DiCarlo's Pizza Opens Brookline Boulevard Pizzeria

The Wheeling-based chain is bringing its Ohio Valley-style pizza back to Pittsburgh, with an opening date yet to be announced.

Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Italian Food

Screen-print poster illustration of a single round pizza on a wooden peel with pepperoni and provolone, in mustard, rust, and cream tones. — DiCarlo's Pizza, a Wheeling-based chain, is bringing its Ohio Valley-style pizza to Brookline Boulevard in Pittsburgh, with no opening date yet announced. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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DiCarlo's Pizza, a Wheeling-based chain, is coming to Brookline Boulevard in Brookline, Pittsburgh, and has been hiring employees for the location. No opening date has been announced.

Why it matters

The pizzeria marks the chain's return to Pittsburgh, where it had a shop on Saw Mill Run Boulevard in Overbrook in the 1950s. It adds a new option for Brookline diners seeking a style of pizza that differs from local offerings.

DiCarlo's Pizza specializes in Ohio Valley-style pizza, which is baked with the crust and homemade tomato sauce first, then topped with fresh provolone and pepperoni after baking. The company's existing locations are in Ohio, West Virginia and Tennessee, and the Brookline opening date has not been set.

The players

DiCarlo's Pizza

A pizza chain headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia, known for its Ohio Valley-style pizza with a baked crust and fresh toppings added after baking.

Beto's

A Pittsburgh pizzeria on Banksville Road that uses a similar method of baking the crust and tomato sauce before adding cold, hand-shredded provolone.

The details

DiCarlo's Pizza plans to open on Brookline Boulevard in Brookline and has been hiring employees for the pizzeria. The chain's Ohio Valley-style pizza bakes the crust and tomato sauce first, adding fresh provolone and pepperoni afterward, a method similar to that used at Beto's on Banksville Road.

DiCarlo's operated a shop on Saw Mill Run Boulevard in Overbrook in the 1950s.
The Brookline Boulevard pizzeria has no announced opening date and is expected soon.

Culture Shift

The arrival of Ohio Valley-style pizza in Brookline follows the regional spread of the style, which Beto's on Banksville Road already brings to Pittsburgh diners with its bake-first method. Pittsburgh's neighborhood pizza scene is thus adding another variant rooted in a neighboring region's tradition.

Brookline residents can watch for the opening announcement and consider the pizzeria as a new dinner option once it opens. Those who want to try Ohio Valley-style pizza can compare it with Beto's baked-first method on Banksville Road.

The takeaway

Brookline's new DiCarlo's location gives Pittsburgh diners a chance to taste Ohio Valley-style pizza, whose bake-first approach contrasts with more common pie-making methods. Watch for the opening date and compare the styles firsthand.