Name: Pequod's (Morton Grove)
Address: 8520 Fernald Ave, Chicago, IL, 60053
Telephone: (847) 470-9161

Pequod's (Morton Grove)

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📍 8520 Fernald Ave, Chicago, IL 60053

This Morton Grove address is where it all started — Burt Katz, the self-described "father of the caramelized pan pizza crust," opened the original Pequod's here in 1971 after an earlier run at Gullivers Pizza & Pub in Rogers Park.

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The caramelized crust is the detail that separates this from every other deep dish in the city — order it once and you'll understand why people specifically drive to Morton Grove for it.

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Katz sold the business in 1986 (the new owners opened the now-better-known Lincoln Park location in 1992) and later ran Burt's Place a block away from 1989 until 2015.

This is still the address pizza pilgrims mean when they talk about where the caramelized crust actually began.

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Hours

Mon-Thu11AM-9:30PM

Fri 11AM-11PM

Sat 12-11:30PM

Sun 12-9:30PM

📅 Reservations not available 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (847) 470-9161

Amenities & accessibility

🚶Walk-in only

❔Takeout: unverified

❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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Pequod's (Morton Grove)

This Morton Grove address is where it all started — Burt Katz, the self-described "father of the caramelized pan pizza crust," opened the original Pequod's here in 1971 after an earlier run at Gullivers Pizza & Pub in Rogers Park.

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