Lou's Blog   rss feed

Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin made a detour to Chicago Saturday afternoon to visit 17-year-old Chicago teenager and Lou Malnati’s employee, Heidi Hernandez.

Heidi has been battling a terminal illness called Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis since age three. The heartfelt story began earlier this week when Chance the Rapper, who is a regular Lou Malnati’s customer, heard of Heidi’s situation from the Lou Malnati’s management team.  He went out of his way to ensure the teen had tickets to the Coldplay concert in Chicago Thursday night.  From there, Martin was made aware of her situation and love for the band, and adjusted his travel plans to make time to visit with her.

They spent time together at the Lou Malnati’s located near Midway Airport, where Hernandez is employed.

“I met Chris Martin and it all feels like a dream.  He was really encouraging me to not give up and told me I was awesome and to always remember that,” says Hernandez after their visit.

Continue Reading ›

When Chance the Rapper heard about Lou Malnati’s Midway team member Heidi’s story, he helped make her dream come true.

Heidi is currently battling a serious illness, but she continues to come to work with a smile and her hard work and perseverance do not go unnoticed! Heidi is a huge Coldplay fan, and wanting to do something special for her, her manager reached out to Chance the Rapper and asked for help scoring some tickets to the show at Soldier Field.

There are a lot of things we like about Chance. For one, he’s a big fan of our pizza! But most importantly, he has a heart of gold.

Thanks to Chance, Heidi was able to enjoy the show last night!

We call it the “Malnati DNA,” when team members share the core values that have made Lou Malnati’s great, and Heidi is a shining example of this. We are proud to have her on our team.

Thank you, Chance for helping to make this possible for Heidi!

Learn more about Heidi’s story here.

Lou Malnati’s Midway opens TODAY, May 2, 2017 at 4pm!

The newest Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria is located at 6456 South Cicero Avenue, less than a mile away from Midway Airport at the intersection of 65th & Cicero Avenue. This full-service restaurant and bar offers dine-in, carryout, delivery (within zone), and catering of Chicago’s best deep dish pizza.

We have been following along with construction progress since early March with Lou Malnati’s Director of Facilities & Real Estate, Sasha Milosavljevich, in our Building Midway video series, and today, we’re turning it over to Marc Malnati for a tour of the completed restaurant. Check it out!

Now that you’ve seen the completed restaurant, check out Episode 1, Episode 2, and Episode 3 of our Building Midway video series to see our progress along the way.

We hope to see you soon at our new pizzeria near Midway Airport!

Headed to Lou Malnati’s Midway? Be sure to tag all of your social posts and pics with #LousHasLanded.

Lou Malnati’s Midway is opening in just one week on Tuesday, May 2nd!

We’ve been following along with construction progress at the site of our newest pizzeria located near Midway Airport for the past few months, and in Episode 3 of our Building Midway video series, this restaurant really comes together! Check it out below.

Next week, we’ll be back with a full tour of the completed restaurant, and…THERE WILL BE PIZZA!

Lou Malnati’s Midway will be a full-service restaurant and bar located at 6456 South Cicero Avenue, offering dine-in, delivery, carryout, and catering of Chicago’s best deep dish pizza from Lou Malnati’s.

Check out Episode 1 and Episode 2 of this series to see how far we’ve come!

Here at Lou Malnati’s, deep dish is the stuff of life.

Over the years, we’ve come to learn that many of our customers are just as crazy about deep dish pizza as we are!

A prime example of this comes from loyal Lou’s fan, Steve Vander Zee, who took on a friendly dare from his coworkers to grow a beard…for pizza.

Continue Reading ›

In Episode 1 of our Building Midway video series, we saw the bare bones of our new restaurant, located just outside Midway Airport, but had to imagine what it was going to become. In Episode 2, the bar is up, the bricks are laid, and guess what? We’re going to be making pizzas real soon!

Check out Episode 2 below to see the progress since our last visit.

Lou Malnati’s Midway will be a full-service restaurant and bar located at 6456 South Cicero Avenue, offering dine-in, delivery, carryout, and catering of Chicago’s best deep dish pizza from Lou Malnati’s.

Stay tuned for our next episode, where this restaurant will be nearly complete and just about ready for our early May opening!