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Cold shredded cheese piled atop a square slice, DiCarlo’s Original Pizza

Best Ohio Valley Pizza

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Ohio Valley–style pizza is associated with Steubenville and communities along the upper Ohio River. The crust and sauce are baked first, then finished after leaving the oven with cold shredded cheese and, often, additional cold toppings. The defining experience is the contrast between the hot base and cool cheese, which gradually softens without fully melting as the pizza is served.

Score keyTop Tier · 9.0+Great · 8.0–8.9Worth the Calories · 6.5–7.9All Pizza’s Good, Right? · Below 6.5
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Cold shredded cheese piled atop a square slice, DiCarlo’s Original Pizza

DiCarlo’s Original Pizza

Wheeling, WV · Sicilian / Square, Ohio Valley Style · Jul 2025

6.3All Pizza’s Good, Right?

DiCarlo’s Original Pizza (Wheeling, WV) - *Ohio Valley Style Pizza* You’ve probably never heard of “Ohio Valley Style Pizza”. This rarest of styles is popular in many towns in Eastern Ohio / Western West Virgin…

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DiCarlo’s Original Pizza

DiCarlo’s Original PizzaClosed

Columbus · Sicilian / Square, Ohio Valley Style · Jun 2022

7.7Worth the Calories

As part of Juneteenth weekend, I think we all typically reflect on the words of economist Tyler Cowen: “Restaurants manifest the spirit of capitalist multiculturalism -…