>> Deborah: A POPULAR NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZA PARLOR IN
GREENSBORO WAS RECENTLY NAMED NUMBER THREE AMONG THE TOP TEN
FARM-TO-TABLE RESTAURANTS IN THE UNITED STATES.
STICKS & STONES CLAY OVEN PIZZA PROVES THAT USING LOCALLY
SOURCED SUSTAINABLE INGREDIENTS FITS WONDERFULLY INTO THE WORLD
OF PIZZA AND CAN EVEN BECOME A STRONG DRAWING CARD.
WE JOIN BOB GARNER NOW FOR A CLOSER LOOK IN TONIGHT'S
"HOUSE SPECIAL."
>> SHOW UP SATURDAY MORNING AT THE CORNER OF WALKER AND ELAM
NEAR UNCG AND YOU'LL FIND A NEIGHBORHOOD FARMERS MARKET IN
THE STICKS & STONES PARKING LOT.
THE FARM-TO-TABLE PIZZA PARLOR SHOWCASES FRESH, LOCAL, AND
SUSTAINABLE INGREDIENTS.
STONEGROUND ORGANIC FLOUR FOR THE DOUGH.
PASTURE-RAISED PORK.
ANTIBIOTIC-FREE MILK, CREAM AND BUTTER.
FREE-RANGE EGGS.
FRESH PRODUCE AND HERBS.
OWNER NEIL REITZEL GREW UP AND DID BUSINESS IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAD A CLEAR VISION FOR THE PLACE.
>> AS SUSTAINABLE AS POSSIBLE, AS LOCAL AS POSSIBLE, AND IT
KIND OF CAME TO US.
IT FELL INTO PLACE, LIKE THE FARMERS MARKET CAME TO US, WHICH
JUST MADE IT THAT MUCH MORE OF A LOCAL, SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S BEEN A HUGE SUPPORT.
IT'S A GREAT OLD NEIGHBORHOOD.
CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THAT.
>> ALL THE PIZZA IS COOKED IN A WOOD-FIRED OVEN.
THIS PARTICULAR PIZZA IS CALLED TO BE THE ONE, AND IF YOU'RE
ONLY GOING TO HAVE ONE, OF COURSE, YOU WOULD HAVE A CLASSIC
MARGHERITA, TOMATO SAUCE, MOZZARELLA, PARMESAN, AND FRESH
BASIL.
MMM.
NOW, I STARTED WITH THE VERY SIMPLEST TYPE OF PIZZA, BECAUSE
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO END TO THE VARIETY AND THE COMPLEXITY
YOU CAN BUILD INTO A PIZZA AT STICKS & STONES.
>> I OFTEN COME AND GET A PIZZA WITH POTATOES AND BASIL AND GOAT
LADY CHEESE, OUR LOCAL -- FROM OUR LOCAL PLACE HERE, AND I LOVE
THAT ON THE MENU, YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN AND THAT ALL THREE OF
US WHEN WE COME TOGETHER CAN EACH GET OUR OWN PIZZA THAT HAS
LOCAL, FRESH, REALLY GOOD INGREDIENTS.
>> I LOVE HOMEMADE PIZZA.
IT'S ONE THAT YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY CONSTRUCTED AND THEY USE
WONDERFUL INGREDIENTS, SO ANYTHING WITH GOAT CHEESE AND
MUSHROOMS AND OLIVES, AND YOU DON'T USUALLY FIND THOSE
INGREDIENTS ON A PIZZA, PLUS I CAN GET GLUTEN-FREE PIZZA.
>> IT'S LOCALLY OWNED AND I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF ANYTHING
LOCALLY OWNED AND THEY USE LOCAL INGREDIENTS, AND THE FLAVORS ARE
SO GOOD THAT YOU KNOW THE TOMATO SAUCE IS HOMEMADE AND NOT OUT OF
A CAN.
>> WE LIVE IN YADKIN COUNTY.
I TYPED IN THE BEST PIZZA IN GREENSBORO AND THIS NAME POPPED
UP.
I LOOKED AT THE PICTURES AND SAID THAT'S IT, WE'RE GOING
THERE.
>> NOW, IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET YOUR GOAT
CHEESE FROM THE GOAT LADY DAIRY IN NEARBY CLIMAX, YOU HAVE TO
HAVE A SHOWCASE FOR IT.
THIS IS GOAT CHEESE DIP WITH ROASTED TOMATO AND CARAMELIZED
ONION SERVED ON BAGUETTE SLICES.
OH, YEAH!
SMALL PLATES LIKE THIS ARE A REALLY BIG DEAL HERE ALONG WITH
THE PIZZA, THE SANDWICHES AND THE SALADS.
THAT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLY RICH, INTERESTING, AND DEFINITELY
WORTH COMING IN FOR IF YOU NEVER HAVE ONE BITE OF PIZZA.
WOW!
REALLY INTERESTING LIST OF SANDWICHES HERE, INCLUDING THIS
ONE, THE GOODNIGHT ROSE, AN ASHLEY FARMS FRIED CHICKEN
BREAST AND CHIPOTLE SLAW ARE THE ANCHORS FOR THIS LITTLE NUMBER.
OH.
OOH, THEY AREN'T KIDDING ABOUT CHIPOTLE SLAW.
IT'S REALLY NOT THAT HOT.
IT JUST KIND OF CAUGHT ME OFF-GUARD.
WOW.
MMM.
DELICIOUS, HEALTHY FOOD, SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, AND
A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD VIBE.
STICKS & STONES SEEMS TO BE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS.
FOR "NORTH CAROLINA WEEKEND," I'M BOB GARNER.