In Pleasant Hill and San Ramon, we are bringing back one of our most popular specials – Roasted Pepper! This crew and customer favorite has red, green and yellow peppers, Anaheim chiles, Pasilla peppers, onion, yellow cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese. It’s available stuffed and thin for a limited time!

In Oakland and Berkeley, we are keeping the Buffalo Chicken pizza around for another week! This spicy special is made with our free-range chicken breast flavored with a cayenne pepper “wing sauce”, pepperoni, mozzarella cheese and topped with our house-made blue cheese dressing. This pizza is available stuffed and 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 are excited to announce DELIVERY is now available from San Ramon! The good folks at Door Dash will bring our pizza to your home (or the office! or the park!).

Click here to place an order now!

Imagine enjoying a cheesy, delicious slice of our Spinach and Mushroom pie from the comfort of your couch without moving a muscle to make it happen (well, your fingers might have to do some clicking and you’ll need to answer the door… but you get the picture, right?).

Aria’s Enchi-Holla special is back in Oakland and Berkeley! This pizza was a double winner in an employee owner pizza contest.  The Enchi-Holla won awards for “Most Popular” and “Most Creative.”

Aria has worked with Zachary’s for 16 years and has been a part of the management team for most of that time. She got her inspiration for this tasty pizza from her love for enchiladas (specifically she really loves green enchilada sauce) and pizza. Why not put the two together? You will certainly be glad that she did when you try the Enchi-Holla pizza!

Ari’s Enchi-Holla comes with our free range chicken breast marinated in avgreen enchilada sauce, corn, cilantro, black olives, a cool swirl of sour cream, Monterey Jack and cheddar cheese. The stuffed pizza has a layer of tortillas and the thin crust pizza is served with tortilla chips on top.

In Pleasant Hill and San Ramon, we are rocking on with the Super Veggie Special. This ever-popular special is filled with broccoli, red bell peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, white corn and Monterey Jack and cheddar cheese. It’s available stuffed and thin crust for a limited time!

Raul, Lobsang, Chloe, Renee, Jen, Saeki

On Sunday, March 20th, Team Zachary’s woke up bright and early to line up at the starting line of the Oakland Running Festival’s Annual 5K! Forty-three people wore bright red Zachary’s shirts and ran their hearts out.

Team Zachary’s organizer, Chloe Eng, said “For me, this 5K was about combining three things that provide me great joy: beautiful Oakland, my love of running and my awesome Zachary’s coworkers. It was a proud moment to see everyone out there together, sharing so much support and so many smiles.”

“For some it was their first, for others their 100th, but we were all out there together as a team promoting camaraderie and just being healthy. It was a blast!” – Aria Vadney, Oakland runner and Zachary’s Manager

Visit the Oakland Running Festival’s website for more information about the race!

Charlotte, Chris, Reba, Cielo

Aria and Chloe

We will be closed on Easter Sunday so our crew can enjoy the holiday with friends and family. We will re-open on 11am on Monday, March 28th.

In support of our beloved WARRIORS, we are bringing back our “Za-CURRY’s” Chicken Pizza at our Oakland and Berkeley locations! This fun, unique pizza has curry spiced chicken and onions with golden raisins and mozzarella cheese. It’s available as a thin crust pizza only.

Huge congrats to two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry!

GO DUBS!

Hey All – my name is Becki. My Zachary’s Pizza business card has the title ‘People Person’. That is really a just a fun way to say—Human Resources with a dash of customer interaction! Since I am the one in the office the most—I check our company emails and help facilitate responses.  Once in a while I come across an opportunity where I can do something fun… and that’s exactly what happened a few months back.

I opened an email from an incredibly loyal customer (Angie) based in Southern California. Long story short, her husband’s (Michael) 50th birthday was coming up and she wanted to know if there was any way to get Zachary’s pizza to the party.  After a quick back and forth on some options that didn’t pan out—I took a shot in the dark. I asked her when her husband’s birthday was. See-I had a pre-planned vacation (with my fella and his daughter-Alex) in Southern California in just a few weeks. Maybe—just maybe—timing would work out.

