Lou Malnati's Pizzeria Chicago Menu
Welcome to Lou Malnati's Pizzeria Chicago, a beloved gem nestled at 439 N Wells St. Known for its iconic Chicago deep dish pizza, Lou Malnati's has rightfully earned its place as a culinary staple in the Windy City.
The menu showcases a mouthwatering selection of pizzas, featuring the legendary Malnati Classic, loaded with rich, flavorful sausage, a buttery crust, and a layer of zesty tomato sauce. Customers rave about the unique personal pizza option perfect for a satisfying lunch, although patience is key with a 30-minute cook time!
Appetizers like mozzarella sticks accompanied by homemade marinara and hearty salads add depth to the menu. The warm, inviting atmosphere is accentuated by vintage decor, providing a perfect backdrop for enjoying delicious food. Overall, Lou Malnati's combines exceptional service with unforgettable flavors, making it a must-visit for anyone craving authentic Chicago deep dish pizza.
Thin Crust Pizzas
Thin Crust Spinach
Vine-ripened tomato sauce topped with spinach mix (enhanced with garlic, basil & onion) and mozzarella cheese.
Thin Crust Mike's Hot Honey
A Chicago take on pizza’s hottest condiment, with sausage, hot giardiniera, cupped pepperoni, and a drizzle of Mike’s Hot Honey.
Thin Crust Create Your Own
Order your pizza just how you like it – topped with a mixture of your favorite ingredients, and cooked to your liking!
Thin Crust The Lou
A pizza so good we gave it his name! Spinach mix (enhanced with garlic, basil & onion), mushrooms and sliced Roma tomatoes covered with three cheeses.
Thin Crust Margherita Pesto Pizza
Our legendary crust, cheese and bright Lou’s tomatoes, topped with fresh mozzarella, baked to perfection, finished with housemade basil pesto.
Thin Crust Sausage
Vine-ripened tomato sauce topped with Lou's lean sausage and mozzarella cheese.
Thin Crust Cheese
Vine-ripened tomato sauce topped with mozzarella cheese.
Thin Crust Veggie
Vine-ripened tomato sauce topped with a mixture of mushroom, onion & green pepper, and mozzarella cheese.
Thin Crust Pepperoni
Vine-ripened tomato sauce topped with pepperoni slices and mozzarella cheese.
Thin Crust Buffalou Chicken Pizza With Frank’s RedHot
Our signature Buffalou with Frank’s RedHot and housemade ranch make this zesty sauce. Plus chicken, mozzarella, red onion and parsley.
Heart-Shaped Sausage Deep Dish Pizza
Heart-shaped crust with Lou’s lean sausage, topped with mozzarella cheese and vine-ripened tomato sauce. *Heart-Shaped Pizzas are a specialty artisan product. Unfortunately, additional toppings and other modifications cannot be accommodated.
Heart-Shaped Cheese Deep Dish Pizza
Heart-shaped crust with mozzarella cheese and vine-ripened tomato sauce. *Heart-Shaped Pizzas are a specialty artisan product. Unfortunately, additional toppings and other modifications cannot be accommodated.
Heart-Shaped Pepperoni Deep Dish Pizza
Heart-shaped crust with mozzarella cheese, topped with slices of pepperoni and vine-ripened tomato sauce. *Heart-Shaped Pizzas are a specialty artisan product. Unfortunately, additional toppings and other modifications cannot be accommodated.
Heart-Shaped Pizzas
Deep Dish Pizzas
Deep Dish The Lou
A pizza so good we gave it his name! Spinach mix (enhanced with garlic, basil & onion), mushrooms and sliced Roma tomatoes covered with three cheeses, on a garlic ButtercrustTM.
Heart-Shaped Sausage Deep Dish Pizza
Heart-shaped crust with Lou’s lean sausage, topped with mozzarella cheese and vine-ripened tomato sauce. *Heart-Shaped Pizzas are a specialty artisan product. Unfortunately, additional toppings and other modifications cannot be accommodated.
Heart-Shaped Cheese Deep Dish Pizza
Heart-shaped crust with mozzarella cheese and vine-ripened tomato sauce. *Heart-Shaped Pizzas are a specialty artisan product. Unfortunately, additional toppings and other modifications cannot be accommodated.
Deep Dish Veggie
Mozzarella cheese, topped with a mixture of mushroom, onion & green pepper and vine-ripened tomato sauce.
