As the availability of quality beer spreads to venues from movie theaters to hair salons, food is increasingly a motivator for guests to choose to visit a brewery—or to stay there for one more round. According to the Brewers Association, brewpubs with food increased their production volume by 5 percent last year, even while overall craft-brewery production remained flat.
For breweries looking to add a food option, few things bring people to the table like pizza. Yet its ubiquity can make pizza seem deceptively simple. In fact, there are multiple routes breweries can take to serving pizza, from building out full kitchens to serve gourmet pies to simply plugging in a toaster oven to heat frozen options. Broadly, these also reflect a taproom’s options for any relatively straightforward kitchen program.