Brewmaster Clint Engles is putting the finishing touches on the new Pi Pizzeria & Craft Beer in London Square. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World
Pi Pizzeria & Craft Beer, 5800 S. Lewis Ave., should be open before Christmas, according to brewmaster Clint Engles.
“We aren’t there yet, but a lot of the things left to do are just cosmetic,” Engles said.
Engles will brew all of the beer for the restaurant, and owner Marcos Matheos will be in charge of the pizza, both deep dish and regular.
Matheos has been involved in previous pizza ventures (Pie Hole and Enzo’s), and his mother is the longtime owner of Tucci’s on Cherry Street.
Engles will brew a variety of 3.2, or low-point, beers and always have six on tap. He said the first six will be dunkel, stout, IPA, American pale ale, saison and rye.
“Craft beer and deep-dish pizza is a hard combination to beat,” Engles said.
The restaurant, located in London Square, will have an eclectic, funky ambience, with most of the furniture and decorations hand-made by Matheos and Engles from repurposed materials.
“Other stuff are just things he or I have had in storage, like old ammo boxes, Edison bulbs, old chairs from St. Michael’s Alley and beams we pulled out of a barn to build a 16-foot table,” Engles said. “We built the table on site, and there’s no way you could get it out of here.
“We also pulled some old architectural drawings we found in the Dumpster out back and turned them into wallpaper for a bathroom.”
Engles said he expects the restaurant to be open for lunch and dinner seven days a week.
