Subscribe to this BlogBlogroll
Category Archives: Our Pizzeria
Throwing gas on the fire. Brrrr. That’s cold.
Thank you for stopping in with words of encouragement and a hug and a what-the-heck comment. And thanks for the emails and words of support. And… please don’t stop patronizing a business because of one person’s mistake. If you already … Continue reading
Posted in About Pizza, All About Us, baker city, Bummer, Giving Thanks, Our Pizzeria, Restaurants, Teamwork
Leave a comment
Bravo, Pavo! Not. / UPDATED
It’s taken me a long time to settle down and write this blog post so that I wouldn’t sound like a lunatic. I’ve since come to terms with how to address the situation that got me so riled up, and … Continue reading
Tomorrow
Jake and I leave for Vegas tomorrow. Our itinerary is set, bags are packed, and we made two rehearsal pizzas tonight to test our final product that we’ll be entering in the competition. They were fantastic! Our schedule is very … Continue reading
Posted in About Pizza, All About Us, Food, Our Pizzeria
2 Comments
State Basketball Championships
This past weekend, Baker City hosted the Oregon State 1A high school basketball championships. Every hotel room was booked, and there were more than four cars deep at a red light. That’s Baker City traffic for you. It also was … Continue reading
Posted in About Pizza, baker city, Our Pizzeria, Teamwork
Leave a comment
Dress Code
The night crew showed up, and I realized that I was the only one not holy… errrrr… hole-y. I swear. I pay them enough to buy all of the fabric. Maybe they’re just taking their jeans to asphalt and rubbing … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Our Pizzeria
1 Comment
Countdown: 1 day
We arrived in Las Vegas on Sunday, and dealt with chaos from the very beginning. Our flight was booked solid, so we had to sit in the middle rows, separated from each other for the 2 hour flight. I met … Continue reading
Posted in About Pizza, All About Us, Giving Thanks, Our Pizzeria
5 Comments
6 days from now
Six days from now, I will be in Las Vegas competing in an international pizza making competition. The expo itself draws nearly 10,000 people and is targeted directly to the pizza industry. Four football stadiums filled with pizza-exclusive merchandise and … Continue reading
Posted in About Pizza, All About Us, baker city, Giving Thanks, Our Pizzeria, Teamwork
4 Comments
Countdown: 7 Days
It’s winter in Eastern Oregon. The snow is pristine white, and on days like today, when the sky is turquoise and the mountains are glowing… You can’t help but love living here. Our local ski hill, Anthony Lakes, is only … Continue reading
Posted in All About Us, baker city, Our Pizzeria
4 Comments
Driving a Taxi in NY or Delivering Pizza in Eastern Oregon?
Delivering pizzas in our small town can be dangerous. This is just a small sampling of the herd that was waltzing down Elm Street last week. Dealing with wildlife is much better than dealing with those who live a wild … Continue reading
Posted in About Pizza, All About Us, baker city, Delivery, Our Pizzeria
1 Comment
Busy Season & the NotSoBusy Season
Calhoun won his boot contest. You guys were AWESOME by voting for him on the last day and thus he and his lady friend got to the finish line easily. Those boots are in the $500 price range, so he’s … Continue reading
Posted in About Pizza, Advertising, All About Us, baker city, Giving Thanks, Our Pizzeria
2 Comments
T.C.I.A.R.
The Customer Is Always Right. How would you handle this situation? A customer called in a to-go order for a pizza and a full salad. The order was repeated back, a total was quoted, and the conversation ended. When the … Continue reading
Posted in All About Us, baker city, Our Pizzeria
6 Comments
Inspection
We had a health inspection again. They always seem to show up right in the middle of lunch, or worse, right after we’ve had a rush. Imagine preparing meals for 50+ people in an hour, most of which entail the … Continue reading
Posted in About Pizza, All About Us, baker city, Our Pizzeria
1 Comment
babies, teamwork
At one point, we had three bambinos in the Paizano’s oven. Freebird, one of our front gals, moved to California when her husband got a new job. We miss her and her preggo belly. James, one of our cooks, has … Continue reading
Posted in About Pizza, All About Us, baker city, Giving Thanks, Our Pizzeria, Teamwork
Leave a comment
I Heart Beer
Bombers are difficult to sell at our restaurant, but I can’t *not* buy them. We don’t have a store like Whole Foods or the Boise Food Co-op which carry dozens upon dozens of exotic and tasty brews. And I like … Continue reading
Posted in All About Us, baker city, beer, Our Pizzeria
5 Comments
The Customer is Always Right. Again.
Front gal was irritated when I got to work. She hurumphed and pfffffd and stomped around in the kitchen, muttering about one of her earlier customers. He was upset because we don’t have fries. He wanted a hamburger, and when … Continue reading
Posted in All About Us, baker city, Our Pizzeria
1 Comment
the best thing I’ve ever made from scratch
I made the most amazing, delicious, crazy good thing today out of this: Potatoes? Yams? What the heck is that….
Posted in All About Us, Food, Our Pizzeria
2 Comments
The Mad Sweeper
In any professional kitchen, you’re going to find debris on the floor. In a pizza kitchen, you’ll find flour and/or pizza toppings spilled. We are constantly sweeping to keep the mess from accumulating. If the servers walk through flour in … Continue reading
Posted in All About Us, baker city, funny, Our Pizzeria
Leave a comment
Pants on the Ground
I took advantage of the sagging jeans trend to make some undies. If the guys’ pants are going to sag, we might as well divert eyeballs to our slogan, right? Funny thing is, we immediately ran out of the Large … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, All About Us, baker city, Friends, funny, Our Pizzeria
2 Comments
