Roots Handmade Pizza - West Town — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

Roots is an interesting place. What they do well, they do really well. But, looks like shrinkflation has finally gotten to them too. :(

You can never go wrong with their mozzarella sticks. Pricey, but you're getting a novelty item in a way. Worth it.

As many mention, their pizzas can be hit or miss and are pretty overpriced for that reason. Personally, the butter chicken pizza is my favorite and when it's done right, like it was the other night when I ordered it to go, it is kinda perfect! But, sometimes, when delivered it could make it to you a little floppy.

The build your own salad. Not the thing you'd think of right away when going out for pizza, but let me tell you this thing was their best item on the menu in terms of quality and bang for your buck. Not so anymore. They recently significantly reduced their take out salad bowl size and kept the same pricing structure. Was pretty disappointed to find this out after getting home with it, thinking it was going to be enough to split and it wasn't. Still "worth" it, because it's still quality ingredients, but not nearly the deal it was before. I used to order a salad for pickup from them without a thought or care in the world. Now, they'll be competing with Sweet green and other higher priced, smaller sized salad places when I think about ordering in the future.

If you like root beer, they make...

Fantastic landmark in the neighborhood.

First off the pizza. The dough is King here. Malty and sweet, everything on the menu that had their pizza dough in it should be part of your order. That includes the fold over sandwiches and my personal favorite, the bread bowl for the soup. Pizza comes super cheesey, sausage is a fine crumble, always excellent. Pizza is cut by default in Long strips vertically and once across middle horizontally. Ask for regular cut if that is an issue to you.

Second, the bar program. 15 drafts of great local beers, always changing and wide variety. Excellent whiskey selection with a broad range of private single barrel selections like old Weller antique, four Roses, Buffalo Trace, eagle rare, and wild turkey Kentucky spirit.

Third, the mozzarella sticks. Homemade bricks of cheese, fried perfectly and gooey. Must order item.

Forth, the salads. Giant selection of build your salads with near endless toppings. If ordering online, remember they are literal, if you don't select a lettuce, it might not come with any. The goddess and South West salads are fantastic.

The pizza delivers well, but if always best dining in.

They are very family friendly with changing tables, family bathrooms, high chairs, even a family Nye party from 5-730pm.

I cannot recommend this place...

Two adults and four teenage kids had a great meal here. A few notes that might help you with ordering: The salads are very large. You never know whether a $10-12 salad will be skimpy or generous. In this case, if the salad is your main course, know that it's plenty big. If you plan to order pizza too, consider splitting a salad with someone. There is a nice quirky selection of draft beers. But, depending on the beer you order, your portion may be very small. If you are looking for a full pint of beer, know that some beers are served in what seemed to be roughly 8-ounce pours. The kids loved the root beer. Roots apparently bottles their own. The pizzas are big! The smaller pizza is described as appropriate for 1-2 people. But I think it could easily be appropriate for 3 people (especially if they are getting salads as well). The large pizza was great for the 4 kids. In all, our party of 6 ate a small and a large pizza and 2 salads.

The service was nice: prompt and attentive. We were seated quickly (around 8:30 on a Thursday night), and everything was good from...