Andolini’s Pizzeria Celebrates 10 Years in Owasso

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January 6th, Owasso, OK – Andolini’s Pizzeria launched when brothers Mike and Jim Bausch took a hard look at the Owasso restaurant scene after Jim’s job transfer brought him to Oklahoma. The brothers quickly recognized an opportunity to bring to Owasso an independent, local restaurant. Even with the rapid growth of new residents in Owasso since 2000, the only pizza being offered was standard chain pizza. Since both brothers grew up around the classic pizzerias in New York and New Jersey, they knew a pizza opportunity when they saw one. Andolini’s Pizzeria took over a single unit ice cream store called Scoops in November 2004 and opened for business on January 8^th, 2005.

Over the past 10 years, Andolini’s Pizzeria has employed hundreds of people and generated millions of dollars in local sales and accompanying sales tax revenue, prompting the Owasso City Council to declare January 8^th, 2015 as “Andolini’s Pizzeria Day” in recognition of the 10^th Anniversary of the restaurant opening on 96^th Street North. Andolini’s will be celebrating on Jan. 8^th with multiple “free pizza for a year” giveaways and kids eat free specials all day. In addition, the Andolini’s food truck will be at the Owasso location with by-the-slice pizza all day. At 3:00 pm on the 8^th, City of Owasso officials will present the official proclamation of “Andolini’s Day in Owasso” to the owners and the Owasso High School drumline will perform.

The Andolini’s story includes several expansions in Owasso, three new restaurants in Tulsa and a mobile food truck. Through it all, Andolini’s remained true to the idea that if it can be made in house, it ought to be. Fresh whole-milk mozzarella, sauces, dressings, every dessert offered, their own Italian sausage and more are all made in house daily and customers can taste the difference. The entire Andolini’s menu is comprised of new and different interpretations of Italian classics, driven by ingredients that yield the best results possible for the restaurant’s patrons. For instance, Andolini’s Pizzeria locations only use Shawnee Mills flour, from Shawnee, Oklahoma; the tomatoes are from the San Marzano region of Italy and are flown in from Italy by the pallet. Andolini’s doesn’t use freezers, microwaves, or any dough shortcuts such as sheeters or rolling pins, either.

Jim says, “We work to come up with food items that are completely unique to our store and that no one else is doing. We are always asking ourselves, “What would we need to do and be to survive the New York or San Francisco dining scene?” Mike agrees that always pushing forward, always striving to increase the customer experience, is a hallmark of Andolini’s. Ten years after opening the first location, the Andolini’s team has transformed what began as a 1500-square foot pizzeria into a successful restaurant business with four high-demand locations, another slated to open in Broken Arrow in Spring 2015, and a mobile food truck.

The Owasso location offers delivery city wide and into neighboring communities. Andolini’s Owasso also has a comprehensive and eclectic beer list that is always changing and ever growing. The ownership team of Mike and Jim Bausch and John Davey – along with everyone involved with Andolini’s – believe in the basic idea of doing something simple and right, and delivering on it to help enhance the lives of as many people as possible. They live out this idea through extensive charitable efforts to help out and to give back.

Andolini’s Accolades:

Voted “Best in the World” for pizza 2014 by Tulsa World readers
Consistently in top 5 Owasso restaurants on Trip Advisor
Consistently in top 10 out of more than 1100 Tulsa restaurants on Trip Advisor
Voted “Best in Oklahoma” Pizza by Oklahoma Magazine
Voted “Absolute Best of Tulsa” – Pizza by Urban Tulsa
Voted to the “A-List” Readers’ Choice for Pizza by Tulsa People Magazine
Named one of the “Pizza Today” Hot 100 Independent Pizzerias in America in 2012, 2013, and 2014
Top 5, 10 and 20 finishes at numerous World Pizza Championships in Paris, France; Las Vegas; Salsomaggiore, Italy; and Parma, Italy.
Named to “Tulsa’s Fast 40” as a fastest-growing company for 2012, 2013, and 2014
Mike Bausch named “Restaurateur of the Year” for Tulsa in 2011
Voted Favorite Pizza by the University of Tulsa student body 2012, 2013 and 2014
Voted Best Pizza in Owasso by Owasso Reporter multiple times
Named to Top 100 Restaurants in America for “Kid-friendly” and “Gluten Free” by Urban Spoon
Crowd favorite local pizza restaurant for Tulsa area on Yelp.com