Sharpies Pizza + Cocktails sits on N Elston Ave in West Town, where a reputation for Detroit-style pizza has built a following even as the place stays somewhat under the radar. Every dish leans into the same outer-space bit, from the names on down.
The Moonwalk (1969) is the classic cheese pie with tomato sauce. Ham Radio stacks thick-cut Ezzo pepperoni, fennel sausage, smoky bacon, and sweet-and-spicy peppers over vodka sauce, while the Drooling Mushroom pizza tops oven-roasted bella mushrooms with garlic, parsley, lemon compound butter, chili flake, and parmesan.
Beyond pizza, the menu covers a lot of ground: Wing Warp's double-crunch chicken wings, Burning Star's spicy Nashville-style blooming onion with Nashville ranch, a kale Caesar, and the Starcrash Salad, an Italian chopped version with salami, mozzarella, banana peppers, and red onion. Space Spuds (fries with garlic butter and aioli), the Arrakis Spice Bag (fries, crispy chicken, peppers, onions, and curry sauce), String Theory mozzarella sticks, and Cornfield Encounter corn ribs round out the snack side.
Cocktails anchor the bar side of the name, fitting a menu that treats a pizza night like a trip off-planet.
The Moonwalk (1969) is the classic cheese pie with tomato sauce. Ham Radio stacks thick-cut Ezzo pepperoni, fennel sausage, smoky bacon, and sweet-and-spicy peppers over vodka sauce, while the Drooling Mushroom pizza tops oven-roasted bella mushrooms with garlic, parsley, lemon compound butter, chili flake, and parmesan.
Beyond pizza, the menu covers a lot of ground: Wing Warp's double-crunch chicken wings, Burning Star's spicy Nashville-style blooming onion with Nashville ranch, a kale Caesar, and the Starcrash Salad, an Italian chopped version with salami, mozzarella, banana peppers, and red onion. Space Spuds (fries with garlic butter and aioli), the Arrakis Spice Bag (fries, crispy chicken, peppers, onions, and curry sauce), String Theory mozzarella sticks, and Cornfield Encounter corn ribs round out the snack side.
Cocktails anchor the bar side of the name, fitting a menu that treats a pizza night like a trip off-planet.