The best pizza company in the Southwest was just announced by Pizza Today and a North Texas pizzeria took the prize.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Owner Greg Tierny brought the taste of Detroit deep-dish pizza to Texas about 5 years ago when he opened Motor City Pizza, located at 1425 FM 407 in Lewisville.<\/p>\n
Tierney is known for more than just Detroit-style pies. He’s a lifelong sports fanatic with a creative streak, crafting pizzas to mark big moments \u2014 and, according to the Pizza Today award: dedication, craftsmanship and community engagement.<\/p>\n
“The judging process was especially challenging this year, given the outstanding quality of entries across many categories,” Pizza Today’s Editor-in-Chief, Denise Greer said. \u00a0“Earning national recognition for your dedication and craftsmanship is truly an achievement to be proud of.”<\/p>\n
According to Pizza Today, judging focuses on the pizzerias’ community and employee engagement, industry leadership, quality product, service and operations, sales volume and growth potential.<\/p>\n
“We are honored, ecstatic and humbled to be recognized for this, especially coming from the industry-leading publication,” Tierney said to Pizza Today. \u00a0“Out of all the pizza companies in the Southwest, to be named as the best is truly an honor.”<\/p>\n
Motor City Pizza’s one-of-a-kind pies<\/p>\n
A few years ago, Tierney took Thanksgiving dinner and turned it into something you can hold in your hand \u2014 a Thanksgiving pizza<\/a>. <\/p>\n “Imagine everything that you have on your Thanksgiving table, putting it on a pizza,” Tierney said to CBS Texas previously. “It reminds me of my mom and my family sitting around the Thanksgiving table.<\/p>\n