PiesOn. Pizza Co.

 

Located at 275 North Elm Street in the Stock + Grain Assembly food hall in Downtown High Point, PiesOn offers New York-style pizza, appetizers, sandwiches, and desserts. It opens at 11 daily and closes at 9 Monday-Wednesday, 10 on Thursday, 11 on Friday and Saturday, and 7 on Sunday. Online ordering is available.

 

PiesOn’s unofficial motto should be “Pizza by people who know what they are doing.” The owner, Stephen, also owns Times Square Pizza in Lexington while his wife’s family owns Elizabeth’s Pizza in High Point. There’s a pizza pedigree here going back generations, and it shows in the final product: quality toppings, good sauce, and a crust that is neither burned nor tastes like cardboard. As a New Jersey native, I often ratchet down my pizza expectations. Here, I don’t have to. I’d go as far as to say that PiesOn. is the one Stock + Grain establishment that is completely worth the food hall’s inflated prices that I often grumble about (12-inch pies are $18-$19).

 

While competent execution would be a strong lure in its own right, PiesOn. also benefits from a tantalizing and creative menu. You can still go classic (pizza margherita, a meatball parm sub, and wings are among the offerings) here, but for those looking to mix things up, PiesOn. also offers Havana-topped (ham/cheese/pickles/mustard) fries, a brie/honey/fig/thyme white pizza, and even an inverted pizza. Several of the menu items are Stranger Things shout-outs (the meaty Vecna and the Hawaiian Surfer Boy), and there are vegetarian options as well.

 

For our first visit, my wife and I opted for the Seek & Destroy (spicy soppressata/grape tomato/chili oil) and the Don Dom (white pizza with roasted garlic cream sauce, mortadella, arugula, pistachio, and burrata). Both were served fresh and were very flavorful. The chili oil wasn’t burn-your-mouth intense, but it added a welcome kick. The garlic cream/arugula combo here is right up there with the Let It Ride (shallot cream/collards) at Sticks n Stones – the pistachio adds a hint of sweetness.

 

There are other places around that offer perfectly decent pizza for less, but if I want pizza that really impresses, I may have to make PiesOn. my go-to.