Chester Cab Pizza

Location	Chester Cab Pizza. Photo by Rachel Blumenthal (April 2007)
707 Park Avenue, Rochester NY, 14607 Park Avenue Area
Hours
Sunday-Wednesday: 11:00AM to 9:30PM
Thursday: 11:00AM to 10:30PM
Friday/Saturday: 11:00AM to 11:30PM
Phone
585 244 8211
Website
http://www.ChesterCab.com/chestercab/
Reviews
Rochester NY Pizza Blog review

Chester Cab Pizza is a local pizzeria located on Park Avenue at Buckingham Street, a few blocks west of Culver Road. Great place for huge slices with a very reasonable variety of toppings. A bit far from the bars, but pleasantly close to an Abbott's. They specialize in Chicago deep dish styles but also serve New York style as well. On Valentine's Day they offer a special heart shaped pizza but demand requires you might have to order that well in advance.

Chester Cab Pizza was voted "Best Pizza" in City Newspaper's 'Best Of' awards in 2002¹ and 2006.²

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2008-02-28 00:06:05   We call it Chester Slab. Big slices, nothing special. The deep dish is slightly better. The photos of the owner with big hair rock stars on the wall is the most interesting part. —MantraSix

2008-07-20 18:58:49   Monthly meetings at work always meant Chester Cab pizza. One pepperoni, one mushroom, one veggie, and one plain cheese.

I would happily eat 2 or 3 pieces through raffles and PowerPoint presentations. It wasn't great, but it was pizza, and free pizza at that.

There would be leftovers, which would sit in a central area, and no one would touch it. About a sheet pizza would end up in the dumpster.

I was unaware of the e-mail campaigns to the boss, complaining of Chester Cab. We switched to sub trays and now, morale is up.

CC's sheets are a very thick-crusted pizza, with almost as much cheese as there is crust. Eating 4 squares would be a Herculean effort. I'll definitely eat it, but only if the company's buying. —ZachSmalt

2008-07-21 09:55:52   I feel sometimes like I am the only person who does not like pizza from here. It's not awful and I'll eat it if someone else has purchased it, but I would never order it myself. I can't put my finger on what I don't like about it though. My boyfriend loves it and orders it when I'm not around. —SaraChristine

2008-09-26 01:49:10   I live just down the street from Chester Cab and will HAPPILY pay an extra delivery charge to avoid having to deal with the douche bags that work here. The pizza is really tasty however the Neanderthals that take the orders have made me feel like such an inconvenience for walking in the front door that I'd sooner order pizza hut just to be treated kindly. It being such a convenient neighborhood location I've returned on multiple occasions to give the place another try and have been greeted with the same begrudging service as the time before. Cobbs Hill Pizza is just as delicious and the people there don't treat you like shit... check them out. —parkaveglutton

2008-10-05 17:57:06   I've never been terribly fond of their regular pizza, but they have many other items that more than make up for that. First of all, their deep dish is second to none. Their crust and sauce are excellent, they have this unique sweet taste and smell that is mouthwatering.

Second, their wings are top notch too. They break from regular upstate NY convention, and have a very singular unique style. They're breaded in this flaky spiced flour mix(I did a stint there as a driver when i was younger). They come with homemade chips and are to die for. —AlexD1234

2008-12-06 10:39:50   The service is always horrible, the special "fees" they make you pay are outrageous, and the price is high but when they make your order right (which is often NOT the case), you won't be overly disappointed.. The crispy cajun wings are great with the sweet and sour sauce but the pizza is best described as DOUGHY. —BatGuano

2009-04-17 17:31:18   Bland, doughy, uninteresting "Rochester Style" Pizza. If it's your thing, they're reputed to be the best. But it's definitely NOT my thing. —ErikReinert

2009-08-13 18:07:11   In my opinion, the good about Chester Cab outweighs the bad. Sure, there's often a long wait for your pizza, and they charge you a dollar extra to use a credit card through weasely language in their flyer (since charging extra for credit purchases is illegal). So, avoid the hassles by ordering a little bit ahead of time and bringing cash. Never done delivery, so I've never gotten a cold pizza, but yeah, the people working inside run from nice to kind of jerky (like all places you go, basically). A pet peeve of theirs seems to be if you don't tell them you have a coupon when you order over the phone. The pizza is wonderful, though. It's not your typical pizza - the sauce is a sweet, tomato-filled one that's pretty different from other pizza places around. Also, they give you lots of pepperoni (two different kinds!) on your pie. You have to try the wings, they're awesome - I get the cajun style crispy wings with some sauce on the side, and the homemade chips that come with all wings are quite awesome. I've had the deep dish before, and it was good but just not my style. Chester Cab is tasty! —MRich