Rosati's Pizza on El Camino Real in Encinitas's New Encinitas district is a franchise of the Chicago-based chain whose family recipes trace to Ferdinand Rosati's 1895 Italian restaurant on Coney Island. The kitchen produces both a Chicago-style thin crust cut into tavern squares and a deep-dish pie built in a seasoned steel pan, using Italian sausage shipped directly from Chicago suppliers — a sourcing commitment that separates the flavor profile from the Southern Italian tradition at Vigilucci's Trattoria on the coast. Saverio Rosati's sons converted the family's restaurant heritage into a pizza concept in Mount Prospect, Illinois, in 1964, and the brand now spans 150-plus locations across twenty states. A sports pub format at the Encinitas location adds a full bar with rotating craft taps and a patio for watching Chicago-team broadcasts, operating on the same New Encinitas corridor as Culture Brewing. The Italian beef sandwich arrives with razor-thin sliced beef simmered in au jus, served on a Turano roll with sweet peppers, hot giardiniera, and a single or double dip option.