Chicago Pizza Department

Great pizza, but unfortunately the horrible service makes CPD simply not worth it. Ordered pizza a few months ago and they got the order wrong. Ordered tonight to try again and was told it would be an hour. We drove to pick it up after an hour. They gave us our total and we paid. They then decided to tell us, AFTER we paid, that they never even put our order in. They also told us that they couldn’t do anything for us. We asked to speak to a manager and apparently there was no manager working. Saturday night the weekend after Thanksgiving and there is no manager working? In addition, the woman working was extremely stupid. We asked if they could take care of the bill for our pizza since they messed it up and we had been waiting so long and the woman replied, «no I cannot personally pay for your pizza.» Really? Clearly no common sense. We decided to get our money back and go elsewhere. On a side note, there were THREE other parties complaining because of wrong orders. Will not be returning here again.

The pizza is really good hear. Recommend the chicago fire or the big italian beef roll thingy.
The issues here is speed. Do not come here if you are hungry. Minimum wait time for food has always been 45 minutes. This includes multiple times where there have been less than 3 groups there. Tried to make up for their time issues and ordered a garlic bread app to hold myself and my wife over. The kitchen staff forgot to make it. Honestly, we go to other pizza places now unless we are craving the chicago fire.

Ordered the Wednesday’s Special which is any large specialty pizza (Chicago Fire) for $ 15. The pizza had italian beef, hot giardiniera and your choice of pepperoni or sausage. In addition to this pizza I ordered a kids personal pizza (came with french fries) which was for my 4 year old (picky eater). The pizza arrived piping hot and was pretty good. My 4year old ate her whole pizza and wanted more this morning for breakfast. Anytime she eats majority or all her food the place is a winner in my book.

Horrible service! We waited an hour for our pizza, eventually asking them just to box it when it was finally ready. No refills while we waited, waitress never even returned to our table. Worst service ever.

Great thin crust pizza. My kids enjoyed it, we enjoyed it, everyone loved the pizza! Refills were slow, the only downside. Otherwise, go get some thin crust!!!

This place is great. The atmosphere is casual and very friendly. The pizza is excellent, and the chefs just keep getting better and better.

The pizza has really gone down hill in the last few months new management can’t get the Pizza right

Pizza was not as good as it usually is. Also waited more than an hour for our pizza. Place was not busy. Poor service at bar. I know this place does better. Sorry was disappointed this time.

We just came from Chicago Pizza Department. There was only one couple sitting at the bar when we got there. We ordered a simple pizza. It took an hour to get it. Our bartender brought it to us. She said to watch it it was hot. It was barely warm. I don’t know what happened in the kitchen, but they threw on the mushrooms and there was not extra cheese. Our bartender took care of us, it wasnt her fault. She took care of us while we waited. We may never go back.

We order a pizza for delivery 4 days ago.
When it showed up we paid, ate the appetizers we also ordered, then opened the pizza…
It was wrong.
We called to talk to someone, and was told there was no-​one from management to speak with. So we told the person on the phone that our pizza was wrong, told them our order, and our last name. She then asked us if we were who we said we were. What? At that point we were told «Dont touch the pizza, we will make a new one and be out in an hour!»
No «Sorry for the mistake», etc…
Were they going to take the pizza back and give it to the people who ordered it originally?
Whos going to wait for an hour for another pizza?
My wife basically told them to keep the pizza and we will never darken their door again.
As other reviewers have stated the service at this place SUCKS!

Just tried Chicago Pizza Department for the first time and was very pleasantly surprised. Price was reasonable, friendly staff, and the pizza was ready for pick up when they said it would be. The pizza itself was delicious. The crust was nice and crispy, very good sauce in just the right quantity, and a nice just spicy enough sausage perfect for a pizza. Will definitely be back!

The crackery goodness of this crust is a winner. The toppings are perfect size and distribution, spices are perfectly balanced. It’s the kind of place that makes you forget the old sayings, «pizza is pizza,» or «there is no bad pizza.» It’s so good, it puts other places to shame.

