Candlelite

Candlelite is a bar and pizzeria at 7452 N Western Ave in Rogers Park on the Far North Side, in business since 1950. The kitchen makes thin-crust tavern-style pizza, with the classic margarita and the Candlelite White pizza as the house specialties alongside the usual sausage, in a neighborhood bar setting with a full drink list. The 49B Western bus is the transit option, and the Howard Red Line stop is a long walk east, so this is a drive-or-bus place.

What to know

• Online ordering is available through the restaurant’s website.
• The restaurant calls itself the preferred catering partner of Northwestern Athletics.
• Custom-topping pizzas are built to order.
• The restaurant is 75 years old as of 2025.