Pizza Fusion: taking the gimmick three steps further
Pizza Fusion, Whole Pie
Pizza Fusion (new location at 12th between Madison and Pike, Capitol Hill) is one of a series of new pizza joints that have cropped up in the Seattle area (think Zaw as an example), with emphasis on organic, local, green. Pizza Fusion takes this three steps further.
Pizza Fusion Menu
First of all, they reuse materials from old buildings. On my visit, I noticed little signs pointing out that the partitions in the women’s restroom came from the former Puyallup Athletic Club and the banquette-style seating came from Sunset Bowl in Ballard.
Pizza Fusion breadsticks
Second of all, they use all organic ingredients and offer gluten-free dough and beer.
Third: well…here’s the list of how “green” this restaurant is/strives to be. This includes offsetting 100% of their energy consumption, using eco-friendly cleaners, using biodegradable containers (landfill breakdown in 50 days), and redistributing the heat from the ovens to warm the restaurant. Ironically though, they are in a brand new building, so personally I think that somewhat reduces how “green” they are, at least initially.
Wind Power: I must note that the blades on this were put on facing the wrong way based on the direction that it was moving. In this configuration, it would work as a fan, not as a producer of power. The likelihood that it was set up to work as a fan is low too, as the blades rotated too slowly to actually produce any air movement. /geek
Gimmicks aside, the pizza is very good. After seeing a side of breadsticks at a neighboring table, we ordered a plate as well. Make sure you get a side of the freshly made tapenade too. It’s delicious. We ordered the Founder’s Pie with a whole wheat crust. It was also delicious. The crust wasn’t too crunchy (which I hate) but not too doughy (which my husband hates). For the price though, we wished we had gotten more pizza for our dollar. Therein lies the only issue we had with Pizza Fusion. It’s expensive. We went in on Superbowl Sunday to take advantage of the $5 pitcher of beer deal. Yes, it was organic and quite tasty, but for a little less, we could have gotten a similar (non-organic) pizza from Piecora’s and had money leftover for beer. We’re not sure we’ll go again if there isn’t a price break in there somewhere (like the low price for beer), but I think everyone should give it at least one try.
Pie menu
Non-pies
Water bottles
Change
Thanks for the report. I want to try this place, but there’s so much pizza I already know I like that I haven’t been willing to take the risk. Plus, seems like an awful time to open up a pricey anything, let alone a pizza joint. I feel like the place and Zaw are going to have to work hard to earn the diminished consumer dollar. Good luck with that.
At least this place bakes the pizza for you. That’s the biggest downside to Zaw in my opinion. I’ve tried both once each, and likely won’t give em a second chance because of price.
I’m mildly irked that a place that touts being green sells bottled water and that focuses on local ingredients has tapenade.
I’d really like to know whats on the seasonal pie right now….
That’s a really good point. Olives are decidedly not local. The bottled water definitely made me think twice.
As a Trader Joe’s shopper, our family is doing our best to only consume USDA organic produce. I applaud Pizza Fusion for giving my family a place to take my dine out that is equally committed to serving quality organic pizza.
Sure their price is slightly higher than conventional pizza however their ingredient cost must be higher than conventional ingredients.
I for one am willing to pay extra to serve my family organics over conventional produce and the kids like the idea of the environmental initiatives. I think the company slogan is saving the earth one pizza at a time.
We are looking forward to the next visit.
I will not shop at Trader Joe’s because of their blatant disregard for the environment as seen in their so-called "produce section", where most of their produce is wrapped in plastic. I shop almost exclusively at Madison Market, Pike Place Market, or the Capitol Hill Farmer’s Market when it’s in session, buying organic and making almost everything from scratch at home.