Pizza Guys, Franchises Inc.

What a cool spot to host an event. I was dragging a bit after traveling most of the week and getting back to town just a couple hours before the event started. I am so glad I was able to make it out for this great event at such an awesome venue.
I have driven past this spot many times and figured it was just a distribution center. I had no idea the Pizza Guys headquarters were right here in Rancho Cordova, founded in 1986. Thanks you Shahpour Nejad for such a warm welcome, providing a great venue, and an amazingly great staff of folks. What a great event space right inside what otherwise, from the outside looks like just another office building. As soon as I walked in the door I was impressed in seeing it was all decked out in the motif of a cute little Italian plaza.
The staff at every stage of the event was fantastic. Big thanks to all who provided the little details that made the night run seamlessly. The test kitchen was opened up and I was allowed to create my own little pizza pie masterpiece with the staffs assistance. So many topping choices and a couple choices to sauce up the base layer as well. The result was totally delicious.

My husband and I came here for a Unilocal Elite Event. The staff were all incredibly nice. Here at the Pizza Guys Headquarters is where trainees learn the ropes and private and corporate events are held. The venue is beautiful! It has an Italian theme, decorated with street lamps, park benches, hanging lights, and cobblestone flooring. We were served tastings in their courtyard. We sampled the cheezee garlic bread, cheezee jalapeño bread, cheezee bacon bread, chicken wings, and potato covered jalapenos. Everything was good but my favorite was the cheezee jalapeño bread. We were welcomed in their kitchen where we were able to create our own pizzas, which was pretty cool. Mines was delicious! :)
We learned a little about the history of Pizza Guys from the Founder. In 1986 he brought his east coast (Ohio) pizza style to the west coast and opened the first Pizza Guy store in Sacramento. Since then, they’ve opened 60+ stores in 3 different states. Most of the ingredients you order on your pizza comes from farms and vendors in California.

PIZZA GUYS IS AMAZING
I had the privilege to visit Pizza Guys HQ the other day. Such a great place with great people.
Inside the building I was like WOW, who knew that the inside looked so cool. Have you ever wanted to go to Italy, Well their lobby will put you in the mood. It has that feeling.
Everyone who worked there was nice, and very professional, You could tell that they love their job. (probably a fun work environment). Never a frown on their faces always smiling. To top it off, they were serving awesome pizza samples
The pizza kitchen was off the hook. Full of goodies for us to make our own pizza’s. I stuck to an all meat pizza, who wants those veggies anyways. The ingredients were extremely fresh and there were plenty of them for our pizza’s. My pizza was AWESOME tasting. Now I want more.
Such a fun time with everyone there.
THANKS PIZZA GUYS FOR A GREAT NIGHT

I went here for a Unilocal event and was very impressed! What a great venue, it’s beautiful! It’s like walking around Italy. It would be a great venue to rent out for work or social events. Loved the huge kitchen where we got to try making our own pizzas. The ingredients were fresh and the pizza turned out delicious. Hearing the owner talk about the beginnings of his company was very interesting. I did not know they have been around for 30 years and started out in Sacramento. They get their ingredients from local places which helps our community. The samples that they passed around for us to try were fabulous! The owner and staff were very friendly. Overall no complaints about anything — everything was fabulous! I would definitely keep this place in mind for a future event.

