Cholie’s Pizza

Incredibly cheap, slightly above average counter serve pizza and mainly American cuisine that dabbles in Mexican & Italian.
Pizza by the slice is literally ALWAYS available there on the counter in the warmer spinning about, you can even pick out what slice (s) you want.
Don’t expect anything incredible here, 4 stars only because everything is super cheap, good quality on the other hand deserves only a 3.
The only thing I didn’t like was the Italian Beef, super chewy.
But the burgers, tacos, fries, and pizza was tasty.
There thin crust always seems like it should be cooked 5 mins more to get a crisp on the bottom. It’s like they take the pizza out as soon as the cheese starts to melt, doesn’t even get any bit of brown bubbles like you’d see at Papa Johns or Pizza Hut.

This is the worst food I’ve ever had in my life. The name (#2 pizza) is apt. It amazes me that Cholie’s remains in business. Perhaps Hyde Park will never evolve.

Service: 5 stars
Food: 2 stars
The restaurant lady was extremely kind. She gave us an entire large cheese pizza since someone didn’t pick it up Superbowl night. To be fair it was also 20 degrees with a blizzard outside.
The pizza slices we ordered before that were lukewarm. The cheese was tasteless and the crust sadly limp. Unfortunately even for the price, I was pretty disappointed. At least the super-​bowl pizza saved the day.

Little neighborhood fast food place that can handle a lot of people pretty efficiently. In spite of the name, I would stick to the Mexican fast food like tacos and fried chicken. Although they do have a couple of tables, this is a casual take out place.

Pizza’s okay. Price’s good. Difficult to know the prices if you aren’t there. No real web presence. Delivery is fast.
Stopping in for a slice is fast, well-​priced, and pretty good.

We ordered out food from Cholie’s for dinner at work, so I haven’t actually been to the storefront, so I can’t comment on atmosphere or service.
I ordered a thin crust cheese pizza, so I was expecting thin crust pizza. Instead, the crust was quite thick almost soft – not at all the thin and crispy I had in mind when I ordered it. Both the sauce and the crust were bland and flavorless. There was too much cheese and, though melted, it would have been improved if it had had five minutes longer in the oven. Someone else ordered a BBQ beef sandwich and was not too impressed. He ate about half and then threw the rest away instead of keeping it as leftovers.
Maybe I’m being overly critical in giving Cholie’s two stars, but I have standards when it comes to pizza and I have eaten a LOT of pizza throughout Chicago. The quality of pizza left a lot to be desired, but the price was right. I’m not sure how Cholie’s compares to other pizza joints around Hyde Park (or if there even are any at all), but sitting among all the other pizzas I’ve tried, Cholie’s is a solid two stars, bordering on three. If we order from here again and I’m in the mood for pizza, then I just may order another one. It’s not amazing, but if you want pizza, it gets the job done.

Slices of pizza ok. Nothing great. Rc was good. Environment not so great.

Five stars because it’s such a good compliment to the Falcon Inn.
Through the main storefront, or through the magic of the tavern-​window, you’ll enjoy cool, quick service, and find yourself pleasantly surprised at Cholie’s being so damn affordable, especially considering the solid quality of the pizza and fries (not to mention their menu’s other myriad and sundry).
If you’re in the adjoining tavern, or just meandering past the Metra on 53^rd, stop in and enjoy Cholie’s by the slice (cheese and peperoni or sausage). Drinking/​Drunk and hungry for more? The Veggie Special — thin-​crust or deep-​dish, but with green-​olives substituted for the tomatoes — is my recommendation. I prefer the thin-​crust: I’m a fan of the less-​famous, secondary style of pizza-​crust that Chicago has originated (the thin, cracker-​board crust), and likewise love the nice, variably-​sized square-​cuts perfected in Midwest taverns just like this joint.

This is 5 stars considering the menu prices. This is a neighborhood joint that has almost anything one could imagine on a menu, except Chinese foods. They have the best Gyros in Hyde Park, the pizza isn’t bad (I really wish they would roll the crust thinner, like Leona’s!), the salads are fresh and big, the nachos are delicious, and they give you free soda with most big pizza purchases.
The Spanish lady, who I am guessing is Ms. Cholie, is always there and always very friendly. She never charges for extras that I ask for and they are super fast.
Don’t get me wrong, nothing I’ve had so far is gourmet or life-​altering, but it’s really quick, they’re amazingly nice, and the prices are as cheap as they get. They’ll continue to have my business as long as things stay the same! And they can have EVEN MORE of my business if they roll their pizza crust thinner. ;-)

