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We’re Hiring For our Oakland, Berkeley, & Pleasanton Locations!

We are HIRING for our kitchen and dining rooms and offering three different open interviews to meet you!

 

WHEN: Monday, March 7th, 10am – 1pm WHERE: Zachary’s Grand Lake, 3917 Grand Ave, Oakland Ca

WHEN: Wednesday, March 9th, 1pm – 4pm WHERE: Zachary’s Downtown Pleasanton, 337 Main St, Pleasanton WHEN: Monday, March 14th, 1pm – 4pm WHERE: Zachary’s Rockridge, 5801 College Ave, Oakland Drop by one of our open interviews to chat with us if you are interested in working for an award-winning, employee-owned company, that values teamwork, diversity, and fun! Read on for more information.   Position Details & Requirements for Dining Room
  • Must have open availability Friday evenings and all day/evening Saturdays and Sundays.
  • All positions are part-time, non-exempt (approximately 20-25 hours/week).
  • Must be 18 years of age or older to work in dining room- we serve alcohol. 
  • Dining Room positions are entry-level.
  • Previous hospitality experience is preferred, but not required to apply.
  • Dining Room positions are a combination of hosting and serving – you will rotate.
  • Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: cash handling, taking customer orders on the phone and in person, bussing the dining room and maintaining cleanliness of the restaurant, making salads, serving dine-in guests.
Position Details & Requirements for Kitchen 
  • Must be 16+ to work in the kitchen
  • Kitchen positions are entry-level, but previous experience is preferred.
  • Kitchen positions include: pizza making, pizza prep, dish washing, oven work, general cleaning and maintenance.
  What are some perks and benefits of working at Zachary’s?
  • Competitive starting pay + tips
  • Paid meal breaks
  • Free employee meals while working
  • Pizza discounts
  • Engaging and inclusive work environment
  • Potential for growth (All of our managers have been promoted from within)
  • Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) (After 1 year of employment)
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits (After 1 year of employment)
  • 401(k) Plan (After 1 year of employment)
To apply please click HERE now! We look forward to chatting with you!    Zachary’s values diversity in the workplace and among our customers. Our company provides equal opportunity for employment to qualified applicants on the basis of experience and the ability to do the available work, without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex/gender, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, ancestry or any other status protected by law. Zachary’s is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. COVID-19 Considerations: We are doing everything we can to keep our team and customers safe. We have implemented processes and precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our restaurants. We provide gloves, masks, and hand sanitizer to all employees, and we encourage frequent hand-washing. In addition, we ensure frequently touched surfaces are sanitized and disinfected consistently throughout the day.

Open Interviews at Zachary’s Grand Lake 3/7/22!

We are HIRING for our Grand Ave Dining Room and hosting open interviews this Monday, March 7th!

 

WHEN: Monday, March 7th, 10am – 1pm
WHERE: Zachary’s Grand Lake, 3917 Grand Ave, Oakland Ca

Drop by our Grand Ave location between 10am to 1pm on Monday, March 7th to chat with us if you are interested in working for an award-winning, employee-owned company, that values teamwork, diversity, and fun! Read on for more information.

 

Position Details & Requirements

  • Must have open availability Friday evenings and all day/evening Saturdays and Sundays.
  • All positions are part-time, non-exempt (approximately 20-25 hours/week).
  • Must be 18 years of age or older to work in dining room- we serve alcohol. 
  • Dining Room positions are entry-level.
  • Previous hospitality experience is preferred, but not required to apply.
  • Dining Room positions are a combination of hosting and serving – you will rotate.
  • Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: cash handling, taking customer orders on the phone and in person, bussing the dining room and maintaining cleanliness of the restaurant, making salads, serving dine-in guests.

What are some perks and benefits of working at Zachary’s?

  • Competitive pay starting at $19/hour + tips (avg $175/week)
  • Paid meal breaks
  • Free employee meals while working
  • Pizza discounts
  • Engaging and inclusive work environment
  • Potential for growth (All of our managers have been promoted from within)
  • Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) (After 1 year of employment)
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits (After 1 year of employment)
  • 401(k) Plan (After 1 year of employment)

To apply please click HERE now! We look forward to chatting with you! 