I was out on my motor cycle checking out down town Morris on Liberty street (a nice stretch of a old down town. reminiscing to my younger years I wanted to hit up some bars realizing not many of them were still open.
I decided to check into the Chicago Pizza department, I ordered a draft and an combo appetizer to try the place out. the beer was good, and the appetizer consisted of fried mushrooms, cauliflower, and mini tacos. The food was typical bar bar food and coated my stomach well for the beer I had ordered.
The two stars comes from the service, the bartender made a wee bit of small talk and once the food was served was never seen again. I am not sure how one is supposed to pay in this situation so I improvised.
I had 20’s and a total of $ 7.00 in smaller bills in my pocket I am pretty sure I owed more than $ 7.00 but I was not about to leave a $ 13 tip, the alternative was to run around and operate the register.
Needless to say I laid out my $ 7.00, grabbed my jacket and swaggered out the door. I do not plan on coming back here again while the beer was good the food was par and the service was more awful than a NKOTB reunion tour.

We went on a Saturday night about 8. All the beer tapper had plastic cups over them. One tapper working. Ordered two sandwiches to go and took 35 minutes! Then when we asked the bartender, she got snotty and said they had too many orders. 2 other tables and one was done eating! They put take out orders before orders for customers who are there! We won’t be back!

Great pizza. Messy and flavorful, just the way I like it. Restaurant is a bit small so be careful when you bring big groups here. No better pizza in town in my opinion.

The pizza here is really good. I’ve had the Backyard BBQ pizza about 4 times, the chicken BBQ pizza twice and some of the other ones a couple of times. The food is very tasty and I probably prefer their pizzas than lets say Gino’s East or some of the local places around my house. The CFD sauce they use in the pizza is excellent. Better than other places I’ve tried .
The service is pretty good. The staff is always friendly. The only knock I have is the beer selection for drafts isn’t the best but it doesn’t matter too much to me when the pizza is really good. You could get some stuff in bottles like Bells and Heineken. I’m not a fan of your MIller Lite, Bud Lite beers. They do have Blue Moon and leine honey weiss but I’m usually not in the mood for them.

If you are looking for delicious pizza, the Chicago Pizza Department is definitely a must-​try. The pizza is more of a mix of Chicago-​style pizza and a unique classic Italian-​style pizza. The thin crust is baked to an almost perfect crispness and the toppings are all well placed. The large selection of toppings and choices between their «signature» pizzas make it easy for everyone to get what they want. This place would be average (three stars) if it were not for the pizza.
I’ve had both the meaty pizza and the veggie pizza and both were delicious.
Be ready to make a mess, however. The combination of the sauce, toppings, and square-​cut slices make this pizza very messy.
The pizza joint does draw in an interesting crowd (mostly town-​folk), but they are overall friendly people. The service can be a little slow at times– mostly at the bar, but never excruciatingly so. The place is a bit on the small side, but it rarely becomes an issue. Also, the pizza is not cheap.
Every other Thursday night brings karaōke into the restaurant area and a small crowd will come to sing.

I went here with my parents the other night. I’ve been to the Chicago Pizza Department only two or three times and it was never too bad. It’s a small little place with OK pizza. They have interesting and tasty martinis. I had the «Rescue Me» martini, which is basically a mini bloody mary. Can’t go wrong there.
No, the thing that put a damper on the night was when I left my table to go see what beers they had at the bar. The bartender meandered over and asked what I wanted. Unlike most bars, this restaurant did not display its bottled beers anywhere in sight, so when I asked, «What beers do you have in bottles?» she looked at me as if I had just asked if there were dead babies behind the bar or something. I rephrased the question, after she stared at me like I was insane, and asked if they had bottled beer or just beers on tap. Nodding slowly like I was going to attack her, she said that they had beers in bottles. Ok, getting somewhere now. «What kinds do you have?» Speaking slowly to me like I was missing half a brain, she responded, «We have a lot of beers in bottles.» Getting frustrated now, I peered around the bar to see if they were displayed somewhere and I was just missing it. «Well, what kinds do you have?» «We.Have. A. Lot.» Is all she replied with.
At this point, two Morris hicks at bar began to stare at me, one of them being (no surprise) a powerful Morris government official. So, as I stood there trying to figure out why this situation had gotten so embarrassing and confusing for absolutely no reason, I had to force myself to ignore the two burly pigs next to me who decided to leer at my tits and ass as the bartender spoke me like I was an eight-​year-​old child. Finally sighing in defeat as the bartender continued to stare and speak to me in such a rude and absurdly pompous way, I just threw up my arms and walked back to my table to recount the story to my parents. After asking my waitress what beers they had in bottles, I found the «many beers» the restaurant had were Miller, Bud, and Heineken. See… it’s not that hard of an answer.