17 October 2026 · 7 min read
Halloween in Richmond means trick-or-treaters cutting across the Fan, costume parties in Scott's Addition lofts, and office potlucks the Friday before. Pizza is the default answer for feeding a mixed crowd of kids and adults on a weeknight, but October 31 falls on a Saturday in 2026, which means every pizzeria in town will be slammed with both dine-in Halloween-weekend traffic and a wave of delivery orders. A little planning turns "we'll just order something" into food that actually shows up hot, on time, and in the right quantities.
This guide walks through timing, ordering formats, and a shortlist of Richmond pizzerias worth calling, using only what's on file for each listing in our directory.
Richmond doesn't have a single "pizza neighborhood" the way some cities do — the shops below are spread across the Fan, Carytown, Church Hill, the Museum District, Southside and the West End, so the right call depends on where the party actually is, not just which pizzeria has the best reviews citywide.
Three things stack up against you on October 31: it's a Saturday, it's a holiday with a hard deadline (trick-or-treating doesn't wait), and most households in a neighborhood are ordering within the same two-hour window. Kitchens that handle a normal Saturday night fine can back up fast when every order lands between 5 and 7 p.m.
The fix isn't complicated — order earlier than you think you need to, and know before you call whether the place you're calling even offers delivery, or whether pickup is your only option.
Richmond's pizzerias split roughly three ways: sit-down restaurants that also deliver, counter-service shops built around takeout, and a few straight-up delivery operations with no dining room at all. Knowing which kind you're calling changes how you order.
Pizza Restaurants · Richmond, Virginia
Pupatella, on N Morris St near VCU and the Altria Theater, is a full-service Neapolitan restaurant — VPN-certified, wood-fired oven, dine-in room included. For a sit-down Halloween dinner before trick-or-treating, or a reservation-free walk-in with a small group, it's built for eating in rather than feeding a party at home.
Pizza Restaurants · Richmond, Virginia
Sparrow's Pizza, out on Rigsby Rd, is listed as a small local pizza delivery shop. That's a useful distinction: a shop built around delivery tends to have its routing and packing down to a system, which matters more than anything else on a night when every driver in the city is busy.
Several Richmond pizza spots run limited hours or pre-order-only systems, especially smaller operations. Secret Squares, which makes sourdough Detroit-style pizza out of a spot on N 29th St in Church Hill, opens its online ordering for Friday through Sunday at 5 p.m. on Thursdays — meaning if you want squares for a Halloween Saturday, you need to place that order before Thursday evening passes. Showing up Saturday afternoon hoping to order on the spot won't work the way it would at a restaurant with standard walk-in hours.
Pizza Restaurants · Richmond, Virginia
This is true more broadly on a holiday weekend: call or check the online ordering page a day or two ahead rather than the morning of, especially for any shop with reduced days or hours listed.
Halloween parties mean a wide range of ages and appetites, and usually more kids than a typical weeknight order accounts for. A few practical notes:
Pizza Restaurants · Richmond, Virginia
Mary Angela's Pizzeria on W Cary St in Carytown is categorized as a Pizza Restaurant with an Italian Restaurant and Delivery Restaurant tag, which is a useful combination for a party order — it signals both a wider Italian menu (garlic knots, salads, pasta sides) and a working delivery option, so one call can cover more than just pizza.
Pickup only saves time if you can actually park. The Fan and Carytown both have dense on-street parking that fills up fast on a Saturday night, and that's before accounting for Halloween foot traffic from trick-or-treaters and costumed bar crawls. If your pickup order is in the Fan or Carytown, build in a few extra minutes to circle for a spot, or send one person out ahead of the rest of the group.
Church Hill, where Secret Squares is located, and Southside, where Zombie Pizza is located, tend to have easier street parking than the Fan corridor, which is one more reason those two are worth considering if the group isn't already walking distance from a pizzeria.
If anyone in the group has a food allergy or dietary restriction, mention it when you place the order rather than assuming a category tag covers it. A "Vegan restaurant" or "Vegetarian restaurant" tag in our directory reflects how Google categorizes the business, not a guarantee about any specific dish's ingredients or how it's prepared in the kitchen. For a Halloween party with kids and parents you don't know well, a quick call to confirm what's actually available is worth the extra two minutes, especially for shops like Zombie Pizza and Christian's Pizza that carry those tags.
Delivery is the obvious choice when you don't want to leave a party of costumed kids unsupervised, but it's also the slowest option on the busiest night of the stretch. If timing matters more than convenience — say, pizza needs to be in hand by 6:30 so trick-or-treating can start on schedule — pickup is the more reliable bet, even if it means someone ducks out of the party for fifteen minutes.
Pizza Restaurants · Richmond, Virginia
Christian's Pizza on N Harrison St carries Pizza delivery and Pizza Takeout category tags along with Family restaurant and Fast food restaurant, and its hours run unusually late — 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. most days. That late window is worth knowing even outside Halloween: it's one of the few Richmond options if a party runs long and a second round of pizza gets called in after 10 p.m.
A couple of Richmond pizzerias carry category tags worth flagging specifically for party planning:
Pizza Restaurants · Richmond, Virginia
Zombie Pizza on Semmes Ave — a fittingly timed name for this particular holiday — is tagged as a Caterer in addition to Pizza Restaurant, Pizza delivery, Pizza Takeout, Family restaurant, Chicken wings restaurant, and Vegan restaurant. The caterer tag specifically is worth a phone call if you're feeding a larger group than a few pies will cover, or want wings and pizza handled as one order. The vegan restaurant tag is also useful if your guest list includes anyone avoiding animal products — call ahead to confirm what's currently on the menu rather than assuming.
Pizza Restaurants · Richmond, Virginia
Fire & Hops Pizza Co., at the corner of N Belmont Ave in the Museum District, is a straightforward Pizza Restaurant with no extra category tags, which generally points to a focused, dine-in-leaning menu rather than a multi-service operation. Good for a smaller adult gathering before trick-or-treating starts, less built for a 20-person delivery order.
| Pizzeria | Neighborhood | Category tags | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupatella | Monroe Ward / VCU | Pizza Restaurant + several Italian/dine-in tags | Sit-down dinner before the party |
| Sparrow's Pizza | West End | Small local delivery shop | Straightforward delivery order |
| Secret Squares | Church Hill | Pizza Restaurant, pre-order only | Detroit-style squares, order by Thursday |
| Mary Angela's Pizzeria | Carytown | Pizza Restaurant, Italian, Delivery | Family order with Italian sides |
| Christian's Pizza | The Fan | Pizza delivery, Pizza Takeout, late hours | Late-night second round |
| Zombie Pizza | Southside | Caterer, Vegan, Pizza delivery/Takeout | Larger groups, dietary variety |
| Fire & Hops Pizza Co. | Museum District | Pizza Restaurant | Smaller adult gathering |
Prices aren't listed in our directory data for these businesses — check current menu prices directly with each pizzeria before you order, since Halloween-weekend specials (or lack of them) vary by shop and change year to year.
For a Richmond Halloween party in 2026, the single highest-leverage move is ordering a day or two early, especially from any shop with limited hours or pre-order windows like Secret Squares. After that, match the order format to the situation: a delivery-focused shop like Sparrow's Pizza or Zombie Pizza for a party that can't pause, a sit-down spot like Pupatella or Fire & Hops for dinner before the trick-or-treating starts, and a late-hours option like Christian's Pizza in reserve if the night runs past 9 p.m.
Browse the full Richmond pizza restaurant directory or the broader Richmond, VA listings for more options near your route.
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