Pie O My Pizza

So let me tell you a story about a gluten free taco pizza and a guy who has celiac (surprise twist, the guy is me) I was having a good day. I'm recovering from a stem cell transplant that took place about about a year ago. The transplant was a success but recovery has been rough. It's been a very hard year. Originally the guy was from Iowa and they have a lovely taco pizza at the Casey's gas station (don't judge until you've had it anyway). Our guy learned he had celiac and thought he'd never again have a gluten free taco pizza. Fast forward 20 ish years and thhhhje guy is recovering from his stem cell transplant. It went perfectly, shout out Barnes Jewish Hospital but guy continues to suffer from GVHD. Back to today I made a fantastic breakfast because my blood sugar was good. I get to lunch and I'm feeling a grilled cheese sandwich with tomato bisque soup. I get my soup on, I go to get my bread.. mold.... Ok I'll figure something out. Then out of nowhere my head feels like it was dunked into a fishbowl. I check my pulse ox and heart rate knowing my heart rate is gonna be skyrocketing and sure enough it is but I see my pulse ox and it says 67 and I'm like surely that isn't right but yup 67 it is. I abandon my not bread sandwich and sit down I tell my partner and she calls my oncology team and they say call 911 and do whatever the ambulance says and I'm like ok. Ambulance gets there they don't take me and we go to the nearest ER shout out to Mercy South. Anyway the ER has food but nothing gluten free. Now it's like 7 or 8 and the kitchen is closed. I decide I'm gonna door dash and what do I find... A loc gluten free taco pizza. I'm so overjoyed that I bought the nursing staff some garlic bites (surprise twist number two they loved them) but alas no taco pizza there must have been a mistake on door dashes part. I contact them and they give me credit.. cool beans. I contact pie oh my Pizza and they recognized the order and saw where the mix up might have occured. At this point I believe the kitchen is closed and the oven is shut down but they're like no you wanted a gluten free taco pizza you're gonna to get a gluten free taco pizza. They fired up the ovens and made one of the greatest pizzas I've ever had in my entire life. So the best shout out o Chris Gurley and JoAnna Kinnison for bringing that place to life and whoever else worked tonight. They don't even have a delivery service one of their employees had to figure out what hospital and get it to me. That's above and beyond in my book. Bonus shout out to my man Ry an amazing nurses aide. During my recovery it's been an emotional and physical rollercoaster and people like Chris, JoAnna, Ry, Tosha (my nurse) and the other staff at Oh My Pizzza Pie and Mercy South that help me find my way through this.

This is the definition of the hole-in-the-wall place that locals know about (or should know about) and we're kinda glad to keep it to ourselves. Three of us went for a work lunch and split two pizzas and three salads. I eat gluten-free so I was THRILLED to find a 10" gluten-free option. My pizza crust was just crisp enough, which is hard to do gluten-free, and had a good taste and most importantly it held all the ingredients, again hard to do gluten-free. The pizza toppings were fresh, with mushrooms and peppers that did not come frozen or from a can and they were very flavorful. The sauce and cheese were abundant. Not a bite remains! Our salad portions were big, it could have been a meal in and of itself. My chef salad was delicious with ample portions of provel, ham, bacon and pepperoni. There are two indoor dining tables, and Pie O My shares a semi-covered outdoor space with the tavern next door, so we'll enjoy sitting outside next time we come. The workers there were friendly and treated us nicely. Really happy to find a new favorite pizza place.