Piece Brewery and Pizzeria

Piece is easily the greatest restaurant in Chicago! They brew their own beer and it is always incredible. The pizza is amazing. You have to try mashed potatoes and giardinera on pizza — best ever.

This was a place that was suggested by a few friends for a weekend getaway. The pizza was mediocre at best and especially if your from. Chicago and know what pizza should taste like whether thin or stuffed crust.
The diversity was non existent and pretty evident there was only one type wanted. The karaōke was the best aspect of the evening and full of energy but next time I will go Lincoln park or the west loop to feel more diversity and inclusion.

I’m a huge Piece fan. I love that you can have a unique beer and an amazing pizza in a fun environment in Wicker Park. Their pizzas are amazing, no matter what you get on them. We always order a large (even though it looks RIDICULOUS) because it’s only a few dollars more and we can take home pizza for days.
They brew their own beer and have it exclusively there… which is a treat every time we go. I really do love their beers and they have won lots of awards. There’s usually a decent wait on the weekend, but it’s absolutely worth it. On Sundays, I think it’s $ 25 and you get a growler of beer and a large pizza for take out! Amazing! Piece is a fav.

Service penalty. This would be one star but their pizza’s taste gives a boost to two.
For this review I am (almost) ignoring the semi-​adequate beer and liqueur menu. Not as well curated collection as they seem to feel but such is the hipster bar program culture of Chicago. Yes, you can get a beer or cocktail but don’t expect to get the brands you have come to enjoy, they likely have picked a few that you would rather not try and have priced them so you won’t really want to pay for another round.
Lazy and not customer service focused is my impression driving me to take my time to share my thoughts. Pie slice is still a common order, you know when a pizza is cut into something that looks like a Trivial Pursuit game piece with equal areas… at Piece you get the creativity of .5 inch slices, 1.5 inch slices, 4 inch slices and you see the pattern, no focus or concern of how lazy action may impact a customer’s experience. same thing if you get square cut– no two slices similar — very creative staff I presume.
oh and they are either technophobes or just getting one over on me because their app crashes. I forgot why I uninstalled it. well, because you waste your time to install it create an order and then —- crash.
And the last irksome issue is that adding a topping costs the same for half the pizza or the whole thing. just seems wrong to me.
So if you want to wait an hour+ to get your order, likely only get one drink in that time because apparently ice will tied you over, and have a pretty tasty $ 30+ pizza. enjoy Piece.

I was told Piece was one of the best places to get thin crust pizza in Chicago but I found it pretty average. I love that they had options for the pizza base. I tried the red which is the regular tomato and mozzarella which was probably why it tasted so normal. For toppings I got spinach, sauteed mushrooms, and black olives which was a pretty killer combination! I was pretty impressed by how much they loaded on the toppings — especially the mushrooms too. However, I think because they loaded on the toppings and the crust was so thin, it made the crust super soggy after 10 minutes which then made the whole pizza hard to pick up and eat. The small is perfect for two people to share.
It’s a pretty large space inside but it will get quite crowded, especially on a Friday night after 6:30. People were packed like sardines in the front entrance!

Great bar to catch a game, drink some beer and eat some Za.
No homo, but some of the best sausage that I’ve had. Crust is quality and sausage is a must.
Do you mind turning the vents down near the booths? It’s like there is constant blowing on my Pizza. The pizza is almost cold by the time you’re finished.

