"Oprah’s alleged favorite thin-crust Chicago pizza joint has opened a northern outpost in the town where she spent much of her childhood. A sprawling sports bar on a decidedly college-y strip of Water Street might not inspire thoughts of gastronomic greatness, but with its deep Chicago pedigree — the original was founded by Rudy Malnati Jr. in 1991, and regularly lands on Chicagoan lists of both best tavern-style and deep-dish pizza — Pizano’s instantly shoulders itself into the conversation for best pies in town." - Todd Lazarski