Pauly’s Pizzaria

i’ve attempted to order from this restaurant three separate times through eat24. each time, i got an email saying they were out of the ingredients for my order. this just seems silly to me, since i order their salads and have ordered as early as noon, so it doesn’t seem plausible that they ran out of ingredients within an hour of opening. just tonight, when again notified that they didn’t have the salad i wanted, i was told they had nothing but caesar left. weird.
three strikes, i’m out. it seems a shame too, since they have some good deals for delivery.

Bbq chicken pizza had no onions, no cilantro (or herbs of any kind) and the absolute bare minimum of sauce. Literally cheese and chicken.

*Blacked out review only*
Good place to stop by on the way home from the bars when you are completely s***faced. Everytime I look at my credit card statments on a morning after I go out, it always says Pauly’s Pizza. This place is great when the line at Ian’s.err.Dimo’s is too long (and it’s good even if that’s not the case). To the people that work the 2 am shift, thanks. I’m the one that orders the big meaty and garlic knots (and sometimes chicken bites) and can never keep my eyes open.
Sad note about my life: I went to a house party a couple weeks ago, and some random dude there knew me because he worked at Pauly’s and remembered me. my girlfriend was impressed!
This place is also confusing for drunks: for a brief time it turned into a Bacci pizzaria. I had just gotten on the blackout routine of getting a «slice as big as your head and a free pop», and then all of the sudden, I was back at Pauly’s getting a big meaty again! It was like a time warp and really messed with my head.

After a night for the drunken of Wrigleyville and all that comes with it this place rocks. The pizza is very good.
First the line is always long, but it moves pretty fast. I have no idea what kind of toppings are on the pizza but it is always good. Now, I’ve never eaten here sober, so take what I say for what it’s worth.
It’s always busy so getting a table for your group might be a pain.
But after a night of drinking it hits the spot and helps with the no hangover in the mornings!

Probably one of the worst pizzas I tasted!!! The prices are terrible and the rip you off with the servings of food! The staff looks like there sleeping on the job always!!!

Sub par food.
Also, the most ignorant jackass of a delivery driver I’ve ever seen. I missed the phone call when they arrived so he decided to start screaming, yelling, and swearing at me in my own home.
Avoid at all costs, or «answer your fucking phone, you stupid bitch.»

Rather tasty cheap pizza in a clubby part of town? I’m sold.
Spent a few days in Chicago and ended up here late one night, ate a couple slices, and was satisfied — no complains. Large slices, good topping distribution, nothing to write home about — the type of pizza i want from a place like this. I’d eat there again, especially while drunk.

Giant slices of pizza served at early hours of the morning? I was expecting really crappy pizza, but hey, it was actually not terrible. No, it’s not your premier pizza spot during the day, but after a Cubs game or concert, it’s a good spot near the CTA to grab a quick bite. Service was quick and they have a no BS attitude. Good for them for not cleaning up after drunk Wrigleyville customers and enforcing a friends-​clean-​up-​after-​friends policy.

If this place was anywhere but Chicago I would give it 3 stars, but with so many great pizza options it’s amazing how this place is still open. The hand tossed crust isn’t soft and mostly crunchy. It’s almost like they use a thin crust recipe on a hand tossed crust. The sauce is bland and the toppings and cheese are average at best.
Do yourself a favor and go to Ian’s down the road.

3 am review.
Ian’s is fucking packed, WTF. The line is out the freaking door and people are reporting they waited about twenty minutes! My buzz may not last long enough to endure the wait. What to do. Walk a little.
Where to go and get a decent slice! Fuck «Chicago Pizza» that shit is for tourists and its garbage, son. Still walking, hey wait. check out Pauly’s with their bay doors open. Pauly’s has got a variety of pizzas kind of like Ian’s. Not too costly and not Ian’s, but still good stuff at 3 freaking a.m. I can see why some reviewers hated it. Try to use your good eyes when focusing on what’s available. Some pizza’s are coming and going, while others are sitting and have been doing for quite some time. Buy a slice of what’s popular and maybe you’ll like what we’re eating.
Most patrons are cool enough to skedaddle after eating, so you’ll find a spot to sit and eat. They have washrooms for the single available also.
Nice.

I sue people for a living. This makes me hungry. Something about the adrenaline rush of making someone regret being a total waste of legal space makes me crave food that sticks to my bones. And what’s more comforting than cheese and tomato sauce on a warm, crispy crust? Nothing people, nothing.
The clock struck 8:30 last night and I was about to turn into a pumpkin if I didn’t get my pizza fix on. This was no trivial matter. We found Pauly’s on
and ordered a pizza, a veggie calzone, cheese sticks and a soda. Well, forty minutes later we got a pizza, a calzone and garlic bread bites with no soda. Despite that snafu, we all began to quickly inhale the ever so important pizza. It was divine. Slightly greasy, garlicy tomato sauce with the right balance of sugar and salt and the crust was soft but stiff firm and crispy. This was good pizza. Period. The veggie calzone was about the size of my behind – said another way – it was LARGE and in charge. At this point we could only eat a bit of it and it made for a generous and tasty lunch today. Not greasy at all and the veggies were fresh and crunchy: broccoli, green pepper, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, olives. I mean this was like a garden rave party inside a doughy pocket. One word: Delicious.
The garlic bites that we got on accident were AH-​MAZ-​ING. So, so good with loads of chunky garlic and melter butter with some spices around these spiral dough balls. The garlic butter sauce was so good you could just slather it all over your mouth and fingers just so you could lick it off. Gross, I know, but well worth it!
We called the restaurant to let them know about the mix-​up and they were completely top notch. They offered to give us $ 10 credit next time and a free order of mozzarella sticks. Pauly’s is awesome and made this tired and cranky barrister happier than a pig in… well…you know…

