Louisville's pizza scene spans wood-fired Neapolitan rooms and long-standing local parlors. Garage Bar on East Market Street fires its pies in NuLu, Coal's Artisan Pizza works the coal-oven style on Frankfort Avenue, and Wick's Pizza Parlor on Baxter Avenue holds down the Highlands with a heartier homegrown style.
$$$$Wood-fired Pizza, AmericanNulu
Garage Bar on East Market in Louisville turned a former auto-service shop into a wood-fired pizza pub with a courtyard ping-pong table and a Kentucky bourbon.
OrderThe wood-fired pork-meatball pizza, with a Kentucky bourbon old fashioned.
TipKitchen serves until late on weekends. The patio fills first on warm nights.
$$$$Pizzeria, PubHighlands
Wick's Pizza on Baxter Avenue in Louisville has poured pints and pulled pizzas out of its Highlands corner since 1995, the neighbourhood's busiest game-day.
OrderThe Big Wick pizza with sausage, pepperoni and mushroom.
TipWalk-in only on weekends. Order at the bar and a runner brings the pizza out.
$$$$Coal-fired PizzaFrankfort Avenue
Coal's Artisan Pizza on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville pulls thin-crust pies from a coal-fired oven, the city's most consistent neighbourhood pizzeria.
OrderThe Brownsboro pie with sausage and roasted peppers, plus a burrata to start.
TipWalk-in for the bar. The Middletown location takes reservations for larger parties.
$$$$Wood-fired Pizza, AmericanNulu
Garage Bar on East Market in Louisville turned an old auto-service shop into a NuLu wood-fired pizza pub with a courtyard ping-pong table and a Kentucky.
OrderThe pork-meatball wood-fired pizza, with a Kentucky bourbon old fashioned.
TipKitchen serves late on weekends; the patio fills first on warm nights.
$$$$Pizzeria, PubHighlands
Wick's Pizza on Baxter Avenue in Louisville has poured pints and pulled deep-dish pies out of its Highlands corner since 1995, the busiest game-day room.
OrderThe Big Wick pizza with sausage, pepperoni and mushroom.
TipWalk-in only on weekends. Order at the bar and a runner brings out the pie.
$$$$Coal-fired PizzaFrankfort Avenue
Coal's Artisan Pizza on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville pulls thin-crust pies from a coal-fired oven, the city's most consistent neighbourhood pizzeria.
OrderThe Brownsboro pie with sausage and roasted peppers, plus a burrata to start.
TipWalk-in for the bar. The Middletown location takes reservations for larger parties.
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Garage Bar on East Market in Louisville keeps the wood-fired oven running until 02:00 daily, the NuLu pizza pub for the after-dinner crowd off the bourbon.
OrderWood-fired pizza, pork meatballs
TipKitchen serves the full menu until close. The patio fills first on warm nights.
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8UP on West Chestnut in Louisville pours mint juleps and wood-fired pizzas from the Hilton Garden Inn rooftop until midnight, an all-glass late-night.
OrderWood-fired pizza, late cocktails
TipBook the rooftop patio for Derby weekend. The cocktail program is the draw.
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Wick's Pizza on Baxter Avenue in Louisville pulls pizza and pours pints until 22:00 on weekends, the Highlands game-day pub for the post-Bardstown bar crowd.
OrderPizza, stromboli, beer
TipWalk-in only on weekends. Order at the bar; the back room takes overflow.
$$$$Pizzeria
Wick's Pizza on Baxter Avenue in Louisville sells personal pizzas and stromboli for under $16, the Highlands pub keeping student lunches affordable.
OrderPersonal pizza or stromboli
TipWalk-in only on weekends. Order at the bar. Lunch specials Mon to Fri.