What's Happening: Lexington's Pour Folk Provisions adds brick pizza oven

Jill Doss-Raines, The Dispatch
Updated ·4 min read
Tyler Prevatte, one of the owners of Pour Folk Provisions in Lexington, practices stretching the eatery's homemade pizza dough to cook in its new brick pizza oven. The restaurant will begin selling Neapolitan pizza pies on Feb. 25.
Tyler Prevatte, one of the owners of Pour Folk Provisions in Lexington, practices stretching the eatery's homemade pizza dough to cook in its new brick pizza oven. The restaurant will begin selling Neapolitan pizza pies on Feb. 25.

DAVIDSON COUNTY — A Lexington restaurant has built a brick oven to start turning out Neapolitan pizzas and revamps its entire menu; A 63-acre tract of land in Linwood grabs a multi-million dollar purchase price; local teens can score free prom dresses at real estate company's event. Here's What's Happening in Davidson County.

As soon as a pizza in placed inside the new brick pizza oven a Pour Folk Provisions, flames shoot out over the pizza, cooking it in two to three minutes to crispy perfection.
As soon as a pizza in placed inside the new brick pizza oven a Pour Folk Provisions, flames shoot out over the pizza, cooking it in two to three minutes to crispy perfection.

Pour Folk Provisions returns to its pizza roots

It started with flatbread pizzas and a food trailer. Now Pour Folk Provisions is returning to its pizza roots with the installation of a brick pizza oven so it can start turning out Neapolitan pies.

The restaurant, located inside Goose and the Monkey Brew House in the Lexington Historic Depot District will start serving fire-kissed brick oven pizzas on Feb. 25, said owner Tyler Prevatte, whose partners are his wife, Madison Prevatte, as well as Brent and Ashlee Moore, who own the brewhouse. Prevatte said this may be Davidson County's first and only brick pizza oven.

Pour Folk Provisions owners ordered a brick pizza oven kit in August. The staff is training on the recently completed oven now and will begin offering pizza pies to the public on Feb. 25.
Pour Folk Provisions owners ordered a brick pizza oven kit in August. The staff is training on the recently completed oven now and will begin offering pizza pies to the public on Feb. 25.

"The temperature in the brick oven can range from 600 to 800 degrees, so we can make a pizza in two to three and a half minutes," he said. "We'll make our own dough. It will be hand-tossed. We'll have some signature pizzas, and we are reinventing our some of our popular flatbread pizza recipes like the Thai Pie and the Chicka Chicka Boom. We'll have a margherita pizza and others."

The Prevattes and Moores bought the brick oven pizza kit in August The Moore's son built the gas brick oven.

The business partners first opened Pour Folks Pizza, a food trailer that was parked on a cement pad outside Goose and Money, in March 2021. They phased out its use after opening Pour Folks Provision in February 2022, and recently sold the food trailer which is operating under a different name. Pour Folks Provisions has evolved from the gourmet sandwich and appetizer restaurant it was in the beginning. It also served a few select flatbread pizzas.. It recently added popular bibimbap rice bowls, such as the gojuchang and teriyaki marinated chicken and stopped offering sandwiches.

Part of making artisan pizzas in the new brick pizza oven at Pour Folk Provisions is working with homemade dough, said owner Tyler Prevatte.
Part of making artisan pizzas in the new brick pizza oven at Pour Folk Provisions is working with homemade dough, said owner Tyler Prevatte.

"We're already known for our artisan, craft beers and knowledge of beer," he said. "We want to take the same pride in offering our food to our customers. We started with the flatbread pizzas. Our brick oven pizza is a close cousin."

Prevatte said they have been working with a chef from U.S. Foods to learn how to make the best round, brick-oven pizza crust, homemade sauces and more. They are sourcing local to the Piedmont Triad ingredients to use on the pizzas from the cheese to the vegetables and meats.

"When the Lexington Farmers Market opens, we want to work with local producers to use food grown right here on our pizzas," Prevatte said.

Tyler Prevatte, one of the owners of Pour Folk Provisions, located inside Goose and the Monkey Brewhouse, turns a pizza inside the eatery's new brick oven.
Tyler Prevatte, one of the owners of Pour Folk Provisions, located inside Goose and the Monkey Brewhouse, turns a pizza inside the eatery's new brick oven.
Crispy char marks are visible on the Carolina Gold Pizza made in Pour Folk Provision's new brick pizza oven.
Crispy char marks are visible on the Carolina Gold Pizza made in Pour Folk Provision's new brick pizza oven.

In addition to the brick oven pizzas and bibimbap rice bowls, Pour Folk Provisions will offer salads and appetizers.

The Prevattes also own Perfect Blend Coffee Co and Cafe in uptown Lexington.

A sign just inside the restaurant's front door announces that Jimmy's Smoke House will open soon in Welcome, where Cafe 71 Smoke House BBQ closed abruptly in late January. The restaurant is set to open Monday, Feb. 20.
A sign just inside the restaurant's front door announces that Jimmy's Smoke House will open soon in Welcome, where Cafe 71 Smoke House BBQ closed abruptly in late January. The restaurant is set to open Monday, Feb. 20.

New barbecue restaurant opens Monday

Jimmy's Smoke House opened Monday, Feb. 20 in the Welcome community.

The new owners have leased the building at 6043 Old U.S. Highway 52, where Cafe 71 Smoke House BBQ closed abruptly in late January. Rick's Smokehouse was located at the same address for seven years, closing on April 30, 2021. Rick Matthew still owns the building.

The new restaurant will be open 1 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Saturday

The new owners were not available for an interview when a Dispatch reporter stopped by the restaurant Friday morning. The Dispatch hopes to secure and interview with owners to write a more complete story about the new restaurant. Stay tuned.

The red pin marks the location of 63.4 acres of land that recently sold for more than $2 million in the Linwood community.
The red pin marks the location of 63.4 acres of land that recently sold for more than $2 million in the Linwood community.

Oregon company pays $2.25 million for local property

A 63.4 acre tract of land in the Linwood community has sold for more than $2 million, according to a recent filing at the Davidson County Register of Deeds office.

An Oregon real-estate group paid $2.25 million to purchase the land at 1827 Old Linwood Road near Lexington.

The buyer is Linwood Estate Lexington LLC of Eugene, Ore. The seller is K2 Development NC LLC of Charlotte.

Mantle Realty to hosts fourth free prom dress event

A Davidson County-based real estate company is once again making sure any teenager will not miss attending their prom because the cost of a dress is out of their reach.

The Fourth Annual Prom Project Pop-Up Shop by Mantle Realty will be held from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. March 4 at Midway United Methodist Church. The church is located at 9795 Old U.S. Highway 52.

"We are taking donations for new or gently used prom dresses/formal wear, jewelry, shoes & other accessories," according to information of the company's Facebook page

Donations are being accepted at at Mantle Realty, 7224 Old U.S. Highway 52, Lexington at at its Kernersville office at 202 W. Mountain St.

Jill Doss-Raines is The Dispatch trending topics and personality profiles senior reporter and is always looking for tips about businesses and entertainment events, secret and new menu items and interesting people in Davidson County. Contact me at jill.doss-raines@the-dispatch.com.

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