Deep Dish Create Your Own
Order your pizza just how you like it – topped with a mixture of your favorite ingredients, and cooked to your liking!
Deep Dish Cheese
Mozzarella cheese topped with vine-ripened tomato sauce.
Deep Dish Spinach
Spinach mix (enhanced with garlic, basil & onion), topped with mozzarella cheese and vine-ripened tomato sauce.
Deep Dish Buffalou Chicken Pizza With Frank’s RedHot
Our signature Buffalou with Frank’s RedHot and housemade ranch make this zesty sauce. Plus chicken, mozzarella, red onion and parsley.
Heart-Shaped Pepperoni Deep Dish Pizza
Heart-shaped crust with mozzarella cheese, topped with slices of pepperoni and vine-ripened tomato sauce. *Heart-Shaped Pizzas are a specialty artisan product. Unfortunately, additional toppings and other modifications cannot be accommodated.
Deep Dish Pepperoni
Mozzarella cheese, topped with slices of pepperoni and vine-ripened tomato sauce.
Deep Dish Mike's Hot Honey
A Chicago take on pizza’s hottest condiment, with sausage, hot giardiniera, cupped pepperoni, and a drizzle of Mike’s Hot Honey.
Deep Dish Malnati Chicago ClassicTM
Made with Lou's lean sausage, some extra mozzarella cheese and vine-ripened tomato sauce on ButtercrustTM. It's authentic Chicago!
Deep Dish Margherita Pesto Pizza
Our legendary crust, cheese and bright Lou’s tomatoes, topped with fresh mozzarella, baked to perfection, finished with housemade basil pesto.
Deep Dish Sausage
Lou's lean sausage, topped with mozzarella cheese and vine-ripened tomato sauce.
Small Gluten Free Deep Dish Buffalou Chicken Pizza With Frank’s RedHot
Our signature Buffalou with Frank’s RedHot and housemade ranch make this zesty sauce. Plus chicken, mozzarella, red onion and parsley. Served on a gluten free crust.
Small Gluten Free Thin Crust Buffalou Chicken Pizza With Frank’s RedHot
Our signature Buffalou with Frank’s RedHot and housemade ranch make this zesty sauce. Plus chicken, mozzarella, red onion and parsley. Served on a gluten free crust.
Thin Crust Buffalou Chicken Pizza With Frank’s RedHot
Our signature Buffalou with Frank’s RedHot and housemade ranch make this zesty sauce. Plus chicken, mozzarella, red onion and parsley.
Deep Dish Buffalou Chicken Pizza With Frank’s RedHot
Our signature Buffalou with Frank’s RedHot and housemade ranch make this zesty sauce. Plus chicken, mozzarella, red onion and parsley.
Lou's x Frank's RedHot Buffalou
Signature Pizzas
Thin Crust Margherita Pesto Pizza
Our legendary crust, cheese and bright Lou’s tomatoes, topped with fresh mozzarella, baked to perfection, finished with housemade basil pesto.
Deep Dish Mike's Hot Honey
A Chicago take on pizza’s hottest condiment, with sausage, hot giardiniera, cupped pepperoni, and a drizzle of Mike’s Hot Honey.
Thin Crust Veggie
Vine-ripened tomato sauce topped with a mixture of mushroom, onion & green pepper, and mozzarella cheese.
Deep Dish The Lou
A pizza so good we gave it his name! Spinach mix (enhanced with garlic, basil & onion), mushrooms and sliced Roma tomatoes covered with three cheeses, on a garlic ButtercrustTM.
Deep Dish Veggie
Mozzarella cheese, topped with a mixture of mushroom, onion & green pepper and vine-ripened tomato sauce.
Thin Crust Mike's Hot Honey
A Chicago take on pizza’s hottest condiment, with sausage, hot giardiniera, cupped pepperoni, and a drizzle of Mike’s Hot Honey.
Deep Dish Malnati Chicago ClassicTM
Made with Lou's lean sausage, some extra mozzarella cheese and vine-ripened tomato sauce on ButtercrustTM. It's authentic Chicago!
Thin Crust The Lou
A pizza so good we gave it his name! Spinach mix (enhanced with garlic, basil & onion), mushrooms and sliced Roma tomatoes covered with three cheeses.
Deep Dish Margherita Pesto Pizza
Our legendary crust, cheese and bright Lou’s tomatoes, topped with fresh mozzarella, baked to perfection, finished with housemade basil pesto.
