Me when I get off my ass, buy em and fry em in my kitchen.
spaceace321
Byron’s has my favorite, crunchy corners and soft middle YUM!!!
Fun fact: I moved to Seattle five years ago and learned that pizza puffs are basically unknown throughout much of the country – I miss them dearly!
BasedWang
Joes BBQ doesn’t do much right….. But they sure know how to drop one of these ina fryer and provide the mild sauce
dakind110
IItaco are the OGs of the puff and still great when fresh out the fryer. Oops on the spelling
Cheeseman_
Jewel. The deli there knows how to fry them up perfectly and they’re on sale a lot
petmoo23
RIP Little Mel’s. They were the only place where the Iltaco puff they served you looked like the one on the poster.
Pepperoncini69
Does anyone else prefer the chewy doughy section of pizza puffs with almost no ingredients or am I a freak?
optiplex9000
Daisies does an incredible one with Puff pastry
Foreign-Notice-4845
Courthouse at 26th and California
gd2bpaid
My childhood cafeteria.
pinchevato57
Grade school
SlagginOff
Burger Baron is right next to the Iltaco factory. It’s been a while but theirs were always pretty good.
ChiGuy133
I’d toss ricobenes into the conversation. Not the traditional pizza puff but far and away my favorite. More like a fried dumpling of pizza, but boy do those suckers hit
YugoChavez317
Dean’s Gyros in South Chicago Heights. Pizza puff and BG fries. Thank me later. 😉
mmeeplechase
Not sure, but I think it’s funny that this pic is “in the wild” 😅
ElMonstro26
Any hot dog joint that’s throwing an italco in a pool of oil that hasn’t been changed in years
SupaDupaTron
Just about any place that has fried chicken (like Harold’s), or those little greasy joints and sub shops, because I like mine fried with mild sauce.
Conscious_Valuable90
Does anyone remember the pizza freet? Buttons in Cicero had both the pizza puff and pizza freet. The freet dough was more of an empanada type. It was delicious.
Zealousideal-Bite-67
Herms Palace in Skokie has my favorite, Pete’s Red Hots in Oak Park is a close second for me.
panda_zombies
My vote is Super Submarine on Ashland. I don’t know why it’s better but it is. Plus they have the gyro puffs too.
fowlmouth14
There is a gas station south of blackjacks on 31 or 25 whatever road that’s on in the middle of nowhere that has every flavor of pizza puff ever created. This was about three years ago…I hope they are still open.
lilbearpie
Having flashbacks of Tom& Jerry’s in DeKalb, best puff I ever had
yummyyummybrains
Apparently The Freeze on Armitage has spinach and feta pizza puffs (spanikopuffs?). After going vegetarian, I can’t have OG pizza puffs, because of the sausage — and I don’t know of any places that have plain cheese. Dying to try it, but they’re closed for the season.
FlyingDutchmansWife
Duk’s on Ashland. They’re closing soon and will reopen under new management. Phodega has a good pizza puff too.
reggae_junkie
Wrigleyville Dogs, order it well done
skepticaljesus
My wife is originally from Wisconsin, but we’ve lived in chicago for 15 years. But last week I mentioned something about Pizza Puffs and she said, “A what…?”
I was like, “Stop everything. Stop the car, we need to go to the store, you’re not a real chicagoan yet.”
Amazingly, the Tony’s carried pizza puffs, but didn’t have any that were just cheese (wife is a vegetarian), and neither did the next two stores we tried. It took a surprising amount of effort to find one she could actually eat.
iced_gold
Transplant Chicagoan here. Did Pizza Puffs predate Hot Pockets? I assume so.
Pure-North-4502
El Ranchito
oldstyle16ouncer
The Dog Stop on Belmont.
hsifder1
Lived in Chicago for 25 yrs and never had one.
corradizo
Always wanted to start a pizza puff based restaurant that made different kinds. Then offer toppings like cheese fries. Sort of a reverse poutine. Fuck I’m hungry.
NinongKnows
Full disclosure: I know the family that ran it but Duff’s Dogs in Jefferson Park (closed years ago) was the only place I know of that sold every Iltaco pizza puff flavor. There’s about 13.
OpalOnyxObsidian
Lol Donald’s on western and the other Donald’s on central always gave us a good pizza puff.
