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Guide: Where to Find Unique Pizzas

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Why settle for the traditional cheese, meat, or veggie pizza styles when there are S'Mores, pot pie, and Guinness crust available around the city? In an effort to cure your usual-pizza order crisis, restaurants around Chicago have been concocting unique pizza creations that can shock your taste buds. Check out the map to see where you can pick up a different pie.


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Dimo's Pizza

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Dimo's is well-known for its eccentric specials (remember the Malort pizza?), but the mac and cheese pizza is a creative staple dating back to the original location.

1615 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 525-4580
(773) 525-4580

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Flo & Santos

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Fusing Polish and "tavern-style" classics, Flo & Santos is serving up the "Flo's Polish," topped with kielbasa, sauerkraut, and apple wood smoked bacon.

1310 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 566-9817
(312) 566-9817

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Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Co.

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Conceived by the owner, the "Pizza Pot Pie" is made with triple-raised Sicilian bread-type dough, red sauce, a "special" cheese blend, sausage, and doorknob-size mushrooms, all enclosed like a pot pie.

2121 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 248-2570
(773) 248-2570

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Frasca Pizzeria & Wine Bar

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There's Guinness in this pizza's crust. The "Guinness Pizza" also has béchamel sauce, roasted onions, fingerling potatoes, bacon, three cheeses and an egg.

3358 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 248-5222
(773) 248-5222

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The Boiler Room

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Home to the PB & J Special, the Logan Square hipster spot's eponymous "Boiler Room" features "PBR meatballs" and homemade giardinara. For $8.50 you get a slice, a PBR tallboy, and a shot of Jameson.

2210 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 276-5625
(773) 276-5625

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Karyn's Cooked

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One of the original vegan options in town, Karyn Calabrese first created the "Jerry's pizza" for her husband, who dabbles between the vegan and carnivore worlds. A paper-thin crust is topped with vegan "cheese," wild mushrooms, marinara sauce, fresh garlic, and basil.

738 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 587-1050
(312) 587-1050

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Roots Pizza

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Offering regular chef-series creations concocted by local Chicago chefs, Lillie's Q BBQ smoked pork, Carolina dirt rub, and coleslaw, crafted by Lillie's Q Charlie McKenna.

1924 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 645-4949
(773) 645-4949

Sunday Dinner Club Event Space

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Representing the Midwest in the final course of its two-week pizza dinner special, the SDC has constructed a pie containing housemade bratwurst, cheddar cheese curds, beer-caramelized onions and buttermilk ranch dressing.

3361 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Homeslice

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Homeslice's "Smoke Show" is one of few pizzas here that features cream cheese. Along with blackened chicken, jalapeños, and chili flakes, it cools your mouth off from the heat.

938 W Webster Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
(312) 789-4600
(312) 789-4600

Big G's Pizza

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Similar to Dimo's down the street, Big G's has an array of unique pizzas such as S'Mores and "BBQ Steak 'n' French Fries."

3716 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613
(773) 281-2444
(773) 281-2444

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Dimo's Pizza

1615 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Dimo's is well-known for its eccentric specials (remember the Malort pizza?), but the mac and cheese pizza is a creative staple dating back to the original location.

1615 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 525-4580
(773) 525-4580

Flo & Santos

1310 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605

Fusing Polish and "tavern-style" classics, Flo & Santos is serving up the "Flo's Polish," topped with kielbasa, sauerkraut, and apple wood smoked bacon.

1310 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 566-9817
(312) 566-9817

Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Co.

2121 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

Conceived by the owner, the "Pizza Pot Pie" is made with triple-raised Sicilian bread-type dough, red sauce, a "special" cheese blend, sausage, and doorknob-size mushrooms, all enclosed like a pot pie.

2121 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 248-2570
(773) 248-2570

Frasca Pizzeria & Wine Bar

3358 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60657

There's Guinness in this pizza's crust. The "Guinness Pizza" also has béchamel sauce, roasted onions, fingerling potatoes, bacon, three cheeses and an egg.

3358 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 248-5222
(773) 248-5222

The Boiler Room

2210 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Home to the PB & J Special, the Logan Square hipster spot's eponymous "Boiler Room" features "PBR meatballs" and homemade giardinara. For $8.50 you get a slice, a PBR tallboy, and a shot of Jameson.

2210 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 276-5625
(773) 276-5625

Karyn's Cooked

738 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610

One of the original vegan options in town, Karyn Calabrese first created the "Jerry's pizza" for her husband, who dabbles between the vegan and carnivore worlds. A paper-thin crust is topped with vegan "cheese," wild mushrooms, marinara sauce, fresh garlic, and basil.

738 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 587-1050
(312) 587-1050

Roots Pizza

1924 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

Offering regular chef-series creations concocted by local Chicago chefs, Lillie's Q BBQ smoked pork, Carolina dirt rub, and coleslaw, crafted by Lillie's Q Charlie McKenna.

1924 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 645-4949
(773) 645-4949

Sunday Dinner Club Event Space

3361 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Representing the Midwest in the final course of its two-week pizza dinner special, the SDC has constructed a pie containing housemade bratwurst, cheddar cheese curds, beer-caramelized onions and buttermilk ranch dressing.

3361 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Homeslice

938 W Webster Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

Homeslice's "Smoke Show" is one of few pizzas here that features cream cheese. Along with blackened chicken, jalapeños, and chili flakes, it cools your mouth off from the heat.

938 W Webster Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
(312) 789-4600
(312) 789-4600

Big G's Pizza

3716 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613

Similar to Dimo's down the street, Big G's has an array of unique pizzas such as S'Mores and "BBQ Steak 'n' French Fries."

3716 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613
(773) 281-2444
(773) 281-2444

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