Pizza Fusion OPENS at Vintage Park
January 28th, 2009 categories: Dining and Entertainment | 465 views
On a recent Tuesday evening, Rick and I visited the newly opened Pizza Fusion at Vintage Park. We specifically chose a Tuesday evening because on Tuesdays and Thursdays Pizza Fusion has a $7 bottle of wine promotion. And these days the price of wine in a restaurant usually runs $7 a glass NOT a bottle.
At 7pm, we arrived hungry for pizza and thirsty for cheap and hopefully good wine. What we were not expecting was a packed house. All of the tables were full and so were the seats at the bar. But since we were determined, we gave them our name with hopes of a seat opening up within 30 minutes. To keep our minds off the delicious looking pizza, we departed to run an errand. Upon our return, the restaurant’s tables were still packed but we found several seats available at the bar and we quickly proceeded to snag ourselves a place.
We asked our waiter / bartender about the $7 bottle of wine special and he said they have Red and White wine available. Since we were going to have pizza, we chose the Red wine which was a Merlot. Then our waiter provided us with a menu and asked if it was our first visit to Pizza Fusion. We said “yes” and he proceeded to tell us the Pizza Fusion story. And boy did we have a lot to learn.
The owner of the Pizza Fusion frachise at Vintage Park is Chris Toman, a local Klein High School graduate. As the story goes Chris wanted to open his own business and Chris’s wife is passionate about recyling and organic foods. Thus the idea came to Chris to try to integrate his wife’s passion into his new business. Chris did his research and decided to open a Pizza Fusion franchise which is the first location in the State of Texas.
Pizza Fusion is a full-service restaurant specializing in organic, vegan and glutten-free pizzas. They use the freshest all-natural organic ingredients from the toppings to the sauce to the dougn for their pizzas. And the pizza dough is also glutten-free.
In addition to preparing healthy food for their customers, Pizza Fusion is also serious about the environment which is reflected in their mission statement of “Saving the Earth, One Pizza at a Time!”. One of the many ways Pizza Fusion is helping to save the earth is through the use of only hybrid vehicles for their delivery vehicles.
After hearing the organic and glutten-free story, we were a little apprenehensive as we wondered if the pizza could and would actually taste good or would it taste like we were eating a cardboard box. Since we were still hungry, we thought we would give it a try.
We decided to order a medium (18″x9″) Founder’s Pie. The pizza was on the menu for $16.00 and described as “Naturally raised chicken, organic tomato sauce, Gorgonzola, Mozzarella, Kalamata Olives, and red onions on a multigrain crust”. Even if it was organic the pizza still sounded yummy. We just hoped it would taste yummy too.
After about 15 minutes of watching sports on the 52″ tv screens and sipping a wonderful Merlot (did I mention the wine was organic too), our pizza arrived hot from the oven. It looked delicious with its bubbling cheese and thin crust. And after several bites, we decided that pizza could actually taste delicious and be good for us. And yes we did finish it all. There was nothing left to take home.
We had a wonderful evening filled with good pizza and good wine in an comfortable, casual setting. We want to tell Chris Toman “Thank you for broadening our palates and we will be back to see you again soon”.
Pizza Fusion joins a growing list of new tenants including PotBelly Sandwich Works, Cheeburger Cheeburger, Shogun Grill, Brix Wine Cellars, and Fish City Grill. All who are trying to make a go of it at Vintage Park, an upscale 84 acre mixed use development conveniently located at HWY 249 and Louetta.
It may be too early to consider Pizza Fusion a success, but the cash drawer certainly was ringing up sales the night we visited. So next time you are in the mood for pizza give Pizza Fusion a try. Who knows … you may even be helping to save the Earth.
Pizza Fusion is located at 118 Vintage Park Blvd. Bldg G. Ste A. Houston TX 77070. Their phone number is 281.251.7323.
Too funny! I had lunch at Pizza Fusion this week. Couldn’t enjoy the $7 wine, but thought the pizza was excellent. Pizza prices are a little on the high side, but the wine price makes up for it. Just go when you can enjoy the wine tasting!
Chuck: The pizza is definately not priced to compete with the Dominos $6.99 one topping pizza. In comparison to other pizza joints the pizza prices are higher. I am sure the price is caused by the extra expense of being earth friendly and organic. It seems like everything that is good for us costs more.