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    Beggars Pizza

    3.8 (77 reviews)
    ModeratePizza, Italian
    Closed 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    Paul I.

    If you go there do not order thin. This pizza's dough is not made on premises. This is a premade and precooked dough that they add ingredients on top, so it taste like a thick export soda cracker with tomato sauce and cheese. Awful awful. This was so bad that it left me intrigued. In a town where pizza is a local pride issue, the question is why sell this abomination. We spent almost $25. That would have bought us 2 much larger pies from Costco or 3 DiGiorno's that would tasted much much better. I will give them one more try for a deep dish, that I recall was very decent, but this one is a hard pass. Still the question. Why offer this? In Chicago of all places?

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    Just ordered a grilled chicken salad. I got home after 25 minutes waiting for this crap!! 2 cherry tomatoes, 2 slices of cukes, 4 croutons, NO CHEESSE!!! They suck,, will not be back ever!! Ya'll just keep on talking in the back. Yep, I UNDERSTAND SPANISH!! Paid 13 bucks for dust on Central. Keep driving pass it,,,not worth it.

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    Paula W.

    Ordered pizza for Friday Family night and it was great. Thin crust with sausage, cheese, onions, bellpepper, mushrooms and jalapeno. They really laid on the toppings my pizza was as thick as a sandwich. I was told pick up at 430 pizza wasnt ready until 445. In the end it was worth the wait. also the price was nice considering how thick the pizza toppings were.

    Ralph M.

    While traveling through the outskirts of Chicago for the night, we decided on Beggars because they are in the Blue Island location and Uber Eats delivered. Pizza was great, with thick toppings. We got the stuffed pizza with pepperoni, mushrooms, green olives and extra cheese!

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    Lavette D.

    Just had pizza delivered pizza and it is pretty lousy. Ordered medium sausage, onion,and green peppers cooked well but that didn't mean burn the crust which already tastes like cardboard. I'm hungry so I ate a few pieces. The rest will go in the garbage. Good money wasted.

    Najee B.

    Those love pizza HAVE to stop by one of these places . It had by far the best deep dish pizza I ever had. They had the store decorated in the holiday spirit and the customer service was excellent. We had started off with mushroom pizza bread( customizable appetizers from the get go??!!; I'm already pumped!) While we waited for the deep dish. The crust was not too doughy or garlicky and kept your mouth watering from the time we saw it to the time we finished the last bite. Then the grandaddy of them(deep dish pizza) all came out, and boy was it worth the 30 minute wait. Some might say it was a little too cheesy, but I feel that's just people trying to hate on a great pie. We had to pass on dessert because we were stuffed, but from the menu they had looked appealing enough. If you are in Oak Lawn, IL or in the chicago area in general I recommend trying one of these restaurants.

    Delicious pizza with,  sausage,  mushroom,  green peppers and garlic this is a very good pie worth thr trip
    Don M.

    Beggers pizza is awesome the sausage with gardinera is really good and it's not that hot just the right amount of heat and the crust is not soggy and of course the cheese is piled on thick

    William W.

    Being a Chicago native, eating pizza is almost a necessity if you want to consider yourself a True Chicagoan. When it comes to thin crust pizza, especially on the south side of Chicago it's hard to find many places better than Beggars pizza. Their motto is "We lay it on thick" and boy do they ever. The amount of toppings (especially the cheese) that they put on the pizza makes you feel like you ordered extra toppings. I'm a guy that loves to devour pizza and go for seconds and thirds but this loaded pizza makes it extremely difficult to do so without regretting overeating. It is so well known on the south side of Chicago that my high school sporting events buys the pizza in bulk in order to distribute to the fans during home games. Only reason I am not giving 5 stars is because I have tried other things on the menu, the wings in particular and was not that impressed by the size or the taste. They do pizza and the do it VERY well. I have it as often as I can.

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    Great place for thin or deep dish pizza in the neighborhood. I've been coming here for years and can't complain.

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    Great Picture! Thank you!

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    3 years ago

    The service was amazing and the pizza and cheese bread was so delicious that it made me download yelp just to say this!

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    5 years ago

    I love beggars pizza this my favorite don't get it very often cause it cost so much but when I can that's the one I want

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    Thank you Derrick! We appreciate your business!

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    Order these pizzas to take to my customers. Super friendly staff and decent pizza. Cheese PizzaSausage Pizza

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    Five star all the way.. Pizza was so tasty and good. We enjoyed the food, service and it complements pizza very well..

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    The one in merrionette park and now Crestwood served theirs with not even half the toppings of this oak lawn location.

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