Kids Chicken Nuggets
Includes your choice of fries or fruit. Served with Ranch or BBQ sauce.
Kids Cheese Ravioli
Served with meat, marinara, or butter sauce.
Kids Spaghetti
Served with meat, marinara, or butter sauce.
Kids Penne
Served with meat, marinara, or butter sauce.
Kids Mini Burger
A 14 pound burger served with your choice of American, cheddar, or mozzarella cheese. Includes your choice of fries or fruit.
Food for Kids
Pastas
Side Of Marinara Sauce
Bowtie Pasta With Lou's Sausage
Crumbled sausage and bowtie pasta tossed in a creamy yet slightly spicy vodka sauce.
Chicken Louie
Fettuccine tossed in Mamma Malnati's family recipe cream sauce, then baked with mozzarella on top.
Lasagna
Layers of spinach and three cheeses topped with our meat or marinara sauce.
Penne
With meat or marinara sauce.
Side Of Meatball
Cheese Ravioli
Double-stuffed jumbo raviolis filled with a blend of romano, parmesan, asiago and ricotta cheese. Served with your choice of marinara or meat sauce.
Spaghetti
With meat or marinara sauce.
Side Of Meat Sauce
Penne Ala Malnati
Cream and Romano cheese folded into our meat sauce topped with baked mozzarella.
Crush Orange
Diet Pepsi
Mtn Dew
Aquafina
Mug Root Beer
Starry
Pepsi Zero Sugar
Choose Your Own 4pk
Create your own 4pk of bottled Pepsi products for a special price!
Pepsi
Cherry Pepsi
Pure Leaf Unsweetened Iced Tea
Lemonade
Drinks
Frozen Pizzas
Frozen Deep Dish Pepperoni
Small Frozen Deep Dish Portillos Beef With Hot Peppers
Frozen Thin Crust Pepperoni
Frozen Deep Dish Cheese
Frozen Deep Dish Sausage
Small Frozen Deep Dish Portillos Beef With Sweet Peppers
Frozen Thin Crust Sausage
Frozen Thin Crust Cheese
Frozen Deep Dish Spinach
Chicken BBQ Club Salad
Romaine lettuce, seasoned oven-roasted chicken breast, sun-dried tomatoes, shredded mozzarella, cheddar, crumbled Volpi salami, and crunchy tortilla chips. Served with housemade club dressing.
Bottled Malnati Dressing
Caesar Salad
Romaine lettuce, tomatoes and shaved parmesan with Caesar dressing and croutons.
House Salad
Iceberg and Romaine lettuce, red cabbage, tomatoes...
Extra Dressing
An extra serving of dressing for salads. choose from all dressing types.
Malnati Salad
Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, black olives, mushrooms, Volpi salami bits and gorgonzola cheese with our Sweet Vinaigrette and romano cheese.
Salads
Lunch Menu
Half Any Sandwich Combo
Choice of Beef Sandwich, Grilled Chicken Sandwich, or Meatball Sandwich. Comes with your choice of fries or fruit and a small House Salad or cup of soup.
Half Order Any Pasta Combo
Choice of Spaghetti or Penne, Bowtie Pasta with Lou’s Sausage, Chicken Louie, Penne ala Malnati, or Lasagna. Comes with your choice of a small House Salad or cup of soup.
Express Personal Deep Dish Pizza Combo
Choice of cheese, cheese & sausage, cheese & pepperoni, or cheese & spinach. Comes with your choice of a small House Salad or cup of soup.
Calamari Fritti
Lightly breaded and seasoned to perfection.
Mike's Hot Honey Chicken Wings
For a limited time only, try our wings tossed in Mike’s Hot Honey! Served with celery and gorgonzola or ranch dressing.
Chicago-Style Meatballs
Beef and sausage meatballs in our signature marinara, burrata cheese topper and giardiniera. Served with signature pizza crust dippers for dipping.
Basket Fries
Boneless Chicken Wings
Pieces of all-white, boneless chicken breast lightly breaded and cooked to crisp perfection, tossed in your choice of our homemade Buff-a-Lou, Bar-B-Lou, Garlic Parmesan, or Lemon Pepper sauce.
Mozzarella Bites
Bite-sized versions of your favorite cheesy appetizer, served with marinara
Boneless Mike's Hot Honey Chicken Wings
Pieces of all-white, boneless chicken breast lightly breaded and cooked to crisp perfection, tossed in Mike’s Hot Honey! Served with celery and gorgonzola or ranch dressing.