pizza. (⁵⁄₅) — thin crust, ny style.
beer. (⁵⁄₅) — brew their own beer, also has non-​beer like drinks for us non beer drinkers!
atmosphere. (⁵⁄₅) — cool space in hipster town (aka wicker park)
this place came highly recommended by a friend, basically a chicago-​native, and Unilocal,so i decided to give this place a try (even though me and my friends were dying for something healthy from eating everything in site on this chicago trip). but OH BOY we were NOT disappointed!
Things to get: PIZZA. specifically, i recommend the lunch special. unless you’re here with a group of people (group = 4 or more people) because the pizzas we saw come out for our neighbors were GINORMOUS.
the tricks to ordering the individual lunch pizzas are 2:
1. you can order any topping from the first page on your lunch pizza! so its not just limited to whats under the lunch pizza topping portion. HINT: get the hot doug’s sausage. SO GOOD. for those of you that dont know what hot doug’s is, its a famous hot dog shop that closed down unfortunately last year but i guess his sausage’s are still in tact!
2. you get 3 toppings max, and the price increases by $ 1 each time you add on a topping. it starts off at $ 7.95.
theres nothing much else to say about the pizzas because i want you to try them. they’re SO GOOD. like, legit. ny style. crunchy. delicious. hot. steaming. marina-​y. cheesy. full of toppings, delicious, pizzas. yes the toppings are expensive BUT they give you your monies worth. i would say the individual pizzas are a good sized portion for one person (if you are not a hungry boy).
APPS: we actually ordered the GOAT CHEESE marina sauce dip app. OMGASM. if you’re looking for an app to share with friends, DEFINITELY get this one. the bowl of marinara goat cheese is ALOT, and the bread toast that comes out is unlimited-​refilled by your waiter, so i definitely recommend that. (I hate it when they only give you enough chips/​bread for your order and charge u extra for another round)
drinks: it was february, they didnt have the camel toe that Unilocal raved so much about. :(so i ordered the GRAPEFRUIT BEER. i asked the lady if there was any beer taste to it (I hate beer) and she said no, and hence thats why i ordered it. unfortunately for me, im very sensitive so i actually could taste the beer tastes but besides the fact-​it was actually pretty good for a beer. so if you are wanting to drink something and u dont want to get a beer, i would recommend this one. They also had a david bowie beer (9% IPA) that they brewed the day bowie died. my friend rly rly enjoyed this one! Also, make sure to grab a pint glass souvenior on your way out! its only $ 4!!! so cheap. and its super cutes.
ATMOSPHERE: this is such a cool space! its great for watching games, its great for catching up with friends, its great for eating with fam, its great for out of towners, its great for beer lovers, etc. there was no wait for us when we arrived on a saturday mornin around 12 noon. but it definitely DID fill up around the time we were leaving which was around 130 – 2.
PRO: they asked us if they could take our luggages and store them for us behind the front counter while we ate. I dont know many other places that do that for travelers, so EXTRA STAR if i could give it to them. when i was leaving, i saw that all of the baby strollers were also stored back there too, so it was rly nice.
highly recommended!

Visiting a friend in the city who recommended we all go out here. It has a great local vibe to it along with quality beers and food/​ingredients. Get here before 7 pm on a weekend or you’ll be waiting forever for a table.
They brew their own beers, so you know it’s good. You can order preset pizza menu selections or build your own. If you’re going as a couple, order a medium and it will be plenty — unless you’ve got a very hearty appetite. We ordered a small pizza for each of us, and we left with doggie bags.
The great part about it is the restaurant partners with various world renowned chefs to create a signature special pizza, which was absolutely sublime.
It’s great food, but even better with great company. It’s a local and low key vibe to it, which is exactly what we were looking for.

Piece Hacks:
1. If it is a weekend or there is any form of a large sporting event on TV, get there an hour before you think you have to.
2. If you are eating by yourself or with one other person and have eaten any form of solid food in the last 24 hours, get a small pizza. You do not need a medium unless you’re anticipating Armageddon. The medium is gigantic and can feed 3 people for several days
3. The prices of individual toppings will shock you until you see just how much they actually put on your pizza. I promise, you are actually getting $ 2.50 worth of pepperoni.
I really love Piece, I do, but I had to knock off an additional star as this is now the second time I’ve gotten food poisoning from eating here. There is just no greater feeling of betrayal than getting food poisoning from a favorite pizza place.
And to the owner, who viciously attacked me in his original comment (which he deleted), his second comment (also deleted) and again in his third new, slightly more PC comment below: it’s «libel,» not «liable,» and it’s not libel if it’s true (I see you fixed your grammar the second time around). I never once said your establishment was unclean or unsanitary, nor that I saw someone walking around without gloves. All I recounted was that I was ill after eating at your establishment, which is fact and therefore not libelous. Check your definitions. Unless you were hanging out in my bathroom that evening, you have no grounds to claim otherwise. I urge viewers to scroll through and view his other responses to reviews. You can’t bully people into giving you 4 and 5 star reviews.
I can personally assure you that my friends and family will no longer be visiting your establishment after your first two deleted comments (which you seemed to realize were vicious and removed) and your third unnecessarily rude comment below. To be honest, after the way you spoke in your original comment, I no longer feel comfortable or safe there — and not because of the food.

