Fricano's Pizza Tavern

Fricanos in Grand Haven, MI is one of those old school places you can’t help but love. Started in 1949, they have the most simple menu of any sit down pizza place I have ever been to. The server put down a placemat and I asked for a menu. She said “that is the menu” ha ha. One size pizza, choice of 5 toppings. No appetizers, no salads, no desserts. Gotta love the simplicity and red and white table clothes! Pizza was a thin as you can get, with a good amount of cheese and toppings. Tasty and not overly crispy. Definitely a cool place to check out when in the area!

2025 update: I felt pretty ignored on this visit and even had to get up and ask the bartender for water. My sausage & pepperoni pizza came out kinda limp, still thin. Anyway, it just wasn't as impressive as that 1st visit I had here 2 years ago. 2023: As the menu says, it's "the most original" tasting Pizza I've had in quite a while, it's a super thin crust pizza but not crispy except for the edges which have a magnificent caramelized crust edge all the way around. They only serve one thing: 12" pizzas! The ingredient toppings offered are sausage, pepperoni, mushroom, green pepper & anchovy, that's it!! So deal with it! The wine list is good and not too expensive , actually neither is the pizza. Well worth the visit, friendly service in an old school pizza house setting! Definitely one of

I ordered 10 pizzas and even had the person who was taking my order repeat the order back to me, confirming it was 10 pizzas. They said yes. When my husband got there, they said I only ordered 9 pizzas, which was not true. I called back and when I asked to talk the Manager, they said they were too busy to talk to me to try to rectify the situation. When I asked if they could find my original ticket and repeat my order to me, they said they were also too busy to do that. I get they were busy (lots of restaurants are)! However, there needs to be better organization and better customer service. They did say they could make me another pizza, but I wasn’t happy to drive 30 minutes to go get it after I was just there and it was their mistake. We’ve ordered Fricanos for a very long time, however

Food was good. Very busy for a Tuesday night, and ended up walking in with a lady who had a group of 8 that hadn't all showed up. I had a group of only 2. After waiting for about 10min and noticing a table open the entire time, I talked to the cashier and politely mentioned that I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't mistakenly included in the group of 8 and it was just me and my daughter. We waited for another 5+ min to be seated at the table which was available the entire time. This was a bit frustrating but being that it was as busy as it was, it was understandable. After this minor inconvenience the rest of the meal and service was very good. This was our first time at Fricanos so I didn't really know that there was only 1 option of pizza with 5 toppings available, Plain cheese, saus

My wife and daughter were gone so I decided to order some Fricano’s pizza for my boys and me; I ordered an EBA well done which was very good and I ordered a cheese for my boys. I ordered it to go so didn’t really experience the service but the person who rung me up was friendly. The atmosphere is still the same old school that it was 40 years ago when I was a kid. Fricano’s can sometimes be classified as “either you like it or you don’t” so if you haven’t tried it, check it out. Thin crust, usually on the “greasy” side so I order my well done. My in-laws are from Illinois and they aren’t a fan of it but I grew up with it so I’m a fan. Reasonably priced too.