Our Story
Nick and Jacquelyn met while both serving in the United States Army at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. They got married in 2011 and quickly began to grow their family. They have lived in Alaska, where both of their children were born, and then Missouri.
In 2016, they laid roots in Michigan, where Nick continues his civil service to the U.S. Army and Jacquelyn continues to serve in the Air National Guard at Selfridge and as a civil servant with the federal government.
When they aren't cooking pizza, you can find them spending time outdoors, enjoying their dogs Pongo and Kizer, and rooting for the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.
Service to the nation and community are a daily part of their everyday lives and they strive to set this as an example for their children.
Our Pizza Journey
Inizio
Our inspiration for starting our pizza business came from a backpacking trip throughout Italy. We visited Naples, the mecca of pizza, which left us with a new love for true Neapolitan pizza.
Mezzo
When we got back from Italy, we were inspired to start making our own pizza. We built a brick oven brick by brick in our backyard to take our pizza to another level. Our house is located on a canal, which serves as the genesis for our name Canalside Pizza.
Presente
We were ready to turn our pizza hobby into a business. We converted a 1976 horse trailer into a mobile brick oven pizza trailer and set out on this new journey selling our pizza. We love our pizza and love to serve it to our customers!