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Monday, December 02, 2024

Dante's Tavern [Meeting #135]

Dante's Tavern

1936 W Chicago Ave (Map)
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 697-4172
CPC invaded Dante's on November 6, 2024.

For the second time, CPC held two meetings in one night. Dante's, our second stop, was more for the the Wednesday night trivia than for the pizza.

Short version: The trivia was good, the beer selection wasn't great, the pizza was, well, the pictures tell the story.

Trivia was fun. We did much better than expected

Back in my Serious Eats writing days, I visited Dante's in 2012. I hadn't been back since. 

This floppy mess is why. This is what my pizza looked like in 2012 and it's what it looked like in 2024. Neapolitan pizza can flop like this. Giant greasy slices with pedestrian toppings cannot. The pizza wasn't bad - we ate two pizzas on our second stop of the night - but there's just no reason to go out of your way to eat there. 




That's the Inferno ($39 for a 20" pie), which comes with poblano, pepperoni, giardiniera, bacon, fresh garlic, jalapeno, sausage, red onion, and banana pepper. So many toppings but you can't taste half of them.

We also got a much more straightforward pie: Pepperoni and nothing else ($28.50 for 20"). It wasn't any better.




Dante's doesn't put much effort into their pizza so I'm not putting much effort into this review. Recommended for trivia. Eat before you get there. That's all I've got. 

2 comments:

Adam Young said...

I missed out on stop #1 that evening and I'm upset with my life and my self about that. Dante's was....okay. I'dve preferred to go to Cleo's across the street for their Tuesday wing special, but alas, this is a pizza club and not a wings club. I side with Marla Collins' Husband on trivia being pretty decent. Also, seeing his recollection of the pizza prices...yeah, that's a bit upsetting to pay $40 for that pizza. I did not check out their beer there.

Adam Young said...

First: Derp, we went on a Wednesday. Still: Cleo's wings would've been better.

Second: Uhhmm...3.7 out of 10 on Dante's, partial demerit for ridiculous $40 not-that-great pizza.