First of all, judging outside this place seemed to be great because it was packed, but what do you expect in a college community? Secondly, the website is a wreck!!! The website almost looked like fake food as if they had no pride in their own dinning style and coupons available on the website??? Not a good sign. Now for the dinning experience. The atmosphere was loud, but I like busy places and eating at popular restaurants. The deep dish pizza took a little too long, but 45 minutes is acceptable if you want quality deep dish pizza. Service was good and the restaurant was clean for being busy. Once the pizza arrived, I smelled cornmeal which was a good sign. Unfortunately, The crust was crunchy but the temperature and dough was off because the flavor was limited to a smoked dough. I would have liked to taste more of the cornmeal flavor in the crust. The sauce was horrible!! no indication of italian seasonings in the sauce such as basil, rosemary, parsley, or garlic. I felt robbed. Not only was the sauce bland, but the cheese was something one would buy from a Grocery market! no flavor!! If I were to say anything positive it would be that the best part about pizza chicago was the crust, but my favorite all time chicago style close to the west coast is "LITTLE STAR PIZZZA" in California, also known as "Kiley's Pizza" in Seattle. The owner should consider going to Little Star Pizza in California to see what and how he needs for improving his restaurant. If this is just a business to him, then I understand because college kids would eat anything. I love pizza and I know that Arizona is dying to have a decent authentic style pizza place. In my opinion, The best chicago style pizza in Chicago is Genos East and Lou Malnatis. You can't expect a college town pizza place to live up to the authenticating standards of cultural food. Nice try Pizza Chicago, but unimpressed this time.
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