Aurelio’s

The legend of the old oven at the Homewood original does not travel well. aureliospizza.com 

Bar Toma

Why, oh why, did this place opt out with kitschy and embarrassingly named pies? 110 E. Pearson St., River North, 312-266-3110

Pequod’s

Maddeningly inconsistent. World-beater one night, and phoning it in the next. 2207 N. Clybourn Ave., Lincoln Park, 773-327-1512; 8520 Fernald Ave., Morton Grove, 847-470-9161