This ‘best you’ve never heard of’ pizzeria is serving East Coast-inspired pies from a Columbus-area bar

Bazemore Pizza Company is located inside Pointe Tavern at 1991 Riverside Dr in Upper Arlington. With a small but mighty artisanal menu featuring pizza, wings, subs, and meatballs, Bazemore Pizza Company proves that they are masters of their craft. Chefs/Owners Billy Bazemore and Todd Crow bring over 25 years of restaurant experience each to their East Coast-style pizza shop, which opened in the summer of 2023.

Their pies offer a delightful twist on the New Jersey tomato pie—a circular thin-crust variety topped with mozzarella and other toppings first, followed by tomato sauce. All their 16-inch pizzas are finished with garlic oil and grated Romano cheese, using only the freshest, highest quality ingredients, including Ezzo pepperoni. The crust is phenomenal, it has great texture, flavor, and structural integrity. The sauce is dolloped on top, allowing you to savor the flavors of the cheese, crust, and toppings while keeping the pizza crispier. I went with the Ezzo pepperoni and sausage pizza, and it was a major feast.

While Bazemore’s pizza is the main star of the show, their wings and subs are also top-tier. Their Chicken Wings are truly impressive. Crispy and juicy, they come with delicious house-made sauces and dry rubs. One pound of crispy jumbo wings can be enjoyed with tangy Buffalo sauce, D-13 dank dust dry rub, or Juli-Q. For subs, I highly recommend the Italian Chicken Cutlet sub. It features a huge, crispy chicken cutlet topped with mozzarella and provolone cheese, marinara sauce, grated Romano, and nut-free basil pesto. The high-quality bread is the X factor that takes this sandwich to the next level.

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The Italian meatballs, a house-made all-beef delight, are baked to perfection and finished with basil pesto, garlic oil, and Romano. This dish is a tasty twist on each of their grandmothers’ recipes—a true generational family collaboration. The meatballs are soft, tender, and packed full of flavor, perfectly complemented by the sauce.

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