It is berry season here, and after a full afternoon in the blueberries nobody was cooking dinner. I put in an online order with Leechburg Pizza Company between phone system tickets: an 18 inch Sicilian, loaded meat, traditional sauce, and a Dr. Pepper. Fourty minutes later it was boxed and waiting.

The shop

Leechburg Pizza Company sits at 101 Market Street, next to the laundromat, in one of the old brick storefronts that make this end of the Kiski Valley worth walking. It is family owned, the dough is made in house, and the whole menu is chalked on boards above a wall of framed pizza jokes. Hoagies get top billing; I have not worked through that side of the board yet.

The pizza

The loaded meat Sicilian is pepperoni, sausage, ham, and bacon on a thick square crust. The bottom browned properly, the edges crisped where the cheese ran onto the pan, and the slices held their weight; the cheese pull in the last photo was not staged. The pie and the drink ran about $35, and an 18 inch square is a lot of pizza; there were leftovers for morning chores.

It was good pizza. Nothing about it is trying to be clever; it is a thick square pie with a lot of meat on it, made by people who clearly do this every day, and it tastes like it. That is the whole review.

The details

Leechburg Pizza Company
101 Market Street, Leechburg, PA 15656
(724) 236-0841
Tuesday through Sunday, 11:00 am to 8:00 pm; closed Mondays
Online ordering at leechburgpizzacompany.com

I usually write about other things, however Leechburg is a good town and this place earns its corner of it. Next trip is for the hoagies.