Lucky Pierrot’s Chicago-Style Pizza

“Chicago-style” deep-dish pizza is not one of the more common types of pizza in Korea. Taking more time and effort to prepare than most pizzas, deep-dish will not be showing up on a ₩5,000 pizza menu any time soon. Until recently, anyone looking for a deep-dish fix was out of luck. While Lucky Pierrot is not a restaurant for pizza purists, their cheese-crazed take on this style still manages to satisfy.

Atmosphere and Service

The interior of the restaurant is fairly small, with seats filling all available space. Expect a short wait for a table, which will give you time to go over the menu. The pizza takes a while to prepare, but an appetizer or two helps make the wait more manageable.

Food

Lucky Pierrot offers a few different appetizers, including fried eggplant, onion rings and a couple of salads. Breaded in panko and herbs, the eggplant comes out a little greasy, yet goes well with a cold beer. Adding to the cheese overload, the eggplant comes with a dish of electric-orange nacho cheese sauce for dipping.

The pizza itself makes an impressive presentation. Resting over a burning block of Sterno, cheese bubbles out of every slice. The pizza here is not a typical deep-dish pie, but rather a type of stuffed crust pizza, wherein the entire pizza crust is packed with cheese. A healthy amount of sauce goes on the crust, and a few slices of tomato top everything off. The cheese makes for a stringy, messy meal, but the overall flavor is much better than one might expect from a restaurant that bases its entire concept on an abundance of bland Korean mozzarella. The crust in particular has a better flavor and a bit more crunch than most Korean pizzas.

Pizzas cost ₩19,000 won for an 8-inch and ₩29,000 for a 10-inch. Toppings like bacon or bulgogi can be added for ₩1,000. Appetizers range from ₩5,000-8,000 and domestic and import beers are available from ₩4,000-6,000. An 8-inch pizza and fried eggplant was a large meal for three people.

Directions

Take a bus or the subway to the Asian Culture Complex stop. With the YMCA on your right, head straight until you reach Pho Bay. Turn right and walk straight until you reach the Mini Stop. Lucky Pierrot is on the street to your left.

Address: 광주광역시 동구 백서로125번길47/ 125 Baekseo St. Dong-gu Gwangju

Tel: 062-233-8570

Hours: 12:30 PM – 11:00 PM Daily

Bus: 9, 12, 36, 45, 51, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 80, 87, 95, 98, 161, 419, 518, 1187, 1000 (Asian Culture Complex Stop)

Subway: Asian Culture Complex