Oswego Voters Choose Best Pizza Winners -- for an Even Better Cause

Oswego-area pizza fans headed to Traughber Junior High on Saturday to cast their votes for the best pizza in town during the Oswego Junior Woman’s Club’s “Slice of Charity” event.

This year’s People’s Choice winner, chosen by the public, went to Fatty’s Pizza of Sheridan, Illinois.

A panel of “celebrity judges,” including Traughber Junior High principal Tarah Fowler, Prairie Point School principal Dr. Heidi Podjasek, Oswego High School varsity basketball coach Matt Borrowman and Only Oswego publisher Steven Jack, chose the winners in the following categories.

• Best Pepperoni - Firehouse Pizza & Pub of Oswego
• Best Sausage – Fatty’s Pizza
• Best Specialty – Tony Weeds Pizza of Aurora

Also on the judging panel were representatives from event sponsors Fine Line Services and Old Second Bank as well as the event’s guest of honor, Connor Robinson.

Robinson is the third member of an Oswego family to be hit by cancer. The 13-year-old was diagnosed with leukemia in 2010.

Proceeds from the event, hosted and organized by the Oswego Junior Woman’s Club, will benefit the Rally Round the Robinsons community fund.

In addition to the winners, other restaurants participating in this year’s “Slice of Charity” were:

• Aurelio’s Pizza Plainfield
• Fat Ricky’s
• Gonzo’s Pizzeria