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Sam's Pizza — Restaurant in Ottawa

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Sam's Pizza
Description
Pizza, Italian subs & a range of pasta dishes are available at this unassuming eatery.
Nearby attractions
Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum
1100 Canal St, Ottawa, IL 61350
Reddick Library
1010 Canal St, Ottawa, IL 61350
Nearby restaurants
The Outage -
1206 Chestnut St, Ottawa, IL 61350
HiWay Restaurant Inc
210 W Norris Dr, Ottawa, IL 61350
Angel's Pub
401 W Norris Dr, Ottawa, IL 61350
Woody's Steak House
1321 La Salle St, Ottawa, IL 61350
Saffron Bazaar
1409 La Salle St, Ottawa, IL 61350
Wendy's
1440 Columbus St, Ottawa, IL 61350, United States
Nearby hotels
Sands Motel
1215 La Salle St, Ottawa, IL 61350
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Sam's Pizza
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Sam's Pizza

802 W Norris Dr, Ottawa, IL 61350
4.5(212)$$$$
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Pizza, Italian subs & a range of pasta dishes are available at this unassuming eatery.

attractions: Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum, Reddick Library, restaurants: The Outage -, HiWay Restaurant Inc, Angel's Pub, Woody's Steak House, Saffron Bazaar, Wendy's
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Phone
(815) 434-5690
Website
ottawasamspizza.com

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Featured dishes

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Cheese Only
(Sizes: 10", 12", 14", 16", 18", 20")
Sam's Special
(Cheese, sausage, pepperoni, green pepper, onion, & mushrooms, available in sizes: 10", 12", 14", 16", 18", 20")
Super Sam
(Cheese, sausage, pepperoni, green pepper, onion, mushroom, green olive, black olive, & canadian bacon, available in sizes: 10", 12", 14", 16", 18", 20")
Beef Roll Pizza
(Available in sizes: 10", 12", 14", 16")
Stuffed Pizza
(Available in sizes: 10", 12", 14", 16")

Reviews

Nearby attractions of Sam's Pizza

Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum

Reddick Library

Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum

Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum

4.8

(55)

Open 24 hours
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Reddick Library

Reddick Library

4.6

(31)

Open 24 hours
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Things to do nearby

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Wed, Dec 31 • 5:00 PM
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Sun, Jan 4 • 12:30 PM
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Grand Bear Resorts NYE Countdown Celebration
Grand Bear Resorts NYE Countdown Celebration
Wed, Dec 31 • 4:00 PM
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Nearby restaurants of Sam's Pizza

The Outage -

HiWay Restaurant Inc

Angel's Pub

Woody's Steak House

Saffron Bazaar

Wendy's

The Outage -

The Outage -

4.3

(54)

$

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HiWay Restaurant Inc

HiWay Restaurant Inc

4.4

(589)

$

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Angel's Pub

Angel's Pub

4.3

(15)

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Woody's Steak House

Woody's Steak House

4.0

(305)

$$

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Bo JanglesBo Jangles
Welp.. can't say (until now) that I've ever been at a restaurant waiting for food and had a patron stand 3 feet away from my booth , whip it out & start peeing on the floor. In front of other customers. Some with little kids. Oh & the group this customer was with had a little boy also. Anyways, after the shock wore off as I am standing on the seat of my booth, I tried to tiptoe my way around the disgusting mess. My group of people already ran up to the front counter because they decided it would be best to grab our order as a carryout and NOT eat around a huge pee puddle. Multiple customers had said something about the guy peeing to a worker, but I don't think it was registering, as I literally watched Mr. Pee-body himself go up to the counter, pay for his groups food & witnessed in horror as the cash wound up in the hands of a young male employee who was wearing gloves meant for those preparing food. The employee proceeded to count the cash and go on preparing food & slicing pizzas. 🤢🤮. Once it finally registered with the employees that an individual peed amongst the eating area, I watched as an employee started preparing a mop bucket in the same sink that they were washing spatulas in. 🤔 As someone who has worked in the food industry before, it just seemed a bit unsanitary to me , thus ruining my appetite. A police report was made about the grown a$$ man who publicly relieved himself (and no, the individual was not senile.. Some customers had called him out on his behavior & he smirked at them like a perv in a mugshot). The police said that they couldn't do anything because when they contacted Sam's pizza, the manager said that they didn't want to do anything about it & also, it's private property. Zero effs given, basically. Gross. Just nasty. 🤢🤮
Jason SullivanJason Sullivan
Sam's is arguably the best pizza in northern Illinois, which makes it arguably the best pizza in the world. Thin (but not too thin), crispy crust, savory sauce (I'm not a fan of sweet sauce, which I know some prefer, hence my 'arguably' qualifier), perfect balance of toppings and just the hint of brown on the cheese. Square cut tavern style, like god and Harry Carey decreed. I literally fly across the country from Texas for this pizza (and to visit family still in Illinois, I guess, but it's really about the pizza). There's just nothing else like it anywhere.
SlyDogSlyDog
One piece of this pie could be enough for lunch. My stuffed pizza with a top crust and sauce on top was allot like a huge round Calzone. I was in the Chicago area and had to have some Chicago style pizza. I asked a local where I could find good local pizza and got a quick and certain answer. SAM'S PIZZA! I would go back, and take friends to help eat one of these. Everyone was friendly and the pizza was prepared ASAP and brought to my table promptly. If heaven smells like Pizza 🍕 Sam's is Devine.
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Welp.. can't say (until now) that I've ever been at a restaurant waiting for food and had a patron stand 3 feet away from my booth , whip it out & start peeing on the floor. In front of other customers. Some with little kids. Oh & the group this customer was with had a little boy also. Anyways, after the shock wore off as I am standing on the seat of my booth, I tried to tiptoe my way around the disgusting mess. My group of people already ran up to the front counter because they decided it would be best to grab our order as a carryout and NOT eat around a huge pee puddle. Multiple customers had said something about the guy peeing to a worker, but I don't think it was registering, as I literally watched Mr. Pee-body himself go up to the counter, pay for his groups food & witnessed in horror as the cash wound up in the hands of a young male employee who was wearing gloves meant for those preparing food. The employee proceeded to count the cash and go on preparing food & slicing pizzas. 🤢🤮. Once it finally registered with the employees that an individual peed amongst the eating area, I watched as an employee started preparing a mop bucket in the same sink that they were washing spatulas in. 🤔 As someone who has worked in the food industry before, it just seemed a bit unsanitary to me , thus ruining my appetite. A police report was made about the grown a$$ man who publicly relieved himself (and no, the individual was not senile.. Some customers had called him out on his behavior & he smirked at them like a perv in a mugshot). The police said that they couldn't do anything because when they contacted Sam's pizza, the manager said that they didn't want to do anything about it & also, it's private property. Zero effs given, basically. Gross. Just nasty. 🤢🤮
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Bo Jangles

