LaRosa's pizza is the Cincinnati regional style: square-cut pie with a thin crust and a sweet tomato sauce, finished with a blanket of provolone over Italian sausage or pepperoni.
Buddy LaRosa opened the first LaRosa's Pizzeria on Boudinot Avenue in Westwood in 1954, using his aunt Dena's secret pizza sauce recipe. The square-cut, sweet-sauced regional style differs from New York thin or Detroit deep, becoming the defining Cincinnati pizza. The chain now has more than 60 locations across the metro and the original Boudinot Avenue store still operates.
2 editor picks for LaRosa's square pizza in Cincinnati, ranked by editorial score. All Cincinnati signature dishes · LaRosa's square pizza across every city.
Dewey's Pizza Oakley ★ 4.4
oakley · 3014 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45209
Dewey's Pizza Oakley on Madison Road in Cincinnati is the open-kitchen wood-fired pie shop founded in 1998, with the Bronx Bomber and dough-tossing show.
LaRosa's Pizzeria Boudinot ★ 4.2
west-side · 2411 Boudinot Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45238
LaRosa's Boudinot Avenue is the original 1954 Cincinnati location of Buddy LaRosa's sweet-sauce pizza chain, with the square pie and Italian hoagy.