Pizza fans have reason to celebrate as Southern California’s fastest growing build-your-own pizzeria, The Pizza Press, opened two new locations, in Long Beach and Whittier, Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 11am. The Pizza Press, known for its high quality ingredients, wide array of local craft beer, and fun 1920s newspaper theme, will host a Great Pizza Giveaway, offering a free pizza with the purchase of a beverage, to thousands of people who have previously signed up on their website to receive, print and present a voucher for the free pizza. Those who are interested can sign up to receive the voucher for the location closest to their home or work, at www.thepizzapress.com/GPG. Both locations will host the giveaway from 11am to midnight on Thursday, August 10.
In keeping with the newspaper theme, customers at The Pizza Press are invited to “publish” their own pizza by choosing from an extensive selection of fresh, high quality toppings, cheese and sauces. In addition to creating a custom pizza which is “hot off the press” in under four minutes, customers can choose from signature pizzas including The Times (extra virgin olive oil, mozzarella, chicken, grape tomato, red onion, smoked gouda, and finished with fresh cilantro and Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce), The Tribune (red sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni, red onion, mushroom, roasted red bell peppers, sweet Italian link sausage, Kalamata olives and ricotta), The Chronicle (extra virgin olive oil, mozzarella, imported artichoke hearts, grape tomato, red onion, crimini mushroom, chevre, roasted red bell peppers, and finished with fresh basil and basil pesto) and others.
The Pizza Press in Long Beach and Whittier will also open with The Bulletin, a seasonal pizza that recently launching at all locations. Available through August, The Bulletin has smoked pulled pork with olive oil, caramelized onions, mozzarella, cheddar, gouda and finished with tangy coleslaw and Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce. In addition to the signature salads The Pizza Press always offers, a Greek Arugula Salad was introduced for summer. The salad has arugula, grilled chicken, grape tomatoes, red onion, green peppers, Kalamata olives, feta cheese and is topped with Greek dressing.
Diners can also enjoy a selection of custom or grab-and-go salads and tempting desserts such as fresh-baked cookies, custom ice cream sandwiches, ice cream floats, tiramisu and other seasonal treats.
Custom pizzas may grab the headlines at The Pizza Press, but the carefully curated assortment of local craft beer on tap is also newsworthy. The restaurants also have two varietals of wine, as well as Stumptown Cold Brew Coffee and Virgil’s sodas.
Both locations of The Pizza Press will be open from 11am to 12 midnight daily.
The Belmont Shore restaurant is located at 5242 E. 2nd Street in Long Beach, with convenient metered parking lot behind the restaurant, as well as metered street parking. The Pizza Press Belmont Shore can be reached at 562.434.0334.
The Whittier location is located in the new Friendly Hills Marketplace, at 5309 Whittier Blvd., at Scott Ave, in Whittier. For more information, please call 562.905.6060 or visit www.ThePizzaPress.com.
