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| Mary piles it on at the buffet table. |
On Jan. 29, 2007, we celebrated the first birthday of our seventh grandchild, Evan at the Branson Pizza World located in the heart of Branson’s famous 76 Strip. It opened in the spring of 2006 and is owned by Duane Rogers.
Although it has a pizza buffet, which is what we had for the party, it is a full service pizza shop with dine in as well as carry out and delivery service. Pizza World has everything from a full selection of appetizers, to salads, Calzones, oven baked subs, and pizzas of just about every type imaginable. Their signature pizza is the Appondanza which is piled high with 12 ingredients. They offer two basic styles of crusts hand tossed and thin.
The pizza bar pizza that we had for the party was all on hand tossed crusts and was excellent. In talking with Rogers and James Holloway, the General Manager, they both stressed that they the pizza they put out on the buffet is the same as the pizza they serve off the menu and deliver. All the Ole Seagull knows is the pizza he had, Canadian Bacon and pineapple, hamburger and mushroom, vegi, chicken Alfredo, to name just a few were all excellent.
The pizza bar also had spaghetti garlic bread sticks, and an excellent salad bar. The lettuce was crisp, the vegetables were fresh, and there were fresh mushroom and some of the roundest pepperoni the Ole Seagull has ever seen. There was a full choice of excellent dressings.
There were about 20 people at the party and they all enjoyed the pizza. It could probably best be summed up by my oldest grandson Basil Paul who classed, in order, the chocolate chip dessert pizza as great along with the pepperoni and the chicken Alfredo pizzas. His grandfather would have to add that the hamburger mushroom and the blue berry dessert pizzas we also in that category too. It seemed everyone had a favorite and that no one had a complaint.
The establishment was very clean and our server, Christy, did an outstanding job. With 20 people ranging in age from one year to 75 plus years old she did it all, from pizza requests, to filling the drinks and letting us know when fresh pizza were on the buffet she was simply great.
Through March 1, Pizza World is opened Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. After March 1 they will be opened daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Pizza World is located at 3405 W. Highway 76 on the north side of the road just east of Andy’s Frozen Custard. The phone number for information and to have Pizza World pizza delivered is 417.337.7778.
