Jimmy’s Pizza Cafe
About
Jimmy’s Pizza Cafe is a New York-style pizza shop on W Montrose Avenue in Lincoln Square. Customers pick slices from a display case and eat them off paper plates, and whole pies go out for carryout and delivery. The shop is known for large, foldable slices with a chewy crust and tangy sauce, a white pie with ricotta, the BDW with bacon, dates and walnuts, and garlic knots with marinara.
What to know
- The 50 Top Pizza guide ranked Jimmy’s Pizza Cafe No. 12 among U.S. slice shops in 2025.
- Chicago magazine ranked the shop sixth among the city’s pizzerias in 2023.
- Time Out Chicago included Jimmy’s on its April 2026 list of the city’s best pizza.
- Specialty pies include meatball, and goat cheese with arugula.
- The shop sits on Montrose between Western and Campbell avenues.
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