After planning several times to go here, finally i made it! The first night that I tried to get in, the place was so crowded that I could not even belly up to the bar, not even after 10 p.m. I was really disappointed because the pies sitting on the square trays looked like Sally’s of Frank Pepe’s.

As soon as I opened the menu, I was so confused by the lack of «pre made» pizzas. Usually, pizza joints will have special pizzas that they take pride in and brand, but the waitress told us «Just pick anything. Everything here is good.» While it was tempting to try and choose the most disgusting combination of pizza toppings known to man, we decided to go with a white sauce clam pizza.
Everything from their beer to their pizza, to their service was phenomenal. I like to write pretty detailed reviews but here everything was pretty on point. You can’t go wrong by eating here.

The pizza was decent. Not terrible but not super memorable. I had the Honey Butter Fried Chicken white pizza (limited time only). My boyfriend had the white pizza and added mushrooms, pepperoni, sausage, and bacon. I had leftovers but didn’t eat them. Piece Pizza doesn’t rank among top Chicago pizzas but that’s due to where the pizza recipe was modeled after. It’s not that won’t ever visit again but I probably won’t go back any time soon.

Went with my buddy to some hipster store and came across this place, wasn’t in the mood for pizza but he insisted so I said what the heck it has 4 stars on Unilocal,which was total BS because this place should be a 5. Best thin crust pizza I’ve had in Chicago. Highly recommend adding garlic to whatever pizza you get. Great pizza, great beer, and great vibes.

Last night my friends and I went to Piece to do karaōke. We walked in and went to a table. No one greeted us or was at the front so we didn’t think anything about seating ourselves. Then a server came up and said we needed to be seated and we weren’t supposed to just seat our selves. He was very rude and condescending. I then just went to the front and asked the hostess if we could be seated at the empty table we were at and she simply slammed some menus down on the table for us. What an inconvenience to have paying customers! By the way, there was no line or any other people waiting for a table. It was this big commotion for no reason and very rude to do for paying customers.
Although that happened? The server we ended up getting was very nice and fast. He did a great job. The pizza was awesome as usual and the karaōke was fun.

Love this place for all their beer and delicious pizza options. Last night I ordered delivery through Doordash and the pizza was just as good. This time — white sauce with broccoli, artichoke and onion — really yummy. Just the right amount of cheese and the dough is so much better than all the thin crust kind in Chicago. It tasted like ‘real’ pizza.
Medium is huge. Delivery was super quick.

Yes, this is the place for the best Chicago thin slice pizza ! Not only is it a fun lively place and service with a smile, the pizza are absolutely delicious & addicting ! The hot Doug atomic pizza is out of this world. I think it must be the Caramelized onions on top ! I was stuff but had to have one more slice … Yes it we that good ! And I like that it’s not greasy nor do I feel heavy. The also have a addicting guacamole and meatball sandwich ! I’m thinking all their stuff must b addicting …

Okay, I like pizza.
That’s an understatement.
I LOVE pizza.
It’s the type of love where you’re having a Netflix marathon and you order a medium deep dish pizza (which can feed 2 – 3 people) and you just devour that whole thing in 10 minutes.
What? Haven’t you experienced that type of love?
I feel sorry if you haven’t.
Okay all judgement aside, this place is crazy packed whenever I pass by, so when I came by here with a friend on a Saturday night I wasn’t shocked to hear it was an hour wait. Luckily we got a table in about 45 minutes.
Now on to the pizza… DUN DUN DUN.
That’s suspenseful music if you didn’t know. K.
We ordered a large (ya, we’re hungry people) with sausage, mushrooms, and peppers.
The pizza was average honestly. Obviously living in a city with amazing pizza will give you high standards, so the pizza did let me down a bit. Doesn’t mean I didn’t eat half the thing.
Hey, even bad pizza will be eaten.
The beer list bumped this up to four stars because they have so much and it makes me happy on the inside.
I’m a chocoholic, so obviously I had the beer with dark chocolate.
It blew my mind, it’s like… I was eating chocolate… but I wasn’t…I was drinking beer.
These are the moments that keep me up at night.
Overall I had a good experience and will definitely be back for the beers at the least.
Just kidding, I’ll probably still get the pizza.
Get iiiiiiiit!

