Josie's Pizza

Ninth Stop on the Pizza Tour:
Josie's Pizza
952 West Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43222
Our trip to Josie's started on an interesting note. For those who do not know, there are two Josie’s on West Broad Street. This detail caused some serious confusion in my car. I was riding with future Doctor Scott and we went to the most western Josie's on West Broad. This Josie’s is located in the Hilltop and had bars in the windows and a very rough crowd (thank god Scott was there). After taking a quick look inside, Scott and I decided we were in the wrong place and reversed course. We headed about 5 miles east on Broad Street and found the Josie’s on the west side of Columbus. Josie’s was kind of a hole in the wall place in a brick building and has a plain yellow sign with red block lettering that simply says, “JOSIE'S PIZZA.” Anyway, due to getting lost Scott and I were the last to join David, Robbie and Sarah for the tour stop. When I walked in I saw a fine place with a minor drawback that Josie's does not sell beer. Oddly, they have all kinds of pop. For example I had a Mountain Dew and David had a Mello Yellow, so no allegiance to Coke or Pepsi at Josie's. Finally it was time to decide what kind of pizza to order. As usual, we had to have the standard pepperoni but that would not be enough for all five us. We consulted with our waitress and she guided us towards a supreme and a medium B-L-T pizza with ranch on the side. At this point I should mention we had five people at a table that was probably better suited for three so when our pizza arrived there was not much space for it. The pepperoni arrived first. The pepperoni looked like a cheese pizza upon arrival and I was a little bit concerned. However, upon a closer review the pepperoni was baked underneath the cheese (see picture above). There was not an overwhelming amount of pepperonis on the pizza but an adequate amount of pepperoni was there for a very good pizza. Once again the pizza was a thin crust cut into square pieces (A Kenny Special). Shortly following the pepperoni arrival were our other two pizzas. The B-L-T looked like a pile of lettuce with a pizza underneath. Of course I had to try a few pieces and by brushing away some lettuce to get down to a reasonable amount of lettuce and a little bit of ranch it was a very good pizza. Not to get sidetracked, but is there anything that isn’t going to be good that involves bacon, cheese and ranch? The supreme had to be positioned on the table behind us due to real estate limitations. The supreme was piled high with all the toppings, probably a half inch taller than the pepperoni, and each bite was perilous with many topping falling off, but the end result was delicious. Of the three pizzas we had, the supreme was my favorite. In summary, Josie's was a nice place and I could see myself eating there again, especially since my office is a mere 5 minutes away. I think the consensus on the pepperoni was a 6.5 out of 10 square pies.