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Woo-hoo! We are pleased as pie (!!) to share exciting news from Bay Area Guardian: We won Best Pizza! We feel super honored to receive this award, especially since we don’t have any locations in San Francisco… a city of amazing food and delicious pizza! Check out all of the winners here. There are some pretty amazing spots on this list! Time to map out our dining-destination-desires for 2018! We could not be more excited.

We have a brand new, never-before-featured-at-Zachary’s pizza special in San Ramon and Pleasant Hill! It’s the Zachary’s Chicken Alfredo pizza! This tomato sauce-free pizza uses a rich and creamy Alfredo sauce to bind and connect the other flavors on the pizza: our free range chicken breast, fresh spinach, bacon and mozzarella cheese. It’s available as a thin crust pizza only. We are super excited to try something new; we hope that you are too. It’s only around for a limited time!

 

In Oakland and Berkeley, we are bringing back the ultimate in comfort pizza… our Roasted Potato pizza. This deliciously delightful pie is made with oven roasted red potatoes, chopped onion, garlic, fresh rosemary and Monterey Jack cheese. It’s available stuffed or thin crust.

Both pizzas are only available for a limited time! Plan accordingly!

Our super popular and super delicious Roasted Pepper special is back in Oakland and Berkeley. This is an all-time crew favorite. It comes with red, green and yellow bell peppers, Anaheim chiles, Pasilla peppers, onions, yellow cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese. It’s available stuffed or thin.

We can certainly make it vegan too! Or, if you are of the meat-eating persuasion, you are more than welcome to add your favorite protein, although we recommend pepperoni. The slightly spicy note in our pepperoni pairs perfectly with the earthy peppers!

The Roasted Pepper special is only available for a limited time, so act fast!

We’ve heard your demands! The Zachary’s Greek salad is back as of TODAY at all four locations! Made with Romaine, baby spinach, Kalamata olives, pepperoncini, cucumbers, feta and our delightfully tangy, house-made red pepper vinaigrette, this salad is a perfect start to a meal! Or, add chicken to make the Zachary’s Greek a healthy, hearty entree.

It’s available fir a limited time only, so catch it while you can!

 

 

Happy National Employee Ownership Month!

Zachary’s is an ESOP. What is an ESOP, you ask? ESOP stands for Employee Stock Ownership Plan. All of Zachary’s stock is owned by the employees. ESOPs are federally governed, defined contribution plans. More info here: National Center for Employee Ownership.

When Zachary’s founders, Zach Zachowski and Barbara Gabel, decided it was time to retire, instead of selling to a third party buyer or (gasp!) dissolving our beloved restaurants, they sold the company to the employees. Little by little, the Zachary’s crew bought more and more of the company until we became officially 100% employee owned in 2010.

To kick off employee ownership month, we hosted our Annual ESOP Meetings. This is a chance for our whole crew to get together to learn about our business and learn about the ESOP. In the photo on the left, employee owners eagerly await the start of the meeting… and the unveiling of Zachary’s 2016 share value!

The Italian Chicken Sausage pizza is back in Oakland and Berkeley! This beautiful pizza is stuffed with a slightly sweet, sliced Italian chicken sausage, red and green bell peppers, onions, roasted garlic cloves (ummm, yes please!) and loads of mozzarella. It’s a perfect balance of meat and veggies and GARLIC! The Italian Chicken Sausage pizza is available stuffed or thin crust for a limited time only!

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month! For the entire month of October, Zachary’s will be selling pink t-shirts! We started selling pink t-shirts in 2014 after a group of Zachary’s employee owners participated in the American Cancer Society’s “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” walk in San Francisco. The walk was inspirational, a great place to learn and LOTS of fun.

Since 2014, we have continued the tradition of raising money for the American Cancer Society with our pink t-shirt sales. This year, t-shirts will be sold from our Oakland location on College Avenue and our Pleasant Hill location. All proceeds go directly to the American Cancer Society!

Our new Oakland and Berkeley pizza special is our Kielbasa Pizza! Filled with sliced Polish Kielbasa sausage, sweet cherry peppers and lots of mozzarella cheese, this hearty pizza is sure to please! It’s available stuffed or thin crust for a limited time! Come and get it!

We have a new special in Pleasant Hill and San Ramon! It’s the Buffalo Chicken Pizza! This spicy special is made with our free-range chicken breast marinated in a cayenne pepper “wing sauce” with pepperoni, mozzarella cheese and topped with our house-made blue cheese dressing. This pizza is available stuffed or thin crust for a limited time!

Our CEO (Kevin) grew up in Buffalo, NY and drew inspiration for this pizza from the sauce of his homeland. Kevin writes, “Growing up in Buffalo, pizza night always meant pepperoni pizza and a bucket of chicken wings with blue cheese dressing. The flavor of Buffalo wings and pepperoni pizza work really well together, so I figured why not try combining those flavors on our pizza?”

We think you will enjoy this combination just as much as Kevin did as a kid in Buffalo.

We found the perfect way to welcome Fall to the Bay… our Gourmet Mushroom pizza! This fungus-friendly pizza is made with Shiitake, Portabella and Oyster mushrooms with a hint of garlic and Monterey Jack cheese. You can order it as a our award-winning stuffed pizza or our perfectly-crunchy thin crust. It’s available for a limited time in Oakland and Berkeley only.