Great pizza joint!
I call myself a deep dish pizza guy, but coming here to try the legendary, atomic sausage was not something easy to pass up. On top of that, who doesn’t like a decent, microbrewsky. Ah, the porter was very refreshing, but too bad that I had a tad too much to drink or I would have recommended. The pizza was definitely very delicious and something memorable. It had a perfect chewing so and spiciness. Uneven slices to indicate that the pizza had came from a barbarian’s hand. Great thin cut, pizza and not lacking in sausage flavor. Add giardiniera peppers for that extra kick!
Would definitely come back for a few beers and pizza or two. Only difficult about this large place is getting a seat on the weekend. Oh, and I didn’t get to try the infamous cameltoe beer… Better luck next time.

Kim was our server. Beer was good, pizza was good, service was good. Definitely would come here again.
This is pretty hipster though. The babies that were being toted around by their Real Housewives of Wicker Park mom’s were wearing more expensive shoes than me. So be prepared for that.
Had the cast of Jersey Shores sitting next to us (bro, it’s January in chicago, you are not that tan) and they were pretty rude and obnoxious to our server, but she was a pro.
We both had the personal pizzas, white style. Definitely enough. I muscled through it because I didn’t want to carry a to go box. Beer was good. I had the porter, that was very smokey at first taste, but mellowed out by the 4^th or 5^th swig.

****MY FIRST REVIEW/​NEW RESTAURANT 2016****
I LOVED IT!!! I WILL RETURN, ASAP.
Now on to the review. Parking was fine since it was 4pm on New Year’s Day, it was surprisingly packed on the holiday, but whatever. We were told 25 min wait to be seated. While we waited we ordered 2 raspberry long islands, in 10 mins our name was being called for seating.
We sat at the communal style mini table aisle on the back wall (which I wasn’t a fan of due to the loud music and separation from my hubby). We were brought the drinks and they were horrible. No liquor whatsoever. THIS IS BAD. VERY BAD. So now I’m worried the food will be horrible too. Karina asked had we been helped I told her no and the drinks were bad she took them and advised that their specialty was beer and asked to replace the drinks, we declined and ordered the pizza. Medium sausage, pepperoni, mushroom w/​extra sauce well done. Took the pizza abt 20 mins to come out. IT WAS EVERYTHING!!! The toppings were fresh. The sausage was YUMMERS! The mushrooms were scarce, but very tasty. Thin crust heaven. It was just enough grease and goo for me. Not overly cheesy either because I HATE CHEESE!!! IM IN LOVE. My husband not so much, but he’s an asshole, lolbs. We’ll be back.

I have been to Chicago twice — and I have been to Piece twice! The first time we were here, we just had a few drinks at the bar as we had already eaten. After watching all of those delicious-​looking pizzas go by, we knew we’d have to come back to have some. A few weeks ago we were back in the area, and made the journey to Piece just to finally try that pizza!
This place is busy on weekends. We hung out near the bar with a bunch of other people trying to not be in the way until our name was called for a table. We ended up ordering a pizza with red sauce and light parmesan cheese on top, with spinach and tomato. I really liked that they have two options for cheesing — one is the traditional mozz and parm blend, and one is parm only. I am an avid cheese consumer, but sometimes pizza can go overboard with the cheese topping so I was glad to have this option. I really liked the crust here! Thinner and kind of chewy. Also, the portions are HUGE! We shared a large caesar salad, and that could have been our meal. If you are getting pizza AND salad, just get the small and share it. The medium pizza was easily enough for 3 – 4 people, especially if you get something else with it.
The beers here seem to be pretty solid, and they have a nice selection. The clientele is a mix of yupsters and families, and I liked that it has a casual feel. The ceiling retracts on nice days to create a beer garten! If I lived in the area, I suspect I would come here frequently.

