Just about everyone loves a great pizza, and West Virginia has plenty of delicious pizza places to choose from. One of the most celebrated locations is surprisingly found tucked away inside a mall food court.
The Pizza Place first started in 1976 inside the Grand Central Mall in Vienna, a suburb of Parkersburg.
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It quickly rose to fame in the area for its Brooklyn style pizzas created by its owner, Mike Ruscitto.
The Original Pizza Place/Facebook You can get the pizza by the slice or by the whole pie.
You can choose between thin crust NY style pizza, and the thicker crust Sicilian pizza.
The Original Pizza Place/Facebook
You can also get creatively topped white pizzas.
The Original Pizza Place/Facebook
Of course it wouldn’t be a West Virginia pizza shop without lots of pepperoni!
The Original Pizza Place/Facebook
The Pizza Place has won several awards over the years, both for their regular and their gluten-free pies.
The Original Pizza Place/Facebook
The original store at the mall inspired a chain of other pizza places around West Virginia, but these days only the Vienna store and another in Marietta, Ohio are still owned and operated under Mike’s expert guidance.
The Original Pizza Place/Facebook
To distinguish between the other Pizza Places, the mall store is now known as The Original Pizza Place, and it remains popular to this day.
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The Original Pizza Place is located inside Grand Central Mall, 100 Grand Central Mall, Vienna, WV 26105.
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You can get the pizza by the slice or by the whole pie.
For more awesome pizza place in West Virginia, check out these 13 mouth-watering pizza parlors you just have to try.
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