Giardanos Chicago is part of the Round The Atlantic Trip Report.
In 2014, I wrote the post The World’s Best Pizza: Chicago Deep Dish Edition. I’ll spare you the click and tell you that the winner for best pizza in Chicago is Lou Malnati’s. In the comments section, my friend, and fellow blogger, Bald Thoughts, said that Giardano’s is better than Lou’s. He was so wrong, leading me to question the end of his tagline, “Live Better.” Here’s why:
Wings
Wings and pizza go together like TPOL and champagne. It was an impulse buy and it was not a great choice. The sauce was nothing special.
Salad
Caesar salad! It’s so simple. Even Ramsey would be disappointed. 
Vino
I wasn’t in Naples so it’s my fault for buying a bottle of vino at a chain restaurant and expecting Italian robustness.
Pizza
Extras aside, I came for the pizza. Like a wedding cake, it looked beautiful. Unfortunately, looks can be deceiving. There was too much cheese for my taste, and it was also too thick for my liking.
Back to Lou’s
Obviously, I had to do a direct comparison, so I went back to Lou’s to make sure that my original verdict stood true. It did. Behold this photo of a pizza that has the perfect amount of depth, cheese, and sauce. 
Overall
The pizza at Giordano’s is not bad quality. I like deep dish pizza but a meteorite crater deep is too deep. The lesson here is to know what you like and not to take advice from a blogger.
I love Giordano’s, but nothing beats Lou M’s!
Truth!
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Lou’s is the best, Giordano’s is really good and will do nicely if Lou’s isn’t nearby.
Yup!
Haha I don’t eat wings or salad, so that’s not even an option. And I always grab a pitcher of beer instead of a bottle wine. It’s all about the pizza. Lou’s is good with its buttery crust and quaint, Mom & Pop-style restaurants. But, I like Giordano’s pizza for exact reason you didn’t like it. I love how it’s piled deep with cheese.
You don’t like wings? Whoa
Born and raised on the Southside if Chicago! It’s all about the cheese, the more the better!! I like Lou’s, but for me Giordano’s is my favorite!! But I do like your choice of wine to go with it!!
Pequods, bro. What are you smoking for not trying their pizza? Pass some of whatever you are on to me.
2021. But if it sucks you pay me back
Oh man, just looked at the photos!
What about Paisano’s and their celebrity waiter extraordinaire “The Chach”? Not just a meal, it’s an experience.
Piece of advice: don’t get suckered into going to Geno’s East. It’s famous but not that good.
See link at top of post, already did
Oops, didn’t see that link and I’ll be following it after writing this. Guess I got distracted by that “too much cheese” comment!