Southside Flying Pizza

What Southside Flying Pizza does

Southside Flying Pizza is an independent, single-location pizzeria operating since 2004 at 1224 S Lamar Blvd in South Central Austin, Texas. The restaurant serves hand-tossed 16-inch specialty pizzas, giant quarter-pie slices, handmade pizza rolls, fresh salads, baked chicken wings, BBQ plates, and desserts, with a build-your-own pizza option and a vegan variant. The cooking platform is a convection/conveyor oven with a hearth disk that radiates heat from both sides, paired with in-house raw dough prepared daily. Capacity is 30 seats (15 indoor, 15 outdoor), and the menu pricing spans $7.99 slices to $460 catering packages for 50 people.

The business model is direct-to-consumer dine-in, takeout, and delivery, supplemented by a catering operation with its own delivery fleet. Online ordering is conducted through the Slice platform, which transmits orders directly to the kitchen and applies a 5% discount. Revenue streams are fragmented across individual transactions (slices, pies, apps, salads, beverages) and grouped catering packages. The customer base is the local Austin community, with a secondary segment of event/catering customers ordering for groups of 10-50. There is no franchise model, no multi-unit footprint, no disclosed financial figures, and no institutional investment indicated in the available data. The company emphasizes 20 years of community presence, support for local artists and schools, and quality ingredients as its positioning.

Name

Southside Flying Pizza

Legal name

Southside Flying Pizza

Website

https://southsideflyingpizza.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Southside Flying Pizza is an independent Austin pizzeria operating since 2004 from a single 30-seat location on S Lamar Blvd, serving hand-tossed 16-inch pizzas, giant slices, pizza rolls, salads, and baked wings to local residents via dine-in, takeout, delivery, and catering for groups of 10-50.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Independent Pizza Restaurant

NAICS

Limited-Service Restaurants (722513)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Pizza QSR (THAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Independent pizzeria
• Hand-tossed pizza
• Pizza catering
• Online pizza ordering
• Fresh salad pizza

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

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 and Takeout Sales: Revenue from walk-in customers dining in or taking out food, including pizzas, wings, salads, appetizers, desserts, and beverages. Operating 20 years in Austin.
2. Delivery Orders: Third-party delivery service for individual orders, with their own delivery fleet for catering orders
3. Catering Services: Catering packages for events including pizza parties (10-50 people), salad parties, pizza roll parties, and wings parties with volume discounts
4. Online Ordering Platform: Orders placed through Slice app, with 5% discount for online orders

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Southside Flying Pizza sells hand-tossed 16-inch specialty pizzas, giant individual slices cut from quarter-pies, handmade pizza rolls, baked chicken wings, fresh salads, desserts, and beverages from a single dine-in restaurant in South Central Austin. It also offers pre-set catering packages for groups of 10 to 50, with its own delivery fleet for catering and third-party delivery for individual orders, supported by Slice-powered online ordering and a 5% online discount.

Product overview

Southside Flying Pizza operates as a single-location restaurant in Austin, TX, offering a unified dine-in, takeout, and catering service. The core product portfolio centers on hand-tossed, 16-inch pizza pies and giant individual slices made from fresh, in-house dough, complemented by handmade pizza rolls, fresh salads, baked chicken wings, and desserts. Signature pizzas include named varieties like The Southsider, The Eastsider, The Meatsider, The Lakesider, The Greensider, Flyin' Hawaiian, and the King of Pepperoni. The restaurant also offers a create-your-own pizza option and a dedicated vegan menu item (Vegan Greensider). Catering packages provide scaled group ordering for pizzas, sides, and complete meal solutions. An online ordering platform enables delivery and pickup orders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• High Flying Signature Pizzas (16-inch)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SlicecoreTechnology or IntegrationSlice is the online ordering platform used by Southside Flying Pizza. The platform enables customers to order online with a 5% discount, and orders are immediately transmitted to a ticket in front of the cook. Powered by Slice logo appears on the website.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Domino's Pizza: Global QSR pizza leader focused on delivery and digital ordering. Comparable on pizza, delivery, and online ordering mechanics; differs as a broad national incumbent rather than an Austin independent.
• Papa John's: National QSR pizza chain with strong delivery and digital ordering capabilities. Overlaps in product category, online ordering, and catering, but operates at franchise-driven national scale.
• Pizza Hut: Largest national QSR pizza chain with dine-in, delivery, and catering at scale. Overlaps with Southside in pizza QSR category but at vastly greater scale and brand recognition.

Others

• Slice: Online ordering platform used by Southside for direct digital orders and customer acquisition. Adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor, but materially influences the shop's ordering economics.

Emerging players

• Blaze Pizza: Fast-casual build-your-own pizza chain with assembly-line customization. Comparable in customizable pizza model and counter-service experience, though positioned as an emerging multi-unit concept.
• &pizza: Fast-casual pizza concept with a strong design and digital ordering identity. Comparable in counter-service pizza, custom toppings, and tech-forward brand experience.
• MOD Pizza: Fast-casual pizza chain specializing in customizable individual pizzas with counter service. Shares the create-your-own pizza concept and quick-service format with Southside's CYO option.

Direct peers

• Via 313 Pizza: Austin-originated Detroit-style pizzeria that has expanded across central Texas. Comparable offering and Austin market overlap, with a multi-unit footprint that contrasts with Southside's single store.
• East Side Pies: Austin-based independent pizza chain with multiple locations, serving signature and customizable pies in a casual dine-in/takeout format. Direct local competitor in the same Austin pizza category.
• Home Slice Pizza: Long-standing independent Austin pizzeria serving hand-tossed NY-style pies, slices, and salads with dine-in, takeout, and delivery. Closely comparable concept, geography, and operating model to Southside Flying Pizza.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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