sent back. They did not charge for two soft drinks so I guess that was their remedy.
Noah
The food was very good (although l was hoping for better). The service was excellent, friendly and attentive but not overly obtrusive. Our server was very good, knowledgeable about the menu.
Russell
Really not good at all. The server was very nice and friendly. That was the best part. The pizza was bland, not what a Chicago restaurant should serve. We will NOT return. There are so many more great pizza places in the city.
seraina
The appetizers were pretty good (garlic knots and Cesar salad); however our Detroit style pizza was very burnt when it arrived and was not the pizza we ordered. Since the Detroit style pizza takes 45 min to make we didn't want to wait for them to remake it but were disappointed
Mike
A lot to like in this neighborhood pizza restaurant. Great location, lots of street parking ($5 for 2 hours), huge space with a soaring ceiling and attractive bar, TV for sports along the bar, sparkling clean, superb and rapid service. The food winners: I'd go back for the fluffy garlic knots which are unrivaled in chicago or virtually anyplace else. Magic in that kitchen! Solid thin crust pizza billed as New York style and in that direction but not quite thin enough to match up: this is not one of the “ray's” special oozing with oils and dripping cheese. I would have liked some spicier notes...maybe in the sausage?.. to make the flavors really pop. Try the Professors Maplewood Pilsner. Cold, fresh, and perfect with the pizza.
Allicia
Dry chicken on salad and on the pizza the sauce was bland and the grandma crust was so hard it was almost not edible.
Treven
Asked to sit outside during 50 degree weather WITHOUT a heater, had 7:45 reservations and sat at 8:30
Leslie
Pizza was great, service was friendly, and venue was nice. But how a restaurant can survive without offering iced tea is beyond me! Give the people tea!
ravi
Really tasty pizza with several crust style options. We went with cracker (a.k.a. tavern-style) and NY style.
We had to wait more than an hour- close to 90 minutes- for our pizza and the waitress never told us about that issue. When the pizza finally came it was burned and overdone. We were quite underwhelmed by this experience and will not be returning.
Jeff
Solid pizza; had the gabagool with cracker thin crust! Also ordered the onion ring/mozzarella rings.
Michael
Ordered the ny pizza and it came with sauce on top which is just blasphemous for NY style. Crust was good, but pizza was just wrong
Javier
The pizza didn't live up to the hype. Grandmas crust w the deluxe pepperoni was what everyone said to get and was super disappointing. Food also took forever to hit the table, had to remind staff to keep checking the window or put in our other not sure what happened. Heard two tables next to mine asking about there orders as well. I'd go pequads
Mihir
For the price, not worth it. 2 pizzas and the final tally is 80 dollars?!?! Are you kidding me?
Prof Pizza was recommended by the Sports Anchor for WGN News 9 as having the best Tavern Style Pizza in Chicago... and he was right. A very nice place with great food and impeccable service; especially Mary Kate(the manager) and Brittany (our server), who were not only warm and accommodating , but made a good evening special. Definitely a repeat.
Horrible Food-Based Experience. Came with my family (2 adults, 3 kids) and ordered two pizzas (1 NY Style Crust with 1/2 pepperoni and 1/2 cheese - 1 Cracker Crust with 1/2 pepperoni and 1/2 sausage, mushroom and onion). Simple, right? Our server was very nice but was struggling to get our order properly inputted into her handheld device. She would read the order back to me and it was wrong twice the way she was reading it back to me. After explaining the order for the third time, she finally was able to read it back correctly. 30-40 minutes later, the pizza came. Immediately noticed the Cracker Crust Pizza was wrong. Mushrooms and Onions covered the entire pizza and they were little pieces so would be too difficult to just remove them. We flagged the server and she had the kitchen refire the pizza. I also noticed that the Crust of the Cracker Pizza was incredibly overcooked and burnt black on the edges. 30--40 minutes later, the Cracker Crust came back and the toppings were correct but the crust was burnt black again. I asked the manager, who brought the pizza, if the crust was supposed to be this burnt. The manager said, "yes this is how we cook them." The burnt crust was not edible and if you grabbed the piece of pizza just by the crust, it would disintegrate and brake and the rest of the piece would fall. Nobody in my family was able to eat the crust. The NY Style Pizza we had was also overcooked but not burnt black like the Cracker. Still didn't eat the crust on the NY Style as it was too hard and not very tasty. I find it hard to believe the kitchen staff and/or ownership intends for their Pizza too be served so overcooked that it is burnt black. I'm not the type of person to complain or ask for free stuff but when the check came I was surprised to see I was charged for the pizza that had to be sent back. They did not charge for two soft drinks so I guess that was their remedy.
The food was very good (although l was hoping for better). The service was excellent, friendly and attentive but not overly obtrusive. Our server was very good, knowledgeable about the menu.
Really not good at all. The server was very nice and friendly. That was the best part. The pizza was bland, not what a Chicago restaurant should serve. We will NOT return. There are so many more great pizza places in the city.
The appetizers were pretty good (garlic knots and Cesar salad); however our Detroit style pizza was very burnt when it arrived and was not the pizza we ordered. Since the Detroit style pizza takes 45 min to make we didn't want to wait for them to remake it but were disappointed
A lot to like in this neighborhood pizza restaurant. Great location, lots of street parking ($5 for 2 hours), huge space with a soaring ceiling and attractive bar, TV for sports along the bar, sparkling clean, superb and rapid service. The food winners: I'd go back for the fluffy garlic knots which are unrivaled in chicago or virtually anyplace else. Magic in that kitchen! Solid thin crust pizza billed as New York style and in that direction but not quite thin enough to match up: this is not one of the “ray's” special oozing with oils and dripping cheese. I would have liked some spicier notes...maybe in the sausage?.. to make the flavors really pop. Try the Professors Maplewood Pilsner. Cold, fresh, and perfect with the pizza.
Dry chicken on salad and on the pizza the sauce was bland and the grandma crust was so hard it was almost not edible.
Asked to sit outside during 50 degree weather WITHOUT a heater, had 7:45 reservations and sat at 8:30
Pizza was great, service was friendly, and venue was nice. But how a restaurant can survive without offering iced tea is beyond me! Give the people tea!
Really tasty pizza with several crust style options. We went with cracker (a.k.a. tavern-style) and NY style.
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We had to wait more than an hour- close to 90 minutes- for our pizza and the waitress never told us about that issue. When the pizza finally came it was burned and overdone. We were quite underwhelmed by this experience and will not be returning.
Solid pizza; had the gabagool with cracker thin crust! Also ordered the onion ring/mozzarella rings.
Ordered the ny pizza and it came with sauce on top which is just blasphemous for NY style. Crust was good, but pizza was just wrong
The pizza didn't live up to the hype. Grandmas crust w the deluxe pepperoni was what everyone said to get and was super disappointing. Food also took forever to hit the table, had to remind staff to keep checking the window or put in our other not sure what happened. Heard two tables next to mine asking about there orders as well. I'd go pequads
For the price, not worth it. 2 pizzas and the final tally is 80 dollars?!?! Are you kidding me?
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