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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Restaurant Franchising |
Founded | 1994; 31 years ago (1994) |
Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Products | Pizzas, Sandwiches (main) |
Website | extremepizza |
Extreme Pizza, Inc. is a privately held restaurant franchise chain specializing in conventional and California-style pizza, founded by Todd Parent and Michael Pastor in 1994 in San Francisco, California. The chain currently includes over 30 locations in the United States; a previous location in Ireland has now closed. 24 franchises are located in Central California. Others are present in Boise, Idaho; McAllen, Texas; Clearwater Beach, Florida; Grosse Pointe, Michigan; Wantage, New Jersey; and Charlottesville and Henrico, Virginia. Entrepreneur Ernest Harris has recently brought the franchise to Northern Virginia, opening locations in Pentagon City and Arlington County. The company primarily sells pizza; other menu items include calzones, sandwiches, and salads.
Description
Most West Coast restaurants have decor of extreme sports, such as photographs of extreme athletes and benches made out of snowboards. In keeping with its extreme sports theme, Extreme Pizza was an early sponsor of the X Games. According to the Seattle Times, Extreme Pizza is "lauded within the business world for its enlightened corporate policies and savvy extreme-sports sponsorships".
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Portals:References
- Hughes, Robert J. (2002-08-16). "Never Stop Learning" (PDF). The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
- ^ Saekel, Karola (1994-09-21). "What's new". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
- "Store locator". Extreme Pizza. 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
- Mulson, Jen (2002-08-02). "Extreme-ly good pizzas satisfy fed-up GO! staffers". The Gazette (Colorado Springs). Retrieved 2007-03-06.
- Northrop, Jane (2006-11-26). "Extreme Pizza satisfies Pacifica customers". Pacifica Tribune. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
- Paterik, Stephanie (2003-05-10). "X-actly what Gilbert taste buds longed for". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
- Yacoubi, Omar (2005-10-03). "'Extreme' addition to local pizza scene". The Commonwealth Times. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
- Robinson, Kathryn (2005-08-12). "Daring combinations make sense to the taste buds". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
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Categories:- Cuisine of the Western United States
- Economy of the Western United States
- Regional restaurant chains in the United States
- Pizza chains of the United States
- Pizza franchises
- Restaurants established in 1994
- 1994 establishments in California
- Restaurants in San Francisco
- Privately held companies based in California
- American companies established in 1994