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Archive
Lost Pizzerias of Cincinnati
Closed Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky pizzerias preserved as part of the local pizza record.
Dedicated to the memory of some great slices.
How to read the archive
This is not just a graveyard. Closed shops stay here because they explain the Cincinnati/NKY pizza scene: downtown lunch slices, NKY neighborhood shops, short-lived craft projects, and style experiments that disappeared.
Scores are preserved as historical records. Most entries are rating-only, so the page separates the archive into useful cuts rather than pretending every closed shop has equal documentation.
Open rankings live elsewhere. This page is intentionally archival; current recommendations remain on the Cincinnati guide and map.
Best lost records
The strongest closed entries
Archive cut
Downtown slice shops and lunch-counter ghosts
Central-city records, including downtown slices, bars, and short-lived storefronts.
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6.7Worth the Calories
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5.4All Pizza's Good, Right?
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4.5All Pizza's Good, Right?
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4.3All Pizza's Good, Right?
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Northern Kentucky and the south-bank archive
Covington, Fort Thomas, Erlanger, Newport, and other NKY records that belong in the Cincinnati pizza orbit.
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7.4Worth the Calories
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7.3Worth the Calories
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6.3All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.7All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.1All Pizza's Good, Right?
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3.4All Pizza's Good, Right?
Archive cut
Neapolitan and wood-fired closures
Craft or oven-driven places that did not last, but still help define the local style history.
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8.7Great
Since opening in August 2022, College Hill’s El Camino Bakery has been one of our favorite spots in the city for coffee, baked goods, and Gustave Doré inspired decor. More recently, El Camino has started hosting Saturday…
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8.3Great
This might be America’s best-named pizzeria (with the possible exception of @joespizzanyc). Let me explain: Neapolitan pizzaioli strive to achieve a "leopard-spotted crust". That, of course, refers to a pizza crust that …
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7.5Worth the Calories
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7.1Worth the Calories
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6.4All Pizza's Good, Right?
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6.3All Pizza's Good, Right?
Archive cut
Tavern, thin crust, and deep-dish archives
Crisp thin-crust, tavern, and Chicago-adjacent entries preserved below the current rankings.
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7.5Worth the Calories
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6.7Worth the Calories
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6.5Worth the Calories
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6.4All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.5All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.1All Pizza's Good, Right?
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3.4All Pizza's Good, Right?
Archive cut
Lowest-rated lost records
The weak end of the archive is useful too: it shows what the index rejected or only faintly recommends.
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6.4All Pizza's Good, Right?
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6.4All Pizza's Good, Right?
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6.3All Pizza's Good, Right?
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6.3All Pizza's Good, Right?
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6.2All Pizza's Good, Right?
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6.1All Pizza's Good, Right?
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6.1All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.8All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.7All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.5All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.4All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.3All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.1All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.0All Pizza's Good, Right?
Whether it’s maturity transformation, risk free asset creation, or just plain old fashioned liquidity supply, America (and indeed the world) loves banks. So it peaked my *interest* when this pizzeria opened in Mt Lookout…
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4.5All Pizza's Good, Right?
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4.5All Pizza's Good, Right?
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4.3All Pizza's Good, Right?
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3.4All Pizza's Good, Right?
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1.7All Pizza's Good, Right?
Complete archive
All lost Cincinnati / NKY records
#1
8.7Great
Since opening in August 2022, College Hill’s El Camino Bakery has been one of our favorite spots in the city for coffee, baked goods, and Gustave Doré inspired decor. More recently, El Camino has started hosting Saturday…
#2
8.7Great
A oval-ish New Haven style apizza from a coal-fired oven, featuring double pepperoni and an artfully charred crust. Really quite good and reminiscent of what you’d get at say @frankpepepizza.…
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8.6Great
Some of my favorite slices in Cincinnati come from bakeries (see the focaccia at @brownbearbakery & sfincione at @allezbakery). Pizza is mostly bread & bakeries tend to be extra thoughtful on how they craft their crust. …
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8.3Great
This might be America’s best-named pizzeria (with the possible exception of @joespizzanyc). Let me explain: Neapolitan pizzaioli strive to achieve a "leopard-spotted crust". That, of course, refers to a pizza crust that …
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8.0Great
We visited this Pendleton pizzeria this last week, pairing it with some art via @otrfinalfriday & @pendletonartcentercincinnati. Razzo (Italian for “rocket”) bills itself as a Roman style pizzeria. I’m a big fan of Roman…
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7.7Worth the Calories
This divine looking pie is from @daughterspizzakitchen in Milford, which I recently visited to celebrate our first Midwest Pope. Daughter’s is a Sicilian-style spot that takes its craft seriously, focusing on technique a…
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7.6Worth the Calories
A Hyde Park taproom with intense New York style pizza. To me, this pizza was reminiscent of that enjoyed by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Flexible/floppy (not at all crisp) crust and an extreme amount of cheese that …
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7.5Worth the Calories
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7.4Worth the Calories
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6.4All Pizza's Good, Right?
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6.4All Pizza's Good, Right?
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6.3All Pizza's Good, Right?
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6.3All Pizza's Good, Right?
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6.2All Pizza's Good, Right?
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6.1All Pizza's Good, Right?
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6.1All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.8All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.7All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.5All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.4All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.3All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.1All Pizza's Good, Right?
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5.0All Pizza's Good, Right?
Whether it’s maturity transformation, risk free asset creation, or just plain old fashioned liquidity supply, America (and indeed the world) loves banks. So it peaked my *interest* when this pizzeria opened in Mt Lookout…
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4.5All Pizza's Good, Right?
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4.5All Pizza's Good, Right?
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4.3All Pizza's Good, Right?
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3.4All Pizza's Good, Right?
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1.7All Pizza's Good, Right?