There are about 77 thousand pizza restaurants in the U.S., of varying size and success.

So to make it onto a list of the top-grossing independent pizza restaurants in the country is a remarkable accomplishment.

Catch-a-Fire Pizza made the Pizza Today magazine hot list this year. They're at No. 90, with $2,500,000 in gross revenues. You can probably thank beer for the boost. Catch-a-Fire is located inside MadTree's taproom in Oakley, a mad-busy place most of the week. Their reggae-inspired wood-fired pizza is also delicious.

Catch-A-fire, owned by Jeff and Melissa Ledford, got on the list with just that one location. The No. 1 grossing pizza restaurant, Woodstock's in San Diego, at 22 million, has eight locations.

And guess what's No. 2? Marion's from Dayton, with nine locations, including one in Mason. There are quite a few Ohio pizzerias on the list. Goodfella's of Lexington, which has two locations in Cincinnati, with another one planned, is No. 18.

The Ledfords are building on their success by planning a second restaurant, which will feature a menu that goes beyond pizza, which will open in Blue Ash in early 2020.