About

The Pizza Joint is an independently operated pizzeria in historic downtown Nevada City. We are both from the East Coast and we love pizza. We moved here in 2009 and I have been here ever since! We were given the opportunity to be a part of the downtown Nevada City community and decided to open up a pizzeria serving pizza the way we know and love from back East. We spent a year of diligent research educating ourselves on how to replicate the perfect slice.

We took a lot of guess work out of pizza making by enrolling in Tony Gemignani, International School of Pizza. He remains an adviser to us to this day. We also attended the Pizza Expo in Las Vegas where we became familiar of all the different products available. We took pizza making seminars and pizza management courses to honed in our skill sets and business practices. We proudly use Tony Gemignani non-GMO flour from Central Milling out of Petaluma. Our tomatoes are from Stanislaus of Modesto. We visited their tomato farm before opening and were insanely impressed with their devotion to quality and dedication to integrity.

We then decided to use Grande cheese, which is a 150 year old Italian artisan diary in Wisconsin. These high-quality ingredients have formed the basis for our pizza. We are a slice house with a variety of pies ready to be eaten super hot, fresh and fast. We also take phone and in person whole pies orders for take out. Choose from our list of specialty combinations or built your own custom pie made to order. Half and half pizzas are available as long as you choose the same sauce base and shape pizza! We have a 10 inch cauliflower or vegan crust option – both are gluten-free and can be pre-ordered with a short wait time. Cheese manicotti with or without meatballs can be preordered as well. We also carry fresh, pre made garden salads and yummy brownies and locally made baklava! We look forward to providing the pizza for your perfect pizza night! Elizabeth