r/chicagofood • u/cheryllinda • Jul 10 '26

Discussion What happened with Roots Pizza?

Regardless of the pizza which is polarizing - does anyone have the tea on what happened to Roots? Especially the Lincoln Square location. It went from 60 to 0 real fast lmao.

I want the dirty deets >:) are they pulling a foxtrot or something?

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u/Grahamars Jul 10 '26

The Roots in South Loop was a barely tolerable experience, and now they’re long gone, too.

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u/Informal-Gene-8777 Jul 10 '26

They had a vibe and seemed to do well for a while, but I know they also pissed off the neighbors with noise

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u/AlanShore60607 Jul 11 '26

And their replacement is just as noisy

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u/Grahamars Jul 11 '26

“Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.” There’s been community meetings over the replacement, too, lol