At The Brick Oven Pizzeria & Restaurant, we’re known for our versatile pizza offerings that allow customers to completely customize their pies in a myriad of ways. Over the years, visitors and locals alike have come to our restaurant after being intrigued by our brick oven cooking method, and the versatility of our crusts, sizes, and toppings. Yes, it’s true, we are at our core a pizza place, and proud of it. But in the pursuit of becoming one of the top restaurants in Clemmons, we decided to elevate our menus and offer even more to our customers. We figured the best way to do this was by picking dishes that pair well with pizza.
Our menu began by focusing on pizza, an Italian classic that came to the United States via its eastern coast. Unsurprisingly, pizza is beloved in nearly every city, state, and region in the U.S., making it universally popular across the board. While some pizzerias focus solely on serving pizza, with maybe a few other side dishes like salads and breadsticks as accompaniments, somewhere along the line foods like pasta, sandwiches, chicken wings, stromboli, and calzones, started making their way into pizza parlors. Today, where you find pizza in Clemmons and other cities in North Carolina, you are likely to find a wide variety of other foods.
While some of these foods seem to pair naturally with pizza, others may feel a bit random by comparison. Take, for example, chicken wings. Chicken wings and pizza often go hand in hand, but where did this paring originate from? While several national pizzas chains started successfully selling chicken wings at the turn of the century, the marriage of pizza and wings can be traced back to east coast pizzerias, specifically, New York. In fact, interestingly enough, back in the 1970s when this killer combination debuted, chicken wings were actually seen as an undesirable part of the chicken, usually discarded in bulk. However, this combo quickly took off- and today pizza and wings can be found on pizzeria menus across the country, including ours right here at our brick oven pizza place.
Exploring the Other Offerings of Our Diverse Menu & Pairing Them with Pizza
At The Brick Oven Pizzeria, we knew from the start that pizza was going to be at the heart of what we offer. However, in order to establish and maintain our position as the area’s finest pizza joint, we knew that we also wanted to focus on bringing in other fan favorites. While our menu is diverse, and maybe even a bit overwhelming (in the best way possible) we wanted our patrons to have free range to dip their toes into a wide variety of choices. At the same time, we wanted to choose foods that we knew we could do justice to and would make sense in an Italian restaurant. Here are some highlights of the diverse food that we cook up every day, and how it pairs perfectly with our pizza.
Appetizers
While many of our customers come to us after searching for the best pizza near me in Clemmons, we don’t just want them to be limited to our fantastic brick oven pies. That’s why we believe that appetizers are such an important part of the menu. Pizza is often a staple at parties, gamedays, and weekend gatherings. At the end of the day, pizza is easy to eat finger food- and so are many of our appetizers. If you’re looking to add some versatility when you serve pizza at your next get-together, why not also tack on some of our other finger food favorites?
The Brick Oven Pizzeria offers all kinds of goodies that are just as easy to eat as our pizza and guaranteed to be a hit at your party or dinner table, such as mozzarella sticks, mozzarella bread, onion ribbons, toasted ravioli, and homemade chips. We give many of our appetizer dishes that distinct Italian flare by utilizing marinara, spices like oregano, and whole milk cheeses.
Chicken Wings
At The Brick Oven Pizzeria we also offer another finger food favorite whose origin we discussed earlier in this post. Yep, that’s right, the beloved chicken wing! Can you think of any gameday food that pairs together better than pizza and wings? If you’re looking for places to eat in Clemmons where you can not only order from a diverse pizza menu but also order chicken wings with a wide range of sauces, you’ve come to the right place. Admittedly, we’re also chicken wing fanatics, which is why we offer enough sauce options to rival any chicken place, and the opportunity to order up to 100 wings! Treat yourself to an array of options including spicy, sweet, savory, and tangy.
Stromboli and Calzones
Given the fact that the ingredients found in Stromboli and calzones are almost identical to those found in pizza, it only makes sense that we would feature them in our menu. Because sometimes you’re in the mood for an extra cheesy pizza, and on other occasions, a folded-up pocket with all the same toppings, just makes sense. Moreover, if you’re searching for Italian near me, you should definitely be coming across these delicious options on the menu. At The Brick Oven Pizzeria, we love these cousins to pizza, and find them perfect for a quick lunch pick me up, or late-night treat.
And Much, Much More
When you look at our diverse menu of salads, pasta, specialty dishes, and more, it’s easy to see why we incorporated many of these different options into our menus. Clearly, the Italians were on to something when they started pairing pizza and pasta together. Don’t worry, we won’t judge you for the carb overload. At The Brick Oven Pizzeria, our main goal is to provide you food that makes you excited for that gameday gathering. Or has you eagerly ordering ahead to make sure you get your pizzas right on time for your weekly Friday night takeout. And hey, if up until now you’ve only tried our pizza, we urge you to explore some other items on the menu. We promise they go well with brick oven pizza, and you won’t be disappointed!