Our first festival of the year has been confirmed.  S & J's Woodfired Pizza will be at the Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival on March 26-27 in Conyers GA. It is exciting to get off the sidelines and back in the game.  We have been testing out some new tweaks to our dough and our process and hope to reveal those to the masses on March 26.  We can’t wait to get that wood burning and dough stretched.  Come check us out.

What is it that you wanted this holiday season?  Was it a toy, some jewelry, a trip, a car, a book, or a video game?  Or was it a special night with S & J's Woodfired Pizza?  If it is the latter let us know about it.  We would love to come out to your house and serve some of the best pizza around.  We would also love to get involved with something that is near and dear to your heart.  Let us know if there is a special charity, church, cause or special group of people that could use S & J's Woodfired Pizza to promote their event.  We just finished up the inaugural year of S and J’s Pizza, and it went great.  We were able to work with a number people and organizations throughout the year and I hope our pizza helped their cause.  If you have something that you think would benefit from some wood-fired pizza let us know

This post is a little late in updating the SJP community on the success of the Chastain Park Arts Festival.  S & J's Woodfired Pizza had a great weekend there.  The cool temperatures kept down the crowds a little on Saturday but the excellent weather on Sunday brought them right back up.  Who would have known that people would be willing to wait 20-25 minutes for a ride on the SJP experience.  It was great.  The dough was flying and the oven was performing perfectly.  For the first time ever we ran out of dough and we had to turn down hungry customers.  Sorry to those who didn’t get to enjoy our pizzas, and I promise I will do better planning next time.  I wish I had more events scheduled so those who missed out could come grab a pie.  If you or any friends have any events where S & J's Woodfired Pizza would be appreciated let us know.  The next event is the fall fair at Atlanta Progressive Preschool on Saturday Dec. 4th from 10am-2pm.  Come check us out and see what you are missing.

Take a walk outside and chances are you will find yourself thinking, “Where is S & J's Woodfired Pizza?”

Well we are going to be all around town for the next couple of weeks.

S & J's Woodfired Pizza just finished up the last Brookwood Farmer’s Market of the year and it was great. Other than the wind causing havoc with our tent and everyone else, last night was great. The people of Brookwood have been great and we can’t wait to come back in the spring.

If you missed us at the market come check us out on the campus of Emory University this Friday, October 22nd, starting at 11am. We will be located on the road directly behind Emory University Hospital right next to the student dining hall. We will be serving our regular festival menu and donating part of the proceeds to the Emory Emergency Department Heart Walk team.

We’re also scheduled to do a private event the following Friday (October 29th) in Roswell. We’re serving during the lunch hour at a private school, and workers from the nearby office park are invited, too!

Then we’ll be at Chastain Park on November 6-7 for the Chastain Park Arts Festival. The weather has been great and nothing beats a delish pie on a sunny afternoon so come check us out and see what all the rave is about.

For those of you who want us all to yourselves, give us a call or shoot us an email to make your next party the hit of the season.

S & J's Woodfired Pizza is now off and running.  I now refer to it as “The Machine”, as I feel like we have created an experience and product that people want and we wouldn’t stop even if we wanted to.  We have now successfully completed two farmers markets and one festival.  We have brought “The Machine” to the Lilburn Farmer’s Market, the Grant Park Summer Shade Festival and the Brookwood Farmer’s Market.  All three venues have been great.  Rain hit us in Lilburn and slowed us down some but we still were able to give the people what they wanted, a delish pizza.

The Grant Park Summer Shade Festival was just what the doctor ordered for S & J's Woodfired Pizza.   We were feeling a little beaten down with all the expenses and hard work and not seeing a lot of results but man were our eyes opened.  The SJP Experience was in full force and the crowds loved it.  Lots of thanks to the coordinators from the festival who allowed us the extra space we needed and to the “volunteers” for S & J's Woodfired Pizza Rachel, Jake and JT.  Once that first pizza left the oven I don’t think we went a minute the whole festival without someone waiting to experience what someone called the “best pizza I have ever eaten”.  Granted that is a bold statement but the repeat customers that we had throughout the festival gave me as a cook and “chef” the confidence I needed.  The dough turned out great and the toppings really finished off the experience.  Atlanta isn’t used to having fresh, hot wood-fired pizza at their fingertips but now with “The Machine” rolling we won’t ever be too far away.

The Brookwood Farmer’s Market was Friday 9/3/10 at Brookwood Elementary in John’s Creek.  Without a ready to eat vendor present at the market we hit our stride early and didn’t stop until the last dough ball left the oven.  It didn’t take long to sell out and what a cool feeling to have.  I’m not sure what is better to sellout all of our doughs or see the jaws drop of those who heard about the pizza and couldn’t get them.  I could just see the disappointment.  Not that I want customers to be disappointed but to know that our food is being that well received is just such a great feeling.  A little advice to all those followers of S & J's Woodfired Pizza: Come early and Come often if you want to experience “The Machine”.