May 2025

Published: April 21, 2025Denise Greer

Read the May 2025 Issue of Pizza Today Magazine

Bottoms up! The May 2025 edition of Pizza Today is our Beverage Issue. This month’s magazine is filled with beverage-focused content for pizzerias and restaurants including beverage storage and handling, proper beverage service temperatures and brewery collaborations. Explore wine and pizza pairings. Go in depth into drink trends shaping the non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverage markets. Then deconstruct a sandwich to build the best sandwich ever.

Check out the full Digital Edition — Pizza Today May 2025.

Topics People & Pizzerias

Lynn’s Chicago Pizza, Chicago, Illinois | Pizza Destinations

Owners of Lynn’s Chicago Pizza offer tasty gathering place for Chicago community Determined to bring a pizza option to their southside Chicago neighborhood, owners Lynn Humphreys and Brandon Bruner Sr. launched as a virtual pizzeria. It natural...

Topics Dough

New York Character | Knead to Know

Get to know old-school and new-school New York-style pizza New York, New York, it’s a helluva town! I recently attended a conference for the hospitality industry, and one of the questions I heard was, “What is New York cuisine?” Of course, ther...

Topics People & Pizzerias

Aaron Truong, Hapa Pizza, Beaverton, Oregon | Conversation

Hapa Pizza draws on Italian, Indonesian, Thai, Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean ingredients to build creative, innovative pizzas and side items Concept: We came up with the concept for Hapa Pizza somewhat by accident. My wife is a ...

Topics Operations

Commentary: Food & Drink

Which beverages pair best with pizza? We have all that – and more – in the May 2025 issue of Pizza Today. Like the timeless classic peanut butter and jelly, pizza paired with the right beverage is a match made in heaven. That said, the question t...

Topics Menu Development

Perfect Pairings: Pizza-Wine Matches Made in Heaven

Finding wines that pair well with your styles of pizza Eighty-four percent of U.S. wine drinkers say pizza is their favorite food, according to a study commissioned by Francis Ford Coppola Winery, so it’s no surprise that Coppola Senior Winemaker A...

Topics Operations

Play It Cool: How to Nail Beverage Serving Temperatures

Dialing in temperatures for beer, wine, cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks improves the dining experience Flat soda. Warm wine. These details might not ruin a meal, but they certainly don’t make a good impression. When it comes to proper serving te...

Topics Brand & Marketing

Giving Back Matters | Building Blocks

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller I mentioned in last month’s column that it is important to give back to the communities that support us. Pizzerias can do that in a lot of unique ways. We frequent...

Topics Industry News

2025 Beverage Trends for Restaurants & Pizzerias: Tip the Glass

What’s happening in the beverage industry with current drink trends? Current beverage trends across America are “fluid.” Pun aside, what’s hot in beverages is constantly changing as U.S. consumer tastes change. Explore 2025 Beverage Trends fo...

Topics Operations

Brewery Collabs

Pizzerias work with breweries to develop custom beers If pizza and beer are a good combination, pizza and a special beer with a backstory is an even better pairing. People who enjoy beer with their pie occasionally might like to try something new, so...

Topics Menu Development

Deconstructing a Killer Sandwich

There are pizzerias that post their weekly sandwich specials that cause a storm of interest and adoration from local foodies and influencers. Fans line up to try the special before the pizzeria runs out due to sheer sales volume. That is the kind of ...

Topics Operations

Safe Beverage Storage and Handling at Restaurants

Beverage Storage & Handling Tips for Pizzeria Safety Every pizzeria operator knows you can’t build a business on pizza alone. Customers love washing their slices down with liquid refreshment ranging from water to sodas, beer to wine and kombuch...

May 2025

Read the May 2025 Issue of Pizza Today Magazine

Lynn’s Chicago Pizza, Chicago, Illinois | Pizza Destinations

New York Character | Knead to Know

Aaron Truong, Hapa Pizza, Beaverton, Oregon | Conversation

Commentary: Food & Drink

Perfect Pairings: Pizza-Wine Matches Made in Heaven

Play It Cool: How to Nail Beverage Serving Temperatures

Giving Back Matters | Building Blocks

2025 Beverage Trends for Restaurants & Pizzerias: Tip the Glass

Brewery Collabs

Deconstructing a Killer Sandwich

Safe Beverage Storage and Handling at Restaurants

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