Quickfire Pizza hits the road
Employees prepare a pizza at Quickfire Pizza. Sophomore Elliot Weisberg said, “It’s very good pizza, made right in front of you so you know it is fresh. You can choose your exact toppings and sauces so it is more personal.”
Stepping into local downtown pizza shop Quickfire Pizza, the smell and warmth of fresh baking pizza is prominent from the wood stove. This whole wonderful experience is now available from your very own home.
Quickfire Pizza started to offer delivery services this January, delivering pizzas to the Stillwater area. Delivery charge is only $3 and the service will be offered until March as a trial period.
“It was scary for us to pull the trigger on delivery, but we were getting enough requests for it that I couldn’t say no any longer,” said Quickfire owner Ryan Lettner. “I have placed a March deadline on it, but in reality we are going to continue it as long as the oven can keep up. We will take a break for the tourist season and then crank it up again after the fall tourist season. We would love to offer it all year, however we just don’t have the oven space during the summer months.”
Quickfire Pizza opened its doors fall of 2012, and has become a popular dining site for many Stillwater residents. Quickfire offers small, reasonably priced pizzas that are prepared and cooked in front of customers in the wood-fired ovens, all under six minutes. They serve rustic and classic Neapolitan pizzas, as well as wacky specialty pizzas such as Cuban, cajun, macaroni and cheese and Thai pizzas.
It was scary for us to pull the trigger on delivery, but we were getting enough requests for it that I couldn’t say no any longer.
— Ryan Lettner
Quickfire will also be announcing a new specialty pizza, partnering up with an unannounced downtown restaurant. Lettner explained, “We are also about to unveil a new pizza that is a collaboration with another very popular restaurant downtown. We have been working on it secretly for about a year, so I am excited that it is about to become reality.”
“Ten years ago, I was operating a small remodeling business, I never thought I would be running a gourmet pizza shop in Stillwater,” Lettner explained. “We have accomplished a lot in a few years and made a lot of friends in a short time. We wouldn’t still be here having all this fun if it weren’t for our regulars, we thank them for all the frequent visits.”
And Lettner has many to thank. Quickfire has quickly become a favorite among many SAHS students.
Junior Wyatt Miller explained, “The wood-fired oven creates an amazing, soft yet crunchy feeling to the crust. The specialty pizzas are creative and delicious.”
Sophomore Elliot Weisberg added, “It’s very good pizza, made right in front of you so you know it is fresh. You can choose your exact toppings and sauces so it is more personal.”
Despite this new delivery service, people still love Quickfire for its wonderful ambiance inside the shop.
Miller explained, “The atmosphere inside is really warm and cozy. You just feel at home.” Lettner and the people at Quickfire are only doing more to heighten this sense of homeliness. Lettner explained, “We have decided to bring in some board games, card games and fun trivia games for people to play while they are here.We would love to see people hanging out in the restaurant.”
Katelyn Weisbrod • Mar 1, 2015 at 4:32 pm
I’m so excited that they will be delivering! And it’s cool that they want to make the place more “homey” with board games. Maybe I’ll have to hang out there more this summer. Great quotes, great article!
Katie Hutton • Feb 19, 2015 at 1:37 pm
I loved this article! It told me new information, like that the delivery will only be available when it’s not the tourist season. The quotes are awesome and tell you new information and the article overall informed me a lot.
Lars Stannard • Feb 18, 2015 at 10:17 am
You had me at Pizza. Very nice sensory at the beginning, the article is intersting and the place has really good food. It’s nice to know the place is doing well and starting deliveries. Only downside is that I’m hungry now.
Jake Simcik • Feb 17, 2015 at 10:46 pm
It might have just been the pizza that got my attention but once I started reading this article the sensory writing kept all of the information presented interesting and kept me captivated with the story.
Kaitlyn Doyle • Feb 17, 2015 at 9:38 pm
The title and the photos are what caught my attention and brought me into the article. After reading most of the quotes it made me want to go to the restaurant even more. This article was really well written and draws people in.
Stephanie Nielsen • Feb 17, 2015 at 8:13 pm
The headline caught my attention and brought me into the article. The quotes and information compelled me to keep reading and i learned a lot about a local pizzaria. The lead was very descriptive and made me feel like i was there at the restaurant.
Braden Classon • Feb 17, 2015 at 4:59 pm
This article was great from the get go. The headline was very intriguing and immediately made me want to read it. Once I started reading it you drew me in with a variety of quotes and facts that kept me interested in the subject matter. Your links show what the pizzas are all about and make me want to give it a try!
Tessa Rosa • Feb 12, 2015 at 8:50 pm
Well to begin with the headline was creative so right off the bat it was a good read. Then the introduction was very descriptive and interesting to read. I liked how you chose the quotes carefully so that they didn’t add a lot of unnecessary words to the story. It was short but informational without being boring. There was a nice balance of they quotes and facts. Good job, it was successfully interesting from the headline to the last sentence.