Rosati’s Pizza

You folks like Chicago style pizza? Rosati’s hails from New York where the family opened a Italian restaurant back in the 1890’s, and at the turn of the century, the Rosati’s moved to Chicago where they opened another Italian restaurant featuring «Italian style pizza».
I was in Wisconsin this past week, and I was lucky to find myself at a Rosati’s pizza in Wisconsin… no need for me to go to Chicago for this pizza.
After several days of eating only prime rib, steaks, ribs, or burgers… pizza sounded real good for a little change, and just so happens Rosati’s was just down the road from where my hotel was.
Located in Watertown Wisconsin, just head to the local Wal-​Mart in Watertown, and you will find a bunch of other shops inside the strip mall, and that is where you will find Rosati’s.
For dinner, I went with a few of my coworkers to this little pizza restaurant. I must say it was kind of cool, as the restaurant displayed a lot sports memorabilia from Chicago — (Cubs, Bears), as well as sports memorabilia from Wisconsin like the Green Bay Packers.
When we entered this establishment, we were greeted right away, and menus were dropped off. Shortly after drink orders were taken, and dropped off quickly.
Then it was time to order our meals.
For me, I decided on a specialty pizza so I ordered the Rosati’s «MONSTER» Pizza (medium).
What is a Rosati’s «MONSTER» Pizza?
The «MONSTER» pizza consist of the following ingredients = Gourmet Italian Sausage, Pepperoni, Mushroom, Onion, Green Pepper, Canadian Bacon, Meatball, Black Olives & Green Olives, Sliced Tomato, and Bacon on top. So folks… you can clearly see, basically you get the whole kitchen sink on this pizza!
You can get this pizza with a thin crust, or you get it the pizza with a «double dough» for ($ 2.00) more, which I believe is like a deep dish Chicago Style pizza. I ordered my pizza with a thin crust, as I didn’t feel like too much carbs from the bread.
What can I say about the pizza? ONO cuz! Simply deeeeeeeeelicious! The pizza was loaded with the toppings, and they did not scrimp of the toppings! The thin crust was perfect, as it was not overpowering on dough which I liked.
Service was great, but I must say it took quite a long time to get our pizzas. When we finally got our pizzas, I gotta tell you it was worth the wait!
Want a good pizza? Check out Rosati’s!

Good luck getting service at 2 in the afternoon when the place is empty… waitresses complained about the size of our party and not having reservations. We left and went elsewhere since they made us feel like we were a hassle to deal with.
Applebee’s didn’t have a problem seating a large party… your loss Rosati’s.
We will never step foot in there again.

Sorry to say, not a great experience. Ordered takeout of a Chicago Deep Dish and dough bites.
The pizza tasted pretty good, but the texture was horrible. The bottom crust was soggy. It had the texture of cottage cheese. The outside crust was doughy and not at all reminiscent of Chicago Deep Dish.
The marinara that came with the dough bites was insufficient… only about 25% of the bites could be dunked. The marinara was also watery.

Well worth the drive over. Was craving some good pasta and the Penne pasta with meat sauce really hit the spot. The sauce was delicious. The kids shared a kids pizza (one kids pizza was plenty for my two kids) and they loved it!
We also ordered a beef sandwich which was getting rave reviews too. All in all, a nice little gem of a place with nice atmosphere and good service. I was completely full but couldn’t stop eating!

I’ve spent most of my life in Chicago and this is as close as I can get now to Chicago style pizza. Would I go to Rosatis if I still lived in the city? No, probably not — but that doesn’t mean this isn’t one of the, if not the best, Chicago style pizza chain.
Service here was an absolute delight! Friendly, fast, efficient. Great for families! I prefer their thin crust to their other styles and their dough bites are fluffy, delicious, little pillows of heavenly goodness. Good god I could make a meal of those precious little bites! The portion is beyond generous!
My one and only complaint — which won’t be an issue for most — is the candy that is offered to the kids. We have food sensitivities and there are certain candy items are three-​year-​old and 19-​month-​old can’t have so that led to a bit of a meltdown as we weren’t expecting it and couldn’t ask ahead of time it to offer candy. It would be really really great and much appreciated if the servers would ask — «can your kids have a piece of C-​A-​N-​D-​Y?» Would have saved quite a few tears.
All in all — solid spot and one we absolutely return to!

Pretty good for being pizza place in the middle of nowhere… They are originally from Chicago and do a good job at representing.

Rosati’s is a chain from the Chicago area. I use to order from them often when I lived in the western burbs of Chicago. They have good crust, good sauce, and good toppings. They make an excellent thin crust as well as Chicago style deep dish. This is by far some of the best pizza in the area.