Sir Pizza — Restaurant in Franklin Park

If you’ve had sir pizza, then you need no explanation. If you’ve never had sir pizza, then no explanation will suffice, but I will try my best.

I grew up eating Sir Pizza, multiple times a week. I was a pretty big kid. Sirs makes one of the most unique pizzas I’ve ever had, and I’ve had pizza from all over, from New York to Hawaii and many places in between. There’s nothing quite like the sir pizza brand of pizza. To be up front: this is a small franchised chain. This is one of several locations I’ve eaten at. All taste perfectly the same. When I say a small franchised chain, I mean there’s a handful of Sir Pizza locations spread out over the Ohio river valley, and a couple in other states, as well as the parent company called Pizza King in Indiana with several locations as well(if you’re from Indiana, and are missing Pizza King, here’s your place to eat!).

First, the pizza is unique in many ways, not the least of which is that the toppings go all the way to the edge, there’s no “handlebar” crust to hold onto. Secondly, the pizza is typically cut into a “party cut”, that is to say, the slices are square pieces, in a round pie, instead of the traditional “wedge” cut of a round pie. Third, the crust has a great mixture of textures, the bottom is nice and firm and crispy, a fully loaded slice will still stay perfectly flat. But the upper portion of the crust is nice and chewy bread interior. The sauce has an interesting flavor to it that can’t be described. It’s on the sweet side, but definitely has some good Italian herbal seasonings in it too. The cheese is just right, thick enough to coat the pie, but not so thick is creates a gooey mess. The toppings are generous, my favorite is pepperoni, which is one of their most unique aspects, they use ground pepperoni. Instead of sliced pepperoni, the ground pepperoni ensures that every bite has some meat in it. When asked for it to be well-done, the pepperoni gets a nice chart to the tips that only enhances the smokey pepperoni flavor.

Overall, sir pizza is, hands down, my favorite pizza place to eat at. There are others who make a “better pizza”, but not by much, and they usually all have the same traditional styles, whenever I visit a city that has a Sir Pizza (or a pizza king), I make it a point to stop in because the flavor is good, and because it’s such a unique experience that simply cannot be replicated anywhere else.

This is the first time I stopped at this location, from the smell when I walked in, I expected it to taste exactly like “my” original location in Ross, and it did NOT disappoint. Everything was a perfect match to the Ross location, except this was a lot closer to my hotel. This was a 10” pepperoni pie that was a perfect lunch to split with my wife.

The staff there was super friendly, as well, and the location was well organized, it also was a great place to stop before walking around at Soergel’s across the street. (Note: because the pizza is identical, the review for this location and the Ross location will also be nearly identical, consider most of this as a review of the company...

Called to order pickup. The woman that answered the phone was very short with me. I ordered a medium pepperoni pizza and a half crusader sandwich. She barks at me they only have large or small so I order a large pepperoni pizza and half crusader. She tells me ok and it will be ready in 15 minutes. Abruptly hangs up. My son was in the car and I mentioned to him about her attitude. We pick up order and get home. Open box and it is a cold, hard as a rock cheese pizza. My son calls and tells her we did not get pepperoni which we paid for. She starts arguing stating that is what we ordered. My son says “ No, I was in the car when the order was placed”. She continued arguing and he tells her he will come make another trip to get the pizza. He walks in and first thing she says to him is “Where is the other pizza”? My son said he had no idea she would want something like that back. And on top of that it was cold and hard. She then tells him that we ordered cheese. My son just took the pizza and walked out. How hard is it to make a pepperoni pizza and not get it right? This pizza was gross, hardly had any cheese, no flavor and crust was burnt on edges. We never got an apology for the mix up. Only attitude. Never will I eat at Sir Pizza in Franklin Park again. Awful...

I ordered Sir Pizza when I was at Children’s Express Care with my daughter who had pneumonia. I thought our visit was almost over at the doctor, so I placed the order so I could pick it up on the way home for my family. Turns out the doctor had other plans and did a few other things, so I called to just let Sir Pizza know I wasn’t coming. (Not their fault! Mine!) The NICEST woman replied that she would just bring it to me. Let me tell you, after having a sick child and another hungry one in a doctor’s office for hours…I cried. When she came, she wouldn’t even let me tip her. She was a mama and understood. I wish I would have remembered her name better (Karen maybe?) but she gave me faith that there are still good people in this world! I will be a faithful Sir Pizza FP customer forever!! (Also, the pizza was...