“Between the hard knead and the soft rise, we found home”

A man in a red and black plaid shirt pours flour from a metallic container into a plastic measuring cup on a dark countertop.
A woman with long brown hair, wearing a floral patterned brown shirt, holding a slice of pepperoni pizza and smiling.
A man with short dark hair, a beard, and a tattoo on his right arm, sitting at a table with a slice of pizza on a plate and holding a glass of red wine. He is wearing a dark gray t-shirt with the text 'Stone's Throw Vermont'.

Stone’s Throw began with two best friends and a shared love of pizza.

Vermont natives Tyler Stratton and Silas Pollitt first worked side by side slinging pies in Portland, Maine, where they learned the art of combining unique ingredients, with perfect dough, and hospitality from the heart. Over the years, Tyler built and grew restaurants across New England, always dreaming of one day bringing that experience back home. 

In 2017, that dream finally took root around a kitchen table back in Vermont. A plan was sketched, a name was chosen, and the first Stone’s Throw opened in Fairfax in 2018, the same small town where Tyler and Silas grew up.

Silas’s talent in the kitchen and devotion to craft helped define the food and philosophies that still guide Stone’s Throw today. His culinary expertise and refined recipes remain the foundation of every pizza we make.  

As Stone’s Throw began to grow, so did the team behind it. Allison Stratton — Tyler’s wife, event vocalist, and lifelong creative, had been shaping the look, voice, and spirit of the brand from the very beginning. When she became an official partner, her vision gave Stone’s Throw its signature charisma: a space that feels both timeless and expressive, where every detail carries intention and warmth.

And somewhere along the way,  the story became about more than pizza. Tyler and Allie, who first met in a pizza shop while Allie’s mother was in hospice care, found in each other what they now strive to share with every guest — comfort, connection, and a deep love for life’s contrasts: the loss and the abundance, the work and the warmth, the hard knead and the soft rise.

Today, Stone’s Throw remains led by that same husband-and-wife team, rooted in friendship, fueled by creativity, and bound by a shared belief that good pizza has the power to bring people together. From our family to yours, cheers to love, to community, and to pizza that feels like home.

With love, 

Allie, Tyler, and the team