Rico's Pizzeria & Italian Kitchen — Restaurant in Englewood

Rico's Pizzeria is legendary in Englewood. It's easily the best spot to get a pizza in the area. The crust is thin and nice and crispy. NYC style. Not too much sauce, not too little, excellent ratio. I typically get the meat lovers with a little ricotta or a Hawaiian 12". You can't go wrong with a Rico's pizza. They aren't open during the late late night, but in normal hours, they are your best choice. So delicious! It's hard to go anywhere else for pizza after having Rico's.

That being said, for the rest of the food, I can't say I love it. I ordered a fettucine alfredo today, and I've tried their $3 subs. It was really disappointing. The alfredo didn't have enough butter or salt, but the chicken I had added for $2.30 did not appear to be safe to eat. It was gray, hard, and dry. It was about as tender and forgiving as the Navy. My teeth are currently bruised from some dental work, and I couldn't eat it and didn't want to. I ended up just throwing it away. It came with a salad that was just lettuce, onions, bell peppers, cheese, and some pepperonis. That went straight in the trash, too. The garlic bread was excellent, and I've never had their drinks. Their $3 subs weren't all that great either. The meat itself was decent, but the sauce had huge chunks of bell peppers in there that really seemed out of place.

The location is a tiny thing off Broadway with a decent amount of parking for the venue. It's a small white lil cube of a building. With enough seating for maybe 6-10 customers. It's really not great. I wouldn't choose to dine-in there if you didn't have to. I wouldn't choose delivery as you pay nearly double to have someone bring it to you. Take out is your best option here. The bathroom is tiny. Not very wheelchair friendly.

Great joint for pizza take-out. Staff has always been...

I am extremely confused as to how this place has a 4.6... how many people lost their sense of taste due to COVID? I guess more than I thought... someone took me out here, and as soon as we pulled up, even the name, did not scream authentic Italian to me. They started us off with two Caesar salads, made out of the white a bright green parts of the romaine. Like the stalks basically. Nothing actually green in it. My salad had ZERO croutons, my friend got a whooping 3 on theirs. Dressing is most definitely is not made in house. I got the chicken Parm, which came with a side of spaghetti. Chicken was sooo overcooked, dry, yet somehow still soggy? Spaghetti was definitely not aldente, and sauce was SO acidic. It begged for a pinch of sugar. On top of that, I don't think a single Italian person works there. I'm sorry, but if I go to any other ethic food restaurant, I expect at least one person from that culture to be there. That's why I don't trust 7 dollar tacos from hipsters in rino, just as you shouldn't trust this. It's insulting to anyone that knows anything about real Italian food. If my nonna wasn't already dead, she sure would be if I ever took her here, and ate garbage like this. Save yourself the money, and if you want unauthentic Italian, get a can of spaghettios. Felt so bad my friend paid for us to eat at this dump. Insulting to call this Italian food. Insulting to my home country. Wow. America really know how to exploit and cheapen the food of other cultures. I think people just like this place cause they are ignorant of what good like this should actually taste like, and cause they are cheap. Sure. Prices are good. If you own a microwave tho, you really are better off eating...

Stuffed shells at their finest. House side salad w/more than three ingredients, appropriately saturated in dressing of choice. Quality cooked in real time, no four month old toppings before it cleared customs bulk products broken down in distribution centers and force fed to franchises nationwide that they will use before they are permitted to buy more from the one source their agreement specifies price subject to "unspecified market fluctuations" Rico's, pandemic permitting, is a real restaurant. Not a fad, "grab and go" atmosphere where you eat food packaged for take out at a crammed in seating area without the burden of wait staff. No awkward tipping, no one to clean up the left behinds, no need for attention to detail. Knock the chunks off, someone is going to make the same mess in a little while anyway, grease from the next pizza box is pretty much the same as the last operating principle Dominos' is stealthy bringing to market. Maybe it'll be a bigger fad and make more money than the "avoid the 'noid" ad campaign, at least it's much less likely to meet sudden death at the hands of corporate due to a fellow off his meds stopping the 'noid by initiating a hostage situation in a franchise in Dallas. Unorthodox approach but it must be said he fixed that 'noids wagon once and for all. Not the time for open dining, this place has persevered. Properly draped in latex. various plastics and sanitizer, both employees and customer area more sanitized than a hotel toilet with a paper label. Hat's off to you guys, heroic effort...