Our Story

Rooted in Piedmont

Homegrown & Trail-Inspired

Pinhoti Pizza Company was created by Kevin and Maggie Cunningham as a way to celebrate their hometown of Piedmont and its incredible outdoor playground. With deep family roots in the community and a background in outdoor recreation, they wanted a place where locals and visitors could gather around great food and stories of outdoor adventures.

The restaurant opened in a Main Street building that once housed Maggie’s family hardware store. Today, the same building welcomes hikers, cyclists, paddlers, and hungry neighbors.

Pizza, People & Passion

Kevin’s love of kayaking and trail adventures shows up in the décor – look for retro bikes, canoes, and gear on the walls, plus tabletops covered with local trail maps. The goal is simple: help people discover just how much there is to do outside around Piedmont.

From appreciation dinners for trail volunteers to live music, shuffleboard and cornhole tournaments, Pinhoti Pizza has quickly become the gathering spot on the Trail for the outdoor community and beyond.

Behind the scenes

The Oven & The Stage

The tiled front of the Pinhoti Pizza oven — The custom Woodstone fire-brick oven is where the magic happens.

Stage and decor at Pinhoti Pizza — Live music nights and community events on the stage.

Guests gathered in the dining room — Families, hikers, and riders sharing stories over pizza.

Timeline

Before the oven

Hardware store roots

The building on the 100 block of South Main Street served Piedmont for years as a local hardware store where Maggie grew up working with her family.

Outdoor obsession

Kayaks, bikes & big ideas

Kevin owned an outfitter store, was a leader in the industry and collected many canoes, kayaks, and bikes – gear that now decorates the restaurant and sparks conversations about nearby trails and rivers.

Pizza & trails

Pinhoti Pizza Company opens

Seeing the growth of the Chief Ladiga and Pinhoti Trails, the Cunninghams launched a brick oven pizzeria directly on the rail-trail to attract bikers, hikers, paddlers and families travelling through the area.

Today

A hub for the outdoor trifecta

Pinhoti Pizza Company continues to highlight Piedmont’s “outdoor trifecta”: hiking the Pinhoti Trail, biking the Chief Ladiga Trail, and paddling Terrapin Creek – with great pizza at the center of it all.