Red Pepper Pizza Company — Restaurant in Crestwood

I went there on a Sunday afternoon, about 4:30pm recently. The location was a little out of the way on the highway so I just happened to come across it as I was looking for restaurants and decided to take that exit. I walked right in and ordered without issue. The prices were comparable, and the staff was friendly and took my order and promptly started to work on the pizza.

I ordered a loaded baked potato pizza, as that sounded completely different. The pizza took a good while to make, as they baked the slices of potato as I waited, before actually prepping the pizza. I figured they were in a slow time of the day, but I did notice that the prepping area was exceptionally clean. They gave me a decent amount of toppings on the pizza.

During the time I waited for the pizza I listened to one of the staff complain about how the owner wouldn't give him a credit card for him to go and get ingredients to come up with new pizza ideas, etc etc. I get that it's a single room prep area, just not the classiest thing to do with clients in your waiting area.

Ultimately I got a pizza, and it was filling and a great pizza for sure. The family polished it off and was satisfied. I would definitely go again if I were in the area, but I probably won't go out of my way to swing...

Went to try this place for the first time yesterday after hearing about it from a friend. We ordered and while waiting for our pizza noticed no gloves or hair nets were worn the entire time our pizza was being made: all toppings were handled with bare hands, dough was tossed with bare hands and cheese was spread with no gloves. The employees played explicit and loud music for the duration of time we waited and surfaces were dirty and not well maintained. Even after the pizzas were finished cooking, staff used his bare hands to maneuver the pizza into the box. Had high hopes for this place but was sadly disappointed by the level of cleanliness...

Sigh.

Of course it's when my wife and I are driving up to see family in Columbus, OH from St Petersburg, FL by way of Nashville, TN and randomly stop for dinner is when I discover my new favorite white sauce pizza, the Chicken Caesar pizza.

The only downside is the commute from Florida to get it.

Update 9/7/24: This time, we made sure to make a stop here as part of the return trip, and the Chicken Caesar pizza continues to make...