Budde’s Pizza & Spirits

Pretty decent selection of artesian craft beer in the fridges, although a little hard to see from behind the bar. They had popcorn, fussball tables and a bunch of bar tables.
We didn’t try the pizza but they looked like there was a lot of options.
Best part was the variety of bottled beer.

We were traveling through Galesburg and stopped here on a Sunday night based on other good Unilocal reviews. We walked in and the place was pretty empty except for some men at the bar. The only person I saw working there was at the bar, so I asked if we could take the table in front. «How many?» She asked. «10», I responded. She rolled her eyes, loudly scowled, and snapped «Are you KIDDING ME!?!» and turned and walked away. I was flabbergasted. I don’t think walking into a pizza place/​bar at 6 pm and asking for a table for 10 is an unreasonable request and I have never been treated so rudely, especially when so unwarranted. Needless to say, they lost our business and prompted me to write this negative review.

Good beer, good onion rings, good pizza, good service. Nice Saturday night.

We ordered a carry-​out pizza. Wait time was 45 minutes or more, which we thought was reasonable, but might not appeal to every customer. For one large thin-​crust pepperoni pizza, our total was $ 27.98. That’s a steep price for the area, on par with prices for really good pizza in Chicagoland. And, unfortunately, while good, it wasn’t great.
The sauce was bland, tasted like canned tomato sauce with no seasoning; crust lacked flavor and for an alleged «thin crust» was soggy and weak. It was topped with heaps of cheese; I could barely taste the pepperoni. After sampling a couple of pieces, we ended up going home and spicing it up to give it more flavor and putting it in the oven on a stone to crisp. It was disappointing.
It may indeed be the «best in town» as others have said, but I doubt we would ever order again.

Best pizza in town. Lots of toppings and good crust.
Best selection of craft beers by far. Staff is always helpful.
Do realize this is a laid back pizza joint so plan to have a beer and relax while your pizza is made fresh.
Also Foosball tables are lots of fun along with great love music.

Pizza is outstanding and worth the wait. They have a healthy portion of nachos and good choice of beers.

Had a great time at budde’s. Live music, good pizza and GREAT people! What else do you want? Go there, and soon!

Best collection of beers in town, especially from small but excellent breweries!
The thin crust pizza is absolutely top, and special wishes are honored (like my Napoli Tuna Pizza).
People are the best (especially the owners Mike and Dianne) and Open Mike (!) nights are a real great experience!

The pizza is solid. I always order mine well done and the crust here gets pretty crispy. A li’l too much cheese and sauce for my liking but good nonetheless. What gives this spot the extra star is the love with which the pizza is made. One of the owners brought the pizza to us at the bar and we started talking. She said, «the pizza geek question to always ask is, ‘is your dough made from scratch in-​house?’ we make ours here every day.»
Ya gotta love that. No pre-​made store bought dough here.

When I visit my friends that live in the Galesburg area, I love to hit this bar. Their pizza is good, and the owner considers himself a beer guy and it shows by his selection of craft beers available on tap and in the bottle. They also have a lot of live music, however, due to the size of the bar area, and where the stage is, it can get really loud.
If you are in the area, do yourself a favor and get yourself their all meat pizza and try some beer.

We called ahead early Saturday evening to see if they could accommodate a group of 25, including 15 kids who had just completed a day long swim meet. They said yes and we arrived 20 minutes later. The tables were arranged for us. They assigned two servers to our group and they were quick to take our drink and appetizer orders. After that, the evening went downhill.
The menu states that pizza take up to 45 minutes. The server said they weren’t busy so we figured that ordering a bunch of appetizers would keep us happy during that time period. A trip to the restroom confirmed that the place was empty with the exception of a few people sitting at the bar.
Fast forward two hours.
Most of the meals had trickled out during this time, however four people did not have food including two who ordered chef salads. I had to take the empty cups to the bar for refills because our two servers were in charge of the entire restaurant.
The manager was rude although she did comp some of the meals.
We found out 90 minutes into our ordeal that:
1. They only have one fryer.
2. The «burgers» aren’t grilled, they’re microwaved.
3. They didn’t have enough buns. They knew that when they took the order but didn’t say anything to us.
The pizza was good, but the entire experience has put this place on my «never visit again» list.