Happy Camper Pizza
Pizza restaurant · Lakeview ·
Thin-crust pizza & salads, full bar, DJs, TVs, 3 outdoor areas
Thin-crust pizza & salads, full bar, DJs, TVs, 3 outdoor areas
"I point out that marketing materials for The Freeze's space namechecked Happy Camper — a pizza bar with locations in Old Town, Wicker Park, and Wrigleyville — without the company's consent; Happy Camper's owners say they have no plans to move into the former Freeze." - Ashok Selvam
"I'm reporting that Happy Camper in Wrigleyville will donate all sales from Wednesday, March 30 through Friday, April 1 to the family of Hermilo Beltran, a custodian at the pizzeria who was shot and killed on his way to work; Beltran leaves behind a wife and two daughters, and relatives have set up a GoFundMe to raise money for the family." - Naomi Waxman
"There are 31 establishments participating this year including Happy Camper." - aimee.levitt
"A Wrigleyville pizza bar where an employee was fired in August after telling a police officer to quit his job became the center of a viral social-media incident when a friend of the officer posted about the encounter; the episode has been cited as part of wider scrutiny of restaurants’ relationships with law enforcement in the wake of George Floyd’s killing." - Ashok Selvam
"At the Wrigleyville location of a pizza bar, a to-go receipt given to a uniformed, “riot ready” Chicago police officer had “quit your job” handwritten in blue ink across the officer’s copy; the order listed a 14-inch pepperoni pizza, a blackened chicken Caesar salad, jalapeno popper “homies,” and mozzarella breadsticks with a total of $65.89 and a roughly $7 (about 10.6%) tip. The officer reportedly discarded the meal out of concern for possible tampering. Ownership fired the employee, issued a public apology stressing that one person’s action does not reflect the company, and made personal outreach to offer a full refund and a gift card to the officer’s restaurant of choice." - Naomi Waxman