As you might imagine—timing worked out (hence—the blog post title—Timing is Everything!).  I was driving down to So. Cal the day after his big surprise party.  It was so perfect I couldn’t believe it myself.  I coordinated with Angie to arrive around 1p or so and I would ring the doorbell with a Zachary’s shirt on and of course-2 LARGE Spinach and Mushrooms Half-Bakes.  We exchanged numbers and texted back and forth on the drive down-honestly it was the fastest drive I’ve ever had down I-5!  Alex was so excited about surprising someone that the trip was filled was questions and musings on how he would react.

I was nervous when I rang the doorbell—surprises are nerve wracking in the best way possible! Michael answered the door-and when I said-“Hi I’m Becki from Zachary’s and someone said that you might want Zachary’s for your birthday”-he looked confused and happy! Angie came over and we explained the whole surprise. It was really great….and perfect timing again because he was hungry!  We said goodbye and after we had driven away—Alex said-“Didn’t you want to take a picture?”. Oh yeah—so I quickly texted Angie to please take a picture and pass it back to me! I wanted to keep that one in the Zachary’s memory books.

A few days later—I got a great email of thanks from Michael (and he enclosed the attached pictures!). Come to find out he has been eating Zachary’s since 1987 and even rented a car from San Jose airport just to pick up a pizza!!  Now-that’s loyalty—and that’s what we are the most proud of and thankful for at Zachary’s. Loyal customers are gold and are directly related to our long term success—BIG THANKS!

PS–Thanks again to Angie and Michael! It was a super fun.

Over the past two decades, our artists have been inspired by a wide range of topics. History? Fictional characters? Popular Culture? Pizza (duh!)? You name it. One theme that consistently shows up in the contests every year is our artists’ love of animals.

Our first example of animal-inspired art is this piece by Lisa Hayle. Hayle has been inspired by her dog Harry for years. Lisa writes, “I heard about Zachary’s Pizza through friends who also mentioned the awesome annual poster contest, which they had won in the past with an entry featuring their two adorable poodles. Soon after, I tasted the deep-dish yumminess for the first time…. I first saw Harry in 2002, while working briefly at the East Bay SPCA in Oakland. It was love at first sight.”

Another canine-inspired piece is “Dog Years” by artist Ian Ransley (visit Ian’s website here!). Ransley has submitted eleven winning pieces in Zachary’s art contests over the years. In addition to putting animals front and center, this piece celebrated our 30th anniversary!

If cats are your furry friend of choice, you have something in common with artist Nikola Bachman. Bachman writes about her winning piece, “I’m a cat lover at heart therefore the kitty in the painting that I drew for Zachary’s was inspired by my own cat Jackson.”

And don’t think that creature-inspired art stops at cats and dogs! Our artists have been inspired by reptiles (Amy Neil, 2005 winner) and insects (Emma Ruth 2012) too!

Animals make their way into the art in big and small ways. We will leave you with several more animal-inspired pieces. The deadline for submissions this year is May 16! Pick up your paper canvas at any Zachary’s location today!

The Zachary’s Pizza Art Contest is ON!

Submissions are due May 16, 2015. For details, click here.

We love Zachary’s Pizza Art from all ages: the young to the young at heart. We’ve adorned our walls with art from winners at age 4 to age 89! Some of our favorite pieces have been created by some very talented kids, kid-buddy collaborations and family collaborations. Here are a few previous Zachary’s Pizza Art Contest Winners:

Our new Italian Meatball Pizza is available for a limited time at all Zachary’s!

Zachary’s house made Italian style meatballs with fire roasted red bell peppers and mozzarella cheese. We have a limited daily supply – please ask for availability when you call or arrive. It’s so good!