Jet's Pizza ~ regional chain : Colorado Springs, Colorado

Latest visit: Sep 2024 (Stetson Hills @ Powers)

First visit: Feb 2013 (Fort Worth, TX)

Founded: 1978

HQ: Sterling Heights, MI (Detroit area)

Locations: 425 according to Wikipedia (Jan 2024). They are in 22 states. Our original go-to North Richland Hills location is still open.

I concluded the below update with: "So... unless they move close by to us in the Springs, this might be the last revisit for awhile.". And that exactly happened a few short months ago! Now it's football season and it's time for us to visit our "local" Jet's for the first time. I say local in that the only Springs location to date is east along the Powers corridor, which is about 20 minutes away. I figure they'll open eventually here in mega-chain valley near our house. But at least we can now get in an annual visit.

This time I ordered a large Italian Sausage pizza. I think in the past they only offered their round pizzas with the square cuts. They still offer that but you have to specify. I missed that, but it's OK. I took it home and Mrs. RJG had the comal ready to heat and crisp it up a bit. Everything is as we remembered it. Light cracker-y crispy dough, sweet and delicious tasting tomato sauce, and excellent Italian sausage. Meatball wasn't an option (see below), and I'm not even sure you can get that anywhere these days (at least the ones made in Detroit and imported). In any case we loved it and ate about 60% of it, the rest will be an appetizer tonight. We also enjoyed about 20 minutes of NFL Red Zone and it brought us back to Keller in the mid-2010's, a fun era for sure. Back in the RJG rotation Jet's goes - for the first time since we left Northeast Tarrant in 2018.

---10/9/20 update (Parker, CO)

Yet another revisit coming out of a dentist trip. I was intrigued by their chicken parm Jet Boat, as I was curious what that would be like. I should have guessed. It was chicken pieces cut for pizza - thrown into their bread, and loaded with mozzarella and sauce. Baked. Uhh... that's cheating. It was OK, but I wouldn't get it again. They don't offer their awesome meatball Jet Boat either (see below). So I don't really have a reason to go here, as it's too far to order a pie and bring it home. And I'm not eating the whole thing in the car. So... unless they move close by to us in the Springs, this might be the last revisit for awhile. 

---original 2/20/13 review (North Richland Hills, TX)

If you want to start a burrito chain, then you might consider beginning in Denver. And if you want to launch a new pizza chain, may I perhaps suggest you do so in Detroit? Both Dominos and Little Caesar's trace their roots to the Motor City. And now they have a third major player: Jet's Pizza. Their first expansion into the DFW area was the location on North Tarrant in far North Fort Worth, and that was our first exposure as well. Since that time, they've exploded in the area, with at least eight DFW locations if not more.

We love their Jet Boats, which is basically an inverted pizza. Not a calzone, only in that they use mozzarella rather than ricotta cheese, which is more preferable for our tastes anyway. You get two of those bad boys with every order, and one alone makes a full meal. And their meatballs are fantastic (which are made in Detroit and flown in - inquire first as they don't always have them in stock). But so are all the other ingredients, and I absolutely love the sweet tomato sauce they use. And the outer bread is garlic and parmesan encrusted, and is baked to perfection. Jet's is the latest to utilize the "conveyor belt" style of baking a pizza - similar to how Schlotzsky's and Quizno's toast their sandwiches (except the oven is much larger of course, like a better car wash lol). We also really enjoy their thin crust, which remains crispy even after taking it home. As stated above, the key ingredient to Jet's pizza is their tasty sauce, which is slightly sweet, and penetrates the flavor no matter what the topping. As well, while the Mrs. was out, I had the deep dish (not her favorite style), and was impressed that the pizza was more about the toppings and less about the doughy crust. That's the secret to a high quality Chicago styled pizza. Seems many lose focus on that point. They also have wings and subs which we have yet to try.

Jet's is a take-out only spot, and of course they deliver, but we always pick it up to ensure we obtain the pizza as hot as possible. 

2/20/13 (new entry); 11/9/14; 9/21/15; 10/22/17; 10/9/20; 9/15/24

Fort Worth, TX; North Richland Hills, TX; Parker, CO; Colorado Springs