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116. Pizza Today Mail Bag
This week, we’re answering Pizza Today readers’ burning questions. We talk National Pizza Month, busiest pizza sales days, oven choices for a first-time pizzeria owners, future growth and the next big pizza style trend to break. We also learn...
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115. A Square Pie Guy: Danny Stoller
This week, we talk growth and Detroit pizza with Danny Stoller at Square Pie Guys. Danny and partner Marc Schechter recently opened their third location in San Francisco. Danny shares some of the lessons he’s learned through expansion and what’s ...
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114. Buying a Failed Pizzeria
Brandon Nixon worked in pizzerias for 15 years. He took the leap to ownership after a curious Craigslist ad of a pizzeria for sale in the small Virginia town of Strasburg. He kept the name, Alforno’s Italian Cuisine but overhauled the pizza and sal...
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113. Tony Gemignani on Pizzeria of the Year
Tony’s Pizza Napoletana has been named Pizza Today’s Pizzeria of the Year. We talk to pizza legend and owner Tony Gemignani about the honor and some of his best moments at the pizzeria. Stick around until the end when Tony reveals what he thinks ...
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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...