A Local Hut of Pizza With New York Slices Hopes to Outduel the Competition | Eater Chicago
"An adjoining full-service restaurant and bar that channels a chaotic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles aesthetic, the venue opens with a 50-seat bar featuring a gallery wall of spray‑painted Renaissance reproductions and a sunny atrium seating another 50 that evokes an overgrown Roman statuary garden splashed with graffiti. A neon-lit game room plays up a sewer-lair motif with slimy green details and more than a dozen games (darts, shuffleboard, arcade machines) plus TVs hooked to multi-game consoles rotating hits like Super Smash Bros. The spot includes a patio built for pop-ups (kicking off with a Portofino-themed Aperol spritz and salumi event), operates family-friendly by day and shifts to a 21+ nightlife environment after 9 p.m., and is positioned as a project to inject new energy into the Lincoln Park neighborhood." - Naomi Waxman
