Piece Restaurant Review:
Piece offers up the essentials: pizza and beer. The pies are New Haven-style with a thin crust. A red, plain (with garlic, Parmesan and olive oil, hold the mozzarella) or white base can be piled high with the likes of Italian sausage, pepperoni, meatballs, broccoli, mashed potatoes and more. There's no better pairing for pizza than beer, so fortunately the restaurant also serves as a...
"Don't let the appearance fool you" say fans of this Wicker Park pizzeria, because though the "sports bar" decor may "say pub grub", the "mouthwatering" thin-crust pizza is "high quality" with "infinitely customizable toppings" that "make it possible to get anything you might be craving"; the "crazy vast array of different beers" (including "excellent" ones brewed on-site) also "impresses" and...
The antithesis of Chicago-style deep-dish pizza, Piece's flat pies mimic those made famous in New Haven, Connecticut. The somewhat free-form, eat-off-the-baking-sheet pizzas come in plain (tomato sauce, Parmesan, and garlic), white (olive oil, garlic, and mozzarella), or traditional red, with lots of topping options. Salads like the greens with Gorgonzola and pears are more stylish than...
Piece finally proved to deep-dish-loving Chicagoans that thin-crust pizza deserves respect. The large, airy dining room -- a former garage that's been outfitted with dark wood tables and ceiling beams -- is flooded with light from the expansive skylights overhead; even when it's packed, the soaring space above keeps the place from feeling too crowded. Piece offers a selection of salads and...