Sanos/Paisano's Pizza

Has anyone tried either of these? Sanos is near Lawrence and Elston ...really old sign (a good sign)..often see an older guy hand tossing dough in the front window

Paisano's...near Lincoln and Winnemac....drive by this every day...literally have NEVER seen a customer OR an employee in the place...but through the grungy windows, looks like the menu touts NY-Style...

Sano's Pizza
4469 W Lawrence Ave
Chicago, IL 60630
773-725-9863

Paisano's
5047 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
773-334-4499

ParkLaBrea wrote:Sanos is near Lawrence and Elston ...really old sign (a good sign)..often see an older guy hand tossing dough in the front window.

There’s some information about Sano’s, including a picture of the sign, in this thread. Do they really hand toss the dough at Sano’s? I think I remember seeing an electric rolling machine.

Oh yeah...have seen them tossing several times..that's what first caught my attention (plus the sign)..

P La B

Its been about 20 years but I remember Sano's as having pretty decent slices. Could be time to give them another try. I tried Paisanos recently and found it to be on the mediocre / poor side.
For thin crust Marie's on Lawrence west of Pulasky is really good. You may also want to try Apart Pizza Co. on Montrose west of Lincoln.

Rene G,

I enjoyed seeing the picture with the nice old Faulds oven in the back. As you know (I just now came across the thread in Guess the Restaurant), that's the third one pictured on the site (alongside Erik M's pic from Larsa and mine from Masi's). Unfortunately, I know I've seen another one in the last few months but now I just can't recall where it was (or am I hallucinating again?).

Antonius

JSM....as far as I'm concered, Marie's is the finest pizza in all of Chicago..combine that with the great old atmosphere, and it's the perfect package....as for Apart, just got wind of it on this site last week...cannot wait to get over there....

I think I'll take your word on Paisano's...you are the first person I've ever known who's tried it, and had a feeling it was poor....but one question...is it thin crust, NY style or something else?

Hi,

Marie's hand tosses their pizza. One evening I was showing some new friends around, while we had already eaten dinner, I wanted them to see Marie's toss their pizza. The pizza maker in the window very kindly put on quite a show for the car parked across the street with all the smiling faces.

Regards,

ParkLaBrea wrote:I think I'll take your word on Paisano's...you are the first person I've ever known who's tried it, and had a feeling it was poor....but one question...is it thin crust, NY style or something else?

Typical Chicago thin, judging by it's uniformity I have a strong suspiction that it may be commercialy premade and frozen.