Cave Gang Pizza & Pub

06/18/2024

Want to own a piece of Cave Gang history? Visit the sale where all remaining contents will be sold. Link in comments!

02/24/2023

06/16/2021

If you want your Cave Gang fix, tonight is the last night! Come see us.

06/03/2021

They call it Suddenlink because all of sudden it stops working. And our phones are down today because of this real peach of a company. Sorry guys!

05/31/2021

Hey Carthage, it's Eli.

I wrote a letter to my hardworking Cave Gang staff today. I don't have another long heartfelt goodbye in me, I'm sorry. As you read this news, just as I sent it to them, just know that I love you all. Our customers, our friends, our suppliers, our team, our town. I love you all and I always will.

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Hey gang I have an announcement.

After careful consideration, Vanessa Bruton and I have decided to close the restaurant.

When we opened Cave Gang, we set out with the mission to bring something awesome to Carthage.

With the help of all of you awesome people, we did that. It is something we are incredibly proud of.

The restaurant has always been a success. We have been profitable every year.

Vanessa and I have some other opportunities that we want to pursue and unfortunately we won't be able to give Cave Gang the love and attention it deserves.

We also do not want to undergo another botched change of ownership. We regret that we let that happen and it was you all who suffered the most.

We plan to stay open until June 16th, which is our 5 year anniversary. Sometime in the days after that we will have a big party for all of the current staff, some of the beloved former staff, and maybe a handful of regulars and supporters. Look for your invitation to that.

After that, the building and/or business will be for sale or rent. We would entertain selling it as a package deal with building, equipment, recipes, trademarks, etc. If you know a interested and qualified buyer, please send them our way.

Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart, for a great and meaningful experience.

Love,

Eli Bruton

05/30/2021

Guess what's back for a limited time?!

05/15/2021

We will be closed Sunday May 16th for maintenance. Open normal hours today.

05/11/2021

Back in the saddle. Click for audio

04/06/2021

This is not a beer. It is Mead. Mead is an ancient drink made with fermented honey. Not grain. (Incidentally it is gluten free) This particular Mead, Gandy Dancer, comes from Leaky Roof Meadery in nearby Buffalo, MO.

It is a different experience than beer or cider. It is absolutely delicious. Sweet without being sugary, you can taste the floral nature of the local wildflower honey. And it goes extremely well with our woodfired food. It is not like wine. But it isn't like beer either.

If you don't come on over and have one on the patio this evening with an order of wings or a nice woodfired pizza you are really missing out.

The vikings sang songs about Mead.

Food and drink with ancient roots. On the patio.
Thor would approve.