Good and Awful: Two Tales of Chicagoland Italian Food
Today on Gapers Block, read my comparison of the two thin-crust pizzas in New York Pizza Slice Smackdown, and my attempt to like something–anything–of the merely Fair Fare at Francesca's Forno. Note to Santullo's: places like Francesca's and New York Slices are why I love you so.

The past couple of weeks have given me the chance to sample the best, worst, and most unexceptional Italian fare my adopted hometown has to offer. Personally, I could have stopped after that first part: terrific New York-style thin-crust pizza at Wicker Park stalwart Santullo's Eatery.
Why, oh why, did I have to gild that lilly with alleged New York-pizza at Highland Park's mercilessly abysmal New York Slices? It wasn't as if Santullo's nearby neighbor, Francesca's Forno, did me any palate-cleansing favors.
Today on Gapers Block, read my comparison of the two thin-crust pizzas in New York Pizza Slice Smackdown, and my attempt to like something–anything–of the merely Fair Fare at Francesca's Forno. Note to Santullo's: places like Francesca's and New York Slices are why I love you so.
Just turn down the ceiling fans a notch so nobody gets hurt.