#175: Great Pizza Places Near National Parks

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Society & Culture, Nature, Personal Journals, Places & Travel, Science

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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#175: Great Pizza Places Near National Parks After over fifteen years of traveling to the U.S. national parks and other public lands, we’ve learned there are a few key pieces of information you need to make a road trip a success. And at the top of the list is... knowing where to find a great pizza. We can’t claim to know where all of the best pizza restaurants are near our incredible national parks, but we’ve started a pretty good list. In this episode, we talk about our favorites; the ones we keep going back to whenever possible. We cover at least 16 in this recording and have added more in our companion Substack article. Here are a few of the highlights: · North Cascades National Park: East 20 Pizza · Mount Rainier National Park: The Carlson Block · Olympic National Park: Barhop Brewing and Artisan Pizza · Glacier National Park: Moose’s Saloon · Yellowstone NP: Wild West Pizzeria & Saloon · Grand Teton National Park: Dornan’s · Zion National Park: Zion Pizza & Noodle Co · South Central Utah: Escalante Outfitters · Big Bend National Park: Long Draw · New River Gorge National Park: Pies and Pints · And many more! ----- Don’t take notes! Read our companion Substack article instead. Consider joining us on Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, bonus audio, and more personal storytelling Find us on social media: Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok The best way to contact us is at: mattandkarensmith@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.1	But Matt, I have to say that you mentioned that the pizza was called meat lovers.
0:28.0	That's actually a trademark that Pizza Hut owns for their meat pizza.
0:32.3	I thought I owned it.
0:33.9	No, you order that at every pizza place, even though it's not the correct name.
0:38.8	That's right. And I've used that often enough that since Pizza Hut has not stopped me,
0:44.3	I feel like I have legal claim to that. It's a universal term. All pizza places understand.
0:50.9	Sometimes I don't even say hello as they're coming over. Meat lovers.
0:55.2	This is the Dear Bob and Sue podcast, stories from our journey to all the U.S.
1:07.9	National Parks and Other Public Lands. I'm Karen Smith. And I'm Matt Smith.
1:12.6	We're the authors of the Dear Bob and Sue series of books. One of the most important things you can do when
1:17.5	planning a national park trip is find out where the nearby pizza places are located. For the last
1:24.6	15 years, we've done extensive research on the road,
1:28.4	searching at local pizza restaurants and sampling their food and beverages.
1:33.1	Today, we're sharing the list with you.
1:35.7	These places stole a piece of pizza of our hearts?
1:40.5	I'm not going to say that.
1:42.3	A pizza are hearts.
1:43.9	A pizza are hearts. A pizza are hearts.
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