Toriat5144
Albanos in Cicero on Roosevelt rd.
fried_
I like ’em from harold’s and dip them in hot sauce.
theskyiscrape0514
Back in high school, a bunch of us were sitting at the lunch table. For whatever reason, we got on the topic of going down on a girlfriend during that time of the month. This one guy insisted he’s done it several times and we all called bullshit. So he goes into the cafeteria and buys a pizza puff. He sits down and says, it’s something like this. He stuck his tongue through the pizza puff and I’ve never eaten one since.
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Me when I get off my ass, buy em and fry em in my kitchen.
Byron’s has my favorite, crunchy corners and soft middle YUM!!!
Fun fact: I moved to Seattle five years ago and learned that pizza puffs are basically unknown throughout much of the country – I miss them dearly!
Joes BBQ doesn’t do much right….. But they sure know how to drop one of these ina fryer and provide the mild sauce
IItaco are the OGs of the puff and still great when fresh out the fryer. Oops on the spelling
Jewel. The deli there knows how to fry them up perfectly and they’re on sale a lot
RIP Little Mel’s. They were the only place where the Iltaco puff they served you looked like the one on the poster.
Does anyone else prefer the chewy doughy section of pizza puffs with almost no ingredients or am I a freak?
Daisies does an incredible one with Puff pastry
Courthouse at 26th and California
My childhood cafeteria.
Grade school
Burger Baron is right next to the Iltaco factory. It’s been a while but theirs were always pretty good.
I’d toss ricobenes into the conversation. Not the traditional pizza puff but far and away my favorite. More like a fried dumpling of pizza, but boy do those suckers hit
Dean’s Gyros in South Chicago Heights. Pizza puff and BG fries. Thank me later. 😉
Not sure, but I think it’s funny that this pic is “in the wild” 😅
Any hot dog joint that’s throwing an italco in a pool of oil that hasn’t been changed in years
Just about any place that has fried chicken (like Harold’s), or those little greasy joints and sub shops, because I like mine fried with mild sauce.
Does anyone remember the pizza freet? Buttons in Cicero had both the pizza puff and pizza freet. The freet dough was more of an empanada type. It was delicious.
Herms Palace in Skokie has my favorite, Pete’s Red Hots in Oak Park is a close second for me.
My vote is Super Submarine on Ashland. I don’t know why it’s better but it is. Plus they have the gyro puffs too.
There is a gas station south of blackjacks on 31 or 25 whatever road that’s on in the middle of nowhere that has every flavor of pizza puff ever created. This was about three years ago…I hope they are still open.
Having flashbacks of Tom& Jerry’s in DeKalb, best puff I ever had
Apparently The Freeze on Armitage has spinach and feta pizza puffs (spanikopuffs?). After going vegetarian, I can’t have OG pizza puffs, because of the sausage — and I don’t know of any places that have plain cheese. Dying to try it, but they’re closed for the season.
Duk’s on Ashland. They’re closing soon and will reopen under new management. Phodega has a good pizza puff too.
Wrigleyville Dogs, order it well done
My wife is originally from Wisconsin, but we’ve lived in chicago for 15 years. But last week I mentioned something about Pizza Puffs and she said, “A what…?”
I was like, “Stop everything. Stop the car, we need to go to the store, you’re not a real chicagoan yet.”
Amazingly, the Tony’s carried pizza puffs, but didn’t have any that were just cheese (wife is a vegetarian), and neither did the next two stores we tried. It took a surprising amount of effort to find one she could actually eat.
Transplant Chicagoan here. Did Pizza Puffs predate Hot Pockets? I assume so.
El Ranchito
The Dog Stop on Belmont.
Lived in Chicago for 25 yrs and never had one.
Always wanted to start a pizza puff based restaurant that made different kinds. Then offer toppings like cheese fries. Sort of a reverse poutine. Fuck I’m hungry.
Full disclosure: I know the family that ran it but Duff’s Dogs in Jefferson Park (closed years ago) was the only place I know of that sold every Iltaco pizza puff flavor. There’s about 13.
Lol Donald’s on western and the other Donald’s on central always gave us a good pizza puff.
Albanos in Cicero on Roosevelt rd.
I like ’em from harold’s and dip them in hot sauce.
Back in high school, a bunch of us were sitting at the lunch table. For whatever reason, we got on the topic of going down on a girlfriend during that time of the month. This one guy insisted he’s done it several times and we all called bullshit. So he goes into the cafeteria and buys a pizza puff. He sits down and says, it’s something like this. He stuck his tongue through the pizza puff and I’ve never eaten one since.