Pizzeria Brandi & Wings, Chicago

Inside Pizzeria Brandi’s kitchen, an oven billows steam, telling warming tales of pies crowned in rapini, giardiniera, sliced beef, and other inventive toppings. Crusts in a variety of configurations cater to desires for deep-dish heaps of cheese and marinara or slices thin enough to eat on picnics in a wind tunnel. The eatery’s catering services shuttle pastas and wings draped in one of 11 sauces to parties celebrating birthdays, graduations, or the capture of an infamous piñata.