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A new family-owned restaurant, 800 Degrees, is cranking up the heat with its wood-fired pizzas.
It will open at 11 a.m. Friday at 10020 Lima Road, a few doors down from Dawson’s Famous Coney Dogs in Northbrook Village plaza at Lima and Dupont roads.
Besides 12-inch pizzas, the menu features panini, pasta, macaroni and cheese, a baked white bean dish and roasted vegetables.
The intense heat of the Italian oven bakes the pizzas quickly – in about two minutes or so, chef/general manager Matt Rogers says.
That’s why 800 Degrees doesn’t offer delivery, but it has carry-out.
“These pizzas are so time-sensitive, they are best when they first come out of the oven,” Rogers says.
The result is a soft, brittle crust with a light crunch. The sauce and the dough are made in-house, using imported Italian tomatoes and Italian pizza flour, Rogers says.
The eatery offers 12 signature pizzas, including barbecue chicken. Cheeses – buffalo mozzarella, gorgonzola, Parmesan, Romano, fontina, goat cheese – are added with a light hand; they’re not layered like a traditional American pizza.
Or you can create your own, with up to three toppings.
You can also watch the chefs toss dough and bake pizzas in the open kitchen.
Rogers spent more than five years as a sous chef at Joseph Decuis in Roanoke before leaving to run this restaurant with his family. He’s a graduate of Johnson & Wales University’s culinary arts program.
The eatery has a “family side” for all ages; it sells beer and wine on the “pub side.”
Tentative hours will be 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 11 a.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays and noon to 10 p.m. Sundays.
For information, call 490-0111.
Paula’s on Main, 1732 W. Main St., has added two new items to its lunch menu: a salmon burger with shiitake mushrooms, Asian slaw and wasabi; and Mediterranean whitefish with lemon, capers and grape tomatoes on a bed of flashed spinach (this dish is also available for dinner).
New dinner dishes are the beer-steamed shellfish mix with shrimp, clams, mussel and crab (or shrimp only), using Mad Anthony brews. And Paula’s is serving “Clams Casino” with andouille sausage, lemon-garlic butter and bread crumbs.
The restaurant also is incorporating fresh produce from local Amish farms into some dishes.
You have two chances to sample the best of Roanoke on Saturday.
The annual Taste of Roanoke runs from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday on Main Street downtown.
Vendors will be selling barbecued ribs and chicken from Roanoke Village Inn; gumbo, barbecue Kobe beef sandwiches and burgers from Joseph Decuis; breaded pork tenderloin from Nick’s Junction; grilled “whole hog” sandwiches from the Roanoke Lions Club; sloppy Joes and hot dogs from Christ’s United Methodist Church; and dessert crepes from La Dolce Vita.
Other items will include watermelon slices, ice cream, fruit smoothies, root beer floats, cake and coffee.
The Conglomernotes, a 17-piece orchestra, will play big band music. (Dancing is encouraged).
Proceeds benefit the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce scholarship fund and the participating non-profit groups.
And the Roanoke Farmers Market will be open as usual from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The Casa restaurants are offering their spaghetti-and-meatball lunch for $5.99 every day this summer.
But there are other daily choices, too: chicken Parmesan or pork tenderloin Parmesan on Mondays, lasagna on Tuesdays and Saturdays, Italian sausage and peppers on Wednesdays, cannelloni or manicotti on Thursdays and breaded sole on Fridays.
Lunch is available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.
In addition to creating a new menu, Hall’s The Factory, 5811 Coldwater Road, is serving lunch specials for $6.95 this summer:
Mondays: Miami burger with smoked ham, Dijon-mayonnaise, roasted garlic pickles and coleslaw; or a “Bang Bang” shrimp salad with sweet corn, cilantro, bleu cheese and tomatoes
Tuesdays: crispy chicken salad with sweet corn, black beans, cilantro and tortilla strips; or a barbecue brisket burger with coleslaw, onion rings and pickles
Wednesdays: Southwest chicken salad with black beans, guacamole and cheddar; or a “Mexi burger” with roasted red peppers, avocado relish, tortilla strips and pepper jack cheese
Thursdays: barbecue chopped chicken salad with onion rings, vegetable skewer, pepper Jack cheese and ranch dressing; or a Philly burger with grilled onion, bell peppers, banana peppers and provolone
Fridays: Mallory’s salmon salad with toasted walnuts, hearts of palm, bleu cheese crumbles and black currant dressing; or a fresco burger with mozzarella, balsamic-roasted beefsteak tomato and basil
All sandwiches and burgers are served with steak fries.
•This month, Anastasia’s Café, 5723 Coventry Lane, is featuring a Dagwood sandwich (ham, salami, roasted red peppers, onion, cucumber, olives, pepper jack cheese, with red wine vinegar and olive oil) for $8.50, which includes a house beverage and chips or pretzels. It also has two new flavors of Mocha Frappo, banana and raspberry.
•The MyMenu stores will celebrate their first anniversary in Fort Wayne with an outdoor fundraiser Thursday at Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza.
From noon to 2 p.m., you can buy brats or burgers, with proceeds going to Turnstone Center for Children and Adults with Disabilities. There also will be birthday cake, face painting and children’s entertainment.
•The newly rebuilt McDonald’s at 202 E. Rudisill Blvd. has opened with dual drive-through lanes. It is open 24 hours.
