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Is Big G's Pizza by the Slice Still Open? Food Paradise Update

Food Paradise, Season 12 Chicago, Illinois

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Big G's Pizza by the Slice is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 9, 2026.

What the source shows: A site check on 2026-09-09 found the pizzeria's own website live with posted weekly hours and a working online ordering system, and Google Places listed the business as operational. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

On the ‘Spicy’ episode of Food Paradise, the show featured Big G's Pizza, a pizzeria in Chicago's Wrigleyville neighborhood known for pizza sold by the slice near Wrigley Field. According to the business's own website, the pizzeria is located on North Clark Street and also offers full catering packages for birthdays, holiday parties, corporate events, and weddings. A site check on 2026-09-09 found big-gspizza.com live, listing posted hours of 5pm to 10pm Monday through Thursday and 5pm to midnight Friday, plus an active online ordering system. Google Places listed the business as operational on the same date. The site's own listing referred to the business simply as 'Big G's Pizza' rather than the fuller 'Big G's Pizza by the Slice' name used when the episode aired.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 12

Episode 11
Air date not confirmed
Title: Spicy · What was featured: Chicago-style pizza by the slice near Wrigley Field
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 12 Food Paradise

Season 12: 79 of 100 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. big-gspizza.com http://www.big-gspizza.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Big%20G%27s%20Pizza%203716%20N%20Clark%20St%20Chicago%20IL%2060613
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Record fp-0948 · checked by Cal Marchetti.