{"id":15223,"date":"2025-10-22T05:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T05:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/15223\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T05:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T05:21:11","slug":"dont-california-my-texas-too-late-pizza-guys-just-opened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/15223\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Don’t California my Texas?’ Too late. Pizza Guys just opened."},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember the folks online several years ago who repeatedly chanted, “Don’t\u00a0California my Texas<\/a>?” The message clearly hasn’t taken because another California restaurant chain<\/a> is planting a flag in the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n

The 100th location of Pizza Guys, and its first in Texas, opened over the weekend in Plano. According to the company’s announcement, the location at 9613 Coit Rd. is a franchise spot owned by a local Dallas-Fort Worth area family.<\/p>\n

Shahpour Nejad opened the first Pizza Guys in 1986 in Sacramento, Calif. From the outside it’s hard to tell what actually separates Pizza Guys from every other fast-casual pizza place in the U.S. The announcement did however say their shops chop mozzarella and veggies in-house, which might be advantageous compared to other chains that may get product pre-prepped.<\/p>\n

As far as franchises go, Pizza Guys boasts a $1.2 million average unit volume (AUV). The Austin Business Journal<\/a> reported in 2023 that the company had plans to open 150 locations in Texas, including in Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio. The 100 locations Pizza Guys does have are in California, Nevada, and now Texas.<\/p>\n

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An aerial view of Plano’s downtown area. (Jacob Boomsma\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Pizza Guys’ expansion efforts are coming while Domino’s, a competitor, updates its look after an impressive performance for the fiscal year. CNN reported<\/a> Domino’s has been outperforming its rivals and has grown same-store sales by 3.4 percent.<\/p>\n

As for the little guy, one of the more successful, or at least notable, California pizza operations in Texas that has generated buzz is Pizzana in Houston<\/a>. Chron had high praise for the restaurant when it arrived a year ago.<\/p>\n

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