The Circle City offers a little of everything, and its pizza scene is no different. Throughout the city, you can find everything from gourmet pizzas delivered in fine dining establishments to tavern-style pies in brewery restaurants. Whether you're interested in a classic combo of pepperoni and sausage at a cozy sports bar, or you want to taste a pizza so good it won a pizza award in Italy, this city has what you're after. Check out these top picks for satisfying pizzas in Indianapolis.
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Napolese
The Fashion Mall at Keystone, 8702 Keystone Crossing, Indianapolis
Napolese offers a world-class dining experience, serving artisanal pizzas made with locally sourced ingredients. The pizza menu includes a seasonal selection of gourmet pizzas. Consider options like the Broken Yolk featuring traditional margherita pizza ingredients along with egg. The Summer Love pizza delivers tomato, onion, roasted summer squash, and goat cheese. On the BLT pizza, you'll find smoking goose jowl bacon, leeks, and taleggio.
If you prefer to make your own pie, you can do so easily, choosing from a selection of cheeses, meats, and vegetables. You can create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece with options like Caprini goat cheese, taleggio, gorgonzola, provolone, burrata, and fresh mozzarella for your cheese. There are 18 other toppings to choose from including roasted chicken, braised pork shoulder, corn, leeks, and imported olives alongside more traditional picks such as pepperoni, Italian sausage, tomatoes, and roasted peppers. The menu also includes wines, cocktails, and beer to complete your dining experience.
Puccini's Pizza & Pasta-Clearwater
3944 E 82nd Street, Indianapolis
Puccini's has proudly delivered innovative pizzas and pastas to Indiana residents for more than 30 years. Though Puccini's can only be found in Indiana and Kentucky, it's known around the world. In 2012, Puccini's Campfire Pizza won the "Best Classic Pizza in America" award in Parma, Italy at the World Championship of Pizza.
Traditional pizza pies at Puccini's are made with all-natural flour for the crust and California sun-ripened tomatoes in the sauce. You'll find an assortment of specialty pizzas on the menu like the Bar 20 with barbecue chicken, barbecue sauce, smoked gouda, and red onions. The Twice Baked has new potatoes, bacon, green onions, smoked gouda, and the house buttermilk herb dressing. Puccini's award-winning Campfire pizza is topped with smoked sausage, sweet onion marmalade, gorgonzola, and fresh rosemary. You can also build your own pie to create an original flavor.
Arni's
4705 East 96th Street, Indianapolis
The flagship Arni's restaurant opened in Lafayette, Indiana in 1965. The original location could seat 100 patrons. Within 10 years, Arni's had seating for nearly 500. Arni's has since become a Hoosier favorite. The Indianapolis location features an assortment of comfort food favorites, including several mouthwatering pizzas.
Try distinctive flavors like the Jamaican Jerk pizza with chicken, pineapple, banana peppers, red onion, red and yellow peppers, and jerk sauce. The Maui Zowie puts a fun twist on Hawaiian pizza with ham, pineapple, pepperoni, and a spicy barbecue sauce. On the Chicken Portabella pizza, you'll enjoy Portabella mushrooms, roasted red pepper, mozzarella, cheddar, and garlic parmesan. Naturally, you can build your own pizza as well from a vast selection of toppings ranging from broccoli and mushrooms to meatballs, bacon, and Italian sausage.
Jack's Pizza
5650 E 86th Street, Indianapolis
In business since 1966, Jack's Pizza has a reputation for piling on the toppings and creating hearty pizzas that are never lacking for flavor. The famous Big Jack pizza features pepperoni, sausage, ham, onions, green peppers, banana peppers, mushrooms, and both black and green olives. If you're not in the mood for meat, the Jack Rabbit is an all-veggie option with mushrooms, onions, banana peppers, green peppers, tomatoes, and black and green olives. Serious meat-eaters will enjoy the Jack Meat-eor with pepperoni, sausage, ground beef, Italian sausage, ham, salami, and bacon.
If these specialty pizzas aren't for you, you can make your own pizza pie. Choose from a 7-inch personal pizza, 10-inch small, 14-inch medium, 16-inch large, and 18-inch X-large. The topping selection includes 18 picks like pork sausage, chicken, salami, pineapple, tomato, and more.
The District Tap
3720 E 82nd Street, Indianapolis
The District Tap is a popular sports bar serving up live music, your favorite sporting events, craft beer, and delicious food. The pizzas are a favorite on the menu, with three options to choose from. You can go for a timeless Margherita, classic pepperoni and sausage, or innovative Philly steak pizza with mozzarella cheese, blackened ribeye strips, bell peppers, mushrooms, red onions, ranch dressing, and a spicy queso drizzle.
This is also a great choice if you have someone in your party who doesn't like pizza, as the menu has many other options like gourmet mac and cheese pots, steak burgers, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, and more.
Daredevil Hall
2721 E 86th Street, Suite 180, Indianapolis
Daredevil Hall is the dining destination for Daredevil Brewing Company. The Hall is family-friendly with a pet-friendly patio. If you're a fan of Daredevil brews, this is the perfect destination, as you'll find a full selection of their ales and lagers. The menu also includes guest beers, ciders, and wines.
The pizzas here are available with tavern-style thin crusts or East coast bar-style crusts. Try the signature Daredevil pizza with Italian sausage, ground pepperoni, and banana peppers. Real pepperoni lovers will swoon for the 3-Way Pepperoni with pepperoni, jumbo pepperoni, and ground pepperoni. On Saturday and Sunday, you can even order a breakfast pizza with pepper sausage gravy, crumbled bacon, and green onion. You can build your own pizza with your choice of red sauce or olive oil and garlic, and add a wide range of toppings to make the perfect pie.
Did we include your favorite local pizza joint on our list? If we missed a Hoosier favorite, contact our team at Tom Wood Nissan and let us know so we can update our recommendations. We want to make sure we're always pointing our loyal customers in the right direction when they're driving off the lot and looking to enjoy our great area.