Joyride Pizza - Yerba Buena Gardens
Pizza restaurant · South of Market
730 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Highlights
Detroit-style pizza with crispy, caramelized cheese walls
Detroit-style pizza with crispy, caramelized cheese walls
"The Museum: SFMOMA Meandering through SFMOMA’s multiple floors of modern art exhibitions isn’t a bad way to get your appetite going (plus, you’ll enrich your mind, etc. etc.). Once you’re sufficiently hungry, head across the street to Joyride Pizza. The casual Detroit-style pizza joint has outdoor tables and lots of greenery in the middle of Yerba Buena Gardens. They specialize in pizzas with golden-brown focaccia crusts with crispy cheese walls, chunky marinara sauce, and a garden’s worth of fresh toppings. Enjoy the views while tearing into a fabulous pie." - lani conway, julia chen 1
"Despite looking like dense bricks, the Detroit-style pies at Joyride Pizza have an airy crust that avoids a soggy fate under a mountain of toppings. And we really do mean a mountain. Pies are covered with what feels like an entire garden’s worth of vegetables like brussels sprouts, tomatoes, or arugula, or have thick stripes of tomato sauce running across the top. Crispy outer cheese walls caramelized to deep golden-brown and slightly sweet house tomato sauce we’d gladly funnel into our mouths are other reasons to love these pies. There’s a takeout outpost in the Mission (slices are available), but we like the Yerba Buena spot, which has a patio overlooking the gardens. " - Julia Chen 1, Lani Conway
"Capacity: 50-200 Joyride Pizza is a pizza party. They make one of the top Detroit-style pies in town, and the space is ideal for receptions, life celebrations, and forced moments of corporate team bonding—it’s located in Yerba Buena Gardens, right next to the Moscone Center convention hub. Joyride is huge and versatile, with an indoor space with huge glass windows and a garden-like outdoor terrace. The menu of pizzas, salads, and pastas is entirely customizable and works for every occasion. " - Lani Conway
"If you need something more substantive than a bucket of popcorn at the AMC Metreon, Joyride Pizza is here for you. The Detroit-style pies coming out of this counter-service spot, located across the theater in Yerba Buena Gardens, are hefty bricks—but you won’t feel weighed down after eating one. The crust is crisp and airy, and topping combinations, like the Eat Your Veggies loaded with fresh vegetables, are light. Sharing one at an outdoor table overlooking the gardens is always a nice way to hit your daily fresh air quota, especially if there's no fog in sight." - Julia Chen 1, Lani Conway
"If you're catching a daytime movie at the Metreon, don’t fill up on popcorn and $7 Icees (as tempting as it may be)—just swing by Joyride Pizza in Yerba Buena Gardens for a pre- or post-movie lunch instead. The Detroit-style pies coming out of the casual counter-service spot have caramelized cheese walls and dough that stays light and airy underneath the toppings, which range from plain cheese to pepperoni and a thick stripe of tomato sauce to a veggie combination with brussels sprouts, mushrooms, and olives. They also have a great chopped salad and cocktails to sip on while you gaze out at the gardens and consider playing hooky tomorrow. " - Julia Chen 1
