{"id":168664,"date":"2026-02-08T00:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T00:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/168664\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T00:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T00:44:09","slug":"oc-pizzerias-sling-slices-for-upcoming-socal-pizza-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/168664\/","title":{"rendered":"OC pizzeria’s sling slices for upcoming SoCal Pizza Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Southern California is getting ready for one really big pizza party.<\/p>\n

Following the close of Newport Beach Restaurant Week<\/a> and ahead of the start of OC Restaurant Week<\/a>, a new week-long culinary event is coming to Southern California. The inaugural SoCal Pizza Week rolls out Sunday and runs through Feb.15, with more than 40 pizzerias slinging slices for the occasion.<\/p>\n

Put on by SoCal Food & Beverage, a California nonprofit organization dedicated to \u201ccelebrating, supporting and promoting\u201d the Southland\u2019s local restaurants through community culinary events like Taco Week and Burger Week, the first SoCal Pizza Week coincides with National Pizza Day on Feb. 9. Pizza Week includes pie shops in Los Angeles, San Diego and14 Orange County-based pizzerias serving everything from wood-fired and hand-tossed to deep dish and Sicilian style pies.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoCal Pizza Week is about bringing people together through food while uplifting the incredible pizza makers across our region,\u201d said Leysla Rubino, executive director of SoCal Food & Beverage, in a statement.<\/p>\n

Beginning Sunday, participating restaurant will offer pizza specials at $5, $10, $15, $20 and $25, encouraging pizza lovers to explore new neighborhoods and support local businesses. The event also includes a little friendly competition in the form of the Golden Slice Awards. Diners will be invited to vote for their favorite pizza in categories like \u201cBest Cheese Pizza,\u201d \u201cBest Neapolitan Pizza\u201d and \u201cBest Specialty Pizza.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A classic slice of pepperoni pizza from Santos Pizza in Santa Ana. <\/p>\n

(Sarah Mosqueda)<\/p>\n

Pizza Week co-founder Joey \u201cPepperoni\u201d Rubino said in a news release the event speaks to the growing pizza industry<\/a> in Southern California and the variety of pizza available in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to put SoCal on the pizza map,\u201d Rubino said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got too many killer spots out here to be ignored, which is exactly why we created this event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Participating Orange County restaurants include Huntington Beach pizzerias like Cruiser\u2019s Pizza Bar Grill, Beachwood Pizza & Beer, Riip Pizza and Nardo Italian Restaurant. In Santa Ana, spots like Loosies Pizza, known for New York City-style single slices or \u201cloosies,\u201d and Santo\u2019s Pizza, which serves out of a service window that\u2019s shaded by an awning decorated with pepperoni slices and cheese, are also on the list.<\/p>\n

Diners can visit Corona del Mar\u2019s Foretti\u2019s and Anaheim\u2019s Stadium Pepz Pizza & Eatery, or head to Costa Mesa for pizza deals from Trenta Pizza & Cucina, 2145 Eats or the Pizza Store. For thick, 8-inch by 10-inch Detroit-style pizza with cheese all the way to the edge, visit Gibroni\u2019s Pizza in San Clemente.<\/p>\n

\"Gibroni\u2019s <\/p>\n

Gibroni\u2019s serves pizza baked in traditional Detroit-style pans. <\/p>\n

(Courtesy of Gibroni\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Some participating restaurants have multiple locations like, Pitfire Pizza with shops in Costa Mesa and Orange and Terra Mia Pizzeria with locations in Tustin and Laguna Hills.<\/p>\n

No matter where you are in Southern California, chances are good pizza isn\u2019t too far away. <\/p>\n

\u201cFrom classic New York slices to Neapolitan, Sicilian and innovative specialty pies, Southern California\u2019s pizza scene deserves the spotlight,\u201d said Leysla. <\/p>\n

For a complete list of participating restaurants visit socalfoodandbeverage.org<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Southern California is getting ready for one really big pizza party. Following the close of Newport Beach Restaurant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,81026,49832,3372,39352,1043,81029,17566,63,81027,81025,81028,35080,81024,1009,81023],"class_list":["post-168664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-best-cheese-pizza","tag-beverage","tag-costa-mesa","tag-diner","tag-event","tag-leysla-rubino","tag-local-restaurant","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-multiple-location","tag-oc-pizzeria","tag-pie-shop","tag-slice","tag-socal-food","tag-southern-california","tag-upcoming-socal-pizza-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}