Building a good pizza is an exercise in culinary science. Anyone can do it, but few can do it really well. If you like pizza, this writing is for you. If you can enjoy one of the frozen, additive laden pies from the freezer section, please read on, as I am about to turn you pizza world upside down. Forever on, your days of opening a frozen pie, throwing it in the trash and eating the cardboard under it are over.
Sharon, a world class bargain hunter, located two patio heaters in Mountain Home, Arkansas. These tall heaters were marked down from 150.00 to 45.00 each as the boxes were “damaged”. We love northern Arkansas, so saddled up and road tripped to the Home Depot there and loaded up two perfectly good heaters before motoring 10 miles to Gassville to one of our favorite eateries, Nima’s Pizza, a little pizza shop that seats 20 folks, but is known worldwide in pizza circles. You read this correctly, world class pizza made from scratch, and absolutely delectable.
This little mom and pop pizzeria has won world competitions from Las Vegas to Italy and China. Who would have thought it. They make pizzas from 12” to 45” designed for a family of 8. They also make a surprisingly simple but delicious little salad to get things going. We polished off a delectable little “Kitchen Sink” pizza, and salad chased by a fountain coke. So why are these pizza’s this good?
The crust, and there are a couple of kinds, are handmade for each pie. You can actually ENJOY the edges. The sauce is perfectly spicy, not over-riding the other ingredients and their blend of great cheeses will induce terminal salivation. The proportions of each is near perfect, the pies hit the table with bubbling cheese and you leave the table full and smiling. Their many offerings have actually won world bake-offs in Las Vegas, competing against masterful chefs from around the globe. It is our third time here, and of course, we will be back. Gassville is also located in the middle of one of the best trout fisheries in existence, the White River.
When you are road tripping in the beautiful Ozarks, take our advice, and drop in to Nima’s with an appetite. Rick and Jane will not disappoint you and you can say you have enjoyed a world class pie, without taking a single step in Chicago!
Have a great week!
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