Eight or nine years ago, it was Louie's or nothing for pizza aficionados. Then along came Fireside Pies and...And that inspired Jay Jerrier, a man with a taste for pizza and far too much time on his hands. He built an oven in his backyard, baked as a hobby for two years, then plunged into the restaurant business.Campania Pizza's two locations--Dallas and Southlake--have been accumulating 'best of' mentions since 2006. Just last year, the latter became only the 26th American place to earn
Jerrier's version of meals on wheels.Many pizza joints deliver, but how many bring the whole oven along for the ride?That's right, not just a warming bag, but a wood-burning pizza oven on wheels. Jay Jerrier (of Campania Pizza) is now officially on the go with Il Cane Rosso, a mobile oven. The former backyard cook and now pizza impresario plans to show it off to pizza fans on Wednesday evenings in March. His on the go experiment begins at 5:30 p.m.on March 4 at Times Ten Cellars and lasts until
Ian Britton/FreeFoto.comEvery Monday in this space I pick something to rant about. Today, however, I'm at a loss.I did want to thank Leslie Brenner for bringing up the growing "we don't take reservations" trend, which I find annoying...although I understand the value to a restaurant's bottom line. I thought, too, about asking Jerry Jones (indirectly) why his people forgot to attach cup holders to the seats at Cowboys Stadium. Without cup holders, there's nothing to do with the empties but chu
"In Naples, a pizza maker is kinda like a rock star."
It's been a year since Jay Jerrier, co-owner of Campania in Southlake, fired up a mobile oven and took his show on the road. Now Cane Rosso gourmet pizza catering is one of the hottest tickets in town. As he gears up for the return of his popular pizza nights at Times Ten Cellars (while on the prowl for a brick-and-mortar location), we sat down for a little chat.
Jerrier might have a hard time narrowing down his favorite 80's hair band
