A Mostly Exhaustive Ongoing List of Pizza Specials

There is one constant in the continually changing alley pizza game: the constant pull to mess around with new toppings. So there’s a new special every month. It’s a dangerous undertow … of flavor!

2024

Yanni: Live at the Alleycropolis

  • Spicy beef Gyros

  • Sliced onions

  • Braised celery

  • Blistered tomatoes

  • Tyrokafteri

  • Secret Tzatziki

  • Pars-seidon (it’s just regular parsley)

Korean McRib Pizza (by Dennis Lee)

  • Korean BBQ chicken

  • Red onion

  • Korean BBQ sauce

  • Kimchi cucumbers

C.U.B.S. (Completely Unhinged By September)

  • Spam

  • Roasted pineapple

  • Pickled jalapeños

  • Fried onions

  • Koji-fermented hot sauce

  • Furikake

The Publican - with Publican Quality Meats

  • Fiore di latte

  • Candied pistachio

  • Mortadella

  • Arugula

Nashville Hot Masala Chicken (white pizza) - with Dhuaan BBQ

  • Grilled Indo-Chinese chicken

  • Fried onions

  • Jalapeños

  • Charred corn

  • Scallions

  • Frankie Sauce.

Paneer and Far (white pizza) - with Dhuaan BBQ

  • Smoked Indo-Chinese paneer

  • Onions

  • Charred corn

  • Bell peppers

  • Fried jalapeños

  • Frankie Sauce

In Lieu of Flowers

  • Smoked barbecue brisket

  • Dorito medley

  • Fully loaded nacho toppings

  • Side of Whopper-brand malted milk balls. As a treat.

Set BAAdrift on Memory Bliss

  • Lamb sloppy Joe

  • Crinkle carrots

  • Caramelized onions

  • Pickled celery

  • Crispy shallots

  • Classy parsley

The Pekar

  • Polish sausage

  • Caramelized onions

  • Sauerkraut

  • Mushrooms

  • Paprika sauce

High Society

(vegan sheet pizza)

  • Spice rubbed jackfruit

  • Vegan pork rinds

  • Jicama

  • Pickled jalapeno

  • Lime

  • Chamoy

  • Sweet chili Doritos

Wide Right

(vegan sheet pizza)

  • Crispy buffalo tofu

  • Pickled carrots

  • Celery

  • Vegan ranch

  • Vegan blue cheese

Clear Eyes, Bravehearts, Can’t Lose

  • Lamb

  • Buttered leeks

  • Sliced potato

  • White cheddar

  • Whisky cream sauce

  • Chives

2023

There Were No Worlds Left to Conquer

  • Lamb sausage

  • Pickled onion

  • Feta

  • Tzatziki

  • Sumac

  • Basil

Olympus on Seven

  • Ham

  • Salami

  • Mortadella

  • Swiss

  • Provolone

  • Olive salad

Pepos Pig

  • Souvlaki pork

  • Tomatoes

  • Onion

  • Fried potato

  • Tzatziki

  • Parsley

The Original C&D of Chicago

  • It’s literally just an Italian beef sandwich. Not a pizza.

Mom’s Making Tacos!

  • Tex-Mex ground beef

  • Shredder cheddar

  • Anaheim chilis

  • Valentina crema

  • Green onions

  • Freeto chips

The Mom & Pop

  • Scratch-made chorizo

  • Chihuahua

  • Salsa roja

  • Salsa verde

  • Chicharrones

  • Crema

  • Lime

  • Sidecar of Tajín

Island Dad

  • Huli Huli chicken

  • Smoked pineapple

  • Crispy fried garlic

  • Green onion

  • Socks and sandals sauce

Back Alley Birria

  • Chihuahua

  • Beef birria

  • Mexipoix (pickled jalapeño, onion, cilantro, lime juice)

  • Rancho sauce

What’s Poppin’?

  • Cream cheese taco sauce

  • Monterrey jack

  • Jalepeño

  • Cheddar

  • Bacon

Montessori

(school sheet pizza)

  • Umamicue brisket

  • Red onion

  • Texas mustard barbecue sauce

  • Fried pickles

  • Green onion

Return of the Mac (OH MY GOD!)

