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ZACHARY’S BOCCE SQUAD: DOUGHBALLS!

The Zachary’s Bocce team has been living it up in the Pleasant Hill Parks and Recreation Bocce League! Check out some team members/employee owners in action!

A man in a yellow shirt is playing bocce on a gravel court, throwing a ball. Two other men stand nearby, one holding a drink. Theres a chain-link fence and a small building in the background with trees around.

Luis!

Person playing bocce on a court. They are mid-throw, wearing sunglasses and casual clothes. Several bocce balls are on the ground. In the background, a group of people stands by a table with a colorful tablecloth and various decorative items.

Kate!

Three bocce balls on a sandy surface: one green, one red, and a smaller white ball clustered closely together.
A man in a black t-shirt and shorts plays bocce ball on a sandy court. Two women sit on a nearby bench with a cooler, one drinking from a cup. Trees and a grassy area are in the background.

Tyler!

EXCITING NEWS FROM HOODLINE AND BAY AREA PARENT

A slice of deep-dish pizza on a white plate, featuring a golden crust filled with layers of spinach, cheese, and chunky tomato sauce, sits on a wooden table.Families!! We were voted Silver by Bay Area Parent readers in the “Best Family Restaurants in the Bay Area: East Bay” category! Check out the list of winners here. Woo-hoo!

In other equally exciting news, Hoodline published, “A Slice Above: How San Francisco Ranks Among America’s 50 Best Pizza Spots“. Guess who is number 6?!!! Spoiler alert: San Francisco ranks just as highly as NYC!

We are super excited about both of these pieces of recognition. We love being a fun and comfortable place for families and we are very proud of our Oakland roots. There are lot of fantastic pizza options in the Bay Area. We are flattered and thankful that our customers love us as much as we love them.

NEW SPECIALS: EGGPLANT PIZZA AND SUPER VEGGIE

We are starting brand new specials at all four locations! Veggie-lovers, these specials are for you!

In San Ramon and Pleasant Hill, we are bringing back our super-popular Super Veggie pizza! This pizza is loaded with zucchini, yellow squash, red bell peppers, broccoli, white corn and a blend of yellow cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese. It’s available stuffed or thin crust.

Two pizzas on a wooden table. The front pizza is topped with eggplant slices and red sauce, with a thick crust. The second pizza in the background is partially visible, showing a mix of toppings and a thinner crust.In Oakland and Berkeley, we are bringing back the Eggplant pizza. This pie is filled with eggplant marinated in our house-made pesto and mozzarella cheese. It’s available stuffed or thin crust for a limited time only!

 

ZACHARY’S WINS WITH EAST BAY EXPRESS AND TRIPPING

We are over-the-moon excited to announce not one, but two very exciting awards!

Yellow background with black text reading East Bay Express Best of the East Bay Food & Drink. Illustrated ice cream cone on the left and pizza slice on the right.We were voted Best Pizza in the East Bay Express Reader’s Poll! Pizza competition is STIFF in the East Bay and we are just delighted! Huge thanks to East Bay Express and our phenomenal, top-notch, pizza-savvy customers. Check out the link to see all of the other food and drink winners. We are in excellent company!

 

 

Award Winner
2017

In other, also fantastically exciting news, we were voted Best Pizza in California (what??!! woo-hoo!) by Tripping. As part of Tripping’s “America the Beautiful Series” they decided to choose the best pizza from each U.S. state! We’ve got some cross-country road trip plans in our future!

NEW SPECIAL: PIZZA ROMA

Two pizzas on a wooden table: one with a thin crust, topped with melted cheese, tomato slices, and black olives; the other is a deep-dish style with chunky tomato sauce and olives. Nearby are shakers with red pepper flakes and grated cheese.It’s tomato season! To celebrate, we have a new pizza special in Oakland and Berkeley! It’s our Pizza Roma! This pizza is available stuffed or thin crust. It’s got sliced Roma tomatoes, Kalamata olives, red onions and mozzarella cheese. This pizza is a tomato-lover’s paradise!

ZACHARY’S WINS BEST PIZZA FROM DIABLO MAGAZINE

Stylized food illustration featuring a fork, steaming cup, pizza slice, and chefs hat on a textured, colorful background with teal, orange, black, and green sections. Abstract geometric shapes create a modern design.We are extremely excited to announce that we won Best Pizza from Diablo Magazine! Check out this list of other food winners. We are humbled to be in such fabulous company. Congrats to all of the winners!

