312 Pizza Company

Local Business

312 Pizza Company brings a family connection to Chicago pizza into Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood. Founded by a family born and raised in Chicago, the restaurant was created in response to a familiar problem for newcomers: missing the food they grew up eating. Its name references Chicago’s 312 area code, while its menu and atmosphere draw on the city’s restaurant and sports traditions.

FAMILY RECIPES FROM CHICAGO

The restaurant traces its pizza recipes to Chicago’s Little Italy neighborhood. According to the family, their grandmother learned to make pizza sauce and dough from a friend whose family owned a local pizzeria. Those recipes became part of the family’s cooking over generations before finding a new home in Nashville.

312’s Chicago-style menu reflects that history, offering pizza along with other familiar casual dishes. Pan pizza is part of the appeal for diners who prefer the more substantial crusts associated with Chicago’s pizza tradition.

AN EMPHASIS ON SCRATCH COOKING

The restaurant says it prepares its food from scratch and avoids artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. It also highlights its use of non-GMO flour that is neither bleached nor bromated, and sources local and organic ingredients when available.

Those commitments offer a more specific point of differentiation than the broad label of Chicago-style pizza alone. The family story and the ingredient choices are both central to how 312 describes its food.

A PLACE FOR CHICAGO SPORTS FANS

The restaurant also embraces Chicago’s sports culture, naming the Bears, Cubs, White Sox, Blackhawks, and Bulls among the teams customers can gather to watch. Draft beer and a casual dining format complement the game-day atmosphere.

In Nashville’s Germantown dining district, 312 Pizza Company serves as both a neighborhood pizzeria and a place for Chicago transplants to find familiar flavors and traditions.