Not Your Typical Pizza Joint, &pizza Jazzes Up Pizza Pie Biz
Story, photos by Lauren Aynn
Incoming pizza fanatics, there’s a new player in town and it’s name is &pizza (and-peet-suh). From its clean design to its new innovative take on take out, &pizza is a real stand out in its class. They haven’t reinvented the pizza wheel so to speak, but they have found ways to make it their own.
&Pizza also proudly partners with local causes to help strengthen the community around them. In fact if you have a cause close to your heart they encourage you to make a request on their website. Truly a great way to keep in touch with the needs and wants of the surrounding community.
When entering &pizza, you can’t help but be in awe of its open clean design down to the complete facade of all glass windows. It is very spacious with accommodations for even your largest of pizza parties. Before your all set to order you notice their drink section with the usual fare as well as something very special and unique to &pizza. They carry their own brand of specialty craft beverages (my personal favorite being the sweet mint). They are perfectly refreshing and surprisingly healthy too.
&pizza offers their own menu options special created by their master pizza engineers and also a build your own option. Similar to that of familiar chains such as Chipotle and Subway. You’ll find their set up to be very accessible and easy to navigate. Their stations are separated into your choice of dough, sauce, protein and veggies toppings. As well as some unique options you might not think to put on your pizza, like hot honey for example. What is truly delicious in this food lovers humble opinion and a definite favorite now after trying their American Honey Pizza, pictured below.
Starting at the the foundation of what makes a truly great pizza, the crust. Be it thick, thin or deep dish, the crust is the vehicle by which all pizzas are initially judged. At &pizza they serve up the goods with a perfectly flavorful thin crust with just the right amount of chew and crispiness. They also offer up a gluten free crust and vegan cheese so whatever your dietary need, &pizza has you covered.
Their base sauces/spreads range from your classic tomato all the way to their delectable mushroom truffle. And Don’t even get me started on the array of toppings they have to offer.
Now that you’ve pick your base and chosen your toppings. Its time for your new creation to go in the oven, but it doesn’t stop there. Oh no, now you can pick your finishers. Thats right you can now choose even more yummy accessories for your already pimped out pizza. Think of it as a that little somethin’ somethin’ that brings the whole meal together. And &pizza’s finishers do just that. I mean who can say no to a fig balsamic,some cherry bomb bbq, or a little extra basil pesto on that margarita pizza? Not this little lady.
Have a sweet tooth? I know I do, so when I saw they also had a dessert pizza I was in heaven. The “Lori Lane” is topped with a sweet ricotta, berries, powdered sugar and finished of with a berry drizzle. It was light and just the right amount of sweet. Now thats a pizza I can eat for breakfast any day, and healthy(ish) too. In short I will definitely be visiting &pizza again, and again, and again in the future. Make sure you order their new “Dirty Bird” pizza. It’s a new spin on the old classic Buffalo chicken pizza and completely hit the mark when flavors are concerned. In fact talking about all this pizza has made me hungry. I think I’ll go order one right now.
