Comments on Chicago Pizza Club: Edwardo's Natural Pizza [Meeting #97]

I will admit I was very hungry and would have glad...

2010-06-24T14:44:54.615-05:00

I will admit I was very hungry and would have gladly eaten my own shoe if they would have put some cheese and sauce on it. Sadly, I did not do this and I had to eat an Edwardo's pizza. Was it as brutal as stated above? No, it was worse. I though the taste poor at best, but the stomache ache afterwords required me to have to get up and buy some club soda to settle my stomach at 1am. I give this place a 1.0 and that is b/c my stomach ache went away soon after. An ER visit or bad night sleep would have gotten this place a 0.0.

This review pretty much sums up my opinion on the ...

2010-06-19T10:26:24.603-05:00

This review pretty much sums up my opinion on the Milwaukee location as well.

These pies really surprised me in their mediocrity...

2010-06-17T13:29:28.325-05:00

These pies really surprised me in their mediocrity. I've had Edwardo's pizza before and I do not recall it being this lousy.

The BBQ beef pizza was flavorless and dry and the meat on the meat pizza was of chain pizzeria quality.

The stuffed spinach pizza was OK, but lukewarm. By the time it was presented to us, the cheese had reverted back to a solid state.

In fact, none of the pies were terribly hot, which leads me to conclude that the mediocrity of the pies were exacerbated by this particular Gold Coast location.

Conclusion: I would not go back.

3.5 out of 10. It could have been 4, but a .5 deduction due to poor execution by the Gold Coast staff.

Edwardo's was worse than your average pizza. T...

2010-06-17T10:18:12.699-05:00

Edwardo's was worse than your average pizza. The All Meat Combo stuffed pizza was warm when it arrived. I like that I didn't burn the roof of my mouth, but the pizza didn't taste good. The cheese was really rubbery, and the meat was simply poor quality. Its best feature was the crust, and I didn't find the sauce to be too sweet for my liking.

The BBQ Beef was not good, but I ate it. The sauce was extremely sweet and was pretty much all I tasted. The winner of the night was the Fresh Spinach stuffed pizza. It was my last slice so I was pretty full, but I was amazed that it had some decent flavor. I could eat this again, but I probably won't because there are a lot of better options.

Edwardo's gets a 4.

P.S. Edwardo claims to be natural but I don't think there was much if anything natural about their sausage.

I didn't think any of the sauces were sweet, b...

2010-06-16T17:22:30.128-05:00

I didn't think any of the sauces were sweet, but I've seen that mentioned before and I was alone on those occasions, as well, so perhaps my perception of sweet is a little different. I thought the spinach stuffed pie was pretty decent, and if it was all I tasted on our outing, I'd rate them as slightly above average. The All Meat Combo stuffed pizza was pretty lousy - the group of meats had a strange tannic, rubbery flavor to me (there was rubbery texture there, too, but I'm referring specifically to the taste). The BBQ beef thin crust pizza was kind of a drag...not inedible, and not outright delicious. I get pretty pumped up about pizza, and was surprised at the overall mediocrity of ours at Edwardos.

4.8

This was not good pizza, but the scores of 2 are, ...

2010-06-16T16:15:59.060-05:00

This was not good pizza, but the scores of 2 are, I think, pretty ridiculous. Any time you have the chance to eat that much mozzarella on a flaky crust, you're getting something much more than tolerable.

That said, the meat was crap, the sausage an absolute disgrace to Chicago, and the sauce was too sweet. Edwardo's used to be interchangeable with Giordano's. Those days are long gone.

The barbecue pizza was just disgusting. I'd be curious to talk to whoever came up with the idea and/or approved the finished product to see if they actually believe it's good pizza. I'm actually a bit fascinated by someone who would think that.

The spinach pizza was good. With an appropriately tangy sauce, it would have been very good.

Overall, I'm giving Edwardo's a 4.5. I would not choose to go back, but I'd be fine eating a stuffed spinach pizza there again. I'd doctor the hell out of it with red pepper though.

Edwardo's was a pretty big disappointment. If ...

2010-06-16T13:11:04.125-05:00

Edwardo's was a pretty big disappointment. If you must go to Edwardo's don't bother with the daily special or the meat. The spinach pizza was the best. The sauce was pretty sweet, but if you can take the sugar, it's not so bad. I give Edwardo's a 4.5.

Nothing too much more to add… I give them a 4.0; t...

2010-06-15T23:23:36.542-05:00

Nothing too much more to add… I give them a 4.0; tolerable (barely) if there were no other options around. Fortunately we live in Chicago and there are plenty of better choices.

Edwardo's ranks alongside Cleo's, Pizza Ar...

2010-06-15T20:13:16.853-05:00

Edwardo's ranks alongside Cleo's, Pizza Art Cafe and Chuck E. Cheese for some of the worst pizza I've had in Chicago. I missed the initial order placement but was excited to learn that the all meats pizza was one of the chosen pies. If I had known that it was going to be filled with poor quality meats, cheese and an overly sweet sauce I would have saved the enthusiasm. I expect the BBQ pizza to be bad (and it was) but was shocked that the all meat pizza sucked as bad as it did. Even after hearing the spinach pizza was the best of the bunch I couldn't bring myself to try it after the aforementioned pies. Never again Edwardo!

2.0

There's not much to say about this place. Poo...

2010-06-15T17:05:10.304-05:00

There's not much to say about this place. Poor quality, service and atmosphere.

2.0