Did somebody say twenty-eight-inch pizza? Because the table just got nervous.
This Tennessee restaurant keeps things casual, but the oversized pie makes sure dinner does not stay subtle for long. You can go big with the Monster Pizza or keep things more manageable with a smaller order.
The menu reaches beyond pizza without turning the meal into a maze. Italian-American comfort food keeps the choices easy, while pickup and delivery make the whole setup flexible.
I like places where one menu item becomes part of the experience before the first bite even lands.
Here, the pizza does not just arrive. It takes over the table.
New York Style And Sicilian Pizza Give You Two Different Routes
Big Guy’s does not limit pizza to one crust style. The New York-style hand-tossed section handles the familiar round pies, while a separate Sicilian pan pizza section gives you another option when a thicker pan format sounds better.
That distinction helps when you are ordering for a group. One person may want a hand-tossed slice, while someone else would rather have pan pizza. You can build a table around both instead of forcing everyone into the same style.
The hand-tossed menu covers cheese and create-your-own pies along with several combinations. Chicken pizza pairs grilled chicken with peppers and onions. Steak pizza uses steak with peppers, onions, and pizza sauce.
Hawaiian keeps the familiar ham, pineapple, and extra cheese combination.
The Greek and white pizzas move farther from the standard red-sauce formula. One adds feta, spinach, tomato, and garlic, while the other brings together several cheeses over white sauce.
If you are feeding several people, you can decide whether one very large pie fits the plan or whether a couple of smaller pizzas with different toppings makes more sense. Either way, you have plenty of room to customize the order.
The 28-Inch Monster Pizza Makes Size Easy To Understand
The most eye-catching number on the pizza menu is twenty-eight inches. That is the diameter of the Monster Pizza, the largest New York-style hand-tossed option available at Big Guy’s.
You do not have to jump straight to that size. Cheese pizza also comes in ten-inch, twelve-inch, fourteen-inch, and sixteen-inch versions. That range lets you match the order to the table instead of automatically committing to the biggest box in the building.
The pizza section also gives you several topping combinations. Supreme brings together pepperoni, sausage, hamburger, mushrooms, ham, hot banana peppers, onions, and green peppers.
The meat pizza adds several meats, while the vegetarian version uses mushrooms, black olives, peppers, spinach, broccoli, and fresh tomato.
You can also choose Hawaiian, chicken, steak, Greek, or white pizza. The Greek version combines mozzarella and feta with spinach, tomato, and garlic, while the white pizza uses white sauce, mozzarella, parmesan, and ricotta.
If you want the full Monster experience, the twenty-eight-inch size is the obvious conversation starter. If not, the same pizza menu gives you several more manageable ways to order.
Calzones, Strombolis, And Pizza Rolls Expand The Bread-And-Cheese Side
If you like pizza ingredients but want them folded or rolled instead, the menu gives you several directions to go. Calzones, strombolis, and pizza rolls each take dough, cheese, and fillings into a different format.
The calzone section starts with an all-cheese version made with mozzarella, feta, and parmesan. From there, you can move into ham, cheese steak, deluxe cheese steak, meat, vegetarian, or spinach-and-broccoli combinations.
The deluxe cheese steak calzone uses steak with onions, green peppers, and mushrooms. The meat calzone combines pepperoni, sausage, hamburger, ham, and bacon.
aThe vegetarian version includes mushrooms, olives, onions, peppers, broccoli, spinach, tomato, and mozzarella.
Stromboli adds another choice. The standard version brings pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, tomato sauce, and mozzarella together, while the grilled chicken stromboli switches the filling to chicken and onions.
Pizza rolls keep the idea simpler. The choices include sausage, pepperoni, chicken barbecue, and steak. The steak roll combines steak with green peppers, onions, and cheese, while the chicken barbecue version uses onion, barbecue sauce, and mozzarella.
These sections are useful when you want something pizza-adjacent without ordering an entire pie. A group can mix rolls, calzones, and pizza instead of sticking to one format.
Sandwiches And Parmigiana Subs Give The Menu A Casual Side
Pizza and pasta may lead the Italian-American theme, but the sandwich section gives you an easier handheld option. Big Guy’s lists hot and cold sandwiches, parmigiana subs, and a couple of burger-style choices alongside the heavier baked dishes.
Cheese steak appears several ways. You can order a basic cheese steak sandwich, a hoagie with lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise, or the “works” version with mushrooms, onions, green peppers, hot banana peppers, lettuce, and tomato.
