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
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