5 spots to find Denver's most dill-icious pickle pizza
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This dill-ightful dish is served at Cart-Driver's LoHi location. Photo: Alayna Alvarez/Axios
Pickle people, this is for you. (And me. Very much me.)
The big picture: Pickle pizza is proving to be a big dill in Denver and beyond — with briny options growing by the slice since the pairing popped off in 2023.
Driving the news: A recent report from the monthly industry magazine Pizza Today found pickle pies are so popular that some shops faced backlash for pulling them off the menu.
- Now, pizzerias are adding tangy twists — pairing pickles with smoked meats, sharp cheeses and funky ferments.
Zoom in: Here are five spots for dill-icious Denver 'za:
Cart-Driver LoHi: What started as a one-off special is now a menu staple, featuring herby yogurt ranch, house pickles, gran cacio and dill on sourdough.
The PZA: Arguably Denver's best new pizza joint, their "Dillmatic" pie comes with dill ranch, mozzarella and crinkle-cut pickle chips.
Outside Pizza: This Neapolitan-style pie — which I first fell for two years ago — comes with housemade crème fraîche, roasted garlic, mozzarella, crunchy pickles, fresh dill and flaky sea salt on naturally leavened sourdough.
- Look for it when they open their new location, slated for mid-September, inside Cerebral Brewing's West Highland taproom.
Blackbird Public House: "The Real Dill" features white sauce, a house cheese blend, thin-sliced pickles, bacon and a big hit of dill.
Ritual Social House: Their hand-tossed thin crust is layered with bacon, thin-sliced pickles, creamy white sauce, mozzarella and fresh dill.
The bottom line: Pickles on pizza may not be for everybody. But don't knock it 'til you try it.