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Capri Pizza Review, Merrillville, IN
I have driven through Merrillville, Indiana countless times and never stopped’ it just happens to be perched at the intersection of a number of highways leaving (or entering) the greater Chicago area(I-65, 90,80, 94, and US 30). So if I ever have stopped and simply don’t remember it, the stop was either for gas, or to pee, or to grab a Slim Jim or something.
Seems I was stuck here recently due to snow, tho, and found myself holed up in a motel that had no services nor anything around it, so I fired up the Grubhub.com screen on my phone and perused my choices.
Having narrowed them down (no sushi or Mexican, thanks), I have to cross reference them on Yelp, then go back to GrubHub to order. So I spot Capri Pizza and note they have been making pies in the Chicago area for decades, and I saw one line somewhere in their puffery that “they grind their own meat daily.” Me too!
I’m a sucker for great sausage on pizza, so I took the plunge and ordered a sausage (only) pie and hoped that while I was too wimpy to drive that night, that the pizza driver would not be. I know he would be well rewarded for the effort.
The pie came. Still hot. Take in the aroma. Ahhhhhh. It’s thin crust, “tavern cut,” as they say around Chicago (squares, not slices), so l lift one out, it’s got heft, from a lot of cheese, which is seriously melty, and I note the chunks of sausage are ample size and hand pulled.
And yes, it was great. Crispy but chewy crust, gobs o cheese, light sauce, and TERRIFIC SAUSAGE. Ground daily and hand pulled! So satisfying!
Here’s their dope and menu. I’d go again, hell yes. Menu, locations.
Capri Pizza Review
Capri Pizza Review
