A graduate student at Columbia University’s Creative Machines Lab has created a printer that’s designed specifically to print and cook pizza with lasers. PBS News interviewed Jonathan Blutinger about the 3D-printing technology, which can easily print a basic pizza in layers: dough, sauce, and cheese. The printer has an array … More
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Invaded by Grasshoppers, Las Vegas Pizzeria Serves Them as Pizza Topping
Faced with a plague of grasshoppers, Las Vegas’ Evel Pie pulled a stunt worthy of its daredevil namesake, Evel Knievel: a pizza called the Canyon Hopper, topped with lime-and-garlic-roasted grasshoppers. In addition to the long-legged pests, the pizza features chorizo, goat cheese, caramelized onions and arugula. An entire pie costs … More
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Customers Support Pizzeria After Reveal of Rude Comments to Disabled Employees
Pizzability is a pizzeria founded last December by a special needs teacher in Denver, Colorado, with the express purpose of employing and providing job training to the disabled. The founder, Tiffany Fixter, wanted to show that those with disabilities can work. The restaurant now employs 25 of which eight are … More
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Remembering Big Dave Ostrander: ‘I’m Convinced That Human Kindness Runs Deep’
David “Big Dave” Ostrander, one of the pizza industry’s most beloved figures, passed away on July 25, leaving behind a legacy as large and unforgettable as his presence. Born in Northville, Michigan, Big Dave graduated from Redford Union High School in 1966. He began opening and running his own restaurants … More
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Gilroy Pizzeria Opens Past Midnight for First Responders at Garlic Festival Shooting
The Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting broke out this Sunday in northern California, taking lives of two children and one man. This tragedy kept pizzeria owner Raj Nayyar up past midnight when he got a phone call from Gilroy’s city manager Gabriel Gonzalez who asked him if he could open his pizzeria … More
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Study Finds Blaze Pizza Is America’s Favorite Quick-Service Pizza Chain
Blaze Pizza, the Pasadena, California-based fast-casual leader, is America’s favorite quick-service pizza chain, according to a new large-scale consumer study by Market Force Information. Blaze now has more than 300 restaurants in 42 states and five countries. In July 2017, the research firm Technomic said Blaze was the fastest-growing restaurant … More
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Ant-Covered Pizza Scheduled to Crawl Out This September
A food reviewer, Tara Cox, today published a story for Rachel Ray Magazine on being the first customer to try Luzzo’s La Pizza Napolenta’s first-ever Insect Pizza. Chef Michele Iuliano invented this pie because “insects are the food of the future, and we better start getting used to it.” The … More
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Sushi Pizzeria Owners Blame Failure on High Wages, Not Pies Topped With Raw Fish and Rice
Owners Kyle Stagoll and Dave Nelson said they “lost everything” after they opened a second location of Sash, their fusion restaurant that served two types of sushi pizza – one featuring raw fish piled on top of blackened squid ink dough, and the other, dubbed “sashizza,” made with crisp oven-baked … More
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Here’s Why Small Pizzerias Should Require Up-Front Payment for Large Orders
Two pizzerias in North Idaho told The Spokesman-Review that a prank caller ordered a large number of pizzas and then refused to pick up food or even pay, resulting in a considerable hit to their inventory. The prankster called Flame & Cork in Hayden, Idaho, early Saturday evening where he … More
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Hell Pizza Undergoes Investigation for Its Plant-Based Meat Promotion
The New Zealand pizzeria made international headlines when it served customers Burger Pizza without explicitly informing the patty meat is plant-based. This led to an outcry of possible allergy risks. A spokesperson for the Commission said the investigation came from several complaints of the pizzeria’s use of Beyond Meat products, … More
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Domino’s Petitions Supreme Court to Hear ADA Lawsuit on Website Accessibility
Domino’s prides itself on being an innovative pizza chain with the latest cutting-edge technology, yet their websites remain inaccessible to people with disabilities according to the plaintiff Guillermo Robles. Robles is blind and hasn’t been able to order pizza through Domino’s website or app, not even since he filed the … More
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This Pizzeria Helps You Find Your Missing Pet
When John Sanfratello saw an alert for a missing cat on Facebook – something struck him. The cat looked just like his own beloved cat which had been lost, but thankfully found again. He wanted to help this fellow feline lover, so he devised a plan to get the word … More