Gennaro's II - Chicago Style Pizza — Restaurant in Upper Providence Township

I had been getting social media suggestions for Chicago-style pizza and I told my husband, which got us both interested in finding a local place that offered it. After many Google searches and reviews, we decided to try out Gennaro's II, and it did not disappoint!

The guy behind the counter (not sure if he was the owner or the chef) welcomed us as we entered and he figured out immediately that it was our first time there. He knew we were there for the Chicago-style pizza. He offered us a menu and let us look it over. There are tons of options for Chicago-style and thin-crust pizza, but we were there for the Deep Dish! We ordered the Meat Lovers and WOW it was delicious. I never thought I would eat pizza with a fork and a knife, but it was a whole different experience than New York-style pizza.

The sauce was savory and the bacon was the star of the meats. The cheese had the perfect amount of stretch, we devoured almost two slices each. It was so delightful and the experience was awesome we will be back. Plus it is so close to the Philadelphia Premium Outlets, that anytime we head up there, this will probably be our new place to stop, beforehand.

Edit: came back and tried the Cheesesteak Deep Dish and oh my was it delightful! We called ahead this time and it was hot and ready when we got there. The meat was tasty and the cheese pull was satisfying. Staff was amazing as...

Ordered the Meatlovers Deep dish pizza, was in a mood to try some Deep dish pizza that was local. According to the reviews, this was one of the best in the area. Unfortunately, I have to disagree. Don’t get me wrong, the workers were really friendly and asking me about how I found this place. Didn’t look too busy but I guess I should’ve known better since after the first bite, it tasted weird. Like the sausage or meat or something in the pizza tasted like coffee. Maybe it was smoked or something, idk but It tasted gross. I figured I try the other slice to see if it was any better and nope. The coffee taste was gone but the herbs or seasoning they used was not good, I couldn’t enjoy it or bother to eat the rest. Didn’t help that I had a major bathroom problem the next 2 days after eating this. I wouldn’t recommend this place. I feel like I threw $34 down the drain. I just wished I could’ve just ordered a slice to try before buying an entire pie, that I didn’t even bother finishing. Not sure what type of seasoning they use for the meats or pizza but I was not a fan, guess I’ll just stick to going to other pizza spots...

• Editing my review since we ordered take out from Gennaro's, expecting the same delicious 5 star wings that we had from here the first time and instead got reheated old, stale, dry wings. Such a shame because we had amazing wings last time we ordered from here (probably some of the best wings of my life! Lol. So I'm not sure if we will order from here again, we are 1 for 2 now. Anyway I had to change my rating from a 5 to a 3 since Google doesn't allow for you to review a place more than once. But our 2nd experience here wasn't good.... Gennaro's!! What happened to your wings? (Last photo is of the reheated stale wings compared to the wings we got the first time. Noticeably different.) And yes.. we picked them up on time.

Top notch pizza and wings! We went with the pan style square pizza, since I'm not a huge fan of deep dish, it was very good. Also couldn't resist an order of hot wings. The wings were phenomenal. The homemade Buffalo sauce was perfection. And the wings were perfectly thick and crispy. Online ordering makes it super easy. Just order and pick up. Will definitely order...