PIBI New York Style Pizza vs Chicago American Bar's Pizza in Cordoba

Move over Chicago American Bar! There's a new pizza place in Cordoba City called PIBI and they're offering New York style pizzas! But is there a difference between the two restaurants? I was wondering about that myself. After all, we've ordered from quite a few places in Cordoba City that claimed to offer American food only to find ourselves disappointed with some poorly imitated Argentine equivalent. But we had to try and this is what we learned.

The difference between Chicago American Bar and PIBI is in the fact that Chicago American Bar's pizza slices are larger and offer a variety of other menu items like burgers, chicken wings and sides slightly comparable to those found at T.G.I.F. restaurants.

Chicago American Bar Pizza Slice

Chicago American Bar Pizza Cheese and Pepperoni Slices

PIBI Pizza Box

PIBI Pizza Mixed Slices of Pepperoni, Cheese and Mushroom

PIBI's pizza slices are about 30 percent smaller than Chicago American Bar's slice, but they're still a lot bigger than Argentine pizzas.

Large Argentine Pizza

A large Argentine pizza is generally about the size of a small pizza at Domino's or Pizza Hut. Also, the cheese they use generally taste like dirty feet, and they prefer adding ham toppings over pepperoni. In fact, most pizza places in Cordoba City have no idea what pepperoni is or they try to pass off salami slices as pepperoni.

Luckily, PIBI offers a variety of pizza toppings like regular cheese, mushroom, blue cheese, veggie, and thankfully, pepperoni. Best of all, they actually use real pepperoni, not slices of Spanish sausages like Chicago American Bar. Spanish sausage has the same color as pepperoni and a slightly similar taste, but there's something quite not the same about it.

The videos below are two large pizza orders from PIBI

Another advantage that PIBI has over Chicago American Bar is that they deliver anywhere in Cordoba City. Chicago American Bar's delivery is limited by the range of the delivery service they use. A lot of the times, they'll only deliver near Nueva Cordoba, forcing customers to physically go and pick up their orders or sit at the restaurant.  

If I have one complaint to make about PIBI it's that they're very slow when it comes to responding on Whatsapp, which is their preferred method for placing orders for delivery. In once instance, I placed an order at 6 p.m., which is the time they open, but they didn't get back to me until 7:30 p.m. There was also a lot of going back and forth before the order was placed, and the pizza was delivered at around 9:12 p.m. But honestly, we've found this type of delay to be typical in Argentina. Around here, it's not about providing good customer service in a timely manner. It's more of a "you'll get it when we're damn good and ready" philosophy. And if you complain, they treat you like you're the crazy one.

As far as whether we'll order again from PIBI, the answer is yes! Their pizzas are definitely worth the delay and if you're an American expat or a local looking to try some New York style pizza, I strongly recommend giving PIBI a try.