Jake's Pizza Rostraver — Restaurant in Rostraver Township

When you walk in, this place might creep you out with its child clown portraits on display and its clinical white walls that take on a vaguely pink glow from all the sunlight bouncing off the red tables and window dressings, but this is definitely a case of never judge a book by its cover. This is a no frills, plain Jane establishment. They even have a sign proclaiming Jake’s intolerance for “BS Social Media” (see attached pics), however, the food is really good.

We ordered a 12” (medium) pepperoni pizza and a ½ dozen wings with tangy (traditional buffalo) sauce. Wow!!! The pizza was thin with a crisp, crunchy crust and a pleasingly sweet sauce. I prefer more cheese but this is not a deal breaker. The pepperonis were tasty and meaty, not greasy, with a nice char crunch on the rim of each slice. The wings were also very good with a wonderful fried crunchy exterior (possibly fried twice?) and hot soft inside. These were dang good wings! If I’m ever back in the area, I’d stop again, and that, after all, is the mark of any good...

Jake's Pizza in Rostraver has been around since I was a kid. I remember the abandoned space that occupied the corner of the Plaza in the early 1970s. I think it was like an old night club or something. We used to sit in front of the place when I was like 8 years old, and write our names on the concrete wall!

Not much has changed here though since Jake's took over the place in like 1974 or 75. I still love the taco pizza along with pretty much all of their food.

There are some things that would be nice if they did change like doing Uber Eats to offer delivery, and accepting credit cards. I know you can't teach an old dog new tricks, and if it ain't broke don't fix it, but sooner or later you either do what the Romans do or they will slay you! Evidently Jake's has staying power so kudos to them!

I'm just glad that the food is still as good as always cuz I haven't had it in a long time. I'm bummed out that the Eight Ball deluxe machine...

This is the second time I’ve tried this pizza. I thought maybe the first time was a fluke. I ordered a large pepperoni, sausage, bacon, and ham. I guess you have to ask for cheese and sauce. They gave me a 25 minute window at 6:55 to pick up. I arrived at 7:15. I was ignored for round about 5 min. Got the pizza came home roughly a 5-6 minute window at drive. Not only does this pizza taste like it was made yesterday the toppings taste old and there is absolutely no sauce. I can not imagine how in that short of a period of time this pizza would turn to wax. I’m so disappointed and do not want people getting the impression that this pizza is good by seeing their google rating. I miss Napolis in squirrel hill it’s just...