"Bluffton pizzeria dishes up one sweet pie"
Stefanie Scarlett The Journal Gazette-November 12, 2008
With its dark interior, faux tiger-skin rug and horror movie memorabilia, Tyeger's Pizza Parlour caters to the young at heart.
The eatery at 214 W. Market St. in Bluffton also pays homage to the owners' Irish roots with pizzas named the Dubliner, the Waterford, the Belfaster and the Bono.
The County Cork - with sausage, mushroom and corn - is based on one that Tye and Amy Walton ate when they visited Ireland.
"Everybody that tried it likes it," Tye Walton says.
Using family recipes, they make pizzas with a sweet sauce and fresh veggies that are chopped daily.
They also offer pasta and subs, including a sausage roll and a shrimp Po' Boy.
Their deep-dish stuffed pizza, which comes with cheese and two items and is 2 inches thick, is available for takeout only because it takes about 45 minutes to prepare.
Dessert options are the Leprechaun Balls - fried dough and powdered sugar - and the 16-inch chocolate chip cookie, which requires an advance order of at least three hours and can be decorated.
The Waltons, originally from Ohio, worked in restaurants years ago. After noticing a lack of family-run pizza parlors in the area, they decided to open one. Tyeger's is like a college campus pizza place, without the college campus, Walton says.
Seating is limited to six picnic tables painted by the couple and their three daughters. (Watch out for the bride skeleton, which is riding a stuffed tiger).
Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 4 to 9 p.m. only on Saturdays. It's closed Sundays and Mondays.
For information, call 260-827-0700.
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