Giordano's Pizzeria

Infobox_Company
company_name = Giordano's Pizzeria Restaurant
company_
foundation = 1974 in Chicago, Illinois
location = Illinois, USA
industry = Restaurants
homepage = [http://www.giordanos.com/ www.giordanos.com] area. [ [http://www.giordanos.com/about.php Giordano's About Us] ] The company's slogan is "Chicago's World Famous Stuffed Pizza." Giordano's is one of the creators of the stuffed pizza. [cite book | last = Pollack | first = Penny | coauthors = Jeff Ruby | title = Everybody Loves Pizza | publisher = Emmis Books | date = 2005 | pages = pp. 33 | month = | isbn = 1-57860-218-1 ]

The pizza pie, which the pair claims is based on their mother's recipes, was originally sold at Roma's Pizza in the 1960s before Joe moved to Chicago and helped to found the current franchise. Giordano's is one of the most famous of Chicago's pizzerias, and its major competitors in the Chicago-style deep dish field are Pizzeria Uno, Nancy's, Gino's East, and Lou Malnati's while its thin crust pizza competes primarily with Home Run Inn, Connie's, Aurelio's and Rosati's. Along with Uno's and Gino's, Giordano's has been described as one of Chicago's "main pizza triumvirate". [cite news |first=Isabel |last=Wilkerson |title=What's Doing in Chicago |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E7D61F31F932A35756C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |work=New York Times |date=1994-05-01 |accessdate=2008-10-03] The Rough Guide to Chicago has written, "Although most pizza parlors offer deep-dish, the following places have perfected it: "Pizzeria Uno", "Lou Malnati's" ..., and "Giordano's." [cite book |title=The Rough Guide to Chicago |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=f_nIQuG8iPMC&pg=PP7&dq=giordano%27s+pizza+rough&lr=&sig=ACfU3U1GjQv8Iqx5M2OV_gc1lQqLzezlWw |format= |accessdate=2008-10-03 |year=2003 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=1858287553 |chapter=Introduction]

They have 13 restaurants in Chicago, another 29 locations in the Chicago metropolitan area, and one in Rockford, Illinois. To try to bring authentic Chicago-style pizza to the heavily transient population of Florida, Giordano's has opened its first locations outside Illinois, with six stores opening in northern and central Florida. Early Florida locations were opened in Lake Buena Vista and Kissimmee. [cite news |first=Phil |last=Davis |title=Chicago pizza chain seeks niche in market |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/26/Pasco/Chicago_pizza_chain_s.shtml |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=2005-08-26 |accessdate=2008-10-03] By October of 2007, Giordano's had opened stores in Port Richey, Brandon, and Tampa. [cite news |first=Sharon |last=Ginn |title=Pizza done the Windy City way |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2007/10/26/Citytimes/Pizza_done_the_Windy_.shtml |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=2007-10-26 |accessdate=2008-10-03] Giordano's is very popular with soon-to-be-wed couples as a place to hold rehearsal dinners and engagement parties. [ [http://www.giordanos.com/locations.php Giordano's locations] ]

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External Links

[http://www.giordanos.com/menu.php Giordano's website]