I needed a late snack after a rough night, so my best eating buddy and I ordered some late night delivery from Pauly’s. We ordered tater tots, garlic knots and two cheese pizzas. Tots and garlic knots were yummy, but the pizza… Probably the worst pizza I’ve ever had. The cheese was really dry and thick, made me feel pretty sick in the morning cause it was just sitting in my stomach. Yea the knots and tots were good, but not good enough to order from Pauly’s again, unless I don’t order pizza which probably will not happen cause I love my pizza…

It’s difficult to gauge a slice of pizza through the haze of several $ 6.50 Red Stripes consumed in the glaring sunlight of the Wrigley Field bleachers and the subsequent beers consumed at Bernie’s and elsewhere in Wrigleyville.
The first thing you think when you’re sitting in Pauly’s post-​game eating a slice of pizza with sausage, pepperoni, Italian beef and bacon is that you’re in heaven. You’re eating pizza after several beers, a day in the sun and a Cubs victory. It surely can’t get better.
But then a few of the live brain cells unaffected by the alcohol begin to start making noise in your cranium, and the following conversation occurs in your head.
Um, hello, dead brain cells, live brain cells here. Um, you’re eating a piece of pizza made hours ago that was just re-​heated. It’s as dry as the Sahara Desert. See that piece of Italian beef there, son? It looks like beef jerky for a reason. Just a heads up. Enjoy your pizza and what might come later.
So, at that point, you realize you’re eating a piece of pizza that may have once been good and tasty but is now well on its way to dessication. Nevertheless, you shut out those live brain cells and continue to enjoy the mirth brought on by the dead brain cells. Being a rebel is fun.
Anyway, overall, I would say Pauly’s will do in a pinch but that you’re much better off walking one block south to Ian’s for fresher, tastier pizza.
Three stars.

I stopped into Pauly’s on accident, but hey, why not order? So they didn’t have what I wanted (tuna salad sandwich), but that’s okay, because I ended up with the crazy-​yummiest cobb salad evah! I’ve had cobb salad before, and this was nothing like those were, but I think that’s a good thing. Avocado, chicken and bacon (that the guy behind the counter cooked on the spot), the greens are fantastically fresh, the egg wasn’t overwhelmingly eggy… actually, I’m still eating it right now, but I was so excited I couldn’t wait until I was done to write about it. I also got three baby cannolis (pronounced gah-​knoll-​ies, you goofballs!), waiting for me to finish my salad.
The people in here were cool, and I can’t wait to go back and try a slice or a calzone.

Drunk and so hungry…
Mexican pizza sounds good.
And it was. The End.

IMHO, The Little Caesar’s on Addison out west near Elston is much better than this place. This is the only Pizza-​Ria I have been to, but with the quality lacking as it was at this particular restaurant I imagine that I shall not venture to the other branches.
The pizza was bland and had a very… cardboard-​like texture. I went there on a Thursday, last Thursday actually, after watching a buddy of mine play a gig at a bar nearby.
I agree with Ryan M, the price merits a little more love and effort put into the product than what we get. Go to Ian’s. Or, better yet, go to Art Of Pizza on Ashland!!! ^_​_​^

Soooo sad. I’ve been looking for a pizza place that offered pizza more along the lines of my beloved NY style than Chicago’s deep dish. The search apparently is not over. I don’t know if they served me old pizza from the day before, because it was so dry I had to drizzle a little olive oil to resuscitate the poor thing. I ordered one slice each of white and plain. Both were abysmal. The regular plain slice had no flavor, sorry I meant bad tinny tomato sauce flavor, with the cheese practically non existent. The white slice fared a little better, but not much. Another weird thing, I ordered two slices, but got 4 scrawny pieces, which is why I think I got leftovers from the day before.
Still searching…

Pizza-​ria I feel for you. With Ian’s moving in on your turf its gotta hurt business. But no worries, I will still venture to your fine establishment. When I stumble out of Sluggers hammered I am WAY TO LAZY to walk down 1.2 blocks to Ian’s…
Plus the barbecue chicken pizza still gives me wet dreams. :)

PIZZA RAW-​KET! PIZZA RAW-​KET!
A Friend sent me a link to Pizza Ria’s website and I got their awesome jingle stuck in my head for days!
Fast-​forward about two years. I’m starving. I’m drunk-​ish. I’m in Wrigleyville (Uhg!) and my friends and I decide the best way to rally is to get some Pizza in our belly.
Unfortunately, the pizza is not as cool as the jingle… not bad… but not great… just meh.
The slices are big and New York style (which I prefer) and they’re open late but unless you are starving and coincidently end up out front, I would skip it all together.
But totally check out the website!

Scenario:
You, friends, wrigleyville area, far from sober, ready to go home.
Choices:
A– Cab it home
B– Stop at Pizza-​Ria.
Choice A– Go home hungry and unsatisfied.
Choice B– All your hopes and dreams will come true. I hate to review from something I’ve never had sober, but honestly, this was the best thing that has ever come home with me drunk.