Pizza Matta

Reviews

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  Hagz 6 months ago

  5.0

  I’ve had Pizza Matta on my list for a while now after seeing fox’s review on instagram, it looked phenomenal. I had to make my way up there and check it out for myself. We ordered the 16 inch tavern style cheese pizza. I had my queen with me and she’s a vegetarian so we went with cheese, but you have the option to do half-and-half. The pizza was on point came out piping, hot, nice and thin. Their dough is amazing it stayed crispy throughout the whole dining experience. The quality of dough and flavors are exquisite and they cooked it perfectly with just right char on the bottom, you could also from the taste you can tell they use really good quality cheese. The sauce was nice and acidic the way I like it, only feedback I have is just need to add a little more sauce. They also offer side condiments like hot honey and chili oil. The chili oil was amazing even the quality of their Parmesan is 🔥. The young lady that helped us at the register was very helpful and patient great customer service felt like she was happy that we were there trying their pizza. The location is little store front on Armitage with three tables with bench seats counter/register where you can get slices and an opening to see the guys making pizzas. It’s really cool little spot. I love the ambience with the pizza peels hanging on the wall. Parking was real easy. Lots of street parking. They also have pay for parking in front of the restaurant. I will definitely be back to try their specialty pizza that they offer.100% Recommend!!

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  Michael 9 months ago

  5.0

  I’ve had tavern style pizza from north to south in the Chicago area (Barnabys to Vito’s) and many in between (Pats, Dagostino). And even the far northern suburb of Milwaukee (zaffiros is great!). Each of those is very good or great. But Matta is the best I’ve had. Ever. The crust was extraordinary. The meats are from Slagel and I give them huge credit to buy local and humane meat, which is all I will eat (humane—don’t know about ezzos so I won’t do that one.) I went off menu for the tavern pizza and got a Lucki Leopard that has Italian sausage, roasted red peppers and red onion with “presto” combo sauce. Amazing! The New York style was 5 star worthy itself. We got a few slices of that and it was far superior to our neighborhood version which shall remain nameless. Overall just so impressed and satisfied!

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  Michael 3 months ago

  3.0

  I really hate how people have started to use the made up term “tavern style” to mean thin crust- it was not a thing till recently and does not exist in the literary record until recently and the lore behind it is idiotic. But what really bothers me about “tavern style” is that it doesn’t even always mean thin crust, it increasingly means St. Louis style cracker crust pizza which is what you should expect at pizza Matta when you order “tavern style” pizza. I have been many times, the first time I went shortly after they opened was by far the best but I feel like something changed and now the pizzas are nothing special, mildly inconsistent and always kinda doughy but still better and cheaper than both Dante’s and bungalow which are down the street. Friendly staff and cool seating area. Wings are fatty and gross and the cheesy garlic bread isn’t very good either, overly greasy and the cheese was always hard whenever I got it, I used to live on armitage/albany so it wasn’t a delivery or transport issue

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  Angie Lee 2 years ago

  5.0

  We had high expectations since all the reviews we’d read had been very positive. We were not disappointed. The apple salad was indeed huge and delicious and the tavern style pizza was perfect. Super thin and crispy and the sausage was glorious, not greasy at all and full of fennel seed flavor. Josh(one of the owners)took our order and chatted with us. He was extremely welcoming and kind. Even brought us glasses for the bottle of wine we brought with us. We also tried the Superman ice cream, which I hadn’t heard of before, that too is made in house and was delicious. There are 3 booths that fit 4 for seating and also just enough room for ordering at the counter and for people waiting for takeout and delivery orders. We went on Friday and were able to grab a table when we arrived around 5:30. Within 30-45 minutes, the other tables were occupied as well. We dined in since we wanted to try the pizza super fresh and hot. Wonderful experience and We’re looking forward to going again. Don’t miss out on this amazing pizza.

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  Mike Rovone a year ago

  5.0

  This is an updated review. The pizza here is really good. I have only had delivery. I ordered tavern thin. I imagine the pizza is a lot better straight out of the kitchen but I haven’t dined in. I believe the delivery is a third party. I usually try to avoid places that only offer third party delivery for two main reasons. One: I prefer the delivery money goes to a small business or individual and not a large corporation like Uber or Door Dash. Two: a person who works at the restaurant is more likely to care about the product and take steps to insure the quality of the product being delivered. But I’m getting off topic. If you like “Chicago style” thin crust pizza they have a very solid offering.

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