 

Zachary’s values diversity in the workplace and among our customers. Our company provides equal opportunity for employment to qualified applicants on the basis of experience and the ability to do the available work, without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex/gender, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, ancestry or any other status protected by law. Zachary’s is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

COVID-19 Considerations:
We are doing everything we can to keep our team and customers safe. We have implemented processes and precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our restaurants. We provide gloves, masks, and hand sanitizer to all employees, and we encourage frequent hand-washing. In addition, we ensure frequently touched surfaces are sanitized and disinfected consistently throughout the day.

Berkeley Restaurant Week Happening March 24th-April 4th!

 

Berkeley Restaurant Week kicks off Thursday, March 24th and Zachary’s on Solano Ave is participating again this year! We’ll be offering a selection of prix fixe menus and two-pizza combo deals, plus a $20 lunch special. All specials will be available for dine-in, takeout, and via our online ordering platform. Use included promo codes to place online orders. Certain restrictions apply. Continue reading for full details.

 

LUNCH SPECIAL
(11-4pm Only)
$20
Small thin two topping pizza, single sized salad
Promo Code: LUNCH

 

PRIX FIXE MENUS

$30
Small stuffed or medium thin Zachary’s Favorite pizza, entrée salad
Promo Code: PF30

$40
Small stuffed or medium thin Zachary’s Favorite pizza, entrée salad, Zachary’s meatballs
Promo Code: PF40

$50
Large stuffed or extra-large thin Zachary’s Favorite pizza, entrée salad, Zachary’s meatballs
Promo Code: PF50

 

TWO-PIZZA COMBOS

$40
Small stuffed and small thin Zachary’s Favorite pizza
Promo Code: COMBO40

$50
Medium stuffed and medium thin Zachary’s Favorite pizza
Promo Code: COMBO50

 

Valid at Zachary’s on Solano Ave March 24-April 4. Must reference Berkeley Restaurant Week to receive promotional pricing. Cannot be combined with any other discount. Third-party delivery orders excluded. Tax and gratuity not included. 

 

Zachary’s Chicago Pizza
1853 Solano Ave, Berkeley
(510) 525-5950

 

Zachary’s Comes in at #15 on Yelp’s ‘Top 100 Places for Pizza’ in the US!

Wow, wow, wow- were we ever excited to find this out! Yelp released it’s ‘Top 100 Pizza Places in the US’ yesterday for National Pizza Day and we came in at #15- in-the-country! ????

Feeling loved, feeling humbled, feeling proud, feeling honored, feeling maybe a little famous!? ???????? But most of all feeling so unbelievably grateful and appreciative to our amazingly hard working crew and YOU for getting us to the top 20 pizza restaurants in the country! THANK YOU!

The Bay Area in general showed up in mass on the list- we ARE a foodie mecca after all, and pizza IS the best food ever, so it only makes sense ???? Congratulations to all the amazing restaurants that made the list, but especially to our fellow Bay Area folks! If you’d like to read the full list just click HERE.

 

Tri-Valley Restaurant Week Starts February 18th!

Second Annual Tri-Valley Restaurant Week Starts February 18th!

We excited to announce Zachary’s in Downtown Pleasanton will be participating in the second annual Taste Tri-Valley Restaurant Week February 18th to 27th! We’re offering cocktail specials, a lunch special, prix fixe menus, and a two-pizza combo deal! Dine-in with us or order takeout at Zachary’s in Pleasanton anytime February 18th to February 27th to take advantage of our Tri-Valley Restaurant Week deals.

The fine print: Only available at Zachary’s in Pleasanton. Third-party delivery orders excluded. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Only available February 18th to February 27th. Tax not included in pricing. 

 

Cocktail Special
Any two Signature Cocktails
$15

 

Lunch Special (11am – 4pm)
Small Stuffed OR Medium Thin Pizza
(Limit 4 toppings)
$15

 

Prix Fixe Menus

$35
Medium Stuffed OR Large Thin Zachary’s Favorite Pizza
+ Entrée salad of choice

$50
Large Stuffed OR Extra Large Thin Zachary’s Favorite Pizza
+ Entrée salad of choice
+ Zachary’s Meatballs

$50
Large Stuffed OR Extra Large Thin Zachary’s Favorite Pizza
+ Entrée salad of choice
+ Small thin-crust cheese OR one topping pizza

 

Two-Pizza Combo

$50
Medium Stuffed & Medium Thin Zachary’s Favorite Pizza

 

View our full Pleasanton menu HERE

 

The Zachary’s Western Special Rides Back Into Pleasant Hill & Pleasanton!

