After a long day of work, our stomachs ached for a nice hot pizza delivered to our house. Given our geographical location outside of Kiel, our options were limited....as in none. Having driven past a tired old building almost daily, Jen felt it would be the perfect spot to open a small pizza place and offer delivery to Kiel and more importantly, the outlying area. She’s quite persuasive, and not long after the building was ours. Now what to call this pizza shop? After numerous really bad name ideas, we landed on Parker John’s, named after our son. He was two at the time and when he really liked something he proudly proclaimed, “It’s Tasty for Me” which became our tagline and our slogan in those early years.

We’re deep in the recession. Family budgets tightened (along with their waists) and in-house dining slowly dwindled. One thing remained constant, and that was the delivery of pizza to homes and businesses in and around the Kiel area. It was at this time that Jen had another great idea. Borrowing on our three years of restaurant work in the Kansas City area, we took the very few discretionary dollars we had and bought a smoker. We closed for two weeks, remodeled the interior, and reopened as Parker John’s BBQ and Pizza. We haven’t really looked back since.

So why BBQ & Pizza? We’re big believers that you never forget where you came from. Parker John’s was built on pizza and we’re awfully smitten about how this story was written. Although we absolutely love smoking meat and have dedicated our restaurants to kicking out some of the best smoked meats you can find in Wisconsin, the pizza will always remain

With construction complete, the third Parker John's, located on the Riverfront in Sheboygan, opens its doors with stunning views of the Sheboygan River and Lake Michigan.

While scouting for potential locations in the area and talking with realtors, this location across from the University in Oshkosh just kind of fell in our lap. The location is the first of our split concept locations offering a full service Parker John's along with our quick service Tendeez Hot Chicken concept in the same building.

We have had our eye on this central Wisconsin location for five years, and now the timing was right to bring Parker John's to Stevens Point. Our busiest opening to date has us convinced that our hunch was right, and we could have come a little sooner.