Big Pie in the Sky

The Big Pie in the Sky Pizzeria does not have an impressive store front. It sits next to a coffee shop in a small corner of the Publix shopping center at 2090 Baker Road in Kennesaw.

Enter the shop, and you see about a dozen old school pizza parlor tables. Some are linked together party style.

Jeff stands at the register, ready to take your order. Before him is a small stainless steel topped bar. Behind the bar is a double doored beer cooler. Further in is the open wall to the kitchen, where pie doughs the size of bedsheets fly through the air.


Jeff took my order, and gave me a coke in a plain white styrofoam cup. If this place was going to impress me, it was going to have to be through service and food quality.

I ordered two medium pizzas, without once looking to see how big a medium is. I should have ordered one. At 16", I received a couple of good sized pies. A large comes in at 20" and an Extra Large a whopping 30".

Now, if you and a friend are extremely hungry and equally adventurous, you could try the Carnivore Challenge. The challenge is for two people to eat pie that houses a total of eleven pounds of meat. You get one hour. It'll cost you $50, but if you and your friend succeed, you share a $250 prize.

Big Pie in the Sky is the dream child of Chris Day and Dirk Tendick. The partners opened shop on Super Bowl Sunday in February of 2007. Business has been good ever since. Chris tells me some people come a couple times a week.

Repeat business is good advertising, but their best break to date came when the television show "Man Vs Food" shot an episode where the host tried to conquer the Carnivore.

Today, at the end of his day, Jeff spoke of the affect. Earlier this afternoon, two men brought thirty or so friends to watch them attempt the challenge. As soon as they were through (unsuccessfully), a busload of forty church group kids from Missouri came in. It seems some of the kids had seen the episode of "Man Vs Food".

By the way, the pies I got were delicious. The crust not too thick or too thin, and the sauce was good without overwhelming the taste of my chosen ingredients. It was a good value at just over $16 a pie, and the service was quick and attentive.

This place is a value worthy of your visit.