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“laid-back pizzeria”
His goal was to create a fun, student-oriented pizzeria that dished up amazing pies using his grandmother’s marinara recipe. From the beginning he focused on fresh, hand-tossed dough with a unique folded-over crust with sauce inside. He insisted on putting more toppings on the pizza than any of his competitors, so you get a taste of every topping in each bite. He quickly gained a loyal following, and partnered with Mike Chew in 1980 to build their next restaurant in San Luis Obispo. Meanwhile back in Corvallis, Jeff Ambrose was a recent college grad without a full-time job. Delivering pizzas seemed like a good way to keep from starving. But it turned out to be much more than he expected — In 1982, Chuck and Chew (as Mike was called) asked Jeff to help open a new Woodstock’s in Isla Vista (Santa Barbara). Chico came next. Then Chuck and Chew partnered with Jeff to open a store near SDSU. Meanwhile, they worked on a new restaurant in Davis. Sadly, Chuck and Chew passed away in a private plane crash in 1985, leaving the company in the hands of their family members. Eventually the families promoted Jeff to President of the company. In 2001, Jeff and his wife, Laura, purchased all five California restaurants. (The original Corvallis restaurant is solely owned by Chuck’s wife, Carol Lee Woodstock.) Since that time, Woodstock’s Santa Cruz joined our family of restaurants. We also have another San Diego location in Pacific Beach. Woodstock’s has an employee stock ownership plan, and encourages all managers to become owners. The company is currently ranked #3 among independent pizzerias nationwide. True to Chuck’s legacy, we are still committed to offering the highest quality ingredients, making our dough fresh daily in-house, keeping our signature sauce a secret, and working hard to create loyal customers and team members, while having fun in the process.
Ingredients in the crust is part of it. There is nothing worse than a 3 inch ring around your pizza with no sauce or no toppings. That will never happen here. No, it won't. The ingredient go to... Read more
I always say don't sht on a place until you give it more than 1 try unless the first time was just so terrible. Last time I had Woodstock's was like 10 years ago in college at Davis and I thought... Read more
TERRIBLE SPOT. DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE INTERIOR I have never ate a worst pizza than this place. We got there on Friday night place was pretty much empty expect for 2 other tables which makes... Read more
Woodstock's Pizza Santa Cruz
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- Sun, Sat: 11:00 am - 1:00 am
- Mon - Fri: 11:00 am - 12:00 am
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