Tucked into a renovated building on Broadway in downtown Scottsbluff, Flyover Brewing Company has become the unexpected home of some of the best wood-fired pizza in the Nebraska Panhandle. 🍕
As the region’s first craft brewery, it opened with beer as the headline act, but the scratch kitchen quickly became just as big a draw.
This hidden gem pairs house-brewed lagers and ales with pizzas built from a wood-fired oven, giving Scottsbluff a dining destination locals now brag about to out-of-towners.
How Flyover Brewing Company won Scottsbluff’s hearts
Flyover Brewing Company opened over Labor Day weekend in 2018, the brainchild of Joe Margheim, Andrea Margheim, and Peter Meyer, two of whom are physicians at the local Regional West Medical Center rather than lifelong restaurateurs. 🍺
Their goal was simple: bring the kind of craft brewing culture they had experienced in bigger cities back to their hometown region.
As the first brewery in the Nebraska Panhandle, that alone would have been notable, but the kitchen quickly became just as central to the experience as the beer.
Diners kept coming back specifically for the wood-fired pizzas, which use a scratch kitchen approach rather than premade dough or sauce, giving every pie a distinct, made-to-order character.
What has kept the momentum going since that 2018 opening is consistency paired with local pride. 🌾
The brewery uses equipment made in Lincoln, malt produced in Nebraska, and locally grown adjuncts like sugar beets in its beer, giving the whole operation a distinctly homegrown identity that resonates with Panhandle residents.
That same attention to ingredients carries over into the food menu, where the wood-fired pizzas have become the most talked-about item on offer.
Locals in the WyoBraska region, spanning parts of Wyoming and Nebraska, now treat Flyover as a destination stop rather than just a neighborhood bar, a shift that speaks to how far this Scottsbluff brewery has come since its first year in business. 🌟
Food Highlights
- Club Med Pizza: A Mediterranean-inspired pie standing out among the brewery’s more classic pizza options.
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Prosciutto Pizza: A wood-fired pie topped with thinly sliced prosciutto, a savory pizza that highlights the kitchen’s wood-fired crust. 🍕
- Chicken Artichoke & Spinach Pizza: Chicken paired with artichoke and spinach. 🌿
- Italian Sausage Pizza: A classic wood-fired pie built around house-cooked Italian sausage. 🌭
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BBQ Chicken Pizza: Topped with barbecue-sauced chicken, this pizza brings a smoky, tangy contrast to the more traditional Italian-style pies on the menu. 🍗
- Sweet Chili Pepperoni: A wood-fired pizza topped with classic pepperoni and finished with a sweet chili glaze.
- Wild Mushroom Pizza: Built around a blend of mushrooms for an earthy, umami-forward pie. 🍄
Atmosphere
Flyover Brewing Company occupies a fully renovated building in downtown Scottsbluff, giving the space an industrial-meets-small-town charm rarely found in the region. 🏙️
The patio is a particular draw, letting guests sip craft beer while watching small-town life pass by on Broadway.
Inside, the atmosphere leans casual and communal, the kind of spot where regulars and first-time visitors end up chatting at the bar.
It has the polish of a big-city brewery without losing its unmistakably Nebraska charm. 🍻
Bottom Line
Flyover Brewing Company earns its hidden-gem reputation through wood-fired pizzas, locally sourced beer ingredients, and an origin story built by hometown doctors rather than industry veterans.
Add a lively downtown patio and the title of the Panhandle’s first craft brewery, and it is easy to see why this Scottsbluff spot keeps drawing crowds. 🍕
Address:
1824 Broadway, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
📞 (308) 575-0335
🕔 Open Tue–Sun, 11 AM–11 PM (closed Mon)