Pizza Show

What Pizza Show does

Pizza Show is a family-owned Italian restaurant operating from a single location at 13344 Hawthorne Blvd in Hawthorne, California, where it has been continuously run since 1958. The restaurant serves as a neighborhood dining and gathering venue for the local Hawthorne and South Bay community, offering dine-in service with indoor booths and outdoor seating, online ordering for pickup and delivery via the ToastTab platform, table reservations, private party hosting, and catering for office lunches, family reunions, weddings, birthday parties, and corporate events.

The core product offering centers on hand-tossed pizzas — available as build-your-own or specialty pies such as Pizza Show signature, BBQ Chicken, Meat Eaters, Vegetarian, Habanero Chicken, and Buffalo Chicken, in 14-inch and 18-inch sizes — alongside a full Italian menu of pasta dishes (spaghetti, fettuccine alfredo, lasagna, chicken parmigiana, tour of Italy), submarine-style sandwiches, appetizers including wings and mozzarella sticks, salads, desserts, and a beverage program spanning draft and bottled beer and soft drinks. Family dinner packages are bundled for larger groups, ranging from $51.99 to $88.99. Pricing operates on a straightforward unit-pricing, pay-as-you-go model across all channels, with promotional specials (a Sunday Pizza & Beer dine-in deal, a Valentine's Day heart-shaped pepperoni pizza bundle) used to drive traffic in targeted windows.

The underlying technology stack is modest and entirely third-party: ToastTab handles POS and online ordering, and SpotHopper manages website, social media marketing, and email. There is no proprietary technology, no AI or ML capability, no mobile app, and no public API; the company has also formally committed to WCAG Level AA web accessibility. Pizza Show is privately held by the founding family with no external investors, parent company, subsidiaries, or funding rounds disclosed. Marketing and distribution are direct-to-consumer via the physical storefront, ToastTab online ordering, and direct catering sales, supported by an organic social presence on Facebook and Instagram and Google Business listings.

Name

Pizza Show

Website

https://pizza-show.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pizza Show is a family-owned Italian restaurant in Hawthorne, California, operating since 1958 and serving the local South Bay community with dine-in service, takeout and delivery via ToastTab, catering, and private party hosting built around hand-tossed pizzas and a full Italian menu.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Italian Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Caterers (72232)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Family-Style Restaurants (THAFACAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise) (HSACAGAA)

Keywords

• Italian restaurant
• Pizza restaurant
• Catering services
• Family restaurant
• Casual dining

Headquarters

HQ city

Hawthorne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Sales: Revenue generated from customers dining in at the restaurant, including pizza, pasta, sandwiches, appetizers, salads, desserts, and beverages. The restaurant features indoor dining with booths and warm lighting, plus outdoor seating.
2. Takeout and Delivery: Revenue from online orders placed through ToastTab platform for pickup and delivery. Customers order favorite dishes including BBQ Chicken Pizza, Buffalo Wings, Half Loaf Garlic Bread, Zeppoles for takeaway or delivery.
3. Catering Services: Revenue from catering orders for office lunches, family reunions, wedding celebrations, birthday parties, holiday parties, and corporate events. Offers baked lasagna pans, hot subs, crisp salads, and hand-tossed pies.
4. Event Hosting and Reservations: Revenue from private party bookings and group reservations for celebrations and special occasions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Pizza Show is a family-owned Italian restaurant in Hawthorne, California, founded in 1958, that serves hand-tossed pizzas, pasta dishes, sandwiches, appetizers, salads, desserts, and beverages. The restaurant operates dine-in, takeout, delivery, catering, and private party hosting services for the local community and surrounding South Bay area.

Product overview

Pizza Show is a family-owned Italian restaurant in Hawthorne, California, operating since 1958. The core offering is a unified restaurant service built around hand-tossed pizza pies (available as build-your-own or specialty varieties in 14-inch and 18-inch sizes) complemented by pasta dishes, appetizers, salads, sandwiches, special dinners, desserts, and beverages. The company layers service extensions — catering (delivering trays of lasagna, subs, salads, and pies for events), private party hosting, and table reservations — onto its dine-in and online ordering platform. Online ordering is powered by ToastTab, and the website is managed via SpotHopper. No public API, AI capabilities, or technology product integrations are present.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hand-Tossed Pizzas

Quantifiable outcome

• Community-voted Best Pizza in Hawthorne

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ToastTabcoreTechnology or IntegrationToastTab provides the online ordering and point-of-sale technology platform for Pizza Show. Enables customers to place online orders for pickup and delivery through https://order.toasttab.com/online/pizza-show-13344-hawthorne-blvd
• SpotHoppercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSpotHopper provides website design, social media marketing, and email marketing services for Pizza Show. Powers the restaurant's digital presence and marketing automation.
• WCAG Compliance (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines)minorOthersPizza Show is committed to WCAG Level AA accessibility compliance for their website, ensuring the site is accessible to people with disabilities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Olive Garden: Olive Garden is a national full-service Italian dining chain offering pasta, pizza, and family meals with dine-in, takeout, and catering. It competes with Pizza Show for Italian-cuisine occasions in the South Bay, though with broader menu scope and chain-scale marketing budget.
• The Cheesecake Factory: The Cheesecake Factory is a full-service casual dining chain with an extensive menu including pizza and Italian dishes, plus catering for events. It represents a broader incumbent competing for same special-occasion and family dining occasions as Pizza Show.

Direct peers

• Blaze Pizza: Blaze Pizza is a fast-casual, build-your-own pizza chain with strong California roots and rapid expansion. It overlaps with Pizza Show on the customize-your-own-pizza value proposition while pressuring same-store sales in the broader South Bay.
• Domino's Pizza: Domino's is the largest pizza delivery and carryout chain in the US, directly competing with Pizza Show for takeout, delivery, and casual dine-in pizza occasions among Hawthorne and South Bay consumers. Both operate pizza-first menus with online ordering via proprietary apps.
• Papa John's: Papa John's is a major US pizza delivery and carryout chain with a similar specialty-pizza focus (BBQ chicken, meat-loaded varieties) to Pizza Show. Both compete for takeout and delivery orders in the same South Bay consumer base.
• Pizza Hut: Pizza Hut is a global pizza chain offering dine-in, carryout, and delivery, directly competing with Pizza Show on hand-tossed and specialty pies. Both target family and group occasions through combo and party-style pricing similar to Pizza Show's family dinner packages.
• Papa Murphy's: Papa Murphy's is a take-and-bake pizza chain selling uncooked pies for home finishing, offering a value-priced alternative for families. It overlaps with Pizza Show's family dinner packages and pickup audience, often at lower price points.
• MOD Pizza: MOD Pizza is a fast-casual pizza chain emphasizing build-your-own pies at a single price point. It competes with Pizza Show for value-conscious and customization-focused diners in the same Southern California geography.
• California Pizza Kitchen (CPK): California Pizza Kitchen is a California-based full-service pizza and Italian restaurant chain with dine-in, takeout, and catering — directly overlapping with Pizza Show's service model. Both offer build-your-own and specialty pizzas alongside pasta and Italian entrées.

Regional players

• Round Table Pizza: Round Table Pizza is a West Coast-focused pizza chain headquartered in the Bay Area with strong presence in California. Both Round Table and Pizza Show emphasize premium hand-tossed pies in family-friendly settings, making Round Table a key same-region competitor in the South Bay.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pizzashowhawthorne
• Instagraminstagram.com/pizzashow.90250
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pizza-show

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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