That was 1999. Now there are eight Yaghi's locations: six in the Austin area, one in San Antonio and one in Copperas Cove.
“The way we see the market, there’s the sit-down, brick oven places where you get a 10- to 12-inch pizza with wine, and you end up paying quite a bit for that,” Yaghi said. “Then you have the Domino’s and Pizza Hut chains. But what’s in the middle? There’s a void.”
Yaghi’s aims to fill that void, selling gourmet pizzas without the gourmet pricing, he said. Ingredients are locally sourced, and toppings such as peppers, tomatoes, onions and more are chopped fresh daily. The pizza dough and secret sauce recipe are also made in-house each day, along with meats.
“That’s something a lot of people stopped doing because of the labor and know-how,” Yaghi said. “But our background is in meat. We make our sausage in-house; the meatballs are rolled one at a time; and we marinate and cook the chicken in our stone ovens.”
The Buffalo chicken wings are a customer favorite, praised for their right size, being cooked “just right” and secret sauce, Yaghi added. He said calzones, zitis and the other menu items are never premade; rather they are baked fresh when ordered.
"When you start with fresh bread and sauce, add meats that are all-natural and fresh vegetables," he said, "how can you not have a great product?"
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Yaghi's Georgetown
4500 Williams Drive, Ste. 200
512-868-9991
Yaghi's Pflugerville
1552 FM 685
512-989-2626
Yaghi's Cedar Park #1
2100 Cypress Creed Road
512-401-0011
Yaghi's Cedar Park #2
920 N. Vista Ridge Blvd.
512-260-1010
Yaghi's Bee Cave
12400 Highway 71 West
512-402-0202
Yaghi's Southwest Austin
4220 W. William Cannon Drive
512-891-7900
Yaghi's Georgetown
4500 Williams Drive, Ste. 200
512-868-9991
Yaghi's Pflugerville
1552 FM 685
512-989-2626
Yaghi's Cedar Park #1
2100 Cypress Creed Road
512-401-0011
Yaghi's Cedar Park #2
920 N. Vista Ridge Blvd.
512-260-1010
Yaghi's Bee Cave
12400 Highway 71 West
512-402-0202
Yaghi's Southwest Austin
4220 W. William Cannon Drive
512-891-7900