In a town where people love a piece of pizza pie, YellowknifeSA国际影视传媒檚 newest pizza shop is offering up one of its own unique slices of goodness to hungry customers.

Papa PeteSA国际影视传媒檚 Pizza, located at the back door of the former KFC building on 49th Street, next to HarleySA国际影视传媒檚, is ready to serve up a taste of delicious, say the shopSA国际影视传媒檚 owners and chefs.

SA国际影视传媒淲e wanted to bring something homemade and chef-inspired to Yellowknife,SA国际影视传媒� Jen Vornbrock, also co-owner of the Monkey Tree Pub, said.

SA国际影视传媒淎nd we will also be running our catering business out of this location,SA国际影视传媒� she said of the catering they did through Stake restaurant before it closed.

Because of the popularity that the Stake business achieved, Vornbrock said they will keep the Stake restaurant catering name.

SA国际影视传媒淧eople recognize it and know the quality and food service that is going to come with that name. Two different brands, one small little kitchen,SA国际影视传媒� she said.

And the newly designed kitchen now fits perfectly in the space provided, Steven Dinham also a co-owner, said.

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Working from the back door of the building, Vornbrock said they are working with DoorDash to make the pick up and delivery of food as seamless as possible.

SA国际影视传媒淲e have developed a plan so that customers will order a pizza or wings that will be the Monkey Tree food that they remember, and we will DoorDash it right to the bar for them.

We are excited also to take back a little bit of that and I know there are a lot of customers that miss the Monkey Tree brand,SA国际影视传媒� Vornbrock said.

Made to order

And as for the menu, former Stake and Monkey Tree executive chef Peter Stevenson said he likes the fact that the new venue will be a continuance of the Monkey Tree brand which will include their familiar poutine and donairs.

And donSA国际影视传媒檛 say SA国际影视传媒榝rozen foodSA国际影视传媒� to this chef.

SA国际影视传媒淲e stay away from the frozen products. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 going to be old-school Italian style homemade pizzas,SA国际影视传媒� Stevenson said.

SA国际影视传媒淲e make our own dough, our own sauce, grate our own cheese, make our own sausage, we make everything from scratch that we can,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

With a selection of 12 pizzas to choose from, Stevenson said they will have a build-your-own pizza as well as gluten-free crust and vegan options.

One of the secrets to making a good pizza, he noted, is the homemade dough.

SA国际影视传媒淚 worked for years with an Italian family and there are certain things that you do with dough that just makes a difference,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

SA国际影视传媒淚t wonSA国际影视传媒檛 have a benign taste, I think people will taste it and know it is more of a homemade Italian pizza.SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒淚 want to keep that theme, so we have chicken parmesan sandwiches, meatball sandwiches, spaghetti, tetrazzini, which is another Monkey Tree item, and we want to make sure people understand the influence is Italian. Sicilian Italian. ThatSA国际影视传媒檚 kind of where we are at,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

Overall, he said the combination of the pizza shop and the Stake catering business is a perfect fit.

SA国际影视传媒淚 am originally from Toronto, so when I came here, they made me feel at home, so here we are in another business venture having some fun. And the environment is really important too.

We are hoping to build a nice environment where people want to come to work and have a work-life balance.SA国际影视传媒�

Sous chef Jonny Mombourquette agreed.

SA国际影视传媒淚 am really excited for this to get going. I am from Halifax, the pizza mecca. Peter and I are always talking about pizza and I have been thinking about this for years, and then Chef said letSA国际影视传媒檚 do it, so I am really excited,SA国际影视传媒� Mombourquette said.

SA国际影视传媒淲e have got a really good team and have a lot of our former team from the (Monkey) Tree with us, so we have got solid people working for us.SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 going to be great.SA国际影视传媒