Comments on: Antica Pizzeria’s Brick Oven Pizza Gains Popularity

By: Jeff Goodby

Jeff Goodby — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:52:00 +0000

Couldn’t disagree more. Mario is friendly and his food is awesome.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:42:00 +0000

Mario is extremely friendly! He seems genuinely concerned about his customers. I go there all the time.

By: yelper

yelper — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:08:00 +0000

Antica is very expensive for cracker thin pizza!!. Everyone should try Bar Ombra down on 5310 N. Clark, they just added a wood burning oven and the chef is a real Italian connoisseur. Definitely a must try and an a great outdoor patio in the summer.

By: Yello

Yello — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:56:00 +0000

I go to this place regularly and the owner and wait staff are always super friendly. They have great pizza and salads. I’m not sure who had the “hothead and rude” experience but my inclination upon hearing that is to assume it came from a difficult customer. Maybe someone has it confused with that horrible Leonardo’s a few doors down.

By: Johannes

Johannes — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:52:00 +0000

The owner is spirited and gregarious, not hotheaded and rude. How many other restaurant owners greet their regular patrons with a hello hug? Antica is a success because Mario works his butt off and is always on the premises to supervise the kitchen. It’s very rare to get a bad dish there. But I do wish he’d bring back the byob option.

By: kevin

kevin — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 04:42:00 +0000

Yes he is. Will never set foot in that place.

By: Ron Anonymous

Ron Anonymous — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 01:50:00 +0000

Best pizza in the city!

By: Johannes

Johannes — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 01:10:00 +0000

Antica was much better when it was a byob restaurant. At the time, it’s relatively high prices could be justified by the fact that you saved money by bringing your own wine. Now the prices are high across the board, for both the food and wine, given the kind of restaurant it is.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:00:00 +0000

Yelp indicates the owner is a hothead and rude. Can anyone confirm this?