We’re a little shop whose bark is as big as our bite! From local Columbus news to national pizza-industry publications, Black Dog Pizzeria has been fortunate to have our pies and our little dog-themed pizza shop featured by some pretty awesome places.
PIZZA TODAY · THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH · ABC 6 / FOX 28 · 614 MAGAZINE · VISIT DUBLIN · VOYAGEOHIO · THE HOT SLICE PODCAST
…and more!

Black Dog Takes First Place at the Great American Pizza Challenge
Black Dog Pizzeria took home First Place in the Breadsticks/Garlic Knots category at the Great American Pizza Challenge, held during Pizza Expo.
Our garlic knots have always been one of the things we’re most proud of, so having them recognized on a national pizza-industry stage was a pretty incredible moment for our little Columbus shop.
From pizza and people to perseverance and community, take a look at some of the stories that we tell and have been told about Black Dog. We loves us a little PR love!

These Columbus Pizzerias Keep Raising the Bar on Specialty Pizzas
Black Dog joins some of Columbus’ standout pizza makers in a look at the creative specialty pies that go beyond the basics.

How One Pizzeria Helps Shelter Dogs Find Homes
Black Dog’s RescueBox initiative, rescue partnerships, adoption events, and commitment to using pizza as a way to help dogs in need.

Destinations: Black Dog Pizzeria
The story of Black Dog, our pizza, and rebuilding after the 2023 fire that closed our doors for nearly six months.

Community Highlights: Meet Jessica Hellaine
Black Dog co-owner Jessica Hellaine talks pizza, community, creativity, the story behind the restaurant, and what it’s like building a small business.

Black Dog Named One of Central Ohio’s Top Pizza Shops
Thousands of local pizza fans voted in Pizza Connoisseurs of Columbus’ annual Pizza Shop of the Year rankings, putting Black Dog among Central Ohio’s Top 10.
Watch us be goofballs live on camera!
From the pizza business and building a brand, to garlic knots, community, bouncing back after a fire, and thinking up seven thousand dog puns a week, we’ve had the chance to sit down and talk Black Dog on a couple of podcasts and shows.

Competing & Thriving in the Columbus, Ohio Market
Black Dog owners Jessica Hellaine and Nick MacDonald sit down with Pizza Today to talk Columbus-style and New York-style pizza, menu development, marketing, community involvement, and growing an independent pizzeria.

Unique Is a Vibe
Nick MacDonald and Brayden Miller join Pizza Today from Pizza Expo Columbus to talk garlic knots, competition, Columbus-style pizza, Black Dog’s branding, recovering from the fire, and what’s next.

Unleashing the Black Dog with Nick & Jessica
Jessica and Nick share the story behind Black Dog Pizzeria and what it takes to build an independent restaurant and a brand that’s unmistakably your own.

Re-Slice of Columbus
Black Dog joins Good Day Columbus to talk pizza, community, and the return of Re-Slice of Columbus—Central Ohio’s pizza-tasting event benefiting Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
You’ve read about it!
You’ve heard about it!
Now come taste it!
And take pictures!
And tell your friends!
Bring your dog!
Bring your friends’ dogs!