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Chicago just launched a "Pizza Pass," getting you discount slices at 25+ pizzerias
Chicago just launched a "Pizza Pass," getting you discount slices at 25+ pizzerias

Time Out

time14-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Time Out

Chicago just launched a "Pizza Pass," getting you discount slices at 25+ pizzerias

Maybe it's because we're midwestern or maybe it's because we're Chicagoans but a cheesy pie is a staple in our diet. Whether you love our famous Chicago-style deep dish, square-cut tavern style or old-school Neapolitan, if you're planning on doing a pizza tour around the city, or you just want to game the 'za system, listen up: Chicago has launched a super sweet 'Pizza Pass', serving up discounted rates at over 25 pizzerias throughout the Windy City's neighborhoods. Choose Chicago, the official destination marketing organization and convention bureau for the city, has launched this first-ever pass for hungry tourists and locals alike. A mobile-exclusive pass will grant you discounts, free slices, and BOGO offers at participating restaurants like Gino's East, Giordano's, Home Run Inn, and Lou Malnati's. If you're going anyway, you might as well save a penny or two! Here's what to know about Chicago's new Pizza Pass. How the Chicago Pizza Pass works Step one: Spend $15 for the year and get your pass. Step two: You'll receive an immediate text and email, allowing you to save the pass to your phone's home screen. (Note: There's no app to download). Step three: Present the coupon to the pizzeria staff member and enjoy all of the saucy, cheesy perks. Exclusive advantages of the Chicago Pizza Pass If you pop in five or more spots by September 30, 2025, you will be entered into a drawing for a free pizza party for up to 20 guests. Visit ten or more pizzerias by December 31, 2025, and you could win a weekend getaway in Chicago, which includes a hotel stay, restaurant gift card, and other bonuses.

This Chicago pizza favorite was just named one of the best pizzerias in America
This Chicago pizza favorite was just named one of the best pizzerias in America

Time Out

time02-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Time Out

This Chicago pizza favorite was just named one of the best pizzerias in America

When it comes to Chicago pizza, we all have our favorites. Tavern style has that addictive cracker-thin crust and convenient square-shaped party cut, while for deep dish —that legendary Windy City delight—a special pan allows for the pie to have a high edge, providing bounteous space for thick cheese and a chunky tomato sauce. One heavy slice can feel like an entire meal. And now there's a new guide that confirms what we already know: Chicago has some of the best pizza in the world. There's much debate in the Windy City around who serves up the best pizza: Is it Giordano's, Pequod's, Gino's East, Lou Malnati's? What about Milly's Pizza in the Pan, The Art of Pizza, or Rosati's? Pizza politics run deep in the City of Big Shoulders. Certain heavy hitters have always been fan favorites, but according to 50 Top Pizza, one Chicago-based pizza restaurant was worthy enough to top all of those local favorites in its Guide to the Best Pizzerias in the World. The top three award winners for best pizzerias overall, celebrated at an award ceremony at New York City's West Edge inside Chelsea Market, are Una Pizza Napoletana in New York City, Pizzeria Sei in Los Angeles, and Tony's Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco, with L'Industrie Pizzeria in NYC earning the coveted Best Pizza Slice accolade. But Chicagoland held its own: Three award-winning pizzerias were represented on this year's list, with Chicago's Robert's Pizza and Dough Co. —located along the Ogden Slip in Streeterville—cracking the top ten at No. 6. It's not the first time that the local spot has featured on the list; it was ranked tenth in last year's lineup. Though every order is a good one, Robert's is arguably best-known for its Rita pie, which features house-made sausage, pork from Slaggel Farm, fresh basil, Italian buffalo mozzarella and a slow-roasted plum tomato. Robert's sixth-place win earns the restaurant a coveted spot in the 100 Best Pizzerias in the World ranking. Winners will be invited to the Teatro Mercadante in Naples on September 8 for the 50 Top Pizza World 2025 awards ceremony. Elsewhere on the 2025 guide was Coda di Volpe (coming in at No. 44) and Jimmy's Pizza Cafe (singled out as one of the country's best slice shops, ranked at No. 12). 'Year after year we are noticing changes in pizzerias across the United States that have led to increasingly interesting ideas and that are good for the entire industry,' said Barbara Guerra, Luciano Pignataro and Albert Sapere, the three curators of 50 Top Pizza, in an official statement. 'We would also like to mention that the different styles of pizza that our inspectors get to enjoy are also getting more numerous; this is a good thing because it creates a wider variety for the customer.'

Gino's East of Chicago in LA announces the Pope-roni Pizza
Gino's East of Chicago in LA announces the Pope-roni Pizza

Yahoo

time10-05-2025

  • Business
  • Yahoo

Gino's East of Chicago in LA announces the Pope-roni Pizza

Honoring the first American Pope and he's from Chicago LOS ANGELES, May 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Gino's East of Chicago in Los Angeles is offering a truly Chicago pizza to honor Pope Leo XIV, who grew up in Chicago. The Pope-roni pizza is worth pontificating about. Featuring three kinds of pepperoni, traditional, spicy and "cup and char", with Chicago sausage as an accent. The Pope-roni pizza is available as a Deep Dish or thin crust Tavern Style pizza and features the world famous Gino's East crust, award winning sauce and fresh mozzarella cheese. "Chicagoans are proud of our very own South Side Pope and we're celebrating with a pizza that's easy to pontificate about," says Gino's East-LA co-owner Tod Himmel, "it's a holy trinity of pepperoni with the divine sausage we all love." The Pope-roni will be available throughout the new pontiff's time in office. Gino's East is located at 12924 Riverside Drive in Sherman Oaks, California. It was named "Best Pizza in the Southland" by LA Times readers two years in a row. Contact: Dan Michaelsdmichaels@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Gino's East of Chicago-Los Angeles

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