text: It simply amazes me when a restaurant chooses the route of ground up This means that they make most of the ingredients themselves right there on premises Let us take Pizza Chicago for instance they make their own bread dough sauce and even hand trim and grind their own houseblended sausage Why do some go through this much trouble Think about it if you have control over most aspects of your product then your actually performing quality control in real time You know the meat is fresh you know the bread was just baked all of this hard work shows intense passion and dedication nnLocated in what used to be a Hungry Howies Pizza Chicago is all about take out There is a table and bench if you would like to wait for your order but Id suggest calling ahead and just picking up your order Their deepdish pizzas take a while to bake as I found out when getting there early and waiting for excruciating minutes for my pie For the wait I ended up ordering a loaf of their Garlic Bread but be careful one slice of that airy butter and garlicky laden loaf will lead into another and another Remember save room for the main eventnnWhats pizza without Chicken Wings for Or any meal for that matter Served with your list of usual suspects ranch dressing and celery sticks these chicken flappers were nice and sloppy with plenty of BBQ sauce and honey to satisfy any savory sweet cravings you might havennPizza Chicago is known for their pan pizza but they also make a killer Thin Crust Pizza plus each topping Cut into squares the Chicago way the pizza was so light a hefty eater could devour the entire pie in one sitting Do not look at me like that I did not eat the whole thing I swearnnI cannot go on enough about PCs Original PanStyle Pizza plus each topping but I will anyway Over thick and completely filled with gooey mozzarella cheese fresh tomato sauce and their house made sausage it was a sight to behold The first thing you taste is the cornmeal crust so buttery and flavorful with a crunchy exterior that melds into a soft pillowy interior The mozzarella in all of its stringy delight has that slight saltiness that meshes with the meaty flavors of the sausage At the end is the big bright finish with the acid from the tomato sauce that just cuts right through the richness of the pizza This was a sublime moment for me nnIts no surprise when I mention that they also make their own cookies for dessert I ended up ordering the Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cookie which was not as big as I was thinking for the price though it was a topnotch cookie They bake them fresh to order so when I got it home it was still warm and gooey and it paired well with a tall glass of milknnWhen the taste for deepdish pizza strikes know that the folks behind Pizza Chicago do it right from the ground up