Originally Posted by
MikeW_ORD
I live on the North side of the city, and here are my favorites that are in accessible areas:
- Labriola - centrally located off the Mag Mile for visitors. It's a bakery as well, so the crust is amazing.
- Side Street Saloon - This is in a quiet section of the Lakeview neighborhood where I live. Easy access via Brown Line train or a taxi/uber. It will look like you are walking into a dive bar, but it's the best tavern style pizza in the city IMO. Cash only.
- Michael's Original on Broadway - Huge wall of TVs, great pizza, close to Wrigley Field and the lake.
Oh man - when I googled Michael's Original, I did a double take. You're talking about the place in Buena Park? I lived in/near Lakeview for almost a decade in the 90s/early 2000s, including a year on Gordon all of one block from that place, and I'm reasonably certain I've never been. What's more, none of my friends or relatives in the city have ever mentioned it over all that time. What do you recommend there? I'm very curious now.