Anyone who’s tried nailing an oven-fresh pizza pie to a wall knows that pizza looks better briefly propped on a five-finger pedestal. Today’s Groupon puts pizza back where it performs best: for $5, you get $10 worth of pizza, subs, and more at Panzera's Pizza in Upper Arlington.

Fashioned fresh by veteran dough-slingers daily, Panzera's pizzas and Italian treats have been making a home in local mouths for the past 35 years. Adorned with homemade dough and sauce, pies range in price from $8 for a 10" cheese pizza to $21 for a 14" Monster with every available topping. Diners choose from 14 different pizza toppings—including mushrooms, capicolla ham, salami, and distilled foodcitement—before the restaurant's traditional deck oven slowly hugs each one to a golden-brown hue. Those looking for nonflat foodstuff can munch on meat- and veggie-stuffed sub sandwiches ($5.50–$6.75), or calibrate taste buds to the measurement of traditional pasta dinners, including spaghetti ($8.50) and manicotti ($8.50), each topped in the house-crafted sauce and meatballs. Today's deal is good for carryout orders only, necessitating creative dinner locations such as a front yard, nearby picnic area, or prison holding cell.

Reviews

Though reviews of the Upper Arlington location are still growing, 89 percent of Urbanspooners recommend Panzera's Pizza.