Hot, Crispy Pizza on a Cold, Crispy Night at the Loveland, CO Nick-N-Willy’s

My family and I were recently invited to try out one of Nick-N-Willy’s pizzas and who can resist a free large pizza in exchange for a few thoughts? Our choices were between the Big Kahuna and the Canadian Chicken Club varieties. Seeing as the temperature outside was below zero, my family of five was dying to get their hands on a little tropical pizza paradise so we went with the Big Kahuna. One of the nice things Nick-N-Willy’s offers that their take-n-bake competitors don’t is the option of eating in and having the pizza come out piping hot from their stone oven. That was a huge plus for us as the pizza would have been frozen by the time we got home if we had taken it to go. With a family of five, we wanted to make sure we had enough food to go around so we also ordered a medium Olde Fashioned Italian pizza and a large order of foccacia breadsticks. The staff was very friendly and answered any questions we had making the ordering process painless.

After we ordered, we had a seat and relaxed. After only a few minutes our breadsticks were already out and on the table. The breadsticks were crispy on the outside and very soft on the inside and were accompanied by marinara sauce for dipping.

By the time we were done with the breadsticks the pizzas were finished and brought out to the table piping hot, pre-cut and ready to serve. The Big Kahuna is a slightly different twist on a traditional Hawaiian pizza. It not only has pineapple and Canadian bacon on a red sauce base, it also has mandarin oranges. This was a huge selling point for everyone in the family. The cheese and toppings were abundant and everything tasted fresh. Their stone oven produced a wonderful, flavorful, crispy crust that was also a highlight. The Big Kahuna was a big hit and will definitely be on my family’s frequently ordered list.


The second pizza, the Olde Fashioned Italian, came out at the same time and looked just as good. The pizza is a combination of nine different ingredients but the seasoned beef, feta cheese, garlic and black olives really brought it all together and provided a nice contrast to the sweeter Big Kahuna.

Overall, the visit was a great success. The pizzas were piping hot, flavorful, well-made and not skimped on. Everything we ordered we would certainly order again and even though we have a take-n-bake competitor in our home town of Windsor, Nick-N-Willy’s in Loveland, CO provides a much better menu and the ability to have the pizza cooked for you in their oven is a huge plus and worth the extra 10 miles we had to drive.


On this night I would rate the Loveland, CO Nick-N-Willy’s a 10 out of 10.


Sam Dreyer is a married, father of three from Windsor, CO