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    Monical's Pizza

    4.0 (23 reviews)
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    Monical's is another "must visit" when we are in Illinois. Good pizza and we buy their salad dressing in bulk. Staff is always pleasant.

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    It was my first trip back after a long time. The test has not changed at all. super delicious pizza and super friendly staff.

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    14 years ago

    The best thin crust pizza! The French dressing is amazing! Shout out to Randy the delivery guy (he plays bass)!

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    Filippo's Pizza & Italian Food

    Filippo's Pizza & Italian Food

    3.8
    (31 reviews)
    22.3 mi
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    The food is delicious! Unlike a certain pizza chain restaurant nearby, the pizza crust tastes and…read moresmells like fresh baked bread. We also like the house salad and the lasagna is wonderful. I can't wait to go back.

    Make sure and read all of the negative reviews. They are probably the most objective and they hit…read moreall the highlights. Disclaimer: this visit was on Mother's Day so we understood that it would be crowded with longer wait time. First time in restaurant. The tables are packed claustrophobic tight. Or table was smack up against the side of the salad bar. I was afraid my hair would get in the lettuce. Every time someone walked past our table they bumped into the chairs. Payment is No cards, cash/check only and this info is NOT published anywhere but on a notecard taped to the cash register which was blocked from view as we were seated. Not on the door, not on the website. I see it's here in the comments on Yelp, but I had poor signal and didn't do a review search, just looked at the website. Poor treatment by owners - attitude was not "I'm sorry for your poor experience" but "I'm sorry you're complaining, get lost." Carry out orders and friends and locals seemed to receive priority service. Mediocre, overpriced food. "Baked" pasta dish was runny, mozzarella barely melted, meat sauce with barely any meat, way too sweet. Garlic bread with very little garlic. Pizza crust was hard, flavorless, over cooked on edges. Sauce (to me) has a weird chemical-like taste. Toppings were not fresh, mushrooms were canned, pizza was under cooked in the middle. Wait time - it was one hour until someone told us it was ready to come out in a couple of minutes..... then it actually was another 30 minutes or more later, during which the waiter avoided us like the plague until we flagged him down and asked when our food would be out, then another ten minutes after that. After reading reviews, it would seem that the time deception is a sanctioned tactic. Finally, after going to the car, retrieving an old checkbook, and writing a check with a generous tip in spite of the deficiencies, we politely expressed that they should publish their payment policy and how wait time was misrepresented. Received a very curt response. Left an honest comment on the community fb page and was threatened, cursed, and called every name in the book by most of the friendly "locals." But hey, social media, right? The rudeness on a busy day could have been easier to forgive if everything else had been five star, but the food really isn't worth the price and the wait. And jeez, Monticello....I'm afraid to drive through town, much less eat at this restaurant again.

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    Luigis Italian Restaurant

    Luigis Italian Restaurant

    4.0
    (83 reviews)
    21.8 mi
    $$

    In town for the 2026 Hot Rod Power Tour and stopped here with the crew for some pizza. Initially we…read morewere a lil concerned because the place although open was empty but to our surprise The pizza was amazing - Thin crust, plenty of toppings. Perfect crunch on the crust. We ate 2 large pies and were very happy. If you're in town you must stop by and give it a try.

    No. Just no. We went here a handful of years ago when it opened and it was okay. Today we decided…read moreto go back, but it'll be the last time. The atmosphere is very dark, and it's off putting how poor the interior of the room we were seated in looked--tables stacked upside down on other tables, piles of chairs blocking a door, and wall decor that looks like someone went garage sale shopping. The bread was over baked. The salad with house dressing was the best part of the meal. The meals LOOKED great, but did not taste good at all. I had Chicken Capelini--the texture of the chicken was like overly cooked pre-boiled chicken that was thrown in a pan to brown it. It somehow it managed to be dry and rubbery while floating in a sea of thin broth. My husband's veal was not a cutlet as one might expect, but rather bits of some kind of beef that I strongly suspect were not veal. The damablanca sauce was also super thin with no hint of the usual brandy or Cognac one would expect. It basically tasted like watered down Alfredo sauce.

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