SF Pizza Star Tony Gemignani to Open Slice Shops Across Los Angeles | Eater LA

"Opening May 1 in Thousand Oaks, this Slice House by Tony Gemignani will serve five different styles—traditional American, thin-crust New York, grandma square, Sicilian, and cheesy Detroit—offering rotating pizza-by-the-slice flavors as well as whole pies priced between $19 and $37. Everything is cooked in a deck oven (so no Neapolitan or wood-fired pies), with whole pies available in about two dozen topping combinations; examples on the menu include the Purple Potato (sliced potatoes, bacon, feta, and pesto) and the Motorhead (cheese, salami, mushrooms, pepperoni, bacon, sausage, and ricotta). The location is designed to be more casual and takeout-friendly than Gemignani’s full-service concepts, seating roughly 20 indoors plus a raised, covered patio with about 30 seats, TVs, heaters, and fans. Expect local craft beers and wines by the glass and a small selection of pastas, salads, wings, cookies, and a meatball sub; this Thousand Oaks branch is the chef’s first franchise deal, owned and operated by Vinny Margott and his family, and given Gemignani’s two decades of experience and a world record 13 pizza championships, it should be a compelling option for pizza-loving diners." - Matthew Kang