Blue Highway a pizzeria

Great Pizza! ! Stopped in on a Saturday afternoon. Never heard of this place before. The service was awesome, and so was the pizza. We had the thin crust with fresh mozzarella, it was the bomb! The crust is done to perfection. I ate it all. We will definitely be back!!!

The Sicilian Funghi pizza is amazing here!!! It’s unique with fresh ingredients. The service is great and the people are friendly. They also have great selection of beer which is hard to find.

We eat here almost weekly and have NEVER been disappointed! Our favorite pizza now is the pizza «David» (our creation). Chicken, pesto, sundried tomatoes, & cheese is a winning combo. The salads and/​or pasta is another solid choice. I’m NOT a salad person, but I always eat one at BH. Spaghetti carbonara very creamy & lots of bacon. Staff is very friendly and accommodating; Kim is wonderful!

OK, but the original location in Micanopy is far better for the food and the service. Worth the drive to Micanopy… and I live in Ocala but only patronize the Micanopy location. So disappointed. :(

Always good and fresh food. Pleasant and helpful staff. Pizzas are fresh and always great. Been coming since they opened in Ocala.
Can’t beat the pepperoni and meatball pizza or the chicken piadine and the beer choices are great.

Good place for pizza and salad. Love the Gorgonzola dressing and the herb fries! They regularly change the specials to incorporate fresh in season ingredients. Pastas are delicious. A great place for lunch or dinner.

Hot Tuna is the bomb!!! Meagan was wonderful. Everything everyone else got said food & service 5 star

According to Blue Highway’s website the Ruffin family established in 2004 at the rustic roadside pizza place I reviewed on my last visit to Ocala. It’s a plastic utensil place with good pizza and also a gluten free pizza… huge plus for my Celiac sister. Their website claims they were in the Doc Hollywood film.
We dined at their third opening in Ocala recently, just a mile from where Tarzan was filmed (according to their website) once again knowing they had a gluten free menu. There is outdoor seating but it’s on a heavy traveled highway. In August who would choose that? Not us. There are multiple seating options, this was a Monday early evening so we had a choice but by the time we left the place was packing them in so I guess you might not have a choice if you choose poorly.
Our waiter seemed to be a newbie, had to check on some of our questions, that’s ok, we all start off new at one time in our lives. There were four of us. We got the antipasto for a starter and let me tell you, it was delicious and abundant. The hummus was from white beans with plenty of garlic. Garlic toast was crunchy, olives, peppers, eggplant… just look at the picture. It was beautiful and a very good value. We each had a small plate in front of us to enjoy this deliciousness.
There was at least 15 minutes before our entrées arrives, perfect timing. Oh our devoured antipasto plate and our four small plates were still on the table, why is that you might ask yourself? Our server passed our table many times, empty handed and didn’t collect them. So, the four of us bussed our table so these people from the kitchen could set our meals down. Unacceptable.
Three of us had pretty delicious meals. The Stromboli across the table had a perfect crust, big and bubbly, just perfect pastry. My artichoke/​spinach flatbread presented as a pizza, not sure I liked that. The huge let down was the gluten free penne ala pesto with chicken. Cooking gluten free pasta is an art. I know that because I have done it. The pasta will absorb everything liquid around it and then bind up. It’s an art. Sis asked for extra sauce knowing there might be a problem, there was. The pasta was undercooked, harder than Al dente and there was no sauce. It was sent back. On the next go round the pasta was cooked but it was floating in a pool of soup. It was sent back.
Kudos to Manager Brandy for realizing the mistakes and stepping up. The gluten free meal was taken off the bill and we got 25% off a gluten free pizza to go.
Note to restaurants who want to serve gluten free… btw it’s your future… take the time to learn how to cook it. Sis’s pizza may have had gluten free ingredients but judging from her today it was contaminated by the pizza wheel, using the same pasta water as gluten pasta, the oven or even someone’s hands. If you are going to serve it train your staff to keep your patrons healthy.

We enjoy this restaurant, food is fresh and well prepared. Service is always excellent. Way above all the chain restaurants in Ocala, nice to have a restaurant that takes pride in quality and customer service.

A different way to do pizza. Not Chicago, not New York style, but a totally unique product. Salads are also excellent. Not quite as unique décor as the original «highway» in Micanopy but very comfortable. Service is always good considering the limited seating. Access and parking are limited. Don’t make the mistake of parking in neighboring biz lots. A real jewel on E Silver Springs.

I wish we had one of these in Fort Lauderdale, so delicious we ate there twice on our weekend trip. My boyfriend is super picky when it comes to Italian food, but his place surpassed our expectations. The food taste fresh and authentic. I tried the chicken piadine, which I had no clue what it was, but loved it. It was light and refreshing. We also tried the Bolgnese and Carbonara dishes, excellent.

The cook accidentally messed up my to go order. He owned up to it and apologized. The other staff were so pleasant and efficient it made up for the delay in food delivery. Mistakes happen, but the way they dealt with them made them 5 stars in my book!

Today they get 1 star for our office lunch to-​go order. Apparently the cup and bowl soup are different size containers and different prices but exactly the same quantity contained inside. Disappointing

Great pizza and even better service. Always friendly and helpful. I absolutely love Blue Highway Pizza.
Living half a mile from their pizza is awesome. I eat there weekly.
Try it. You will be happy.

Excellent Pizza
Good tap beers
Excellent service
Raffaele seated us and explained the specials as they do in high end Restaurants
Highly recommend this restaurant
You won’t be disappointed

I guess when I think of Pizzaria, I think of an oven — either stone oven or otherwise that the pizza is cooked in.
The pizza we got last week was obviously cooked in a pan with WAY TOO MUCH OIL. The toppings were good, but to cook a pie in that much oil is just gross. We ordered a greek and a margarita — both were drenched in oil (the crust).
How do I know for sure? Take a look a the box. It was drenched.
Luckily I had a really hungry teenager that was so hungry he didn’t mind. I was hoping for much better. They need to get a real pizza oven. Keep in mind that I did not order the Sicilian crust pizza– but the thin. It felt extremely greasy.
Service for take out was quick and the staff was really nice. But, I won’t go back.

great tasting freshly made pizza and salads, our favorite pizza is the Greek pizza. Friendly staff, good service.

DIsappointed. After the buildup I was expecting the Best Pizza Ever. Alas, only half the pizza met that mark. The good part were the toppings. They have a wide selection of the usual and quite unusual toppings (eggplant?) which add variety to the offerings. Thus, the center of my pizza was fresh and tasty with a nice, savory tomato sauce.
The disappointment was in the thin crust which was a bit too thin in the middle, thus becoming soggy, and overly thick at the edge. It was also covered in corn meal (or something like that) which completely changed the texture. Speaking of, the texture was somewhat tough with the bread not having risen completely.
The next day having the leftovers for lunch (sometimes the best part!) the center was still excellent but the crust had devolved into being very tough and, now, rubbery. A great crust should not change that much in under 24 hours.
My wife had a gluten free pizza which she reported to be excellent, even for gluten free. Excellent toppings there, too. Just having GF available adds a star to my rating.

On a follow up visit my server Amanda assisted me in choosing an appy. I was going to have the Antipasti Plate but wanted something filling. She suggested one of the flatbreads and she was right! I enjoyed the Brie & Spinach Flatbread… all of it.
It’s also topped w/​bacon, roasted red onions and a balsamic glaze. Um, um, good!!! Service was excellent as before and cleanliness was top notch.

Had to give 4 out of 5 because it seems a bit overpriced. Food is good love their shrimp bisque soup. Also their bean salad is very fresh and delicious! Atmosphere is excellent as well.