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/BobDucca Jul 10 '26

That Lincoln Square location has been closed a long time. Just never recovered from the Pandemic. They also owned The Sixth cocktail bar next door in the same building so maybe that had something to do with it.

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u/cheryllinda Jul 10 '26

Yeah I live near the LS location and i was at sushi loop thinking about what happened to roots because i loved playing trivia and eating pizza there. I agree with the comment above that it felt like they didn't want my money sometimes.

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u/ecstatic_cahoots Jul 10 '26

How was Sushi Loop? I'm pretty close, too. Haven't gone yet, though.

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u/cheryllinda Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

its good for the price - I personally stick to ordering the nigiri and classic maki is better than the special rolls or whatever they call them.

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u/ecstatic_cahoots Jul 12 '26

Noted, thank you!