Pizza Shop Opening 1st MD Location In Anne Arundel County, Owner Is Annapolis Native

ANNAPOLIS, MD — A new pizza shop is opening soon in Annapolis.

Timber Pizza Company will soon open at 192 West Street. That's located in the Annapolis Arts District between Sailor Oyster Bar and Hilton Garden Inn.

This will be Timber's first Maryland location.

The restaurateurs haven't announced an opening date.

Timber Co-Founder and President Chris Brady is an Annapolis native and is excited to open in his hometown.

Brady announced the news Wednesday in a Facebook Reel. In the video, Brady wore a Cal Ripken Jr. Baltimore Orioles jersey while pointing out some of his favorite spots in downtown Annapolis.

"This town made me. From my first job cooking chicken here at the Market House to fun nights at McGarvey's," Brady said. "Back in the day, I was a young buck here at Saint Mary's High School."

Timber will fill the vacancy left by the Nancy Hammond Editions Gallery, which is now located in Eastport at 416 6th Street.

Timber will seat a maximum of 28 people, a public hearing notice posted in the window said this winter.

Brady helped start Timber Pizza Company in a pick-up truck in 2014. The first brick-and-mortar pizzeria opened in 2016 in Petworth, Washington D.C.

The business later added two Virginia locations in Arlington and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The company also has mobile food trucks based in Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia.

QSR, a quick-service restaurant magazine, reported that Annapolis will be Timber's first traditional franchise and will be led by Brady alongside fellow Annapolitan Travis Katski. The Reagan Airport location was Timber's first overall franchise.

Timber Annapolis will be the first of four new locations that will open this year and be officially announced soon, QSR said. Timber Director of Mobile Operations Aaron Tompkins will be the Annapolis opening general manager. Timber Annapolis is still hiring an assistant general manager, a job posting said.

"Everyone knows Naptown is about a few things: Chilling by the water, crabs and now pizza," Brady said.

QSR said Timber is looking for prospective franchisees in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Pennsylvania.

"When we started Timber 10 years ago, it was all about D.C.," Brady said. "Now that I'm back home, I couldn't take it anymore. It's official folks, Timber Naptown coming soon."

Visit timberpizza.com to learn more about the business.

To read about Timber's future expansion plans, read QSR's story.