About the Z

People ask about the spelling pretty often. Here’s the short answer.

When Don Hale was picking a name in 1965, he wanted it to rhyme with pizza and have a Z in it because he thought a Z looked solid. That’s it. That’s the whole reason.

It is, on the merits, a slightly weird name. We’ve owned it for sixty years. It’s on every box. It works.

The pizza is the same as it’s always been. Menu’s here.

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