Best Pizza Restaurants in Mid-North District
2 hand-picked restaurants, critic-reviewed and ranked
Last Updated: February 2026
Our Top Pick
Chicago Pizza And Oven Grinder Company
The original pizza pot pie, served nowhere else, created by attorney Albert Beaver
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This 1972 Lincoln Park icon invented the pizza pot pie—a theatrical bowl of Wisconsin brick cheese, homemade sauce, and Sicilian dough inverted tableside. The Mediterranean Bread alone has cult status, and the historic brownstone sits across from the site of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Must-Try Dishes:
Pizza Pot Pie, Mediterranean Bread, Oven Grinder Sandwich
What Makes it Special: The original pizza pot pie, served nowhere else, created by attorney Albert Beaver
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Opened in 1978, Bacino's of Lincoln Park is a low-key local mini-chain outpost known for spinach-forward stuffed pies and thinner, lighter-leaning crusts. It’s the quieter option for deep-dish and thin pizza in the neighborhood, skewing toward families and regulars over destination hunters.
Must-Try Dishes:
Spinach Supreme Stuffed Pizza, Bacino's Special thin crust pizza, Very Very Vegetarian thin crust pizza
What Makes it Special: Since 1978, a stuffed-and-thin joint best known for spinach-forward, 'heart-healthy' pies.