Best Pizza in Ottawa

One of the most popular items on our menu is our gourmet pizza. Many find it hard to believe that one of the best pizza restaurants in Ottawa was long ago a carriage shop circa 1860. The Black Thorn is proudly located in a National Capital Commission building and offers a mix between a pub and a high end cafe. It a relaxed feel inside, and the two patios fit the Black Thorn.

Once the home of Albert Thibert and his family, a nineteenth century carriage master (the mechanic of his day) who lived upstairs and operated his business on the main floor, today The Black Thorn not only serves great pizza made from house-made daily dough and sauces, but a complete menu of amazing appetizers, salads, sandwiches and entrée’s serving your favorite seasoned meats.

Gourmet pizza considered by many as the best pizza in Ottawa and the Byward Market should give you many options to choose from. From the popular Black Thorn classic with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese and prosciutto to the hearty Texan, a BBQ sauce pizza with oven-roasted chicken, bacon, caramelized onions and mozzarella cheese and topped with parmesan cheese and scallions.

Some of the best pizza in Ottawa can be found right here at the Black Thorn.