Gusano’s Chicago Style Pizzeria — Restaurant in Fort Smith

My husband & I met our kids here for our usual Wednesday dinner. We meet every Wednesday & someone different chooses where to eat each week. Our son chose and it did not disappoint! There was 9 of us and there was plenty of seating. Our waitress had a smile on her face, spite there was so many of us. She was an excellent waitress and never left us without anything we needed. The food was good, I just personally wished the pizza crust was thicker, but it was still really good. Everyone was overall very happy & we even had a couple of beers. The only downfall was when they got really busy, it got loud, but that's to be expected when people are happy and having a good time. If you like it quieter just show up a bit earlier. We will definitely be back! Of course we tipped our waitress well, so she will continue to be awesome! I really wished I got her name to give her the recognition she deserves. I will be more careful about this is the future. Happy & good employees are such a rare occurrence & a blessing now a days, so we should all show them our appreciation & point them out to their employers. She is a total asset to their company & her customer service...

The place was incredibly busy. So food took a while, but we were well attended to while we waited. We were greeted at the door and warned about extended wait and cook times prior to being seated. Our initial service was handled by an experienced and capable server from another location who handled our drinks and took our order. After this, our primary server took over and did a good job keeping up with us. Every staff member we came in contact with was friendly and attentive.

We had the Pizza Dip for an appetizer, it came out hot and fresh with plates, silverware, and Fritos scoops. It was tasty, had good viscosity that made it easily dippable. The portion size was perfect for sharing between two people.

For pizza, we ordered two 9-inch Chicago-style pies: One was the "Leif Erikson", and the other was a Deluxe with fresh jalapenos added to it. The pizzas arrived hot, and we're piled with ingredients. The crust itself is relatively thin and crispy (which I really like), and the sauce is very rustic and flavorful.

All in all, a very positive experience. We'll be back again after things...

I ordered a pizza delivered through door dash. This was my first time trying or even seeing a "Chicago style" pizza so I had no clue what to expect. My first thought on opening the box was "is this even mine?". I had ordered a cheddar cheese chicago pizza. What I received looked more like a sausage pizza so I grabbed a fork to drag the large meaty looking bits off. I guess it was just a really chunky pizza sauce and seeing it on top of the cheese was a bit of a shock. The crust (outer edges) was rather hard and dry. Usually I eat all of a pizza, not discard the edges. The middle part had a good taste to it, but it really looked horrible. Though as this was delivered that might be the issue. Perhaps it got turned or shaken on the way to my house and most of the sauce ended up on one side of the pizza. Good flavor, but bad presentation... Probably looks much better for dine in.

I'd also ordered some bread sticks with cheese. The cheesy part was alright, but like the pizza the surrounding crust was dry and a bit hard. Not something I'd...