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"Along with their spot at rooftop bar Tetto, Professor Pizza opened a brick-and-mortar in Old Town. The pizza menu is identical (available in styles such as New York and tavern, in forms like a white pie or pistachio and mortadella) and they have pasta and some new sides. The pies are still some of the best in the city, and now you can eat them in a casual space that doesn't require checking your weather app before making plans. The new additions are solid, like orecchiette with sausage and calabrian chili, and mozzarella rings. But the main reason for coming here is still for the excellent pizza and its yeasty crust. The staff are dressed in tracksuits matching the cartoon "professor" on the menu (some wearing earpieces), navigating families with marching toddlers, small friend groups, and comedians pre-gaming before their Second City show upstairs." - adrian kane, john ringor, veda kilaru, nick allen