Garlic Bread
Served with marinara sauce.
Ravioli Crisps
Light-as-air crispy ravioli ... watch out, they’re addicting! Served with marinara
Lou's Bruschetta
Roma tomatoes, fresh basil, olive oil and shaved parmesan on garlic rounds.
Three-Cheese Bread
Giant French bread with three cheeses, a touch of garlic and dipping sauce.
Combination Platter
Mozzarella sticks, cheddar cubes, breaded mushrooms and zucchini. Served with ranch and marinara sauce.
Chicken Wings
Your choice of Buff-a-Lou, Bar-B-Lou, Garlic Parmesan, or Lemon Pepper sauces. Served with celery and gorgonzola or ranch dressing.
Appetizers
Gluten Free Pizzas
Small Gluten Free Deep Dish Mike's Hot Honey
A Chicago take on pizza’s hottest condiment, with sausage, hot giardiniera, cupped pepperoni, and a drizzle of Mike’s Hot Honey. Served on a gluten free crust.
Small Gluten Free Deep Dish Margherita Pesto Pizza
Cheese and bright Lou’s tomatoes, topped with fresh mozzarella, baked to perfection, finished with housemade basil pesto. Served on a gluten free crust.
Small Gluten Free Deep Dish Buffalou Chicken Pizza With Frank’s RedHot
Our signature Buffalou with Frank’s RedHot and housemade ranch make this zesty sauce. Plus chicken, mozzarella, red onion and parsley. Served on a gluten free crust.
Small Gluten Free Deep Dish Cheese
Crustless Pizza
Small Gluten Free Thin Crust Cheese
Lou's gluten-free crust pizzas are prepared in a sterile environment, but are finished in our kitchen where wheat and wheat products are present.
Small Gluten Free Thin Crust Buffalou Chicken Pizza With Frank’s RedHot
Our signature Buffalou with Frank’s RedHot and housemade ranch make this zesty sauce. Plus chicken, mozzarella, red onion and parsley. Served on a gluten free crust.
Small Gluten Free Deep Dish The Lou
Small Gluten Free Thin Crust Mike's Hot Honey
A Chicago take on pizza’s hottest condiment, with sausage, hot giardiniera, cupped pepperoni, and a drizzle of Mike’s Hot Honey. Served on a gluten free crust.
Small Gluten Free Thin Crust The Lou
Small Gluten Free Thin Crust Margherita Pesto Pizza
Cheese and bright Lou’s tomatoes, topped with fresh mozzarella, baked to perfection, finished with housemade basil pesto. Served on a gluten free crust.
Small Gluten Free Deep Dish Malnati Chicago ClassicTM
Meatball Sandwich
Three meatballs topped with marinara and melted mozzarella.
Grilled Chicken Sandwich
An 8 oz. seasoned chicken breast with lettuce and tomato.
Italian Beef Sandwich
Tender beef smothered with melted mozzarella.
Sandwiches
Extras
Side Of Anchovies
Extra Dressing
An extra serving of dressing for salads. choose from all dressing types.
Side Of Jalapeno
Side Of Buffalo Sauce
Side Of Mushroom
Side Of Hot Giardiniera
Side Of Deep Dish Tomato Sauce
Side Of Grilled Chicken
Spices
Parmesan, Crushed Red Pepper, Oregano
Disposable Cutlery
Mike's Hot Honey Dip Cup
1oz dip cup of Mike’s Hot Honey
Side Of BBQ Sauce
Side Of Gorgonzola Cheese
Side Of Thin Crust Tomato Sauce
Chocolate Chip Cookie Pizza
A freshly baked chocolate chip cookie prepared in a deep dish pizza pan, topped with vanilla bean ice cream and whipped cream.
4 Chocolate Chip Carol's Cookies
Four 1.5oz Chocolate Chip Cookies made with 100% pure butter, farm fresh eggs, premium chocolate, and all-natural ingredients.
Lemon Italian Ice
Pint of Lemon Italian Ice
Chocolate Obsession
For those with a serious love for chocolate: layers of thin brownie, fluffy mascarpone chocolate mousse, and chocolate ganache.
Strawberry Italian Ice
Pint of Strawberry Italian Ice
Tiramisu
Ladyfinger cookies soaked in espresso, layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with cocoa powder.