Set your tummies rumbling. Bottle and Stone is the new pizza joint in town, and this one promises to be a little unorthodox.

The people behind Welles Street and Earl bring us Bottle and Stone, serving up a simple menu of anything-but-simple pizzas, as well as a rotating selection of wines and crafties, all handpicked by the staff.

It will be the latest addition to the eccentric reinvented workshop space that’s now health and wellbeing complex The Welder on Welles Street. Bottle and Stone have developed their unique space with a back street grunge vibe – think wine served in tumblers and pizza on foldable paper plates – totally fitting for the space’s history as an old panel beater’s storage facility.

But most importantly, the pizza. It’s taglio style, which means it’s cooked in big rectangular dishes, and usually has some toppings cooked on, and others, like salad greens, soft cheese or cured meats, going on fresh after the pizza comes out of the oven. It’s the perfect style for showcasing complex combinations of flavours, and Bottle and Stone’s menu has our mouths watering. The Homage Fromage looks like a top choice, with four cheeses, hot honey and almonds. The Spud Slice sounds like a winner too, with rosemary and garlic potato, whipped ricotta, mozzarella, pecorino and confit garlic. As if that wasn’t enough, you can top it all off with a slice of their house-made tiramisu.

Bottle and Stone does drinks differently, with an on-site bottle-o so you can take away or drink in (with a corkage fee). The wines will feature a few favourite imports, as well as local tipple, and organic, low-intervention, vegan and biodynamic wines. As for the beer, they’ll serve Peroni and a rotating selection of crafty tinnies, and if East Group’s endeavour Welles Street is anything to go by, we can expect the fridges to stock a fantastic selection of exciting and experimental drops, from a seemingly inexhaustible repertoire of excellent local breweries. Bottle and Stone will also serve a few luscious cocktails and non-alcoholics, including a South Town margarita to celebrate its new digs.

Bottle and Stone is opening its doors, fridges and ovens on August 1 for an all-you-can eat pizza party, featuring bottomless Spritz and an early 2000s R&B disco DJ.

bottleandstone.co.nz