DeRango’s Pizzeria is located in South Milwaukee. You would think you’re going to the south side of Milwaukee but you’re actually several towns away from Milwaukee. That’s how this town has tricked people into visiting it’s Detroit like existence for decades. Have you ever been to South Milwaukee? Can you name anything that’s in South Milwaukee besides DeRango’s Pizzeria? Probably not. As luck would kick me in the balls, I work in beautiful South Milwaukee. Since I am stuck there taking pictures of expensive baseball bats pretty much every day I decided to do some pizza research. Turns out this little town is full of pizza joints.

Since he’s native, I asked TJ, the “manager” of the 4-5 man operation I work at, where the best pizza in town is. He didn’t say DeRango’s but I decided to give it a go anyway. I checked their menu online. Oh wait. No I didn’t. They don’t have a website or even a menu online. I called them up, ordered a large pepperoni, and waited the 25 minutes to go pick it up.

Pizza Party

Upon walking into the little room that calls itself a pizzeria, I was greeted (actually, not greeted or even looked at) by 4 surly looking gentlemen arguing about programming the menu into their register. Where was the polite, sheepish, girl I spoke to on the phone? Was it one of these guys who were starting to freak me out a little? After about what felt like 20 minutes the girl opened a door with the pizza, I paid her, and got the crap out of there.

The Good: This pizza was a cheesy, greasy mess. In one word: delicious. It’s your typical small time pizza place’s pizza. Nothing strikingly fantastic about it but it is a solid ‘za overall. There is nothing that puts their pizza above the rest. Everything was exactly as I expected. DeRango’s cuts their pizza into squares, which I also respect. Would I eat DeRango’s pizza again? Definitely. And here’s why.
With every pizza you get from DeRango’s they give you a little pizza slice magnet. When you collect 8 of these bad boys you can bring them into the pizzeria and get an entire pizza for free. FREE. Sounds pretty fucking great to me.

The Bad: Looking for a night out on the town with fam? Wanna take the kids out for pizza? Go somewhere else, pal, there’s no seating here. Similar to drunken Ronnie’s 3 am east side favorite, Zayna’s, DeRango’s pizzeria is carryout or delivery only. That doesn’t sound like much of a pizzeria to me, but what do I know? I’m just a doctor. The weird dudes also freaked me out a little but I feel like that was a one time deal.

Try: Saving up those goddamn magnets. Their friday fish fry is highly recommended, as well (but not by me so don’t complain here if it sucks).

While I was double checking some facts from reliable sources I was informed that they actually do have a website. www.smderangospizza.com
 

Also Try: Getting any info about DeRango’s off that website.

Rating: The 2005 Milwaukee Brewers