  • Two all-beef portions

  • Non-IP-infringing sauce

  • Iceberg

  • Cheez

  • Pickles

  • Onions

  • … on a sesame-seed crust

Upton Funk
(vegan)

  • Cheesy bacon mac

  • Seitan

  • Mozz capri

  • Funky bleu sauce

  • Green onion

Chiller Killer
(vegan)

  • Just egg

  • Red onion

  • Radish

  • Salsa roja

  • Vegan crema

  • Fried tortilla

  • Vegan queso fresco

HELLAcatessen
(vegan)

  • Pastrami’d tofu

  • Pickled mustard seed

  • Red onions

  • Cashew cream

  • Fried kale

The Mino

  • Cuban palomilla steak

  • Charred onions

  • Tostones

  • Chimichurri

2022

The Omnivore

  • Three-peppercorn creme fraiche

  • Sauteéd chard

  • Speck

  • Parmesan

  • Side of Thom’s chili sauce

Mann in an Alley

(rye crust tavern-style pizza)

  • Braised oxtail

  • Pickled sweet and sour cabbage

  • Crispy onion

  • Celery salt

The Roosevelt

(rye crust tavern-style pizza)

  • Smoked hand-cut pastrami

  • Mozzarella/Swiss blend

  • Pickled mustard seeds

Just Do It

  • Roast beef

  • Corned beef

  • Gyro meat

  • Onions

  • Pickled mustard seeds

  • Swiss cheese

  • Giardiniera

  • Lettuce

  • Tomato

  • Tzatziki

  • Mild sauce

Yes, Jeff!

  • Homemade Italian beef

  • Hot or sweet peppers

  • Side of juice

Holding Out for a Gyro

  • Homemade gyro meat

  • Onion

  • Tomato

  • Salted cucumber

  • Crispy pita bits

  • Secret Tzatziki(™)

Dad Mode

(buttercrust pan pizza)

  • Pepperoni

  • Dad hat (on the side)

The Tripping Billy

  • Shishito pepper cream sauce

  • Cheddar

  • Corn

  • Pickled jalapeños

  • Scallions

  • Roasted shishitos

The Fat Jon

  • Refried beans

  • Queen City chili

  • White onions

  • Rotini

  • Pile o’ cheddar

  • Fermented hot sauce

  • Oyster cracker crisp

Birkenstock Grabowski

(vegan)

  • Vegan Italian sausage

  • Hot giardiniera

Bills Mafia

(vegan)

  • Bleu cheese sauce

  • Miyoko liquid mozzarella

  • Buffalo tendies

  • Green onion

The Jewels

(vegan)

  • Upton’s crumble

  • Refried beans

  • Festive vegetable medley

  • Taco seasoning

Grand Royal

(vegan)

  • Lemon

  • White wine garlic confit

  • Crispy shallots

  • Red pepper flakes

  • Basil

This Pizza Burns Better

  • Haggis

  • Mushrooms

  • Aleppo chili

  • Potato sticks

  • Whisky cream sauce

2021

My Kind of Man(ischewitz)

  • Manichewitz-braised shortribs

  • Pickled carrot sticks

  • Crispy latke bits

  • Fried onions

  • Horseradish sauce

  • Classy parsley

It’s Sort of a Cosmic Gumbo

  • Roasted pineapple

  • Hot giardiniera

  • Roasted garlic

What a Load of Buldak

  • Smoked fire chicken

  • Green onions

  • Sesame seeds

  • Samyang buldak chicken hot honey

Gimme Peachzza
(White pie)

  • Peaches

  • Red onion

  • Sweetcorn

  • Hot honey

Garbage Pie

  • Sausage

  • Mushroom

  • Onion

  • Green pepper

Forbidden Fruit

  • Roasted pineapple

  • Country ham

  • BBQ sauce

  • Aleppo chili

The Frank

  • Cuban roast pork

  • Maduros

  • Chimichurri

  • Potato sticks

Made to Border

  • Taco beef

  • Cheddar

  • Tomato

  • Doritos

  • Taco sauce packets

No Kimchi Necessary

  • Samgyupsal pork belly

  • Sausage

  • Green onion

  • Perilla

  • Sesame seed salad

  • Garlic ssamjang giardiniera mayo

Stop. Snowing.

  • Homemade pastrami

  • Sauerkraut

  • Cheddar

  • Barbecue sauce

  • Crispy onions

Chicago Urban League

  • Smoked pork shoulder

  • Spicy barbecue sauce

  • Crispy onions

2020

The Authentic Margarita Pizza

  • Achiote pork

  • Pickled red onion

  • Roasted garlic

  • Charred jalapeño

  • Cotija

  • Chicharrones

  • Avocado crema

Crust the Process

  • Philly roast pork

  • Broccoli rabe

  • Lots of garlic

More like SCARE Cut

  • Charred hot peppers

  • Red onion

  • Mushrooms

  • Goat cheese

Fest. Pizza. Ever.

  • Homemade bratwurst

  • Sauerkraut

  • Spicy brown mustard

  • Caramelized onions

The Cowabunga

  • Pepperoni

  • Dill pickles

  • Hot honey

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