Uno Restaurants Overview

It started in 1943…

When Ike Sewell opened a restaurant at the corner of Ohio Street and Wabash Avenue in Chicago, Americans ate pizza primarily as a snack. Ike figured that if you combined some of Italy's old, authentic recipes with impressive quantities of the finest meats, fresh cheeses, ripe vegetables and flavorful spices, pizza would become a hearty meal. It was the start of an American tradition - the Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. Ike's Original Deep Dish Pizza has been imitated many times, but never quite duplicated.

Today…

In the mid-1990s, Uno^® broadened its concept to encompass favorite dishes that diners expected from a high quality, full-service restaurant. To expand the menu and meet increasing customer expectations, Uno completed a multi-million dollar kitchen upgrade in its restaurants, installing sauté stations, grills and fryers, and invested heavily in the training of its front and back of the house staff.  The new Uno Chicago Grill locations are larger and feature a "Chicago warehouse" look that creates an inviting dining environment.

The Company also operates a fast casual concept called Uno Due Go, a quick service concept called Uno Express and a consumer packaged food business called Uno Foods which supplies airlines, movie theaters, hotels, airports, travel plazas, schools and supermarkets with both frozen and refrigerated private-label foods and Uno branded products.

The New Menu…

The new Uno Chicago Grill menu, introduced in 2005 and evolving ever since, offers hip and intense new tastes that are built on Uno's history of artisanal fare.  Regular guests experiencing Uno Chicago Grill's new menu for the first time will be excited to see a variety of creative dishes not previously available on the restaurant's regular list.

Although there are many food changes underway, loyalists need not be concerned. A number of Uno Chicago Grill's specialties, such as its world-class Chicago Deep Dish Pizza, will remain as signature dishes on the new menu.

True to the traditions of Chicago's famous speakeasies, more attention is being paid to the bar area. Uno's drink list features 12 wines and a number of fun specialty drinks, including nonalcoholic options. Incredibly priced appetizers during Uno's new Snack Hours will be a welcome treat for those looking for a relaxing break.