Fire Crust Pizza — Restaurant in Wheeling Township

The oven was going strong, the toppings were solid, and the service was good. But the key of fire oven pizza is the perfect dough. Unfortunately, the dough was not their fancy oven worthy. It was too much cornmeal in the dough which made it dry and bitter. Hope they fix the dough!

Edited after the owner's response: I maybe wrong with the cornmeal, but the crust was such a disappointment. We're a huge pizza lover and had pizza from all over the places and we said we won't come back. The price is reasonable, toppings were fresh, and the service was great. It's just the crust that is not working with your fire oven. I know the difference between burned mark and dry crust. We've had pizza from Italy and authentic Italian restaurants. This is not the same kind of crust. If you like d'agostino's or Bonta, this is not your place.

You asked me to give you a better review not to hurt small business. I positively review plenty of small businesses and I always prefer small businesses over big box companies. I am giving my honest opinion about food. The service and atmosphere was very good, but not food. Plus, how do you know I am a small business owner? It creeped me out when you mention that. Does that mean you went out and search who I am? Owner's response like this...

Fire Crust is a must! Great quality ingredients and a dozen pizza choices off the bat. Not enough analysis paralysis in 12 stock menu choices? Choose your own toppings and make it your masterpiece. The BBQ chicken is a huge early hit, btw!

They also offer great chicken wings, if you're looking for something else. SALADS are coming soon, too! Their pizza oven is indeed gas fired vs. electric; it's straight from ITALY- I personally saw the flames inside to assure it's not like other reviewers falsely claim it as electric.

They're brand new to the area and it's a great family friendly environment to bring your kids to. Speaking of, For dessert, they offer 12 flavors of Chocolate Shoppe brand ice cream too!

Stop in and support a local family in their new endeavor, you won't regret it!

For those who gave negative reviews, cut a brand new place some slack while they work out the kinks, new staff, and technology hiccups. They would have gladly gone out of their way to make it right had you let them.

This will be our new quick go-to...

Ordered the 2-topping lunch special on Chow Now - it was supposed to come with a drink, but the Indian gentleman making the pizzas told me it didn't. I didn't have time to argue so I went back later and checked and yes, it should have come with a drink.

They also have pre-assembled pizza boxes all over by the drink station, which makes sense, but when another customer tried to take a large one and a small one for to-go boxes, the pizza maker told him he could only take the small boxes.

The place smelled like very strongly perfumed cleaning products and it would have been off-putting if I had chosen to eat there. It smelled more like a cover-up product than a cleaning product.

The pizza was fine, but very sparsely topped. I was supposed to get two toppings so I ordered 2x pepperoni, but I only got one or two pieces per slice.

The people were nice, but I think they are eventually going to nickel and dime themselves out of business. I, for one, won't...