JULES NEWS ARCHIVES
Bucks Magazine, July/August 2007 Edition: Jules Thin Crust Renders Common Pies Obsolete. All it takes is one visit to this extraordinary new palace of pies to make a devotee out of the most seasoned pizza connoisseur. Click here to read the full article.
Top Restaurants 2007 Edition
January, 2007: 71% of Philadelphia Magazine readers consider themselves to be health-conscious eaters. Click here to read the pdf of the Philly Mag article featuring Jules Thin Crust.
 Life Section
Wednesday, May 10, 2006: Hold the gluten! An article about celiac disease and a gluten-free diet, featuring Jules Thin Crust's gluten-free pizza, appeared in Wednesday's edition of The Intelligencer. Click here to read pdf of article excerpts.
Good Morning America article.
January 21, 2006: Is there such thing as a healthier pizza? As pizza sales dip, restaurants come out with lower calorie pies. Click here to read the full online article.
The Wall Street Journal published this article in the January 14, 2006 print edition on "Pizza's Next Act" -- low carb, thin crust pizzas, with fresh, organic and healthy toppings. Click here to read the full article from Wall Street Journal Online
July 2005 Issue - New and Noteworthy
Pizza as health food? That's John Ordway's pitch at Doylestown's new pizzeria. The rectangular thin-crust pizza, which starts with low-calorie Italian flour and is decorated with organic vegetables and meats, can be ordered by the inch. Then indulge in a dessert "pie", pizza topped with marscarpone cheese and fruit, or chocolate and Nutella. On Saturday and Sunday, forgo cold pizza at breakfast for one of Ordway's egg-topped pies.
The Wall Street Journal published this article in the January 14, 2006 print edition on "Pizza's Next Act" -- low carb, thin crust pizzas, with fresh, organic and healthy toppings. Click here to read the full article from Wall Street Journal Online
QSR Magazine - September 2005 Issue
Combine the casual elegance of tapas dining with the comfort and affordability of a local pizza parlor, and you might come up with the hottest new restaurant in Doylestown, Pennsylvania—Jules Thin Crust... [more]
Best Pizza 2005
Pizza if you're still on Atkins or South Beach
Jules Thin Crust. Lower carb, all-natural pizzas, sold by the inch for perfect portion control. Call ahead and they'll bring it out to your car - though the walk into the restaurant would be good exercise.
Slice - Americas Favorite Pizza Web Blog
Ninety miles from the Holland Tunnel and 80 miles from the Verazzano-Narrows Bridge, just across the Delaware River from New Jersey, is bucolic Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Long known for its numerous inns and beds and breakfasts, its artists colonies, its meandering riverside drives attracting daytrippers and motorcyclists, and its gay-friendly ambience, gentrification and development have made their marks on the region. With development has come the opening of several notable restaurants. In April, the area saw the opening of Jules Thin Crust in Doylestown, the county seat and its most populous town... [more]
Check out Chowhound . . .
Chowhound.com was called "the anti-Zagat's, for people who like food a little spicier", by Matt Groening in the LA Times. Click here to visit the message board and read some opinions on Jules Thin Crust.
Rectangular Pizza is the Shape of Jules Thin Crust
Who says fast food can't taste good and be healthful at the same time? Just ask John Ordway, owner of Jules Thin Crust in Doylestown, which officially opened its flagship restaurant June 1.
Ordway, born in Dublin, Ireland and living in the United States since 1985, says Jules Thin Crust was born out of frustration over food choices.
"As a father of 2, where can you go for good food in a fast environment that's healthy for you? You can go to a nice restaurant and commit an hour and a half of your time, but if you're on the run and want something good and healthy, in a nice environment, what are your choices?"
Forget the traditional, ubiquitous pizza shape, Jules Thin Crust is rectangular and served on thin wooden boards, designed by Ordway, that mimic the pizza's shape because, "I hate paper plates," he adds.
These crispy, thin, crust pizzas are made with wholesome, organic or fresh ingredients. The tomato sauce is made fresh each morning by Ordway's staff. One of the crust's ingredients is "00" (zero-zero) flour, a light, very refined flour from Naples, Italy that is not only great for baking but has half the calories of standard pizza flour.
"The 00 imparts the crust not only with a certain texture but its crispness as well," says Ordway. Customers can choose from 7 different meat combinations, 15 different vegetable combinations, 4 different cheese pizzas and 4 different thin crust dessert combinations. On Saturday and Sunday only, in addition to the regular menu selections, a brunch pie is offered. It is made with fresh organic eggs, bacon, red pepper, mozzarella, scallions and portabella mushrooms. Totally organic salads made with ingredients from Buckingham's Blue Moon Acres round out the menu.
In his late 30s, the tall, thin, Soft-spoken Ordway, who lives in Tinicum with his wife, Jan, and two daughters, Julia and Isabella, spent a year working on an idea for a light, healthful pizza. The enterprise is named after Ordway's 8-year-old daughter, Julia. Ordway, whose background is in advertising, chose pizza because, "it can be healthy and everyone likes pizza. It's a universal food."
By mid-August, a web site will be available to allow customers to order online and offer suggestions on different types of pizzas. "New ones that I haven't even heard of," says Ordway.
Comfortable inside and outside dining areas are available where customers can BYOB.
In a hurry? Jules Thin Crust also offers a "Fly-By" service. Call ahead for pizza and the pizza is delivered to your car when you pull up.
While he has no plans to franchise Jules Thin Crust, Ordway is already looking for the next location and eventually would like to open 30 Jules Thin Crusts in the tri-state area.
"I'm trying to be the Starbucks of the pizza industry. With Starbucks you get a clean environment, a product that's going to be consistent and it's going to be good. The consumer pays for that because people are willing to pay for quality."
Jules Thin Crust is at 75 S. Main St., Doylestown, PA
July 2005 Issue - New and Noteworthy
Pizza as health food? That's John Ordway's pitch at Doylestown's new pizzeria. The rectangular thin-crust pizza, which starts with low-calorie Italian flour and is decorated with organic vegetables and meats, can be ordered by the inch. Then indulge in a dessert "pie", pizza topped with marscarpone cheese and fruit, or chocolate and Nutella. On Saturday and Sunday, forgo cold pizza at breakfast for one of Ordway's egg-topped pies.
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