{"id":30651,"date":"2022-12-28T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=30651"},"modified":"2022-12-27T19:21:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T01:21:54","slug":"camachos-famous-serves-up-chicago-style-pizza-to-clarksville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2022\/12\/28\/camachos-famous-serves-up-chicago-style-pizza-to-clarksville\/","title":{"rendered":"Camacho’s Famous serves up Chicago-Style Pizza to Clarksville"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BusinessClarksville, TN<\/strong> – You could argue that Camacho’s Famous, a recently opened Chicago-style pizza place located on highway 76, was ‘famous’ before it even opened.<\/p>\n

Andrew and Marie Duenas made their mark on Clarksville’s food scene in a very unusual way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was doing pizza out of the house during COVID-19,\u201d Andrew Duenas said. \u201cOne day we thought we would see how Clarksville felt about Chicago-style pizza. It was a weird time, with COVID-19, and all the isolation. Our neighborhood was doing a neighborhood yard sale, so we decided to make some samples, give them away, and see what everyone thought. We wanted to see if they even knew what Chicago-style pizza was.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Camacho\u2019s<\/a>

Camacho\u2019s Famous deep dish pizza. (Tony Centonze, Clarksville Online)<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Duenas said the unorthodox business model didn’t exactly blow up at first.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople were looking at what we were selling, and they were looking at us like we were crazy,\u201d Duenas said. \u201cI was just some random guy with a little toaster oven. Then, one woman grabbed a piece and shared her experience online. After a few weeks, I started getting a lot of requests from people wanting to buy our pizza.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duenas found himself free every Wednesday, around noon. So he started making that his order-taking time.<\/p>\n

\"Camacho\u2019s<\/a>

Camacho\u2019s Famous\u2019 Victoria Armstead serving up food and drinks to Mike Roberts. (Tony Centonze, Clarksville Online)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThat ended up becoming what was known as the pizza lottery,\u201d Duenas said. \u201cPeople would set their alarms. It was crazy. Within a minute or two, I was maxed out for weekend orders.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duenas’ love for Chicago pizza, Italian beef sandwiches, and Chicago-style hot dogs came from his father.<\/p>\n

[470center]<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad was born and raised in Chicago,\u201d Duenas said. \u201cFor a while, he had a restaurant called Joe & Tony’s in California. That’s where I grew up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duenas’ dream of opening his own restaurant came true in late Spring of 2022.<\/p>\n

\"Camacho\u2019s<\/a>

Camacho\u2019s Famous Vienna Beef Hot Dog. (Tony Centonze, Clarksville Online)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe opened, officially, at the end of May,\u201d Duenas said. \u201cWe started serving the public at the beginning of June.\u201d<\/p>\n

The menu features Italian beef sandwiches, Chicago-style dogs, and other popular items, including meatballs, mozzarella sticks, breaded cheese ravioli, salads, desserts, and more. But, the big draw is the pizza.<\/p>\n

[470center]<\/p>\n

\u201cOur thin crust is thinner than most, it’s almost like a cracker crust,\u201d Duenas said. \u201cOur deep dish is very thick. Ours is 2 inches thick. So far, the reviews have been great. The one negative that we’re working on, is the timing of the deep dish pizzas. It takes an hour or an hour and fifteen minutes, especially on a busy Friday night, to get that made to order and out to the customer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"L<\/a>

L \u2013 R, Danny McGlynn and Andrew Duenas making a Camacho\u2019s Famous deep-dish pizza. (Tony Centonze, Clarksville Online)<\/p><\/div>\n

Duenas says that aside from space concerns, these very thick deep-dish pizzas can take up to 40 minutes in the oven.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the week, the times are much faster than that,\u201d Duenas said. \u201cWe’re definitely known for both styles of pizza. Other than that, we do homemade Italian beef and our own meatballs, all of that is made in-house from our own special recipes. We also make our own au jus. If you’ve ever been to Portillo’s and had their Italian beef, we like to compare it with that. So, we recommend giving that sandwich a try, it’s one of our best sellers.<\/p>\n

Honestly, our appetizers are really popular. Our fries are really good. We have a pizza puff that we offer, and our fried ravioli is really popular.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duenas says the house-made dough and sauce seem to be key to Camacho’s success so far.<\/p>\n

Camacho’s Famous also offers beer on tap, Yuengling, Michelob, Bud Light, Modelo, and more.<\/p>\n

]Duenas says carry-out is a big part of the business, especially during the week. Fridays and Saturdays are more focused on dine-in. He encourages everyone to check out Camacho’s Famous on Door Dash or order online at www.Camachosfamous.com<\/a>.
\n 
\n\u201cFridays are probably the busiest days at the restaurant, and you can expect an hour wait for a deep dish,\u201d Duenas said. \u201cWe tell our customers to be prepared for an hour wait, but remember that we have great appetizers to hold you over. We also play great music, and we have beer, and games on the TVs. It’s definitely a fun environment while you wait.
\n 
\n\u201cMarie and I own the place, and we’re both here, almost every day. If you’re here, and you want to see us, just ask and we’ll try to come out and say hello.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to be open during the week from 11:00am – 9:00pm, but like everyone, we’re having a hard time staffing. We will be expanding our hours after the holidays, so, please keep an eye on our website or social media, and give us a try.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – You could argue that Camacho’s Famous, a recently opened Chicago-style pizza place located on highway 76, was ‘famous’ before it even opened. Andrew and Marie Duenas made their mark on Clarksville’s food scene in a very unusual way. \u201cI was doing pizza out of the house during COVID-19,\u201d Andrew Duenas said. \u201cOne […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[108,35283,512,825,109,2200,6823,1210],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-7Yn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30656,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30651\/revisions\/30656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}