Mountain Mike's Pizza News & Media

Pizza brands big winners in 2021 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers

May 24, 2021

Lest you ever doubted that pizza brands aren't shaking up the restaurant industry, you need only to take a gander at the list of the just-announced Fast Casual…

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Mountain Mike's opens 4th Orange County California store

April 2, 2021

Mountain Mike's has opened its first location in Rancho Santa Margarita, California on Antonio Parkway in southern Orange County, according to a news release.

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Mountain Mike's franchisee opens 2 stores in 1 week

March 15, 2021

A longtime Mountain Mike's Pizza franchisee and developer agent has opened two stores in Riverside County, California in a single week. Robby Basati opened…

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Mountain Mike's lights up Sunnyvale, California

March 10, 2021

Rapidly expanding West Coast pizza chain, Mountain Mike's is opening its first Sunnyvale, California, store on East El Camino Real in Santa Clara County…

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Mountain Mike's opens in Highland, California

March 5, 2021

Mountain Mike's Pizza has opened its first Highland store in San Bernadino County in California. Owned by 16-unit franchisee and area developer Robby Basati…

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Mountain Mike's adding 30 stores in Utah

February 19, 2021

Mountain Mike's has signed a development deal with Pelican Food Concepts LLC to open 30 locations in Utah over the next decade, a news release said. The deal…

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Pizzerias bid customers a 'hearty' Valentine's ... 'er Galentine's ... Singles Awareness Day

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

The typical restaurant business marathon known as Valentine's Day is about to hit, but this year studies are showing pizzeria operators that many of their…

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Mountain Mike's opens 2nd Oregon restaurant

January 25, 2021

Mountain Mike's Pizza is opening its second Oregon location in Roseburg in Douglas County under franchisee and area developer, Jim Smith, who owns the…

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Mountain Mike’s racks up record 2020 sales

January 20, 2021

Mountain Mike's ended its fiscal year 2020 with total system sales up 13.3%, while same-store sales grew 7.3% over what they had been in 2019. All despite its…

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Letting go, learning, leading: Pizza execs look back at a harrowing year

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

It was a year of excruciating decisions, uncontrollable conditions and lots and lots of leaps -- if not catapult-rides -- of faith in the pizza business. Here…

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Mountain Mike's rappels into Richmond, California

December 2, 2020

Mountain Mike's is bringing its curly pepperoni pizzas to Richmond, California, in Contra Costa County, where the brand's newest store has opened on Meeker…

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Mountain Mike's opens 2nd Santa Maria store

November 10, 2020

Mountain Mike's is opening a second Santa Maria, California, location in the Crossroads Plaza on Bradley Road near the U.S. 101. Franchisee Gurmukh Singh owns…

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Mountain Mike's opening in Cloverdale, California

October 15, 2020

Mountain Mike's Pizza is opening its first Cloverdale, California, location in November in Furber Ranch Plaza, a news release said. The Sonoma Count restaurant…

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Donatos, Hungry Howie's, Mountain Mike's add locations

August 26, 2020

As we begin the last four months of a very tough restaurant year, pizza operators are clearly not resting, with numerous chains announcing store openings.

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Mountain Mike's adds to 'Inland Empire'

August 12, 2020

Mountain Mike's Pizza has opened its first Perris, California, location as part of the state's Inland Empire area. Franchisee and Area Developer Robby Basati …

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Mountain Mike's opens Oakland store No. 5

May 13, 2020

Mountain Mike's Pizza really likes Oakland, California, as proven by the fact that the brand opened its fifth store there recently nearly the Oakland Coliseum…

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Mountain Mike's 1st Eureka, California store opens for off-premise, despite COVID-19

April 16, 2020

The Northern California coastal town of Eureka is opening its first Mountain Mike's Pizza, despite the limited business conditions that force the store to only…

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Pizza brands fill up hearts, grocery carts with incentives for orders

April 1, 2020

Philosopher Francis Bacon, once famously said, "If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain."

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Mountain Mike's opens Central California store

March 24, 2020

In the midst of the pandemic and all the constraints it has put on restaurant operations, Mountain Mike's has opened a store in Los Banos, in Central…

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