$50 Gift Card to Art Art of Pizza

No. 1: The Art of Pizza

3033 N. Ashland Ave., 773-327-5600

There truly is an art to great pizza-specifically, Art Shabez, who owns this Lakeview storefront. There’s room for, at most, 22 diners in the spare but clean front room, but carryout and delivery are what drive Art’s business. The judges raved about Art of Pizza’s near-perfect, golden-brown crust, a terrific base for a tomato sauce that had nice, herby flavors, and excellent cheese flecked with dried oregano. Shabez’s pizza philosophy? ‘I use the best of everything. That’s about it,” he says.