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Menu Development
Jalapeños: We got the Heat
Jalapeños are the preferred pizza pepper Americans love pizza, and they love peppers. You’d be hard pressed to find a pizzeria without hot peppers somewhere on their menu. In the infancy of gourmet pizza, ham, pineapple and jalapeños was about as...
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People & Pizzerias
Pizza Today on the Road: Serious Pie, Seattle, WA
Serious? Pizza crust takes center stage at Seattle’s Serious Pie [SlideDeck2 id=45866] What’s in a name? To some, namely, everything. And that’s clearly the case at the aptly titled Serious Pie in Seattle, where the chefs and bakers under the t...
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Operations
Man on the Street: Communication Breakdown
It’s up to you to please your guests You might want to sit down for this one. A friend of mine recently visited a restaurant and was told to expect a 25-minute wait. No big deal, waiting is part of the game at trendy hot spots like this. After the ...
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Respecting the Craft: Back to BBQ
Recently a friend asked why I don’t have a BBQ chicken pizza on the menu. My answer: The San Francisco food critics would kill me. Back in the day, we had a couple of pizzas with chicken and BBQ at my brother’s pizzeria. And they were big sellers...
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Trending Recipe: Halloween Cookie Pizza
Print Halloween Cookie Pizza Author: Pizza Today Recipe type: Dessert, pizza Ingredients 12 ounces peanut butter cookie dough ¼ cup hot fudge sauce ½ cup crushed chocolate sandwich cookies ¼ cup Halloween candy corn 1 cup mini mar...
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People & Pizzerias
Destinations: Kansas City, MO
A look at pizzerias in Kansas City, Missouri Providence Pizzeria Co. Opened in 2014 by brothers Luke and Aaron Salvatoret, the suburban Kansas City pizzeria has a well-designed, modern and open restaurant. Its interior highlights a showpiece, importe...
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Customer Retention: Keep ’em Happy
Retain your regulars to maintain your company’s reputation Pizza has a lot going for it. It is almost an embarrassment of riches. It’s the problem everyone wants: the line stretches out the door, and customers fight for a table. The downside is t...
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Employee Management
Vendor / Supply Agreements: Coming to Terms
Relationships are invaluable to a restaurant’s success. It is a no-brainer that the relationships between management and staff, staff and customer and restaurant and supplier need to be strong in order for a restaurant to keep its doors open. And r...
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People & Pizzerias
2015 Hot 100 Independent Pizzerias List
Below is a ranking of America’s largest independent pizza operations (based on sales) in the U.S. Read more on our new No. 1 — Pitfire Artisan Pizza. Go inside the Hot 100 Independent Pizzerias list statistics, visit: 2015 Hot 100 Independent...
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People & Pizzerias
Eco-friendly Packaging: All Boxed Up
The environment is right for eco-friendly pizza boxes As Gary and Erin Fleming prepared to open Virgil’s Plate in 2012, they scoured vendor’s guides looking for the right pizza box to house their artisan, square-sliced pies. The husband-and-wife ...
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Pizza Today on the Road: Via Tribunali, Seattle, WA
Fanning the Flames Jet City’s Via Tribunali shines with flair [SlideDeck2 id=45826] Walk long enough in any one direction in Seattle these days and you’re bound to stumble into a pretty decent pizzeria doing brisk business. The Jet City has come ...
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People & Pizzerias
Have Pizza. Will Travel.
Portable food still requires well-designed delivery packaging Pizza has a lot going for it. It is almost an embarrassment of riches. In addition to being delicious, sometimes nutritious, practically guaranteed to please a crowd and price-conscious, p...