Ok so I ate there tonight. Here are my thoughts on the place:
Other than the main owner, most of the other workers are pretty rude. To say the least, not classy at all. I ordered a Chicago Style Deep Dish, and she was like "
it's GOING to take 45 minutes". She said it in a way that came off as discouraging me from ordering it. I understand you want to make sure people will know it's going to take a while, but you can say it in a more pleasant way like "just so you know, the deep dish takes about 45 minutes or so. Do you want an appetizer like breadsticks or something while you wait?". Right there, she comes off as caring, plus she's upselling. Instead, she just was rude to me. You may say it's all in my head, but my wife is usually the first to call me out if I'm being rude or misinterpreting something and she complained about the lady as well.
Another thing: We ordered beer. A different lady handed me the beer with no big deal. Then we go to our table to wait, and she comes by and asks for our ID. Now, I don't mind getting carded, but having worked in the restaurant biz, this approach is pretty bad. If it were a police sting operation, the moment you hand the beer to the customer it's considered gone. You can't make up for it by coming by 5 minutes later after you've drank a little to check.
As far as the pizza goes, I will agree that it's better quality than many of the other options in town. It's pretty greasey, but there is a lot of cheese on it so it's expected. I do like the cornmeal crust but I didn't feel like it was deep enough. It seemed like kind of a shallow crust for deep dish. I actually was dissapointed with lack of crushed tomatoes on the top, as well. I get that it's a personal opinion, but the Chicago Pizzas I've had in Chicago are Giordanos and Gino's East. If you look at this picture:
http://cmsof.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/gifts4.jpg, you see how there's all of the tomatoes on top that you can't even see the cheese? Also, do you see how the crust is like deep? At Black Market it just wasn't that deep of a crust. Also at Black Market all you see is mostly cheese and the tomatoes are just sprinkled on. I mean I had several bites where there were no tomatoes at all. Look at these pictures below for example. You will see what I am talking about. Again, I'm not an Chicago Deep Dish expert, but it just isn't what I am used to when I hear "Chicago Style".
Anyhow, I guess we will see if enough people like it and if they can get busy enough to stay open. I probably would eat there again, but I'd be more inclined to have someone else order, or take carryout, to avoid some of the awkward and rude workers.
In sum I tried it and agree that the pizza is pretty good. I also argued that it takes more than just a good product to stay open, so we will see what happens.