15 'Columbus-style' pizzerias to check out on National Pizza Day

Monroe Trombly, The Columbus Dispatch
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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 "Columbus-Style 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.

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Columbus-style Pizza Trail locations

Participating restaurants include:

Big Al’s pizza with sesame crust at JT's Pizza on Dublin Granville Road
Big Al’s pizza with sesame crust at JT's Pizza on Dublin Granville Road

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: 15 'Columbus-style' pizzerias to check out, per Experience Columbus