Best Pizza: Village Idiot

VILLAGE IDIOT PIZZA has been spinning out pizzas to the Columbia community for over 30 years. With food this good and an atmosphere to match, it’s no wonder this pizza place is beloved by USC students and the city alike.

Originally opened in 1990, Village Idiot serves the community in two locations: in Five Points and at the Olympia Mills. The restaurant serves up a variety of New York-style pizzas, including specialties and other traditional pizza fare like wings, mozzarella sticks and cannolis.

Not only does Village Idiot serve delicious food to the surrounding area, but it also serves the community through its Pizza for Preemies program. This program started in 2018 to support the March of Dimes during Prematurity Awareness Month in November and was launched a year after current owners Kelly and Brian Glynn brought home their premature twins, who spent 71 days in the NICU. During the month of November, a portion of sales from both Columbia locations will go to the March of Dimes, and those who dine in on World Prematurity Day can buy their Pesto Preemievera to win free pizza.

Village Idiot Pizza serves up smiles for the Columbia area through its food and charitable efforts, so it is no surprise that it has once again won Best Pizza.