Looks like I am on a chef-meeting-roll these days! I met Pyzano’s Pizzeria’s co-owner Tony Gemignani yesterday.

We were out to meet our friends in Dublin, CA and they insisted that we try the pizza at this place. They have been raving about it forever and since we were in the neighborhood, we decided to give it a shot! When we went to pick up the pizza, I saw that there were lots of pictures on the wall of the owner with many celebrities. While we were looking at his picture, he came out with our pizzas. Our friends who have been there many times had never seen him at the restaurant. We were all very excited to meet him, had a little chat and took a few photos together. When I mentioned to him that I have a food blog, he gave me a recipe for his pizza, which I’ll try out pretty soon and post the results here.

For a pizza tossing world champion (many times in a row), he was very down to earth and friendly! When we first saw him he was busy working in the kitchen, baking pizza’s and serving them!

We ordered the following pizza’s: The veggie, The SF (vegetarian), BBQ chicken and The Manhattan (with pepperoni).

The veggie: The crust was nice, thick and chewy – but not overly chewy, with just the right amount of pizza sauce, red onions, green peppers, mushrooms, black olives, zucchini and fresh uncooked tomato. It was not at all greasy – which really makes or breaks a pizza for me. Too much grease makes it a very unpleasant experience.

The S.F: The crust was nice and chewy with a hint of pizza sauce and a layer of fresh spinach, then a sprinkle of garlic, feta cheese, sliced tomatoes, mozzarella and drizzle of olive oil. All in all, it was very very good.

Our meat-eating friends loved their bbq chicken and pepperoni pizza as well!

Pyzano’s Pizzeria: http://www.pyzanospizzeria.com/

Address: 3835 East Castro Valley Blvd.
Castro Valley, CA 94522

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