Piece Pizzeria

Classic New Haven-style pizza, in Chicago? You better believe it! Piece Pizzeria was founded in 2001 by Bill Jacobs, who had already achieved acclaim in the Windy City for bringing East Coast-style bagels to Chicago with the Jacobs Bros. Bagels chain. A New Haven native, he was disappointed to find no Chicago pizza that resembled the thin, "hold it and fold it," crunchy-chewy pizza of his youth. Piece Pizza brings New Haven's Wooster Street to Chicago.

More than 20 years since its founding, Piece is one of the highest-grossing independent pizzerias in the country, as well as one of Chicago’s most beloved pizzerias. It also remains the only Chicago pizzeria specializing in New Haven-style pizza, which is slightly oblong, with a thin crust that’s chewy and slightly charred along the edges. This is the pizza that countless Chicagoans have fallen in love with, and now it’s shipping nationwide!