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Coalfire

Super GemNear West Side · Pizza (Coal-Fired) Community-sourced, unverified
📍 1321 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60642

Founders Carroll and Spillane brought coal-oven pizza to Chicago in 2007 with chef/owner Dave Bonomi at the helm — the oven itself runs at up to 1,500 degrees on clean-burning coal, producing a thin, blistered Neapolitan-American hybrid crust that's since picked up No. 1 Pizza in Chicago honors in both 2015 and 2016.

★★★★★ 4.6 (1,056 reviews) via Google
Super GemChicago Exclusive GemDish Gem$$
Ninety seconds in a coal-fired oven is all it takes, and the char on the crust is the kind you can't fake with a regular pizza oven.
📈 Scores in the top 19% of Chicago Exclusive Gems on ChicagoSpecials.com

Coalfire is one of very few coal-oven pizzerias in the city. Holds a 4.6-star rating; a couple recent reviews flag inconsistency at higher price points.

Closed Mondays.

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  • 4.6 stars — one of very few coal-oven pizzerias in the city. Heads up: a couple recent reviews flag inconsistency at higher price points.

Hours

MonClosed
Tue-Thu 4-10PM
Fri-Sat 12-10:30PM
Sun 12-9PM
📅 Reservations not available 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (312) 226-2625

Amenities & accessibility

🚶Walk-in only, no reservations
🥡Takeout available
❔Wheelchair access: unverified
🐕Dog-friendly

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