So, here’s the deal:
The pizza crust is not good. It’s too thick and has little flavor. I eat a lot of pizza and bake a lot of homemade pizza, so I consider myself pretty «in-​the-​know» as far as pizza goes. That said, we’ve ordered pizza twice and have been sad twice ordering from Cholie’s. Onward to the rest of the review!
They have the best Gyro in Hyde Park at $ 5.00 with fries and cole slaw. The fries used to, until this week, be really thin and cold by the time you could eat them. They changed that this week! The fries are thicker (like McDonald’s) and they stay hot, are tender on the inside, and taste like potato. I used to throw the fries away and enjoy the giant Gyro, but not today. I hope they keep the new fries.
Salads, chicken, chicken sandwiches, and burgers are all fine! Not awesome, but they deliver until 11pm, are super cheap, and I’ve never been unhappy with anything besides the pizza. It’s called Cholie «Pizza» but if you just think of them as «Cholie’s,» a place of endless variety late at night (salads, burgers, Gyros, fried chicken, mediocre pizza, sodas, cheesecake), you’ll be happier.
Thus, variety, consistency, and value go a long way to win them my 5-​star vote. I get the feeling that the pizza stays the same because they kids around North Hyde Park love to grab slices of it and fries after school and it’s a quick, cheap dinner/​snack. If the pizza were tastier, I’d be more apt to buy whole pizzas from them! Until then, I order the Gyro! (And often)

You gotta know what to expect when you go to Cholie’s, and that is FAST, CHEAP food. Given that, Cholie’s meets expectations.
The pizza is quite good when it is fresh, but the crust dries out quickly if you don’t eat it while it’s still hot.
It’s pretty hard to mess up a hotdog and fries, and at Cholie’s it’s only $ 2.50!

If you don’t like the pizza here, kill yoself! Been going here since ’98 as a widdle boy and I still travel to Hyde Park from the North Side atleast once a week just for a slice or two. The lady behind the counter is like my grandma, the sweetest ever even 15 yrs later. Cholie’s still my favorite in Chicago!

Cholie’s vegetarian burrito! It’s not on the menu but I’m sure you can have almost anything you like made specially for you at Cholie’s. It has beans *I don’t see or taste any beans* spinach, black olives, onions, cheese, sour cream, tomato and cilantro *don’t see that either* It’s quite tasty, it’s kind of sloppy and fell apart but I don’t mind that. This should’ve been my first burrito.

Cholies Pizza has got Hyde Park covered in terms of a cheap, good for its price pizza. I’ve ordered Cholies for an event and also ordered out a pie for my apartment and although my roommates preferred Sarpinos to Cholies, I liked Cholies crust and pizza a lot more than that of Sarpinos.

The Pizza is ok, and for the price its damn good. but there is better pizza in hydpe park but this is the only place that sells it by the slice… now the Fried Chicken… Honestly I dont want no one’s fried chicken if they aren’t from the south and I dont mean south of the border… But their’s was soooo damn good… at least the wings, I liked it better than harolds… and I was born and raised on Harolds so… Oh their tacos were nasty I wont be doing that again and DO NOT order the sandwiches! They OH MY GOD… its like what I imagine a jailhouse choke sandwich to be… nasty. I took one bite and gave it to my brother he too a bite and slapped me with it. it was that nasty.

The pizza is hard to rate against other pizza places but it’s always GOOD! At $ 2.20 a slice (and the slices are HUGE), you really can’t beat this place. The tacos and the cheese sticks are also good.
Finally, I ADORE the woman who works behind the counter. She is perhaps the nicest business owner in Chicago. I even asked her if I could be her facebook friend (but of course she doesn’t have an account). :D

It’s not the best pizza you’ll ever have, but it is the best pizza you’ll have today.
Get it?

Good enough pizza, at a very reasonable price.
The location is a little sketch and a bit dirty, but two large pizza’s lasted us like 4 days. We got tired of it before we ran out. I would say this is pretty good if ordering for a large group.
Taste is ok. The dough is very thick and filling, but not wonderful.

10: Get drunk.
20: Call Cholie’s
30: Tell Mama Chol’ your order (sliced beef w/​hot sauce on the side, if you know what’s up) and, with great difficulty get her to understand your order, phone number, and address.
40: Pay very little for your glorious, greasy, tasty pizza feast.
50: Goto 10.
Also, their burgers and shrimp basket are very, very cheap and quite good.

I used to work close in the area and this is where I sometimes went when I wanted cheese.
My greasy staple was a slice of cheese pizza and fries. Honestly, don’t expect anything amazing here. The pizza is a bit bland but it’s cheap and you will see plenty of high school students eating.