Vote now! We're down the final two in The Dispatch Best Pizza in Columbus contest
If Columbus pizza places were NCAA basketball programs, this week's final matchup in our Best Pizza in Columbus bracket challenge would be between teams like Duke and North Carolina, Kentucky and Kansas, the 1960 Buckeyes and California.
Your votes over the past three weeks have narrowed a field of 16 local favorites down to two legends that have been serving pizza to Columbus diners — and Columbus-style pizza at that — for a combined 128 years.
In this corner: Terita's, the North Linden carryout founded by Gus Iannarino in 1959 and run today by his son.
And in this corner: The Pizza House, started in an actual North Side house in 1961 and owned today by the stepson of one of its original employees.
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Both serve square-sliced, thin-crusted, toppings-to-the-edges pies. Both advertise the same price for a large, 14-inch with two-toppings: $18.
Your votes will decide the winner.
How they got here
In last week's four-pizza third round, Terita's topped Adriatico's by a vote of 819 to 543. The Pizza House defeated Tommy's Pizza, 868 votes to 622. We've received 17,504 votes since the challenge started on March 11.
Terita's edged Hound Dog's Pizza in the first round by just six votes, the closest matchup of any in the contest so far. The carryout defeated Paulie Gee's in round two before defeating Adriatico's last week.
The Pizza House had the contest's largest-yet victory in its first round, defeating Slammers by 533 votes. It topped Rotolo's Italian Pizzeria in round two and Tommy's Pizza last week.
If you want to try them
Terita’s Pizza
3905 Cleveland Ave., North Linden, www.teritas.com
The Pizza House
747 E. Lincoln Ave., North Side; pizzahousecolumbus.com
Pick the winner by Friday at noon
Final-round voting starts with this post and ends Friday at noon. This week's votes will determine who gets our Best Pizza in Columbus title, and the winner will be announced April 8.
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