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Sam's is arguably the best pizza in northern Illinois, which makes it arguably the best pizza in the world. Thin (but not too thin), crispy crust, savory sauce (I'm not a fan of sweet sauce, which I know some prefer, hence my 'arguably' qualifier), perfect balance of toppings and just the hint of brown on the cheese. Square cut tavern style, like god and Harry Carey decreed. I literally fly across the country from Texas for this pizza (and to visit family still in Illinois, I guess, but it's really about the pizza). There's just nothing else like it anywhere.
Jason Sullivan

Jason Sullivan

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One piece of this pie could be enough for lunch. My stuffed pizza with a top crust and sauce on top was allot like a huge round Calzone. I was in the Chicago area and had to have some Chicago style pizza. I asked a local where I could find good local pizza and got a quick and certain answer. SAM'S PIZZA! I would go back, and take friends to help eat one of these. Everyone was friendly and the pizza was prepared ASAP and brought to my table promptly. If heaven smells like Pizza 🍕 Sam's is Devine.
SlyDog

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4.5
(212)
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1.0
2y

Welp.. can't say (until now) that I've ever been at a restaurant waiting for food and had a patron stand 3 feet away from my booth , whip it out & start peeing on the floor. In front of other customers. Some with little kids. Oh & the group this customer was with had a little boy also. Anyways, after the shock wore off as I am standing on the seat of my booth, I tried to tiptoe my way around the disgusting mess. My group of people already ran up to the front counter because they decided it would be best to grab our order as a carryout and NOT eat around a huge pee puddle. Multiple customers had said something about the guy peeing to a worker, but I don't think it was registering, as I literally watched Mr. Pee-body himself go up to the counter, pay for his groups food & witnessed in horror as the cash wound up in the hands of a young male employee who was wearing gloves meant for those preparing food. The employee proceeded to count the cash and go on preparing food & slicing pizzas. 🤢🤮. Once it finally registered with the employees that an individual peed amongst the eating area, I watched as an employee started preparing a mop bucket in the same sink that they were washing spatulas in. 🤔 As someone who has worked in the food industry before, it just seemed a bit unsanitary to me , thus ruining my appetite. A police report was made about the grown a$$ man who publicly relieved himself (and no, the individual was not senile.. Some customers had called him out on his behavior & he smirked at them like a perv in a mugshot). The police said that they couldn't do anything because when they contacted Sam's pizza, the manager said that they didn't want to do anything about it & also, it's private property. Zero effs given, basically. Gross....

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2.0
5y

First time I had a few slices of Sam's pizza it was fresh, hot, cheesey melted like straight from the oven and I feel in love in so that I had to get my own box. WHEN I order my first medium size pizza with the exact same topping from Sam's Pizza it was completely opposite of being fresh out of the oven, hot and cheesy. Plus, my delivery came 20 minutes early then expected, it only took them 25 minutes to so call make pizza and deliver it to me. It did not dawn on me at the time that the pizza was not fresh and pre-made. But the facts of the cheese was not hot or melted at all but was stiff, pizza was just warm like not even Luke warm. More than likely the pizza had to be just sitting around for God knows how long to be brought because it was already pre-made. I was totally disappointed when it finally dawn on that this was not a fresh pizza. And when I started thinking how fast the delivery time the stiffness of the cheese and warmness of the pizza. It all made since.. So I made them aware of my first order several times and talk several people and they did nothing to rectify their service and they only told me I should made them aware when I got the pizza and even though it was my first time ordering and it absolutely didn't compare to the first trying the pizza. BOTTOM LINE SOMETIMES THE PIZZA IS NOT ALWAYS FRESH. FROM MY EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE POOR CUSTOMER...

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1.0
3y

Service was not good we walked in and stood at the counter with 5 people behind the counter and no one said a word to us or tried to help us.. there was no sign telling you to order here or have a seat and we will take your order or anything.. so we went and sat down then realized we needed to go stand at the counter until someone finally asked if we wanted to order then we had to ask them about drinks because they don't even have anything on the menu ( that you have to find laying on the counter yourself).. then the pizza...we chose to go to Sam's because all the reviews I had read spoke highly of the food but I was less then in impressed the toppings and sauce was ok but the crust was like eating a hard flavorless frozen pizza crust. We ordered a cheese bread expecting cheese "bread" but it was literally a cheese pizza with no sauce on it to go along with the other cheese pizza we ordered. The beef roll pizza was ok but far from the best beef roll we have had I really went there hoping this place was going to be great and was very disappointed i would have been more satisfied just going down the road and ordering dominos and I don't care for chain type pizza places at all. Would not recommend and...

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