The Facts:
Pizza: Giordano's Pizza
Business Category: Regional Chain
Website: https://giordanos.com/
Location: 10180 Diebold Road in Fort Wayne, IN
Date of Review Visit: October 2022
What I Ordered: small Meat and More Meat deep dish pizza (sausage, pepperoni, salami, and bacon); Dr. Pepper to drink
Price: $31.64 (includes drink and tax but not tip)
The Micro:
Crust: Giordano's offers several crust styles; of course I chose the deep dish. This crust is a true Chicago-style deep dish crust. It is crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, and it is almost as good as any crust I have ever had. Score: 10/10.
Sauce: the sauce is a thick, robust tomato sauce that tastes like real tomatoes. This is my kind of sauce. Score: 10/10.
Cheese: the cheese is a thick layer of mozzarella cheese made especially for Giordano's in Wisconsin. Yum! Score: 10/10.
Toppings: I have never cared for the taste of salami on a pizza, so I would have preferred they held the salami. The sausage comes in nice big chunks. The pepperoni has just the right amount of spiciness. The bacon is on the salty side. All toppings appear in high quantity. Score: 10/10.
The Macro:
Appearance/Atmosphere/Service: This pizza has the classic look of a Chicago style deep dish pizza. The Fort Wayne location has a nice casual dining atmosphere. I have no idea why it took 45 minutes to make my pizza. Score: 9/10.
Value: Honestly, this is the most I have ever paid for a small pizza. Giordano's makes great pizza, but it will cost you. Score: 2/10.
Taste: The salami taste has never blended in on any pizza for me, and I tasted too much salt with the bacon. Otherwise, everything comes together very well. Score: 19/20.
The Final Judgment:
I really like this pizza, almost as much as fellow Chicago-style classics Uno and Lou Malnati's. Due to the price, I would save Giordano's for those special pizza occasions. Score: 70/80.
