Having spent the day with my family at the Indiana Dunes State Park, we decided to to hit our usual Mexican joint  in Michigan City Indiana for some taco's before heading home.  Enroute for dinner, we were passing the Beverly  Shores train station, when a red wagon  which I thought I saw had a wood burning oven caught my eye. A quick nod from my wife and I proceeded to safely turn back and investigate.
Who would have thought that a wood-fired brick oven in a red 1949 Studebaker could be transformed into a gourmet pizza wagon. In that corner, I persume to be 2 W. Dunes Hwy,  the operation consisted of the food wagon with its oven and a couple of umbrella covered picnic tables. After taliking with the friendly owner and chef Jim, we ordered several pizzas, My wife had the special potato pizza, my son the Mergherita, and I the italian sausage with jalapeno peppers.  Our drinks consisted of a couple of craft bottles of  rootbeer and some imported carbinated Italian lemonade.
First off we were impressed that everything was made to order with fresh ingredients. we could see our pizzas which were indiviual size, made on flat bread, cook in the wood burning oven. A couple of minutes and the pizzas were ready.  Jim brought  our pies to us at the tables which had napkin dispensers. The pies cut for us by Jim were a  wonderful surprise and finding. My wife and I shared our pizza's and were both consumed to mere crumbs. Our 5 year old son by the fact of nearly finishing his own pizza says it all..Delicious!. Not knowing when we might encounter the Rolling Stonebaker again, and because the food was so dam good, my wife and I just had to order and try their Blue cheese, steak and pepper pizza. Again that pizza did not disappoint.  It was filling, coming across as comfort food but still light and delicate,  Our son doesn't like blue cheese but he enjoyed the few pieces of steak that weren't too coated with cheese that we sacrificed to his enjoyment. In the end 4 clean plates were all that were left to reveal or enjoyment.
I've heared of food vans being on the rise, being featured on the Food Network, Â but I myself have never ordered or eaten from one until today. I was not surprised to learn that the Roling Stonebaker was selected by The Food Network Magazine as the Best Pizza in Indiana. I only wish that The Rolling Stonebaker was closer to our home. Â
I've gone to their web site and am happy to see they have a calendar which lists the location of where they will be on select days.
This red wagon and its food trumps the Mexican joint with its four walls  hands down and will now be our place for eating when we are next at the Indiana Dunes!
Three cheers for Rolling Stonebaker!
Great people, great food, great truck. Â I love the fact that USUALLY on the weekend, you can find one of their trucks at the main corner in Beverly Shores or somewhere nearby. Â It's such a great option for us, tasty, quick, healthy food, fresh food. Â What's not to love?!
We were just exploring the area on our first trip to the Dunes when we passed this joint...a bright red truck with...is that a wood fired pizza oven? Â Oh my God, it is! Â Pull over, Pull over! Â Lots of options but wifey and I decided to split a pepperoni (the gold standard of pizza after-all). Â Fantastic. Â Crust had that cracker crisp crunch on the edges that only an uberhot oven can give. Â The sauce had a terrific zing to it, and you could literally taste the high quality olive oil, and fresh herbs and garlic. Â Had to get on the road to go home, and by the time we got to Valpo we had to talk ourselves out of turning around and going back!
Review Source:This place is great! Â We discovered them about a year ago, and have eaten their pizzas too many times to count. Â The purple pig is of course awesome, but don't be shy in trying the potato-head or any of their specials, last year's shrimp succotash was awesome! Â If you are anywhere in the area(that includes you New Buffalo weekenders!) make sure to take the trip to try them out!
They are so great, we decided to have them cater our wedding. Â We are having an outdoor casual barn wedding and thought food trucks would be a great idea. Â They have been amazing to work with, always get back to us and try to accommodate what we need/want. Â I would definitely recommend them for your next event, they are very reasonable as far as catering prices go as well.
They are typically located at the address listed Thursday through Sunday, but they move around a lot with the festivals and farmers markets. Â You can usually find them at the Chesterton European Market as well. Â Be sure to check their website or twitter to see where they are!
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