Pinos Pizza

How we make our Sauce:

Our pizza is most noted for its tasty sauce as well as not being skimpy with it.In 2 years of being in the pizza biz personally, we have never ever deviated from buying the best, most delicious, and most expensive, cold packed plum tomatoes from Stanislaus County California. We personally puree it to a bits-and-pieces texture and add only 10% water. There is enough in the plum tomatoes! Then we add my own proportioned large bag of spice and herb mix. In this biz, it called the “Goodie-Bag”. It consists of Oregano, Parsley, Basil, sugar, salt, pepper, garlic powder, & hot crushed peppers. We boil these 8 spices and herbs like a loose tea brew, then combine this brew to cold smashed tomatoes pieces and puree. WahLa---done. No cooking the tomatoes! Taste fresher this way. It`s Punchy. The spices and herbs “POP” better this way. Well do you agree? What`s that spicy buzz on your tongue? Can you pin point some of my seasonings? Hope you like my private Goodie-Bag`s flavorings.
Our unique 4-Cheese blend is Mozzarella, White Cheddar, Parmesan, and Romana. Pino`s Pizza Cheese. I love how mozzarella is so WHITE and how when cooked it stays white, but with little brown dots that appear when it`s done. Mozzarella is creamy white and gives the pizza a chewy texture which is a thumbs-up feature in the pizza world. The other 50% of my cheese blend, which is also freshly shredded on site daily, is Wisconsin white cheddar. Wisconsin white cheddar is extra flavorful, exactly the same price as Mozzarella, and is known for keeping the cheese soft the next day for those that eat cold pizza, or re-heated pizza. Our 3rd & 4th cheese added to each pie, is a couple thick pinches of both Romano, and Parmesan cheese, added on top, and baked into every pizza that leaves my front door. This is my own signature “4 cheese blend”. Well, how was the flavor?
We use only fresh made Pizza Dough that is hand stretched. It’s between a thin to medium thick crust. I`d say more towards medium thick. EVERY single pizza that leaves my premise has a crust that has been brushed with my own blend of olive oil, salt and minced garlic. This gives the crust some added flavor, and the oil helps the crust brown nicely. My pizza crust has great fold-ability and is soft and on the chewy side. Re-heating it in the oven will produce a crunchy crust. Re-heated pizza is the bomb because it dries up the crust more and makes the cheese hot and gooey again, yet the sauce is insulated, so it’s not scolding. That’s why a re-heated slice is easier to eat and more tasty actually!

Toppings:

All our toppings are fresh.

We fresh slice all our veggies on premise except for our black olives, sweet peppers, & banana peppers. My personal favorite house-cooked topping is our bacon. It is very savory! To see how it will look on your pizza, simply visit www.PinosOC.com. We par-cook it ¾ of the way in the oven by itself, then cook the rest of the way on the pizza. This way it is less greasy.


Affordability/Quality: Compared to chains $10. Pizzas, I admit we are expensive. But along with this fact, I hope while you eat our pizza, that you will agree it is more substantial as for its generous portion of rich hearty sauce, a generous portion of our 4-cheese blend, and a hearty portion of fresh delicious toppings. Well, is it? Was it? You tried us, for some reason. We are a “Mom & Pop” shop. You decided to NOT choose a pizza chain for some reason. What was it? You were searching for a place that offers something better, more unique, and you were willing to pay a little more. Did you personally meet me? Did I inspect your order`s accuracy? Did I go on about how I wanted to personally see that it’s cooked well? Maybe you tried us because you drove by and just saw my huge neon sign, or just you’re staying across the street basically. Well if that’s the case, I`m glad as well. But I hope you return because the pizza was tasty.


About Us: Pino`s is NOT a chain as some think! This has been a family run business for 31 years. No second store anywhere. It has been in my family for 27 years, and I personally run the day to day operations since 1992. Yes this is my 20th year . We are open 7 months a year, from April thru Oct. I `m closed for 5 months, Nov thru March. My wife Tracey, handles the deposits, bills, and paperwork side of the business. Thank you Honey! I believe it is true that the best customer service and quality control comes from a store that is “owner operated” personally. Not where the owner is divided by 4-5 stores etc. I am happy doing one store and because of that I got to meet you! If this was a delivery, sorry I did not meet you!


3 sizes of BiG piZZas: 16”, 20”, and 28” You have to see our 28” beastly pizza!


For shop, food & employee photos, please visit www.PinosOC.com


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Sincerely,

Jim Hofman and Tracey Hofman -owners/operators
Pino`s store number is 410-723-FAST (3278) My personal cell/hotline is 410-422-4780
E-mail: JimHofman@mchsi.com 20 years of Pino`s Pizza public photo albums: www.JimsGalaxy.com