And finally the first pizza has been served. It was August 11, 2010 at approx 8:30 pm when the piping hot plain crust flatbread left the blazing hot oven. It was charred on the edges and after a spray of garlic butter was a delish first attempt at perfection. The pizzas to follow were made from a variety of different toppings including home-grown tomato sauce, 100% local Berkshire Pork sausage, local organic cherry tomatoes, pepperoni, roasted red peppers, onions, and mushrooms and they were all better than the first. Thanks for all those, especially JakeTheGreat, who lended their taste buds to the Great Pizza Experience of the last 2 nights. We had a blast and I hope y’all did too. Both of us are so tired but so excited to get this thing going we can’t even describe it. The feeling of all that hard work going into a delish, hot, incredible 9in taste of heaven is truly cool, especially when you control every step from beginning to end. Get ready for the RIDE.

Prep table cleaned. Pizza peels, pizza pans, lexans metal and plastic with lids cleaned. Dough boxes and lids, pizza cutters, sheets pans, saute pans and one nonfunctioning electronic thermometer cleaned. T-shirts ordered. Kick-off party invitations made and dispersed. Trailer shipped.

Whoever thought making a pizza would involve so much.

Here is quick update on our progress here at S & J's Woodfired Pizza.  We have received our sales tax and withholding information from the state of Georgia.  That doesn’t really mean anything to y’all but that will keep SJ busy with paperwork. 

We have also acquired a pizza prep table, canopy, generator, pizza peels and pans, pizza cutters and a hot water dispenser.  We only need a few more small wares and perfection will be achieved.  And oh yeah, we need the oven.  Oven shipment is scheduled for August 3rd and will hopefully be on premise a few days later.  Good news to all those who live close there will be delish wood-fired food will be coming from the oven everyday as we cure it and learn the ins and outs of our specific little bundle of joy. 

Along with acquiring material things to get us going, we have been placed on the catering list of Sweetwater Brewery in Atlanta GA and Terrapin Brewery of Athens GA.

I have also been in contact with many of the local farms arranging different suppliers for our veggie and meat needs.  If you have any recommendations please let me know.  Also, please check back because I will be posting which farms we decide to work with and will be posting links to their web pages.  Its so cool to talk to these local farmers and deal with people who have the same appreciation for food that I do.  Trust me, the products that we will be featuring will blow your mind.  Check back often for more updates and find out what will be served each night as we use our oven and work towards our kick off party.

It’s time. August 19th, 7pm FREE PIZZA will be served.  Thats right baby. Awesome, delish pizza served to the friends and family of S & J's Woodfired Pizza at the Drayton Woods Recreation Club.  Our kickoff party will be from 7pm-10pm and we will be serving our festival menu of cheese, pepperoni, sausage and roasted red peppers and a vegeterian delight of fresh tomatoes, fresh mushrooms, onions and an olive oil and garlic sauce. Extra dough balls and S & J's Woodfired Pizza t-shirts will be for sale to those who want to sport our colors. We will also have coolers with ice to cool down whatever refreshments you bring. 

Join us in celebrating the beginning of our new business.  Please RSVP by emailing us at info@sjpizza.com so we can have enough dough for everyone and we will send you directions then. To those lucky enough to see us on a daily basis we will be handing out invitation cards with directions or you can call us (770-241-7738) if you need help.

PS: If you’re on Facebook, you can RSVP via the Facebook Event page.

Just a couple of cool pages I STUMBLED on tonight.  Check them out.

Top 10 Plants for Removing Indoor Toxins

Air Traffic in 24 Hours

The Big Lebowski

Giant George, the World’s Tallest Dog

Disaster Preparedness

The Breathing Earth

Young Gallery

Low Impact Woodland Home

You find any others that may be cool send them to me and let me know. Wish I was noshing on a ‘za right now.