james23289May 12, 20204 minThis year catering has been ’86’d from the menu…Tuesday May 12th, 2020. Day 57 (I think) of the COVID-19 Shelter in Place. I’m taking the afternoon to write an update on how our...
james23289Mar 8, 20173 minIt’s been a long time, hello, internet. The blog returns…hi everyone, let me just say I apologize for not hittin the keys for the last 10+ months. I can’t believe my last blog post was september...
james23289Sep 8, 20143 minSome weeks are tougher than others…Hi folks, as the title would indicate we had a rough week here at the Doughjo headquarters, and we also had a Great week here! I tell ya,...
james23289Jul 29, 20143 minRecap: Six months open and Summer’s well under wayI feel like I have a lot to talk about this week. I figured its time to sit down and pen this digital paper and catch everyone up on...
james23289May 19, 20143 minTraining camp is over, and so is this weekend! The catering season beginsSunday May 18th, 10:48 pm. The weekend of 6 gigs plus 6 days of Doughjo service is officially over for the staff at Fist of Flour. From...
james23289May 7, 20142 minBusiness, and the cost of doing businessThere are two rivers running through the small business world, and they are creating a bit of whirlpool in my pockets. In one pocket, the...
james23289Mar 6, 20143 minWhy did I ever decide to do this? the truck life was so much simplerIf you’re a regular reader of my blog, you’ll know pretty much the whole story, every gritty detail, every bit of cornmeal stuck up under...
james23289Feb 22, 20144 minSome days at the Doughjo are so interesting you just gotta blog about ’emAs the title implies, yesterday, February 20th, 2014 was no ordinary day at the new headquarters for operations. The day started out much...
james23289Jan 24, 20143 minFist of Flour Doughjo is OPEN! Reflections on the past six open daysJust in case you’ve missed it, we have officially opened the door to the Doughjo for limited dinner service, weekly from 5-9pm...
james23289Jan 7, 20143 minSo when is the Doughjo Opening?Man, oh man, I have to tell you all I am overwhelmed with the supportive response we’ve been getting from neighbors, passers by, internet...
james23289Dec 21, 20132 minNot Shavin till we open! it’s Go Time at FOF Headquarters!I’m not shaving my beard till we open! Allrighty, some of you have been asking what’s going on here? You may have noticed I decided that...
james23289Dec 9, 20132 minWhere to start as the next chapter BeginsThere’s been so much going on the last few months, I’m just going to dive in and start catching everyone up, starting with the present....
james23289Aug 22, 20131 minZagat ReviewOakland’s Laurel district is home to the first brick-and-mortar outpost of a buzz-worthy mobile kitchen that dishes out a rotating menu...
james23289Jul 1, 20132 minHot Hot Hot! big fun in the summer time with Fist of Flour PizzaI can’t believe its July 1st already. It seems like it was just April when I ordered my last cord of wood. Well it was, but today we got...
james23289Jan 22, 20133 minTwo, vans, two ovens, two crews comin just for you Bay Area!Well, after our last post being so dramatic, I thought I’d bring everyone up to speed with all things Fist of Flour. I’m happy to report...
james23289Dec 13, 20123 minThe Webster Tube, It’s wider and longer than you’d thinkGood morning folks. it is now the day after one of the scariest things that could happen almost did. I started writing this last night...
james23289Nov 14, 20124 min2.0 settling in, 1.0 resurrecting itself in a minivan?What is it you ask I am doing these days? Quite honestly, I don’t know. Trying to do something else with my life with very little...
james23289Aug 16, 20123 min2.0 is upon us, and here comes 2.5 tons of Trouble!Hello friends, its been a crazy two years! Our First mobile pizza oven however has pretty much run its course. After roughly 10,000 miles...
james23289Jul 3, 20123 minWhere did Fist of Flour Go for Art Murmur, you may ask…Hello friends. This friday is First Friday in Oakland, and we will be on “vacation” per-se. For the first time in over a year, we will...
james23289May 29, 20122 minAlmost two years old and still crackin!(start with the sound of air blowing off the dust…) So its been months now since I sat and wrote a little post. Why is this? well We’ve...