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112. Rising Star Andrew Gregory — Post Alley Pizza, Seattle

Andrew Gregory is meticulous about his pizza. Daily improvement to keep his New York-style pizza consistent is a top priority at the small shop he owns with his wife Ruel. In the business’s four years, a lot has happened from COVID-19 to seemingly ...
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111. Rising Star Janet Duran, 550 Pizzeria, Laredo, TX

Janet Duran is a breakout pizzeria operator in the July issue of Pizza Today. Find out how she’s taking her pizzeria, 550 Pizzeria in Laredo, Tx, to the next level after celebrating its second anniversary. We also talk beating the scorching heat at...
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110: Be Counted: Insights on the Pizza Industry

We at Pizza Today are diving deep into Pizza Industry stats for you. But we need your help by completing a vital industry survey. The team hits on what’s in the Pizzeria Industry survey. We outline the comprehensive look at the industry and what it...
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109: Rising Star Rob Cervoni

Rob Cervoni is a breakout pizza operator. He’s deviated from the NY norm to feature Roman-style pizza at his pizzeria, Taglio in Long Island, New York. Listen as he shares more on this red hot pizza style, growing his concept, meeting staffing chal...
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108. On Deck with Chris Decker

Pizza master Chris Decker now has his own recipe column in Pizza Today. Chris is managing partner at Metro Pizza in Las Vegas. He’s one of the brightest minds in the business and we all drool over his @Everythingbutanchovies Instagram. This week on...
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107. Rising Star Tara Hattan

This week on The Hot Slice Podcast, we talk to the operator on the cover of our July issue of Pizza Today, Tara Hattan. She’s among a select group of pizzeria professionals that we’ve named “Rising Stars in the Pizzeria Industry”. Tara owns Z...
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106. REPLAY The Detroit Original

Today is National Detroit-Style Pizza Day. What better way to commemorate the occasion that to revisit our conversation with the original Detroit pizza, Buddy’s Pizza. Listen to Chief Branding Officer Wes Pikula talk about the development of the De...
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105. From Rural Alaska to Suburban Los Angeles

This week, we talk to Steve and Patricia Bangos about moving their pizzeria, Eureka Pizza Company, from Seward, Alaska to Yorba Linda, California. Learn how the concept has translated and thrived with a very different customer base. Also discover the...
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104. Pizza “Outsider” Creates Masterpiece

This week, we talk to Stuart Cameron, chef at The Crown Tavern in Manchester, New Hampshire. He was an Ivy League science student who fell in love with restaurants and never looked back. See how he developed his dough formula and perfected the neo-Ne...
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103. The Pizzeria Startup POV

This week, we get the pizzeria startup POV. We talk to Brett and Chadd Nemec, who opened Zaza’s Pizzeria in Chicago, a mere five months ago. We talk opening strategies, New York-style pizza in the Chicago market and what’s next for the brothers. ...
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102. Dialed in for Longevity

Cindy and Kevin Hayward-Baryza, The Pizza Place on Noriega, on The Hot Slice Podcast Going strong 15 years in the pizzeria business is a feat. The Pizza Place on Noriega has done just that in San Francisco. We talk succeeding in the Bay Area market a...
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101. Winning Ways with Lars Smith

Jeremy White and Josh Keown sit down with Lars Smith from State of Mind Public House and Pizzeria in Los Altos, CA. Lars dishes on the big win he recently pulled off at a major pizza competition in Italy, the thought process that went into his award-...
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