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Community heart, crispy edges, and enough dog puns to send your high school English teacher into an existential tailspin.
If pizza had a spirit animal, it’d be wagging its tail at Black Dog Pizzeria. This isn’t your average neighborhood pie shop, folks. This Dublin pizzeria is dog-themed, scratch-made, and voted Visit Dublin’s Best Pizza two years running.
The first time you walk into Black Dog, it’s apparent that they’re both a welcomed and welcoming part of the Dublin community. The space itself is compact and artsy: a grab-and-go with a rotating gallery wall of local art and a few cozy tables to chow down on. Basically, it’s a pizza joint that moonlights as a mini art gallery and community hub. The charm hits you almost as fast as the smell of fresh pizza dough.
Community love even shows up on the box sometimes—like their recent “Rescue Boxes,” a collab with Stop the Suffering Animal Rescue of Ohio that featured QR codes spotlighting adoptable pups. Pizza night that helps dogs find homes? That’s a big yes from us.
Top Dogs & Heavy Hitters
Every pizza has a memorable, canine-inspired name and personality. The “Black Dog” (the namesake and crowd favorite) doubles down on pepperoni, traditional and old-world, over a red-sauce base that tastes like it’s straight from nonna’s kitchen.
The “Doggone Hot Chicken” mixes Nashville-style heat, pickles, red onions, and smoky ranch for the kind of flavor chaos that makes you briefly forget your own name. As pesto-lovers, one of our personal favorites is “Man’s Pesto Friend,” a fresh, burrata-cover, basil-infused twist on a classic. Sometimes the simple things are the tastiest.
And then there’s the “Carolina Golden Doodle,” a barbecue-meets-white-sauce fever dream with chicken, bacon, caramelized onions, and baby spinach topped with cilantro. Sweet, smoky, tangy… likely to be the sauciest Golden Doodle you’ve ever met. And of course, they’ve got cheese addicts covered too, with the “Cheesehuahua”, which packs six (yes, six) cheeses into one glorious, stretchy masterpiece.
All their pizzas can be made one of 3 ways:
- Columbus-style (10” or 14”): square-cut, edge-to-edge toppings, thin and crispy
- New York-style (16”): classic, foldable, crusty perfection
- Gluten Free (12”): for our Celiac brethren and sistren (may the sauce & cheese comfort you in your trials)
Speaking of sauce… you’ve got your pick of the homemade litter, from classic red to “Bark-B-Q” to roasted garlic-shallot white and beyond. Add-ons like Mike’s Hot Honey, house-made “Howlapeños,” and ranch are also available… and encouraged.
And those Garlic Knots we mentioned earlier? Well those small buttery miracles are so addictive they come with a warning label. Wings, stromboli, salads, subs, dips, and rotating desserts round it all out for the type of menu that has a little something for everyone.
What more could you ask for? A Pizza of the Month? Don’t be ridiculous… because they’ve got that too. October’s is called “The Hound of the Brisketvilles” and it definitely deserves a shout out (or at least a loud howl). This BBQ based pie is topped with smoked brisket, crispy bacon, pineapple, jalapeños, and a devilishly spicy maple-sriracha drizzle. It’s smoky, sweet, and spicy—a joyfully chaotic treat perfect for Spooky season.
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TL;DR: Black Dog Pizzeria is dishing out the kind of scratch-made greatness that makes Dublin, Hilliard, and NW Columbus collectively drool.
Order online now and try October’s “Hound of the Brisketvilles” before it disappears back into its den of deliciousness.
Or stick to one of the fan favorites and see why so many Dubliners love backing Black Dog. (Hint: It’s the food.. and the vibe.. and the people… and basically everything.)
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