jockamo upper crust pizza

not all that. my wife works near here,and picks a couple of pies up,every month or so.she likes the pizza ok,but not herfavoritefor sure.on a friday evening there is no parking to be found,so she parks at the bank and walks over.my biggest complaint is they don't cover the pizza with very much toppings,and the whole pizza has a series of bubbles in the crust,also after tasting a strong flour taste i looked at the bottom of the crust ,and it was covered in white flour,obviously using way to much flour on the board when rolling out the crust.i now get a sub when she wants to get carry-out from there,and it is not anything to rave about.

po boy pizza!. this is my favorie pizza spot. we are from the community and have dined in and also had delivery. myfavoritepizzas are their po boy, shrimp scamp, and pepperoni.i especially love how they support other businesses, such as myfavoritesandwich place (papa roux). papa roux makes the sauce for jockamo's po boy pizza. we love the atmosphere of jockamos and happy to have them in our community!

this is my all timefavoritepizza place!! amazing food, great atmosphere, and friendly staff. i always recommend it to anyone i know. such unique toppings to.

add jockamo to the list of pizza that i will never waste money on again! "indy's best"? i feel sorry for indy! i've heard about this place for a couple years and chose a couple simple pies for a thanksgiving eve meal - sausage and pepperoni. how could a pizza place mess that one up?

i opened the carton on the kitchen counter with anticipation, and my first visual impression was 'not impressed'.

the ingredients were topped with a healthy layer of cheese, which was a good sign, but it lacked a certain 'lumpyness' that i was hoping for. i reserved judgement for the first bite. nothing impressive. the crust was like a saltine cracker - without the salt- dry, lifeless, flavorless. my sister mentioned that she liked the 'crumbly' sausage better than the 'chunk' here or there, and i lifted the cheese to have a look. 'what sausage'? i saw none on this piece! and the pepperone was 'hit or miss' also. so making up for an unspectacular crust with a healthy dose of toppings was off the list, too!

i did take the leftovers (more than expected) home with me. stepdad didn't want any. i will 'doctor them up' with some more toppings of my own and see if i can rescue them.

i had talked a picky stepfather into trying jockamo's over his personal localfavoriteand had to apologize to him afterward. i let the family down!
i'll just stick with a 'totino's' and my own toppings'!

love this place. diehard jockamo fan. their barbecue chicken pizza will be the meal i request on my death bed. perfect crust, perfect sauce, perfect "artisan" flavors. easily myfavoritepizza place. all locations are great, but the irvington location will always have my heart.

i still can't give this pizza place enough credit! the only reason i didn't give it 5 was because i'm from chicago and i love deep dish, which they don't have. my all timefavoriteis the cheese louise! lots of different cheeses (ricotta! yum!) bacon and red onion! my partner likes the slaughterhouse five, which is a meat lovers wet dream. great bread sticks, get the parmesan dip! i also like the thai pizza!

great pizza & service. wife and i hadn't been back here for quite sometime. decided to meet up with a close family friend to have a bite. she started out with the "simple salad" and loved it. everything was extremely fresh looking and tasting. we opted for the "slaughterhouse five" pizza as our main course. simply can't beat this pie. only one close to it is one we've had from mother bear's down in bloomington (a favorite). also had ordered a "pepperoni, sausage, and bacon" pizza for the rest of the family and they loved it! we'll not wait as long to revisit this place. pics included. updated the menu photos too. enjoy!


-----03 jul, 2011-----

pizza let us down a little along with breadstick dipping sauce...!. i've really liked this place for sometime and have continually rallied for the hearts and minds as a good soldier in favor of jockamo upper crust pizza for the local jockamo vs bazbeau battle.

just recently, my family and i decided to treat my visiting sister and son's girlfriend to a visit here after much bragging. it was a busy friday evening with an expected 40 minute wait. after only a 20 minute wait, we were gladly and cordially seated.

breadsticks & sauces -

believe it or not, during past visits, we'd never ordered the breadsticks. we finally decided to order them and for our dipping sauces, we opted for the nacho cheese sauce (double order), pizza sauce, and alfredo sauce. the breadsticks were very good on their own but the sauces were served cold! regardless, most of the sauces were good, albeit better if at least warm, with exception to the alfredo dipping sauce. this italian masterpiece had the consistency of mayonnaise with roughly shredded parmesan cheese mixed in and unfortunately tasted that way without even a hint of the expected buttery taste. the alfredo dipping sauce was a complete let down, and as a whole for all the sauces being served cold it totaled up to be a complete major appetizer foul!

ordered 2 pizzas.

pizza #1 - slaughter house five specialty pizza - 16".

