Dream on, Cal alum. Zachary's has no plans to open a restaurant in Los Angeles, or at least, not that I've ever heard of. However, there is a way to get your favorite deep-dish, stuffed Chicago-style pizza from your college days at home in LA. It's' called the 6-hour Drive With a Half-Baked Pizza.
On the last day of a mini-vacationin the Bay Area, I stopped at a couple of my old food haunts in Berkeley, making Zachary's on College Avenue my last stop. On purpose. I wanted to take home a half-baked pizza. I stopped in (no parking in the Albertson's lot!), had a slice of their special stuffed pizza for lunch - grilled chicken and artichoke - and ordered two spinach and mushroom half-baked pizzas.
Normally, the half-baked pizzas are for people who want to pick-up a pizza earlier in the day to avoid the chaos at Zachazry's around dinner time. They can take the half-baked pizzas and fully bake them for about 15-20 minutes at home somewherein the Bay area that night. I however, drove them for 6 hours along the I-5 back to LA.
The pizzas taste just as good in southern California. Zachary's recommends that you do not freeze the pizzas, but heck,next time I'm up in the Bay area, I'm buying a half-dozen half-baked pizzas, bringing them home, and freezing them to eat once a month.
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5-05-2006 @ 7:37PM
BG said...
MMMMmmmmmmm......Zachary's. Spinach and Mushroom is the best. Bring's back great memories. If they can't seat you right away, order then anyways, the stuffed take around 40 minutes to make. Luckily, I am only an hour away, and my buddies and I still eat there sometimes on game days. I should stop by and bring some home.
Go Bears!!
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5-05-2006 @ 10:43PM
Sir Not Appearing in this Blog said...
I think I'm in love. Yet another reason why I love Berkeley. The farmer's market, the Berkeley Bowl, the Pizza Collective... Why'm I wasting my time here in LA???
And how sad is it that my entire life revolves around food? Don't answer that.
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5-06-2006 @ 1:45AM
mpeng said...
oh, man, you're in SoCal, I have to come over for some...mmm...
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5-17-2006 @ 8:54AM
Mike said...
Here in Michigan Pizzapapalis serves 'em up the same.
http://www.pizzapapalis.com/
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6-20-2006 @ 3:52PM
Kristina said...
Pure romance! My beloved brought a Zachary's deep dish mushroom and spinach pie and a bottle of red wine over to my home for our first dinner together at my house. I've loved him, and the pizza, ever since.
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