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Earlier today, Marc Malnati hosted an event at our Gold Coast pizzeria in conjunction with Ernst & Young for Chicago Ideas Week.

Chicago Ideas Week is built on the belief that when a broad spectrum of thinkers and instigators share ideas, we have the power to transform our world. Throughout this week, Ideas Week has hosted talks, conversations, and small-group experience labs with different speakers and Chicago companies.

During Marc Malnati’s lab this morning, attendees got an inside look at both our pizza making process, and the history of our family-run business. We think it was the tastiest lab of the whole week! Take a look at the pizza making process below.

Tickets are still available for Chicago Ideas Week events coming up this weekend. View a list of events and purchase tickets at chicagoideas.com!

Lollapalooza is just days away!

The three day music festival is all set to take over Grant Park starting Friday, July 31^st and will rock on throughout the entire weekend. Among the 100+ performers, headliners include Paul McCartney, The Weeknd, and alt-J on Friday, Metallica and Sam Smith on Saturday, and Florence + The Machine and Of Monsters and Men on Sunday.

If you’re headed to the festival, our famous deep dish pizza will be a three-day headliner in Chow Town! Give your eardrums a break from the music and turn up your taste buds for a slice of deep dish cheese, sausage, or pepperoni pizza for just $4. Feeling extra hungry? Grab a whole pizza for $15. However big your appetite is, be sure to stop by our booth in Chow Town North to satisfy your deep dish cravings!

Now that you know what you’re going to eat, all that’s left to figure out is which performers you’re going to see!

The 35th Annual Taste of Chicago is now open!

The world’s largest food festival is a summer favorite for many Chicagoans and this year’s Taste won’t disappoint. Although the festival will include old standbys (like our pizza!) there are also a handful of new places to eat, as well as even more fun things to do while at the festival. To showcase some of those new experiences, we’ve come up with a list of 5 new things to do at the 35^th Annual Taste of Chicago. Check it out!

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This week, Chicago is hosting the NFL draft for the first time in 50 years! Here’s a run down on what to expect and where to go to get in on the action!

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Friday, February 20th and Saturday, February 21st, brave participants in the SUPER Plunge took 24 “icy dips” into Lake Michigan as part of a fundraising effort for the Illinois Special Olympics. We supported the Plungers in the best way we know how – by providing hot pizza!

Great job to all of the participants in the SUPER Plunge!

This weekend Long Grove will host its annual Apple Festival. The Festival is all about everyone’s favorite part of fall, you guessed it, apples! You can bet you will see plenty of Long Grove’s famous brown bag apple pies, apple cider donuts, hot apple cider, and anything else apple-related you could ever want. Bring the family and don’t forget to come hungry!

Through Tastes of Chicago, you can ship Long Grove’s delicious brown bag apple pie all over the country. Don’t miss out on this fall delight!