our typicalfavoriteand popular pizza we always order is the "pepperoni & sausage" at every place we visit. this place has been no exception in that regard and found it to always be extremely good!. this time the wife and i decided to try the "slaughter house five" specialty pizza to satisfy our recently new found love of all meat pizzas. all was good except two things. what happened to covering the entire pizza crust with toppings? at least 1-2 inches of crust around the edges with not so much as a hint of tomato sauce, much less a witness mark of accidentally dropped toppings in that area! secondly, we've never acquired the taste of mushrooms on our pizza. one of the ingredients of this specialty pizza is italian beef. i swear this beef has a look, consistency, taste, and texture of finely chopped mushrooms but upon extreme scrutiny, it is in fact beef. regardless, it took away from our experience. for our own psychological benefit, we will order this pizza without the italian beef. in summary, aside from these two issues, the pizza was satisfactory. we will order the "pepperoni & sausage" classicalfavoritenext time and add bacon!

son & his girlfriend wanted to try their own pizza combination.

pizza #2 - 1/2 spicy cajun sausage, jalapeno, bacon, pineapple & 1/2 pepperoni & sausage.

this ill created combo by young ones in love was delivered to our table wrong. it came even more in error with banana peppers. told our server and she graciously compensated with a 12" of the corrected ingredients (spicy cajun, etc.)... we got to keep the original good 1/2 of pepperoni & sausage.

not sure how the corrected pizza tasted. wouldn't try it even on a bet. however the 1/2 pepperoni & sausage was fantastic as expected and experienced in the past!

our server kept our drinks topped off and checked on us from time to time albeit they were quite busy.

hopefully i'm wrong, but there may be a developing crack in the alliance in regards to the battle of jockamo vs bazbeaux. or maybe it was just a busy quirky night we visited. until our next visit, i am downgrading fromfavoritestatus to like.

hopefully just a quirky visit. we'll be back to confirm.


-----20 feb, 2011-----

excellent tasting pizza... should be ranked in indy's top 3.... we've tried this place twice. we would definitely visit more often but is across town from us. this place should be consistently ranked higher than bazbeaux's. great crust, sauce and fresh toppings. great little hole-in-the-wall pizza joint.

not myfavoritepizza in down but the staff is great and their beer selection is all local. jockamos is a good gourmet pizza joint with great atmosphere. their crusts are a little too dry for my taste but if you like it then you'll like the whole menu.

fantastic. i was so glad when jockamo's opened in irvington, and i'm so glad its become the juggernaut and catalyst for other great spots in the area. the pizza is consistent and made with fresh ingredients. the breadsticks are hot and delicious and come with amazing dipping sauces. and the little things you wouldn't expect from a pizza place like great carrot cake or a watermelon salad with goat cheese and balsamic reduction are the reasons why its a constantfavoriteof the locals. keep it up, guys and gals.

good pizza. we stopped by this pizza joint while in town visiting some friends.
good local vibe.
we ordered:
1. slaughterhouse five
2. maui
3. philly jack
4. caliente
ourfavoriteof the bunch was a tie between the slaughterhouse and the caliente.
for six hungry adults, we had about 2 pizza's worth left over for breakfast the next day.

this is as good as it gets...... ...when it comes to a neighborhood place that has good beer, good pizza and an efficient wait-staff. been there many times, but we always meet someone new that we can strike up a conversation with while we enjoy the pizza. mmm-mmm.
they offer a nice selection of beer, both national and micro-brews. a constantly updated selection allows you to sample different quaffs dependent on the time of the year: we had some wonderful octoberfest from sam adams.

the pizza is usually terrific. so far, we haven't had a bad one and it always shows up hot, just out of the pizza oven. the crust is uniformly cooked with no doughy spots. all the ingredients are distributed evenly, making all the pies tasty no matter what side you start from. the staff are always willing to change your seating (we've changed to the bar on several occasions and they have always been able to keep everything straight.) on top of that, the locals that frequent the place are easy to talk and friendly.

this is as close to myfavoritepizza in the whole world, upper crust in boston.

worth a visit. i was hesitant to try this localfavoriteafter reading numerous reviews that the crust was bland and tasteless. but since i have yet to find a decent place to eat in indy i headed over for some pizza. i am glad i chose to try this gem!

the hummus appetizer was bountiful and flavorful.
the salads were fresh and crunchy, though the spinach salad was over dressed.
the pizza was great! the crust had a great crunch and the perfect amount of chew. the toppings were fresh and flavorful. the sauce had a sweetness that left you wanting more.

overall i highly recommend this joint to all those who venture into indianapolis!!

6 thumbs up (there's 3 of us) the family and i were traveling from the east coast to the midwest and stopped in indy on the south side. was looking for a place to eat and perused the 'ole urban spoon. saw all the reviews and thought we'd give it a try. order a pizza half pep and half a whole bunch of funky toppings my wife likes (spinach, roasted red peppers and a bunch of other thing that would cause me to loose my man card) the pizza was terrific. cheesy, flavorful, and oh so tasty. well worth the stop!! it's now on our top 10 list offavoritepizza joints!

sooo good! finding family friendly eateries near dowtown that aren't pizza is hard to do, so when jockamo's was opening my first thought was "ugh, more pizza." the difference? the pizza is incredible, there are other food options, the staff is very welcoming(even to our small children) and they offer some good microbrews(with sun king soon to be on the list). jockamo's is a newfavoritefor my family, guess you can never get enough 'za.