Comments on: They don’t call it “Uno” for nothing http://www.themangolassie.com/2006/11/they-dont-call-it-uno-for-nothing/ Going Gourmet on a Shoestring Budget Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:21:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: » Top Chef in Chi-town http://www.themangolassie.com/2006/11/they-dont-call-it-uno-for-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-589 » Top Chef in Chi-town Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:47:58 +0000 http://www.themangolassie.com/?p=15#comment-589 [...] All it took was the first shot of the Chicago skyline and the season’s opening scene inside Pizzeria Uno to get him [...] [...] All it took was the first shot of the Chicago skyline and the season’s opening scene inside Pizzeria Uno to get him [...]

]]> By: Flava Flav http://www.themangolassie.com/2006/11/they-dont-call-it-uno-for-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Flava Flav Wed, 22 Nov 2006 06:38:40 +0000 http://www.themangolassie.com/?p=15#comment-6 My trip to Chicago would have been incomplete without a nice serving of deep dish pizza. I am not an expert on the cuisine, however I very much enjoyed the meal, and it was only improved by the delightful company of the Mango Lassie and Empanada Boy! My trip to Chicago would have been incomplete without a nice serving of deep dish pizza. I am not an expert on the cuisine, however I very much enjoyed the meal, and it was only improved by the delightful company of the Mango Lassie and Empanada Boy!

]]> By: Empanada Boy http://www.themangolassie.com/2006/11/they-dont-call-it-uno-for-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Empanada Boy Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:17:13 +0000 http://www.themangolassie.com/?p=15#comment-3 Those of you who have visited Pizzeria Uno anywhere but the original location in downtown Chicago and have been disappointed (you're not alone) should note that it's a drastically different product served at the chain's flagship location. You shouldn't be discouraged from trying it next time you're in the Windy City, if you never have. I never bothered going to Pizzeria Uno during any of my many, many visits to Chicago prior to living here (it's a short skip-'n-a-jump from Madison where I grew up), or during my stint living in Chi-town during the summer of '98 because I had tried franchise locations of Uno's in both Madison and New York City when I lived there, and found the pizza truly disappointing-- Pizza Hut-esque! As a result, I even rolled my eyes last fall when Mango Lassie suggested we take her parents to Uno's to show them some good Chicago-style pizza pie, because I thought that Calo, Giordano's, or Gino's East would be more authentic and delicious. How wrong I was! The original Pizzeria Uno is the gold standard for Chicago-style and no one should confuse what you get at a Pizzeria Uno franchise for what you would get at the lil' old brick building at the corner of E Ohio and Wabash. Those of you who have visited Pizzeria Uno anywhere but the original location in downtown Chicago and have been disappointed (you’re not alone) should note that it’s a drastically different product served at the chain’s flagship location. You shouldn’t be discouraged from trying it next time you’re in the Windy City, if you never have.

I never bothered going to Pizzeria Uno during any of my many, many visits to Chicago prior to living here (it’s a short skip-’n-a-jump from Madison where I grew up), or during my stint living in Chi-town during the summer of ’98 because I had tried franchise locations of Uno’s in both Madison and New York City when I lived there, and found the pizza truly disappointing– Pizza Hut-esque! As a result, I even rolled my eyes last fall when Mango Lassie suggested we take her parents to Uno’s to show them some good Chicago-style pizza pie, because I thought that Calo, Giordano’s, or Gino’s East would be more authentic and delicious. How wrong I was! The original Pizzeria Uno is the gold standard for Chicago-style and no one should confuse what you get at a Pizzeria Uno franchise for what you would get at the lil’ old brick building at the corner of E Ohio and Wabash.

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