Fantastico Italian Restaurant
Fantastico Italian Restaurant has all the romantic ambiance of your local VFW hall with its fake wood Formica tabletops, banquet chairs and paneled walls, but you're here for the pizza, not to propose marriage. Fantastico has a full Italian menu, which happens to include a long list of pizzas. All of them may be ordered one of three ways: thin and crunchy, double dough or deep dish pan. Prices rise slightly as the depth of your pie increases. There are some light combinations, but the attention-grabbers are all about meat. There is even a roasted Italian beef pizza. Then there's the "ultimate carne" pizza featuring sausage, pepperoni, ground beef, bacon and Canadian bacon. Should you, by chance, have room for dessert, leave the inhibition; take the cannolis.
Fantastico Italian Restaurant
227 W. Wilson St.
Batavia, IL 60510
630-879-5900
fantisticoitalian.com
Charlie Fox's Pizzeria
Not to be outdone in the category of extreme pizzas, Charlie Fox's Pizzeria offers not just thin, double dough and pan pizzas, but stuffed pizza as well. Long a favorite of Batavians and other suburban Chicagoans, this is one of three in a small chain. Charlie Fox's doesn't only rise to the size challenge either. They've got ordinary meat pizzas beat with their "garbage can" topped with sausage, pepperoni, ground beef, Canadian bacon, black olives, green olives, mushroom, onion, green pepper and bacon. The Batavia location is take-out only, but if you'd prefer to dine in, the location in St. Charles is just 15 minutes away.
Charlie Fox's Pizzeria
131 S. Batavia Ave.
Batavia, IL 60510
630-761-3333
charliefoxpizza.com
Fox's On the River
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Continuing the longstanding tradition of the ever-growing chain of Fox restaurants that got its start serving pizza in Chicago is the newest addition--Fox's on the River. Opened in early 2010, Fox's on the River continues the bold tradition of providing only crispy thin crust pizzas in the land of deep dish. The formula is simple: offer four basic pizzas--cheese, sausage, chicken and spinach, and let your customers custom design the rest from a list of add-ons like pepperoni, green olives, mushrooms, hot giardinara--a regional relish made from pickled vegetables--and much more for an additional price. There are also eight specialty pizzas like corned beef and cabbage or Hawaiian pie. If others in your party are in the mood for something different, no problem. There are salads, sandwiches, pastas and an extensive list of char-house steaks, chops, roasted chicken and other specialties. There is even a kid's menu.
Fox's On the River
31 N. River St.
Batavia, IL 60510
815-546-5177
foxsrestaurantsandpub.com
