Gift Guide · Ships nationwide
Six Chicago classics you can send through Goldbelly, from a Lou Malnati's deep dish pair with a Garrett Popcorn tin to a Buona Italian beef kit and Eli's holiday cheesecakes.
Food Gifts · Ships Nationwide · Deep Dish Pizza · Italian Beef · Holiday Gifts
The gifts
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Lou Malnati's Pizzeria · Ships nationwide via Goldbelly
Two 9-inch Lou Malnati's deep dish pizzas of your choice and a one-gallon Garrett Popcorn Classic Tin. Serves 2 to 4.
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Pequod's Pizza · Ships nationwide via Goldbelly
Two Pequod's pan-style deep dish pizzas in cheese, pepperoni or sausage, each 10 inches across and about 2.5 lbs. Serves 2 to 4.
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Giordano's · Ships nationwide via Goldbelly
One pepperoni and one sausage 10-inch deep dish pizza, each serving 2 to 3. Serves 4 to 6.
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Eli's Cheesecake Company · Ships nationwide via Goldbelly
Four 9-inch cheesecakes with four slices each of Cranberry Crumble, Cinnamon Roll, Hot Chocolate and Original Plain. Serves 16.
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Buona Italian Beef · Ships nationwide via Goldbelly
About 3.56 lbs of Italian beef and gravy, eight 5-inch French rolls and a 16 oz jar of hot giardiniera. Makes 8 sandwiches.
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Vienna Beef · Ships nationwide via Goldbelly
16 skinless hot dogs and poppy seed buns with sport peppers, green relish, yellow mustard and celery salt. Tomato, onion and pickles not included.
These are six Chicago foods that travel well: three deep dish pizzas, an Italian beef kit, a hot dog kit and cheesecake. Every one comes from a Chicago restaurant or maker and ships nationwide through Goldbelly. We checked each price and confirmed each item was in stock on its Goldbelly page on Nov. 2, 2026.
None of the product pages list a holiday delivery cutoff, so check the delivery date at checkout before you count on a Thanksgiving or Christmas arrival.
Lou Malnati's Pizzeria pairs two 9-inch deep dish pizzas of your choice with a one-gallon Garrett Popcorn Classic Tin for $134.99. Each pizza serves one to two people, so the box serves two to four. It is the easiest way to send two Chicago names in one package.
Pequod's Pizza sells a choose-your-own two-pack of its pan-style deep dish for $99.95, with cheese, pepperoni or sausage. Each pizza is 10 inches across, 2 inches tall and weighs about 2.5 lbs.
Giordano's ships a best-seller two-pack, one pepperoni and one sausage 10-inch pizza, for $89.99. Each pizza serves two to three people, which makes it the lowest-priced deep dish here per person.
Buona Italian Beef sends everything for eight Italian beef sandwiches for $119.95: about 3.56 lbs of beef and gravy, eight 5-inch French rolls and a 16 oz jar of Buona hot giardiniera.
Vienna Beef's Chicago Style Hot Dog Kit, $95.95, has 16 skinless hot dogs, 16 poppy seed buns, sport peppers, bright green relish, yellow mustard and celery salt. Tomato, onion and pickles are not included, so the recipient adds those.
Eli's Cheesecake Company's Holiday Cheesecake Sampler, $99.95, is four 9-inch cheesecakes of about 2 lbs each, cut into four slices of each flavor: Cranberry Crumble, Cinnamon Roll, Hot Chocolate and Original Plain. It serves 16.
If they are coming home for the holidays, take them to the source. Lou Malnati's has a River North restaurant at 439 N Wells St, steps from the gallery blocks. Giordano's at 730 N Rush St is a block off the Magnificent Mile, and Pequod's at 2207 N Clybourn Ave is in Lincoln Park.
Good to know
Yes. Goldbelly sells Lou Malnati's deep dish nationwide, including two 9-inch pizzas with a one-gallon Garrett Popcorn Classic Tin for $134.99. Each pizza serves one to two people.
Garrett's one-gallon Classic Tin ships through Goldbelly as part of Lou Malnati's two-pizza bundle, $134.99 on Nov. 2, 2026.
Buona Italian Beef's kit on Goldbelly makes eight sandwiches for $119.95. It includes about 3.56 lbs of beef and gravy, eight 5-inch French rolls and a 16 oz jar of hot giardiniera.
The $95.95 kit has 16 skinless hot dogs, 16 poppy seed buns, sport peppers, bright green relish, yellow mustard and celery salt. Tomato, onion and pickles are not included.
Of the three here, Giordano's two-pack is $89.99 and serves four to six. Pequod's choose-your-own two-pack is $99.95 and serves two to four.
The places
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Deep dish pizzeria that started in Lincolnwood, Illinois in 1971. Its River North restaurant is at 439 N Wells St.
Pan-style deep dish pizzeria on N Clybourn Ave in Lincoln Park.
Deep dish pizzeria that opened on Chicago's South Side in 1974.
Chicago cheesecake maker on the city's Northwest Side.
Italian beef chain whose first restaurant, Buona Beef, was opened in Berwyn by Joe and Peggy Buonavolanto.
Chicago hot dog maker. Its factory store on N Damen Ave is temporarily closed for renovations.
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