Try ‘Columbus-style’ trail for Pizza Day
Thursday is National Pizza Day, and it goes without saying that Columbus is a pizza-loving town.
With countless pizzerias and restaurants serving pizza in Ohio’s capital city, it would be a fool’s errand to try to proclaim one as the best.
Instead, Experience Columbus, the city’s convention and visitors bureau, launched in October something called the “Columbus-style Pizza Trail,” a collection of restaurants in and around Columbus that serve what it calls Columbus-style pizza. That is, pizza with thin crusts and edge-to-edge toppings that are cut in squares. Some have been around for years, if not decades.
Here’s how the pizza trail works: When visiting participating locations, check-in using a digital pass that you can get from Experience Columbus’ website. After stopping at four different restaurants, you’ll get a “Columbusstyle Pizza Trail” T-shirt. Those who purchase a pie from every stop in less than a year will get a stainless-steel pizza cutter and hot pad.
Just be sure to dine in or order carry out, as delivery orders are not eligible for prizes.
Columbus-style Pizza Trail sites
Participating restaurants include:
● Antolino’s Pizza: 1050 Beecher Crossing N., Gahanna
● Bexley Pizza Plus: 2651 E. Main St., Bexley
● Cardinal Pizza: 10 E. Main St., Westerville
● Donatos Pizza: Downtown, Dublin, Hilliard, New Albany, Short North and University District locations
● Gatto’s Pizza: 3420 Indianola Ave., Clintonville
● Grandad’s Pizza: Bethel, Grandview Heights, Hilliard and Northeast Side locations
● Josie’s Pizza Hilltop: 3205 W. Broad St., Hilltop
● JT’S Pizza, Pub & Patio: 2390 W. Dublin Granville Road, Northwest Side
● Massey’s Pizza: Hilliard, Northeast Side, Northwest Side and Whitehall locations
● Panzera’s Pizza: 1354 Grandview Ave., Grandview Heights
● Pasquale’s Pizza & Pasta House: 558 W. Schrock Road, Westerville
● Tammy’s Pizza: 5913 Hoover Road and 3984 Broadway, both in Grove City
● TAT Ristorante Di Famiglia: 1210 S. James Road, East Side
● Vick’s Gourmet Pizza: 7345 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg