Gyros Pizza

Portofino's Pizzeria at Main and Dodge in Evanston is one of my go-to places for pizza slices -- pretty good deal for decent thin crust. Took a chance on take-out of their "Police" whole pizza this weekend, which was a nice surprise. It's a virtual gyro-in-one-hand; gyros meat sliced from the cone with requisite tomatoes, onion, lettuce, pepperoncini and garlic sauce. If you're in the mood for something non-traditional -- and I'm usually a mushroom-and-onion traditionalist when it comes to pizza -- IMHO it's worth a try.
>>Brent

Portofino's Pizzeria
843 Dodge Ave
Evanston, IL 60202
(847) 475-3663

I have two "go tos" for gyros pizza. Note: these are only places near where I work. We order these once in a while when everyone falls off of the "bring a salad for lunch" bandwagon, and only the most severe of grease fixes wil do. Fortunately, when you fill up on gyros pizza, it staves off the next grease cravings for a long, long, time.

Pete's Pizza on Milwaukee and Deerfield Rd. in Riverwoods.

JK's in Prospect Heights .

After a few tries, we have it down to:
Thin crust
reg pizza sauce
gyros
onion (usually half with, half without)
tomato
mozz cheese
tzatziki on the side.
It's really, really good.

My first roommate in college was quite into gyros as a topping on cheap delivery 'zza. When I'd first heard him mention it, I thought
"Ewww..!
Wait..hmm..well...
Ok, ya, maybe."

And I'm now a believer. The only problem: Convincing others to consider splitting a gyros pizza.

Gyros pizza? Sounds like the illegitimate offspring of Mr Gyros and Mrs Pizza.



Has anyone actually eaten here?

Mr Gyros - Mrs Pizza
109 W Division St
Chicago
312-951-5207

Um, I used to tend bar in the triangle back in the day. I've eaten there MANY, MANY times. I believe, back in the day, they had a longstanding bogo offer on a gyros. After bar closing, I think I would get a few of the burgers, and a pizza puff on the way home. Cheap, bad, hot, greasy. It had its place.

Timely topic!

We made a gyros pizza (using a Boboli crust) a few days ago. We had a bunch of feta cheese and some leftover gyros meat in the house. We added red onions, olives, mushrooms, and jalapenos. The gyros were above the cheese so the meat got hot and crispy.

Having never enjoyed a gyros pizza before, I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. Yum!

Papa T's has gyro meat for topping and I tried it years ago. Better than you might think. It's just the meat though, no sauce or anything. Try it if you find others offering it.

If you happen to be downtown make a lunch stop at ...

Ronny's Original Steakhouse‎
100 W Randolph St
Chicago (312) 346-9487‎
(in the State of Illinois Building)

The make a big and meaty gyros calzone that is pretty good.

[quote="Rene G"]Gyros pizza? Sounds like the illegitimate offspring of Mr Gyros and Mrs Pizza.

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Has anyone actually eaten here?

Mr Gyros - Mrs Pizza
109 W Division St
Chicago
312-951-5207[/quote]

Yes, many times, I live 300 feet away. Total hole, but the sauce is a bit unique, very garlicy which I like and they do a good job of thin slicing the onions. They are known for buy one get one free gyro, but in my experience you get less meat than if you just order one gyro with fry so a bit misleading.

The transient hotel above only adds to the charm and available "services" if you are in the market.