Why Mount Vernon is known for thick crust pizza remains something of a mystery that is still waiting to be solved. It may be that the physical aspect of working in the mills and factories gave the customers of the early Mount Vernon pizzerias humongous appetites that only a slice of thick crust pizza could satisfy, but that's only supposition. It may be that the remote location of Mount Vernon meant the trend of New York-style pizza that swept across the United States in the 1930s somehow passed this Ohio city by, but that's also just supposition. What is a proven fact is that the pizzerias in Mount Vernon bake great thick crust pizzas and that's hopefully something their customers appreciate. Thick crust is one of the best types of Italian pizzas ever and is one that is never going to go out of fashion. Top it with whatever you like and you'll have a hearty, substantial, and extremely tasty meal that's far too easy to repeat.

Best delivery pizza in Mount Vernon, Ohio

Ron's Pizza is the Mount Vernon pizzeria that bakes the best delivery pizza. Ron's has been sending out first-class pies from their premises on Coshocton Avenue for an incredible fifty years. That's half a century of making fresh dough in the mornings, whipping up batch after batch of homemade tomato sauce, and grating an awful lot of cheese. Ron's deserves to receive a medal for perseverance and consistency of quality over the years, but what they're more than happy to receive is your custom. Ron's Pizza is housed in a relatively small premises, but it's one that works perfectly for take-outs and deliveries. They do have some eat-in facilities, but as that's not a main part of how this pizzeria works, they're not particularly worth mentioning. Call Ron's for your delivery pizza and you'll be brought one that's loaded to the max and right to the edges so if you like nibbling on naked crusts, you may be disappointed.

Best takeout pizza in Mount Vernon, Ohio

If you've been getting a leg stretch in Memorial Park or been out on the Kokosing Gap Trail for a couple of hours, it's understandable if you're feeling peckish. You don't need to rush home to cook as you're just a few minutes away from where you can get the best take-out pizza in Mount Vernon. Head in the right direction up Mount Vernon Avenue and you'll encounter a pizzeria called the Pirate's Cove and that's where they serve great pies. Pirate's Cove has been trading since way back in 1978, so know a thing or two about baking pizzas. Drive up to this Mount Vernon pizzeria's premises and you might be fooled into thinking it's a warehouse. Don't be. Inside this pizza joint is total class just like their take-out pizzas are. If you're not as hungry as you thought you were, but still want pizza, try one of Pirate Cove's house specials which are individual scroll pizzas. They're small, but decidedly tasty and more filling than they look.

Best pizza near Mount Vernon, Ohio

Mansfield

There's no doubt that Mount Vernon is surrounded by a plethora of small towns. If you want to be somewhere where there's a diversity of activities suitable for both adults and kids then you need to take a trip twenty-eight miles north of Mount Vernon to Mansfield. You can keep the kids busy for a couple of hours at the Little Buckeye Children's Museum, then follow that with freaking them out with the wax figures at the Biblewalk Waxwork Museum or take them for a spin on the vintage Richland Carrousel. Instead of taking them to the Ohio State Reformatory, which may be just a little bit too macabre for their young minds, drop into the Leaning Tower of Pizza on Lexington Avenue for a pie.

Loudonville

If you like to go canoeing or kayaking then Loudonville is one rural Ohio village to add to your list of places to visit. Loudonville is bordered by the Mohican State Park and the Mohican Memorial State Forest. Here you can paddle along the Mohican River and Clear Fork Creek where they run through gorges overhung with hemlock forests. For those who don't like hitting the water, there are superb hiking trails through the dense woodlands and by the sides of the waterways, wildlife to spot and a historic covered bridge to photograph. A great place to stop for a pizza on the way home is Trails End Pizza on the OH-3.

Newark

If you love wandering through the trees but really don't have a clue about what species they are or what you're looking at then you should head the twenty-five miles south it takes to get from Mount Vernon to Newark. In Newark you can explore the two-thousand acres of the Dawes Arboretum which is part garden and part tree museum. There you can wander along paved trails winding through the trees which all have informative signage. The arboretum hosts nighttime winter walks during the month of December when all the trees on one particular trail are illuminated in rainbow colors. It's spectacular and worth shivering for. You can warm up after with a pizza at Christy's Pizza on East Church Street.