City Oven

Very disappointed to learn that the Banksville location has closed. I was getting set to write a review on my first visit to City Oven: their red pizza and wings were the best I’ve had in the area since moving to Mt. Lebanon in July.

I’m really digging their wings and wood-​fired pizza. That they deliver to Beechview now is a plus. I definitely recommend City Oven.

City Oven now delivers! Luckily nothing was lost in the short journey from Banksville Road to our home in Beechview. The pie, adorned with black olives, bacon, and minced garlic remained as wood-​fired crisp in crust as it had been when we dined there 2 ½ years ago. The wings were as meaty and well-​seasoned as ever.
We were told that City Oven no longer carries gelato, which is probably a good thing (see my previous review).

I’m kind of torn on City Oven. i always have a good time here, the atmosphere is great, but the food is mediocre. They wood fire their pizza and it can be really great or it can be really awful. It’s very inconsitent. The last time we ate here it almost tasted like they were cooking on a fire that was burning plastic. Our pizza had the chemically taste to the crust. When we complained they made another one but it still had that taste to it. It was disappointing because when the cooks are on they are ON and the pizza is amazing. The breadsticks are not great. They really have no flavor, just bread sliced into sticks.
Parking is the biggest problem here. They are located on busy Banksville road and have a small lot. There is a tax service next door where a lot of the overrun tends to go.
They are BYOB which is nice, we always take a bottle or two of wine. Hopefully they work on their consistency when it comes to their pizzas.

I tried to like it here, I really did. We ordered several different kinda of pizza each time, and I must say I’ve had better. I am pretty picky with my pizza, it’s just that there is so much terrible pizza out there, why would I waste my time on some that isn’t blow your socks off? It’s mediocre at best. Not bad, but not amazing either.

I actually love the City Oven. I go to their breakfast truck parked on Banksville at Sonny and Joes at least 1 — 2 times a week. A bacon sandwich is $ 3 and sausage is $ 3.25. It use to be a dollar less, but they raised their prices.
I ate in the restaurant twice, both times being a Saturday afternoon and no one was there. When you walk in you have to walk up a set of stairs where you are greeted with a nice, clean, and simple dining area. You order at a register and then you sit. Each time I sat outside on the side of the building under the yellow awning to look out onto Banksville Rd. The patio is pretty cute with a fire area surrounded by Adirondack chairs, some tables with umbrellas .
The sausage and peppers panini is very good. Not greasy at all and the sausage has a nice spiced taste. They give you the option of whole wheat or white bread, which is great! They also give you an option between frozen grapes or chips as a side, go for the frozen grapes they are tasty.
I also tried a bite of their chicken pesto panini and it was very good, pesto tasted fresh.
Everything is quickly served, but that could be due to being the only customers there.
Try this place out, especially for breakfast you will not be disappointed and most likely begin to crave it every morning while you sit next to the truck in traffic.
TIP: on mornings when traffic is backed up on Banksville turn right into the lot where the Mintt is (the first right after the Kuhns lot) and keep going through the parking lots until you reach the truck! You won’t get a head of traffic, but you certainly won’t waste time.

Meh! A bit disappointed. A friend of ours had ordered from here during one of the Steeler games. The food had been fresh and good. Hoping for the same we tried it for dinner tonight. The Vodka pizza and wood fired wings left me wanting. The flatbread crust was too hard and the wings were ‘icky’ dry.
When places like this that have the potential to be good lack consistency it saddens the foodie in me. I’m giving it a 3 keeping my first experience in mind. Not sure if anything in future would compel me to give City Oven another go.

The patio is great at this time of year. Our group eat around the fire pit on the patio. Great place to hang out with cool nights and warm fire. We all BYOB and it was fun to try different food and wines.
Oh Yeah, BYOB is Back. Do not serve beer or wine, sold liquor license, so it is BYOB again.
Sampled the bread sticks which are a nice crusty pizza like sticks with garlic, some great white pizza with fire roasted spinach and fire roasted tomatoes. Also, had a salad which is fresh with some blue cheese and some wonderful balsamic vinaigrette.

Let me just say the pizza here is DELICIOUS. You have to pay for each additional topping so it might add up but it’s not too bad pricing. The inside is nice and there’s outdoor seating too. It was really loud with like a million kids when I went which was kind of annoying but the pizza’s bomb. Definitely check it out!
BTW it’s free BYOB cause they don’t sell beer anymore. There’s a liquor store two doors down though if it’s a must.