BRUNSWICK, Ohio – What could be more appropriate than Ohio Pie Co. celebrating its one-year anniversary Feb. 9 on National Pizza Day?
Medina native Nick Robson opened up shop in Brunswick last year, introducing his Ohio-style pizza – a traditional circle shape, with square-cut slices and an all-around swirly sauce.
The fresh pie producer spent a lot of time working in pizza shops for income and support in and out of other states while touring with bands in his younger years. At this point in his life, Robson started to be a familiar face in pizza shops and wanted to make his own pizza. But most importantly, he wanted to create those pies where he first put down his roots -- Ohio.
The ''Uncle Tony'' pizza is one of the many specialties pies at Ohio Pie Co. (Photo Courtesy Lee Sechrist)
Located at 1315 1/2 Pearl Road, the Ohio Pie Co. interior is surrounded by walls decorated with murals dedicated to musicians, friends and everything and everyone that helped inspire the idea along the way.
In its first year, the shop topped off at over 70,000 original Ohio-style pizzas and close to 25,000 cookies, homemade each day.
Reflecting back, Robson shares one of his favorite memories of his first year in the pizza business.
‘’On (Friday) Feb. 8, Ohio Pie had a photo shoot, the day prior to the grand opening,’’ Robson said. ‘’So, we had a bunch of dough left over, 100 to 150 doughs left, and we had to use it by Friday, because we couldn’t carry it into Saturday.
Nick Robson in front of Ohio Pie Co. in Brunswick (Photo Courtesy Lee Sechrist)
“We said after the photoshoot, let’s just turn on the open sign. I’ll post a picture on Instagram, we’ll start answering the phones -- just kind of secretly open the day before. A couple hours later, I was finally able to post the picture of the open sign on Instagram -- after we sold out. Without ever announcing that we opened,’’ Robson said.
In the new year, Ohio Pie Co. will add more creative specialties to the menu, to be listed next to originals such as Firebird (Buffalo chicken pie), Paradise (Hawaiian pie) and Piggy Bird (BBQ chicken pie) -- all of which can be made with vegan substitutes.
The owner’s favorite pie lands on simplicity -- pepperoni pizza.
‘’If I go to any new shop, I just want a pepperoni. That’s kind of how I compare a shop. A pepperoni pizza is how you can tell ‘oh, does this shop know how to make pizza?’ A lot of people say plain cheese, but I care about the style of pepperoni,’’ Robson said.
At Ohio Pie Co., Robson and the crew work hard to make sure the energy and the attitude of the shop is alive and welcoming.
‘’I always looked at pizza kind of differently. A lot of people are like, ‘oh it’s a job, it’s a service, you’re just providing meals to people.’ But pizza is kind of the only food that you’ll eat if you’re happy, you’ll eat if you’re sad, you’ll eat no matter what. Pizza is any-occasion food.
“Anyone who is coming in here in a given day, we are improving that person’s day. You’re not coming to get pizza to make your day worse; you’re trying to improve your day.
“If you’re celebrating, you’re going to want to make it even better (if) you get pizza. If you’re bummed, you can be like ‘all right, I can at least get pizza and have a bright spot in my day.’
“If you have the chance to improve a few hundred people’s day every single day, that’s cool. That’s fun,’’ Robson said.
The shop does not offer a pizza delivery service or take part in any third-party delivery services. This is because Ohio Pie Co. wants to serve their product as freshly as possible and does not just want to have a transaction with their customers, but an interaction.
Robson shared that in 2020, the company will be upgrading ovens for the shop so that they can make more pies a day in a timely manner.
Robson is also owner of Live Large Fitness, a workout clothing brand that has been homed behind Ohio Pie since 2014.
‘’I started that company from the money I made delivering pizzas. And that company grew to the point that funded this pizza shop. Pizza brought it all together full circle,’’ Robson said.
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