 

Saddle up, partners, the Zachary’s Western rides into our Pleasant Hill and Pleasanton locations today! This bucking bronco of a pizza is a delicious combination of Italian sausage, onions, crumbled bacon, and mozzarella, all topped with a swirl of smoky-sweet barbecue sauce. It ain’t no balderdash, this buckeroo is the real deal. Mosey on over to Zachary’s in Pleasant Hill or Pleasanton and rope you one of these rascals before it rides off into the sunset…

The Zachary’s Western is available stuffed or thin-crust, but only for a limited time! Click your preferred location below to order online for takeout or delivery.

Pleasant Hill

Downtown Pleasanton

 

Holiday Special Hours!

The holidays are fully upon us! Do you have family coming into town? Are you going out of town to visit family or friends? Are we included in your holiday festivities? We hope so. It’s our favorite part of this time of the year!

We will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. That means if we do get to share special moments with you on those days, be sure to pick up half-baked pizzas the days leading up to finish baking at home. They last up to 4 days in the refrigerator, which means you can get them days in advance and avoid the last minute crowds.

We’ll be open normal hours at all locations on New Year’s Eve. Happy Holidays!

We’ll be Closed on Thanksgiving

We’ll be closed on Thanksgiving. If you are planning to feature pizza as the center piece of your table this year (or a side dish, or as breakfast ????), be sure to order and pick up half-bakes the days leading up to the holiday. Just pull them out of the refrigerator an hour before you want to bake them, and voila! Delicious, fresh pizza is served. Easy-to-follow directions are included with our half-bakes.

Looking for a recommendation on what to order? We recommend the Butternut Squash Pizza! Butternut squash, red onions, spinach, with goat cheese and mozzarella. Available stuffed or thin. For the meat lovers, it’s equally delicious with sausage or bacon added!

We’ll be open our normal hours at all locations on Friday. 

 

Celebrating Mon’s 5th Anniversary during Employee-Ownership Month!

Celebrating Employee-Owner Mon during Employee Ownership Month!

Not only are we celebrating employee-owner Mon’s first milestone anniversary (5 years!) in October, it’s also Employee-Ownership Month (EOM)! That’s two super great reasons to celebrate ????

Mon was hired during EOM on October 17, 2016. If you’re a regular at our Pleasant Hill location, you may recognize her from serving up yummy pizzas in our dining room or helping customers at our front counter. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mon for all your hard work and abundant personality over the past 5 years! We appreciate it and especially you! ❤️????❤️ 

Zachary’s became an 100% employee-owned ESOP in 2010, but the process began in 2006. That means we’re celebrating 15 years of employee-ownership and 11 years of being 100% employee-owned! To learn more about our journey to employee-ownership click HERE.

 

We’re Hiring for our Kitchen at All Locations!

Drop by our Open Interviews October 25th.

We’re looking to add dynamic, motivated, and team-oriented individuals to our kitchen crew at all locations! 

Already know you want to apply without reading further? Click HERE to submit an application now!

 

OPEN INTERVIEW TIME & LOCATION

Monday, October 25th, 1:00pm to 3:00pm at Zachary’s Pleasant Hill: 140 Crescent Drive, Pleasant Hill (925) 602-7000

Please note: We require all new hires to either provide documentation that they are fully vaccinated or provide a weekly COVID test and submit a request for a medical or religious exemption.


Kitchen Crew Compensation: Competitive base wages + $2/hour COVID supplemental pay + tips averaging $150 +/week 

Kitchen crew positions may include some or all of the following:

Dishwashing, pizza making, food preparation, cleaning, minor maintenance, and operation of machinery. You must be available on Sundays.


Why work for Zachary’s? Let us tell you just a few of the reasons…

  • Competitive pay + tips
  • Paid meal breaks
  • Free employee meals while working
  • Pizza discounts
  • Flexible schedule
  • Fun, family-oriented environment
  • Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) (After 1 year of employment)
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits (After 1 year of employment)
  • 401(k) Plan (After 1 year of employment)
  • Community involvement such as local events, fundraisers, volunteering opportunities
  • Potential for growth

Click HERE to submit an application online.

Zachary’s values diversity in the workplace and among our customers. Our company provides equal opportunity for employment to qualified applicants on the basis of experience and the ability to do the available work, without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex/gender, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, ancestry or any other status protected by law. Zachary’s is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.