Start with the Luco’s Legacy: fig jam, mozzarella, prosciutto, red onion, Boursin and Gorgonzola cheese. It’s an unassuming place, but the pizzas are not. On West Republic Road, west of Scenic Avenue, Luco’s is situated at the end of a small strip center where they’re able to serve their creative pizzas from a drive-thru window. Republic Road, Springfield, 41 Luco’s Pizza is a delicious 3-year-old pizzeria tucked away in perhaps one of the most unexpected places. McSalty’s has had a few different owners and locations since first opening in the late ’70s, but Springfield’s love for the joint hasn’t wavered one bit.
Louis style, or maybe it’s just based on long-time favorites like the Bear Pie-Canadian bacon, Italian sausage, mushrooms, onions, green peppers and black olives. Maybe that’s due to it being just similar enough to St. Many might turn their nose up on hearing the words “whole wheat crust,” but this pizza has been a Springfield favorite for decades. The signature feature is a cracker thin, whole wheat crust topped with a blend of mozzarella, provolone and cheddar cheeses. We believe that if Springfield-style pizza were a thing, McSalty’s Pizza Cafe would be its creator. Louis-style pizza, and it’s not Chicago-style either. Battlefield Road, Springfield, 41 McSalty’s pizza is one-of-a-kind. The pizza is still as simple and undeniably delicious as it was in the late ’50s: There’s a paper-thin, hand-rolled crust that’s topped with savory tomato sauce, a blend of both high and low moisture mozzarella cheeses and the toppings of your choice. Over the restaurant’s long history in Springfield, it has survived and thrived through the 2009 relocation from South Glenstone to Commercial Street and the 2018 menu additions of beer and wine.
After 50 years in the pizza business, Smith sold Pizza House to Stacey Schneider, who first started working at the restaurant in the ’80s, at just 15 years old. The shop was opened by a pair of Air Force veterans, Dorothy Smith and Pat Clay, in 1958, and has been serving Springfieldians ever since. Commercial St., Springfield, 41 Pizza House is one of Springfield’s strongest cultural forces.
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