Steel decks, ceramic stones
Two stainless steel deck ovens with ceramic baking stones. Steady 650°F across both decks, every pie, every hour.
Deck-oven pizza, eight taps, a room built around the ovens. Honey Badger Pizza Pub opens in DeForest in 2026. Walk in. Take a stool. Eat under the badger.
Honey Badger is a small neighborhood pub with stainless steel deck ovens and a short menu that does not pretend to be from somewhere else. The room is built around the bar. The beer list is local and honest. The pizza is the point.
We are not a chain. We are not a concept. We are two people, an oven, and a building in DeForest with a badger painted on the wall.
The room is small and warm. Painted terracotta on the long wall, dark trim at the bar, the badger above the door. Eight taps. Twelve stools at the bar, twenty seats at tables, four at the window. The oven runs from open. You can see the ovens from every seat.
Stainless steel deck ovens, ceramic baking stones, one job. The ovens hold a steady temperature across the night. The dough decides the structure. The sauce decides the rest.
Two stainless steel deck ovens with ceramic baking stones. Steady 650°F across both decks, every pie, every hour.
Cold fermented for two days. Open crumb, blistered cornicione, structure that holds toppings without sagging.
No reduction, no sugar. Bianco DiNapoli when we can get it. Tomato should taste like tomato.
Five minutes on the stone. Dark spotting on the bottom, blistered top, structure all the way to the last bite. The pie reaches the table within a minute of the peel.
The room is small and we keep it that way. Walk-in only for tables. For groups of eight or more, call ahead and we will hold a stretch of the bar or push two tables together.
The whole room seats around 36. Half-buyouts available Wednesday and Thursday. Full buyouts Sunday afternoon and select weeknights.
For catering, the oven travels. Pickup catering for 20–80 people, on-site oven service for larger events. Invoicing runs through Toast.