We scored and found 2 seats at the bar within 5 minutes of stopping in. That really made the experience for us. Once we were able to flag down a server, ours was very helpful and checked in throughout our meal. Prior to this blessed event, however, we definitely found ourselves doing the awkward «Gah! Where do I stand?» dance. Super busy even on Tuesday night at 8 (Granted, we’re talking the Tuesday before Christmas, soo…). Worth noting that even on a busy night, crowds thinned out by 8:30.
The food itself was very good. We had the chips and salsa (The salsa was basically diced tomatoes and was fabulousity in a dish with minimum salsa runniness and maximum flavor). The flavors in the Piece Mixed Green Salad came together perfectly (although you may want to be wary if you’re in the early stages of dating or hoping for a make out afterward as the onion comes across VERY strong). We got a medium pizza, designed to serve 2 – 3 and I’d say it’s more on the 3 – 4 side (or 2 – 3 very hungry people). They are kind enough to split pies, so we had green olive and garlic on one side for the mister and Atomic Sausage and pepperoni on the other for myself (red sauce and mozzarella version). Solid thin crust pie packed with flavor. Do it!!!
I’m not the hugest beer fanatic, but I did sample the Heavy Bag and the Swingin’ Single. Both had very different but equally unique and tasty flavors. The former was almost like eating dark chocolate and the latter has a great citrus punch. If you’re not sure what to order, the bar tenders are great about offering samples (on request). We tried one and then another (after a passionate bar tender recommended it) before settling on a growler of Top Heavy Hefeweizen to go.
Great vibe, fun music and a wonderful crowd (despite being packed in like sardines, everyone is very patient about bumping into one another and reminded me of why I love Chicago).

It was okay. I had heard rave reviews so I had high hopes and they just weren’t met. Came for a friend’s birthday outing. Granted, it was a Saturday night, so I get this might not have been their best showing, but still, a Saturday night crowd shouldn’t be that big of a deal.
My friend was originally told he could make reservations, then told he couldn’t. So, we just had to show up and stand around until tables became available. Okay, fine. But the place was packed. There was nowhere to stand that wasn’t in the way of something. I was constantly getting bumped into which I wasn’t a fan of.
Tried to order one of their special brews (the «Swinging Single,» I believe) and was told they were out. Okay, I get that a brewery will run out of its own brews, so fine, but it was disappointing. I just asked the bartender to give me something else close to it. It was so loud, I couldn’t really ask him any questions.
It didn’t take too long to get a table, thankfully, but the waitress only really talked to one side of the table, she never came to our side.
The pizza was disappointing, too. We just ordered a sausage pizza with the red sauce, and it came out spicy! I know that I have a low tolerance for spice, but I’ve never had a ‘normal’ pizza that tasted spicy. Even friends with higher tolerances though it was spicy. And the waitress was never around to ask about it.
The live band karaōke (which was the whole reason for having the birthday party there) was pretty fun, though it started late.
Overall, not impressed. I might go back and try it again to give it another chance, but this occasion did not live up to the hype, unfortunately.

Piece has solid thin crust pizza. I like to have the options for red or white pizza, but I typically go red. They do an awesome job with bacon on the pizza making it nice and crispy. I will say I used to love their BBQ chicken pizza, but it seems that they’ve changed their sauce and I find it is now just okay. With any pizza, you need a nice beverage and Piece delivers.
Service can be a mixed bag. I’ve had excellent service and had average service. Also, be prepared for a long wait particularly on weekend nights. I’ve also had a wait on weeknights sometimes too. At peak times, it gets really crowded and loud. Some of the tables are very close together too. Weekends I typically will order delivery. Overall, it is pretty good and prompt.
I recently went there for lunch and this is now likely going to my go-​to. It was significantly less crowded. They have great individual size pizzas for about $ 7. Plus, on Sundays you can score a large pizza and a growler to go for $ 25.

