jockamo upper crust pizza

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

its ok pizza but kind of bland the pizzasauceis not seasoned well at all my suggestion would be to add fenal seed and itialian sesoning..and add more toppings kinda skimpy.. but it was eatable. friendley staff. and nice location right in the heart of irvington.

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 cheesesauce(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 dippingsaucewas 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 typical favorite and 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" classical favorite next 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 from favorite status 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,sauceand fresh toppings. great little hole-in-the-wall pizza joint.

forever will the sweet aromas of the creamy parmesan blast my nostrils with pleasure. when they bring it to my table my heart races and everything is dipped. i will devour every morsel. if i was a great singer i would write a song to the mt. olympus and tell of the great creamy parmesansaucedip of my dreams. jockamo should sell the great dip by the barrel. i put it on my bread fingers and on the pizza, extra on the pie and in dishes. i would put it on salad if i was a wuss enough to eat veggie plate but i'm not like that, i only eat meat and creamy cheese dips. thesaucedip haunts my dreams and shines like a beacon. take your family and your pets (but leave them in your car) and go to the great jockamo for yoursauceand pizza pies.

undercooked mess. went with a friend for lunch sat noon. hostess originally seated us at one of worst tables for two (they were not full and she put us close to kitchen where you could see dishes, etc). we moved and they were accommondating. ordered thai chicken pizza to split. had too muchsauceon it and was a mess. also seemed undecooked (crust still a bit doughy etc). maybe it was just this pizza, but was a big disappointment. i had been looking forward to trying this place for some time but will will likely stick with some guys, bazbeaux, others. not feeling that great tonight and wondering if this is the cause. ick.

worth a visit. i was hesitant to try this local favorite after 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. thesaucehad a sweetness that left you wanting more.

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

great staff, relaxed atmosphere. if you can't find a pizza you love here, you're not trying! food is consistently high quality. if you have a latex allergy: beware! they use latex gloves, but will happily make accommodations. i do not prefer the tomato-based pizzasauceas it is slightly chunky...but the flavor is very good. dough is lightly seasoned which just adds to the great taste. love the italian beef sandwich too! they now have draft beer in addition to bottles and wine.

love it!. can't wait to go back. we had the po boy pizza & the slaughterhouse five along with the spinach salad. wonderful house dressing! we also order the bread sticks but they weren't anything special but the parmesan dippingsaucewas yummie.

i finally tried jockamo's yesterday! i wish i had ordered a house salad like the other people in my party did because they looked delicious. i ordered a 10" cheese and brocolli. decent pizza, but i found the crust andsauceto be a little bland. still, i enjoyed it. they have tons of topping choices, too. next time i'll be a bit more adventureous when i order. lastly, the over all feel of this place is inviting.

excellent pizza..... and breadsticks. a little pricey, not too bad though, the quality of food and service is outstanding. i was raised in irvington, went to school #57 and howe, it is nice to see a good pizza restaurant there. thesaucefor the breadsticks to have is the creamy parmesan.