There is also a pizza steak sandwich with cheese, steak, and pizza sauce. The Italiano sub combines ham, turkey, pepperoni, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and Italian sauce, while a vegetarian sub uses vegetables, olives, cheese, and Italian sauce.
Parmigiana subs cover meatballs, sausage, chicken cutlet, and eggplant. Those choices give you a familiar red-sauce-and-cheese combination in sandwich form rather than over pasta.
If your table is mixing different appetites, this part of the menu helps. One person can order pizza, another can choose a sub, and someone else can head toward pasta without turning dinner into several separate stops.
You will also find a cheeseburger with fries and a chicken fillet sandwich with fries, giving the table two simple non-Italian options.
Pasta Covers Alfredo, Marinara, Parmigiana, And Baked Favorites
The pasta section gives you far more than one red-sauce choice. Every pasta order comes with garlic bread, and the lineup moves between parmigiana dishes, stuffed pasta, baked pasta, cream sauces, and vegetable combinations.
Chicken parmigiana pairs breaded chicken with pasta, marinara, and cheese. Eggplant parmigiana follows the same comfort-food direction with breaded eggplant, while sausage and meatball parmigiana give you two more familiar options.
Stuffed shells and manicotti both use ricotta, parsley, marinara, and mozzarella. Spaghetti can be ordered with marinara and additions such as meatballs, sausage sauce, meat sauce, or cheese. Baked spaghetti and baked ziti add another oven-finished option.
If you prefer a creamier sauce, fettuccine Alfredo combines cream sauce with parmesan and mozzarella. Fettuccine carbonara uses a parmesan sauce with prosciutto, while spicy chicken penne brings chicken and mushrooms into a creamy pink sauce.
Spicy chicken and shrimp penne adds shrimp to the chicken, mushrooms, and pink sauce. Vegetable spaghetti goes the other way, combining tomato sauce with mushrooms, olives, onions, peppers, broccoli, spinach, and fresh tomato.
This is the section to explore when pizza is not what you want. You can stay with familiar baked pasta or move toward Alfredo, carbonara, or a spicier pink sauce.
Garlic Knots, Appetizers, And Desserts Fill Out The Order
A big pizza may command the most attention, but the smaller menu sections give you plenty of ways to round out the meal.
Appetizers include garlic bread, garlic knots with cheese, breadsticks with cheese, mozzarella sticks, fried mushrooms, onion rings, potato wedges, fries, chicken strips, and wings.
Garlic knots make an easy table addition while everyone decides on pizza or pasta. Mozzarella sticks and fried mushrooms stay in familiar casual-restaurant territory, while fries and potato wedges work as sides for sandwiches and burgers.
Salads are available too. Garden, Italian, chef, grilled chicken, Greek, and antipasto versions appear on the menu, so you can add something lighter beside a pizza or make a salad the starting point.
Dessert does not stop at one cheesecake. The lineup includes cheesecake, strawberry cheesecake, carrot cake, cannoli, chocolate mousse, and several cheesecake variations. A cannoli gives you a classic ricotta-filled finish after the savory dishes.
Because the menu covers so many categories, you do not have to treat the Monster Pizza as an all-or-nothing challenge. You can build a meal with appetizers and smaller pizza sizes, pair pasta with salad, or save the twenty-eight-inch pie for a table that actually needs it.
That flexibility lets you go big without requiring every order to be oversized.
What To Know Before You Order In Bristol
Big Guy’s Italiano Family Restaurant is at 801 Edgemont Ave, Bristol, TN 37620. The restaurant operates seven days a week, with service running from late morning into the evening, so you have room to work it into lunch or dinner plans.
Dine-in is only one option. Pickup and delivery are also available, which matters if your plan involves taking a large pizza home rather than finding space for it at the table.
If you are ordering the twenty-eight-inch Monster Pizza, think about more than appetite. A pizza that wide also means a large box, so sharing and transportation are worth considering before you choose the biggest size.
For a smaller meal, the menu gives you plenty of easier options. A ten-inch pizza, sandwich, parmigiana sub, calzone, pasta dish, or pizza roll can keep the order compact while still letting you explore the restaurant’s Italian-American side.
The menu is broad enough that you could build very different meals from the same kitchen. You might start with garlic knots and a hand-tossed pizza one visit, then choose stuffed shells, a steak roll, or chicken parmigiana another time.
At the center of the oversized theme is a twenty-eight-inch Monster Pizza. Once you know that, the name makes a little more sense. The rest of the menu lets you decide just how big you want dinner to become.