Wood-Fired Pizza on Margate’s seafront
The Great British Pizza Company Sets Up Shop In Margate
After three glorious months on Margate’s Harbour Arm, streetfood pop-up The
Great British Pizza Company is finally opening a permanent venue – with a
roof! The success of their first pop-up site, on Margate's Harbour Arm, has
seen foodies flocking to this al-fresco eatery all through the summer, come
rain or shine. In just three short months, even renowned food critic Marina
O’Loughlin has recommended their joint to visitors.
GB Pizza Co started out life in the back of a truck – a 1974 Volkswagen
Campervan, to be precise. Touring farmers' markets, festivals and events in
the Cotswolds since March of this year, the pair behind the mobile wood-fired
pizza company – former magazine editors and also owners of an awardwinning gastropub – decided to put down roots in up-and-coming seaside
town Margate.
GB Pizza Co cooks delicious wood-fired pizzas – in just two minutes – using
fresh, locally-sourced ingredients, their special recipe dough and a rich, slowcooked tomato sauce. Neopolitan in style – with a thin, crispy base and
bubbling crust – the pizzas have been a huge hit in this exciting town since
the pop-up launched in June.
Now with a base – excuse the pizza pun – in Margate and with their eyes on
other venues across the South-East, GB Pizza Co is growing fast.
The new restaurant, formerly the town’s branch of Pizza Hut, ironically,
overlooks the pristine sandy beaches and the Turner Contemporary and will
be open throughout the week (Tuesday to Sunday) and will serve freshlymade, wood-fired pizza at lunch and dinner. The restaurant opens on
Tuesday 9th October 2012.
Alongside their acclaimed pizza, the restaurant is collaborating with renowned
food and drink companies in the South East: wines are from Borough Wines
(by the glass or bottle, to drink in, or to takeaway); gelato is by Soho-based
Gelupo Gelato; coffee is made by the baristas of Shore Coffee UK with
coffee roasted in Whitstable; after-dinner tipples are made by Howards of
Kent; beer and fizz come from the Kentish vineyards of Chapel Down; meat
is by renowned local purveyor Chandler & Dunn; apple juice comes from the
nearby orchards of Little Stour.
Margate, chosen as one of Mary Portas's 12 Pilot Towns, boasts a growing
Old Town filled with independently-owned boutiques and cafés, as well as
artists' studios and gallery spaces. Currently hosting hometown girl Tracey
Emin's first ever Margate exhibition in the stunning new Turner Contemporary
– just a pebble’s throw from GB Pizza Co – this classic British seaside town is
on the up. And now with perfect slices being served up on its shores, there’s
never been a better time to visit.
14a Marine Drive, Margate, Kent, CT9 1DH. Tel. 07730 875340
www.greatbritishpizza.com | Follow them on Twitter: @GBPizzaCo
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