Steve Dolinsky, aka the Hungry Hound Food Guy, has always been a fraud. I’m not saying he’s not good at his job as a food reporter. He’s one of the best to do it in Chicago. The Hunger is a reader-supported publication. I pay my way for almost everything and always disclose when I don't. Please support independent journalism with a paid subscription.
I don't know how food critics have any following in this town...The best Chicago Pizza joints stayed away from that commercial mess....Giordanos, please that has to be in the same breathe as Tombstone pizza.
“Pimping Giordano’s” 😂 I just got back from a month in Chicago and their pizza was the worst I’ve had. A bland and soggy mix of cheese and frozen combination veggies stuffed between mushy layers of crust that, somehow, attracted hoards of people (tourists like me hovering River North) for a 45 minute wait for a completely disappointing pie. “Wouldn’t be caught dead” pimping it is right on 🎯
Nagrant, while I agree with some things in this article, this is an obvious hit job. Everyone in the serious restaurant industry already knows this man is a fraud. I wish you would start writing reviews not based on the owners and/or chefs previous places. You constantly are praising places based on the people and not the food. What kind of critic posts on their Instagram about an upcoming restaurant by a formerly notable chef that is a year away from opening? Will you fairly review that restaurant? Stop calling yourself a critic when you charge money to view your content. How about an article about a dishwasher in Chicago who helped put his kids through school thanks to the industry. You are an influencer, not a food critic.
My inner Beavis wants to yell “Fyre! Fyre!”
Wow. I had no idea, Michael. What a shame.
If you didn't enjoy the experience you can leave a review here for pizza city fest. We went sunday and didnt enjoy: https://www.tripadvisor.com/UserReviewEdit-g35805-d14132520-Pizza_City_USA-Chicago_Illinois.html
I don't know how food critics have any following in this town...The best Chicago Pizza joints stayed away from that commercial mess....Giordanos, please that has to be in the same breathe as Tombstone pizza.
Imho, you lose all credibility in this piece with any reference to Fyre festival and Billy McFarland. That’s unfair.
Where I'm from, every kind of local food festival thing we have crashes and burns in a similar manner, without exception. Feels like an inevitability.
“Pimping Giordano’s” 😂 I just got back from a month in Chicago and their pizza was the worst I’ve had. A bland and soggy mix of cheese and frozen combination veggies stuffed between mushy layers of crust that, somehow, attracted hoards of people (tourists like me hovering River North) for a 45 minute wait for a completely disappointing pie. “Wouldn’t be caught dead” pimping it is right on 🎯
I saw Mr Original Fyre fest is out of jail and selling FF2..maybe they’ll team up!😂 TY!
Nagrant, while I agree with some things in this article, this is an obvious hit job. Everyone in the serious restaurant industry already knows this man is a fraud. I wish you would start writing reviews not based on the owners and/or chefs previous places. You constantly are praising places based on the people and not the food. What kind of critic posts on their Instagram about an upcoming restaurant by a formerly notable chef that is a year away from opening? Will you fairly review that restaurant? Stop calling yourself a critic when you charge money to view your content. How about an article about a dishwasher in Chicago who helped put his kids through school thanks to the industry. You are an influencer, not a food critic.