Piece pizza is the definition of my happy place. Great pizza. Great beer. Great location. What more could a girl ask for?
I’ve been here dozens of times and have tried a lot of different pizza combinations but hands down, the best one is white sauce with clam and bacon. I discovered it after asking the waitress what her favorite pizza is. So glad that I asked because I never would have thought to put those toppings on a pizza ! They bring it out with a plate full of lemons to squeeze on top, which is so good. The citrus cuts all of the saltiness perfectly.
My second favorite Piece pizza was unfortunately a limited time offer in collaboration with honey butter fried chicken. Pizza + fried chicken = YUM. It was phenomenal and I hope that they bring it back again !!!

Four stars is almost the right overall rating for Piece Brewery, though I’d say it’s more toward a 3.5.
Why?
One thing I’ve come to notice in Chicago is that there is FIERCE competition in the restaurant biz. This is particularly true of pizza. In fact, one Chicago-​an went as far as to declare to me: «If you’re going to the same restaurant in Chicago twice, you’re doing it wrong.» The problem here is that while Piece is definitely a worthwhile place to check out, it is by no means a go-​to destination in comparison to its competitors. Heck, Piece can’t really even count on out-​of-​towners coming here because it doesn’t offer the stuffed-​pizza experience.
All-​in-​all, the pizza is good, not great. The beers are okay, not outstanding. If you’re debating coming here as opposed to checking out another pizza place, I would probably suggest elsewhere.

We got in here and luckily we didn’t have to wait at all! We ordered a medium sized red pizza with mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes and mashed potatoes. The mashed potatoes are awesome and worked really well. HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE MASHED POTATOES.
Me and my friend also got 2 Golden Arms since we saw it was highly rated on Unilocal.I thought it was a great light beer, whilst my friend thought it was «like water». Overall good experience, slightly noisy for conversations.

Shared a large DIY pizza (spinach and mushroom with marinara sauce) for 5 people. It was the perfect size and it was delicious. Pizza here is thin crust.
Also shared a goat cheese with marinara sauce which was ok.
Friends enjoyed their brews.
Place is always busy. A bit loud if you want to hear your friends across the table.

I always always call to find out the wait time… my call to actually coming in ratio is 3:1 I usually come with a big group, our wait time was always at least 30 minutes. Sometimes 60 – 90 minutes. I should try and come here on weekdays and on afternoons.
Anyways, the pizza is pretty darn good and it’s huge! The odd part is how they cut the slices and the shape of the pizza. Some slices are super duper small while others are 5 – 6 times larger. The pizza is great, I think it’s kinda oily though. I use a napkin to take off the excess oil.
Why the minus one star? The appetizer tasted like doo doo. I took one chip and then I was drenched in sadness because I just wasted money on some doo doo chips.
Did you also type in «peace» instead of «piece» the first time you searched this place?

We came here with friends on a Sunday night. Apparently at 8 people you can call ahead to make a reservation. So we did. We had no problem getting in at our reservation time. A little problem finding parking, but that’s what we get for driving from the suburbs, I guess.
No appetizers, just beer. I ordered the Heavy Bag, which is a great porter.
We ordered 2 large pizzas and it was more than enough pizza for the 7 people that ended up showing up. It’s cut somewhat haphazardly in long triangle slices, but it doesn’t really matter. The pizza was delicious and definitely worth the trip. If in Wicker Park again, we would probably return if in the mood for pizza.

The thin crust here is what makes the pizza stand out. It’s chewy and crunchy. I like how you can customize your pizza with whatever toppings your heart desires.
They have a lunch special for about 8 – 9 bucks for an individualized pizza w/​3 toppings until 5pm. We got there 5 to 5 and quickly ordered our own pizzas.
I got goat cheese, artichoke hearts and clams. I’ve never had a clam pizza before and was pretty excited to try. We were so hungry that I scarfed down a slice. After my first slice, I realized there were no clams and asked the server. He was apologetic and offered to make me another one. But we were short on time to catch our flight so we said «no, thanks.»
When he brought us the check, he took my pizza off the bill. That was nice (but fair, I think) and we tipped appropriately.
The place is too dark (probably so you won’t notice the clams missing in your pizza!).
The location is great in Wicker Park and stop by Stan’s Donuts afterwards. Mmmm

Piece was sooooooper crowded on a sunday and we only wait 15 min for our delicious pizza, at a nice table! Beer great, server funky and cool. My kind of place.