Pizza Guys is amazing! After being invited to attend an event at Pizza Guys Headquarters, I was blown away. Everything including the venue, vibe, food, and customer service was excellent!
The venue is so cute! The front lobby is built as an outdoor Italian road, transporting you to another time in another country. It’s very nicely decorated with strings of lights in the air. We got to tour the board room, where they hold meetings, and the kitchen, where Pizza Guys employees are trained to make pizzas. I was able to build my own pizza (for the first time ever) and it was SUPER FUN!!!
We had an opportunity to meet the founder of Pizza Guys, Shahpour Nejad, who shared his passion and excitement for Pizza Guys with us. It was really amazing to me that ALL of the Pizza Guys staff were so friendly, kind, and displayed top notch customer service. I seriously did not come across a single worker that lacked customer service skills. They went above and beyond with their kindness, generosity, and helpfulness! I even spoke to one employee who stated he had been working for Pizza Guys for 17 years! Amazing! Shahpour Nejad and Pizza Guys are doing something right!
I was able to sample pizza, small bites, and desserts. They were all hot out of the oven and delicious. I loved the combo pizza, chicken wings, and churros the best. I would definitely recommend their food for any fun party.
Some additional facts about Pizza Guys:
1. Pizza Guys was founded in Sacramento in 1986, making it their 30^th Anniversary this year!
2. Pizza Guys is a sponsor of the Sacramento Kings! Support Pizza Guys as they support the community!

What a little gem…
Came here for an event and I was surprised by how adorable the decoration was inside! The theme is an Italian one which matches the pizza!
Anyway, the event let us sample a bunch of thin crust pizza and they were all DELICIOUS! I was shocked. Most of them had the white sauce and this seriously made me rethink using tomato sauces for my pizza. We ask were able to make our own pizza which was so fun and exciting! Not just choosing our own toppings but grabbing it ourselves.
Staff was all so friendly and this was a great event.

Social gathering in a little town of italy! yasss just yasss! Just imagine it was inside the Pizza Guys headquarter! lol…
Of course we were given the spill of how it started and whose the founder was. We got a little experiment in each of the shops/​rooms they had in this little Italy town, inside the headquarter.
The designed this one meeting room with comfy excutive chairs and a big table for a big meeting. The other room was the testing kitchen. The kitchen is for testing out new recipes or in the middle of a meeting they cook something inside to meet and chill. hehe… idk but the kitchen is pretty big inside and is perfect for making pizza! They have another room with all beverages such as sodas and water bottles. They have a stage inside the lobby where you can have a dance off or like stand around and mingle.
I personally liked the designed of the lobby and i loved the string lights above us, makes it more realistic for the environment. I have the vibe where one can be serious and get down to business or just a chill laid back kind of meeting inside this headquarters. This was a fun social gathering which had made me realize that they serve up some bomb arse flavorful dreamy pizza! I am hooked onto that creamy garlic vegetarian pizza! nomz talk…
On the other hand the workers here that evening was all friendly and smiley. They check up on you and ask if your all satisfied with the food. One of the worker say they don’t eat these food they serve on a normal basis but he will eat it on the weekends lol… The secret was to eat good 5 days a week and splurge on the weekends which makes it a treat.
Overall i had a great experience tasting the samples made from the kitchen. As well experienced the beverage bar which was great to get a refreshing soda. As well experiencing the comfy chairs inside the meeting room, where i almost fell asleep on cuz i was so full! I wish pizza guys have this service where they would roll us out to the car. Anyways Danke for reading! Unilocal on!

Thanks to Unilocal,had a great party here last night for Elites. This is their headquarters as Pizza Guys was founded right here in Sacramento! The founder even was there and spoke to us about the history of his company. Cool space with a large gathering space, meeting room, and test kitchen. The gathering space has an Italian flare with lights and decorations. Test kitchen was bright and clean. We even got to create our own pizzas! Everything we sampled was tasty from the pizza to cheese sticks to wings.

Strange to think how many millions of times I must have driven past this building off Sunrise. But thanks to Unilocal and our fab CM Alex we experienced some VIP treatment at Pizza Guys Headquarters and got a peek inside.
What a workplace! Among the meeting rooms and office space is an indoor Italian themed courtyard to shake up the corporate feel.
We met the founder, and got to play around in their test kitchen where they train their staff on how to make pizza perfection.
A fun evening, and a great spotlight on a 30 year Sacramento founded organization. I know who I’ll be ordering my next pizza from :)

Who knew that Pizza Guys was born in SAC (1986)!!!
I have to say, the owner and staff at Pizza Guys are humble, down to earth, and extremely dedicated. I was told that they were prepping for this event since 7am, and they delivered (is that a pun?). The décor, customer service, and pizza ingredients were top notch and the execution between public affairs and floor staff were in sync. Almost everything, about this event was dazzling despite the cold and rainy night But that didnt deter us, who cant say no to awesome company of people and pizza?
Above all, awesome job Pizza Guys and keep up the quality like pizzas Shahpour Nejad. I might get a combo pizza sometime this weekend, thank you!

