Restaurants & Bars
Vito & Nick's Wins 2020 South Side Pizza Showdown
The 100-year-old restaurant that's been at 84th and Pulaski for decades narrowly defeated Beggars in the championship.
CHICAGO, IL — Vito & Nick's has won the Beverly-Mt. Greenwood Patch South Side Pizza Poll in 2020. The restaurant at 84th and Pulaski, famous for its tavern-style pizza, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
Vito & Nick's defeated Beggars by a narrow margin, 50.7 percent to 49.3 percent, in the championship round of the bracket-style tournament on Twitter that included 32 pizza places.
The path to the championship included victories over Open Outcry, Giordano's, Fox's and Palermo's before the championship match-up that drew more than 7,000 votes.
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Vito & Nick's joins Barraco's (2018) and Palermo's (2019) as winners of this poll.
Here's a look at the full 2020 results. Numbers are in reference to percent of the vote received. Seeds in parentheses.
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FIRST ROUND:
(1) Palermo's 85, (16) Chuck's 15
(8) Home Run Inn 64, (9) Pizzeria Deepo 36
(5) Tata's 59, (12) Waldo Cooney's 41
(4) Milano's 60, (13) Rosati's 40
(11) Angie's 50.5, (6) Barraco's 49.5
(3) Fox's 69, (14) Falco's 31
(7) Giordano's 74, (10) Wiseguys 26
(2) Vito & Nick's 84, (15) Open Outcry 16
(1) Rosangela's 80, (16) Arrenello's 20
(8) Lou Malnati's 64, (9) Fasano's 36
(5) Grassano's 62, (12) Ed & Joe's 38
(4) Joe's Italian Villa 62, (13) Louisa's 38
(11) Village Pizza 53, (6) Aurelio's 47
(3) Beggars 74, (14) Durbin's 26
(7) Nino's 62, (10) Nancy's 38
(2) Phil's 76, (15) Jullianni's 24
SECOND ROUND:
Palermo's 76, Home Run Inn 24
Milano's 66, Tata's 34
Fox's 56, Angie's 44
Vito & Nick's 70, Giordano's30
Rosangela's 63, Lou Malnati's 37
Joe's Italian Villa 53, Grassano's 47
Beggars 57, Village Pizza 43
Phil's 57, Nino's 43
QUARTERFINALS:
Palermo's 69, Milano's 31
Vito & Nick's 69, Fox's 31
Rosangela's 61, Joe's Italian Villa 39
Beggars 58, Phil's 32.
SEMIFINALS:
Vito & Nick's 51.2, Palermo's 48.8
Beggars 53, Rosangela's 47.
CHAMPIONSHIP:
Vito & Nick's 50.7, Beggars 49.3.
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