JESSE'S PIZZA (located @"Foothills" Shopping Plaza)
Jesse brought his family to Las Vegas in 1946. In 1950 he and his wife Edna bought the Mina Mansion and turned it into a restaurant. Nevada's former state capitol was in a city called Mina. When the capitol was moved to Carson City, the governor's mansion was relocated to Las Vegas. It was there that Jesse, Edna, and their son Jack lived upstairs, while downstairs they entertained and fed Las Vegas prominent dignitaries and Strip performers.Having been raised in restaurants and casino kitchens, Jesse's son Jack learned from a heritage of outstanding cooks. Now Jack and his two sons bring their age-old family tradition to your neighborhood pizza shop. You and your family are welcome to enjoy the original recipes and cooking techniques that are the product of Jesse's legacy.And their pizza isn't the only thing made from scratch! Their menu is filled with special recipes and all the dishes taste homemade. They have a signature meatball and it's a proprietary recipe prepared using a specific method. This meatball is quite literally the result of decades of cooking. Their pizza sauce is also a secret recipe, but they do admit one of the secrets to their creation is time. Their red sauce involves mixing, chopping, stirring, mixing, stirring repeated over and over for hours. When you order anything from Jesse's Pizza, you can be assured nothing comes from a can"Štheir pizza is the real thing.