I recently had an opportunity to visit the headquarters of Pizza Guys. This wasn’t a business meeting. Our group was here for a social gathering event. We were welcomed into their lobby, meeting space, and pizza kitchen for a few hours one evening for this meet-​n-​greet support and appreciation gathering.
A warm welcoming lobby, with string lights above and Italian street façade, and fully functional pizza kitchen. Pizza Guys founders and staff greeted, mingled, and directed us through the fun of this event. This place was ready for a fun evening of pie making/​eating and games. I’m sure there’s serious work done here during the day. On this evening, their playful and fun side played a big role in the success of our event.
There’s history to the success of Pizza Guys, Franchises Inc. From 1986 when Shahpour and Reza partnered to create the first Pizza Guys restaurant and the now corporate franchise that began in 1994. With over 60 locations in 3 western States, an active supporter of the Sacramento Kings, they have this great space to host and show prospective and current franchisees their focus, core values, as well as their people, product, and process.
A great space for corporate/​business meetings or team building events.

Thanks to Unilocal, we got to experience the inside scoop of Pizza Guys. Pizza guys has been around since 1986 with their first location on Fulton at Marconi. They have expanded to over 63 corporate and franchise locations around California and Oregon. The founder of Pizza Guys (Shahpour Nejad) really made us feel welcome tonight as he brought us into his corporate headquarters to experience the art of pizza making, sampling some of their creations, and overall fun and games with the management crew. Mr Nejad and his staff really went out of their way to create a fun and exciting event for all of the attendees.
We got a tour of the facilities, the boardroom, and the test kitchen, where all of the magic happens. We then took our turn at making our own pizza, and I must day, I did an excellent job. My creation was very tasty! What a wonderful event tonight!

Came here for a Unilocal Elite event! Such a beautiful event space at their HQ! They have done a great job giving it a great Italian vibe as well! So glad we got to see it!
The staff was wonderful! So glad we got to try some new things we hadn’t before! We are excited to order munchies from our local pizza guys soon! The jalapeño poppers are made with Mac and cheese! So yummy!!! We also got to meet the founder of Pizza Guys as well!

How many people knew that pizza guys originated right here in Sacramento??? I didn’t! I do now! Their pizza rocks!
30 years in business and this name continues to grow! No doubt a credit to their hard work, dedication and commitment to excellence! Not to mention they are now backed by the Sacramento Kings!
Support Sacramento, support pizza guys! Their franchise opportunities are endless and a more reasonable start up fee than most franchises!

I was honored to be included in an Elite Unilocal event held here at the Pizza Guys Headquarters. I have always seen the sign on the building while driving down Sunrise and now I was able to get a peek inside. Wow, it wasn’t anything like I expected it to be. First off you walk in to an entry/​lobby that transports you back to Paris and the cobblestone roads with lamp posts, park benches and arched store fronts. Looks just like the walkway in the Paris Hotel in Vegas. They have a conference room right up front with the awards on the wall of their achievements over the last 30 years. Then there is the kitchen that they use to test flavor combinations, do training and to have events for employees and franchisees. This is the location that new franchisees get their training before they open their new stores. They are here training and learning for 3 weeks.
Pizza Guys has been in business for 30 years now and it all started here in Sacramento. I learned quite a bit from talking to the founder, his son and the employees during our event and also tried some of the fabulous food and even made my very own pizza in the kitchen. I Thank-​you for the opportunity to visit your HQ and enjoy the fabulous food as well as experience your beautiful space. I imagine working here would be a pleasure.
Keep up the good work Pizza Guys! Here’s to another 30 years «Cheers»