This award is especially meaningful for us because it comes from a fellow ESOP! ESOP stands for Employee Stock Ownership Plan. At the end of 2014, Diablo Publication’s founder, Steven J. Rivera announced that the company was going to be sold to its employees via an ESOP. Zachary’s started its ESOP in 2003 and became 100% employee owned in 2010.

PIZZA SPECIALS: HOT LINK AND ZACHARY’S WESTERN

Close-up of a pepperoni pizza with melted cheese and herbs on a wooden table. In the background, there are small jars containing red pepper flakes and grated cheese.In Oakland and Berkeley, our super popular and perfectly spicy Hot Link pizza is back! This pie has sliced Louisiana Hot Link sausage, fresh cilantro and mozzarella cheese. It’s available stuffed or thin for a limited time only!

 

 

Close-up of a deep-dish pizza topped with sausage and pepperoni, with a crispy crust. Next to the pizza is a round tray holding shakers of oregano, crushed red pepper, and Parmesan cheese. The setting is a wooden table.In San Ramon and Pleasant Hill, we’ve still got the delightfully meaty Zachary’s Western! Filled with Italian sausage, onion, bacon and our sweet-smokey barbecue sauce (in addition to Zachary’s pizza sauce), this yummy combination is sure to please. This pizza was dreamed up by Regional Manager Luis Ibarra!

ZACHARY’S CLOSED ON FOURTH OF JULY

Colorful illustration of anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables having fun in a large bowl of brown soup under a sunny sky. Characters include a pineapple diving, peas with sunglasses, and a cucumber lifeguard. Lush greenery surrounds the scene.All four of our locations will be closed on the Fourth of July so that our employee owners can spend the holiday with their loved ones.

We will re-open at 11am for normal business hours on 7/5/17.

ZACHARY’S MUSIC ON THE PATIO – PLEASANT HILL

A row of electric guitars with a vintage look, featuring worn paint and visible dings. Each guitar is a different color, including blue and brown, and has a distinct retro design.Our patio music series is in full swing! We are excited to be able to host such a fantastic line up of talented artists! In celebration of our patio music evenings, we also prepare our deliciously fruity Sangria! Come join us for some yummy adult beverages (we have Shirley Temples too!), your favorite Zachary’s pizza and some phenomenal local musicians!

 

6/28: Frankie G
7/5: Billy Schuab
7/12: Paul Cotruvo
7/19: Rick Mickaels
7/26: Dan Deshara
8/2: Bruce Brophy and Paul Trombetta
8/9: The Bell Brothers
8/16: Kyle Jester and Frankie G
8/23: The Lost Weekend

All patio music starts at 6:30pm.

ZACHARY’S ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: LORI AND MICHAEL WALLACE

Illustration of a bride and groom smiling and feeding each other pizza from a three-tiered stand labeled Zacharys. Text reads, Love is...3 tiers of Zacharys deep dish. A pizza slicer and roses are on the table. The walls of our restaurants are filled with one-of-a-kind Zachary’s Pizza Art. We held our first art contest in the late 1980′s and the tradition has continued every couple of years to this day. We love our art and the artists. Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Madison Zuniga!

“My son, William (13 yrs old) and I are deeply grateful to Zachary’s for the joy it brings to our lives.  Not only the DELICIOUS gluten free pizza (thank you, thank you!), but also the connection it weaves through community.  We have monitored the art contest for years and have waited for the opening where time and creative spark would coincide and bring us to this moment of participation.  And here we are! The inspiration behind this piece was to weave in the theme of “shared love”.  What better depiction of shared love than a wedding day and the site of a loving groom feeding his delighted bride a slice of Zachary’s deep dish?!  Love IS Zachary’s Pizza.
My family and I LOVE Zachary’s pizza for not only the great flavors, but for the feeling of being seen and appreciated in our community surrounding Solano Avenue.  My son, who is 13 years old, and I are creative and take up any chance we can to be expressive with our hands, and thanks to Zachary’s Art Contest, we spent hours together creating our design and perfecting it for submission. Creating the piece and then seeing it hanging on the wall near our favorite table every time we head into Zach’s on Saturday night for pizza and movie night, are memories we will cherish forever.  Thank you Zachary’s for being a source of nourishment to our bodies and souls!!”
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