Uno Chicago Grill   

690 S Mill Ave # 101
Tempe, AZ 85281
480-968-1300
www.unos.com

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No matter how many other items are on the menu, Uno Pizzerias are built around the deep-dish, crunchy original pizza filled with meats, cheeses and spices. The story? Texan Ike Sewell moved to Chicago and invented the Chicago pizza in 1943. He figured that if you combined Italy's old authentic recipes with impressive quantities of meats, cheeses, vegetables and spices, pizza would become a hearty meal. So he opened Pizzeria Uno as a fine restaurant specializing in his new deep-dish pizza. Chicagoans came in droves, and Ike quickly ran out of space. So he opened a second restaurant across the street and called it Pizzeria Due. The rest is legend. Pizzeria Uno and Due have changed the definition of pizza and become the most celebrated purveyors of the popular pies in the world. The crowds at Pizzeria Uno are a cross-section of the population. There's always an feeling of expectancy in the air, partly because the deep-dish pizza takes at least 45 minutes to bake. While they wait for the pizza, customers drink beer or mixed drinks, eat salads, sample appetizers and look at their watches. A word of caution: deep-dish pizzas are much larger than they look. Two pieces are ample for most people.