Spinato's Pizzeria

Spinato's Pizzeria Family & employee-owned 🍕 Official Pizza of the Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Suns & Mercury 🎉 Over 50 years of celebrating community, family, and food.

Have you ever wondered what actually happens after you leave us a review? 👀You hit “post.”And on our side, quite a few p...
10/09/2026

Have you ever wondered what actually happens after you leave us a review? 👀
You hit “post.”

And on our side, quite a few people start listening.

Whether you fill out one of our guest surveys, leave a Google or Yelp review, send us a DM, or tell us about your experience in a comment, your feedback makes its way to real people at Spinato’s.

Our District Managers, Matt and Zach, see it. Our marketing team sees it. Our operations team sees it. And when your feedback is about a specific restaurant, that location’s General Manager sees it, too.

Then we figure out what needs to happen next.

Sometimes, it’s making sure the right person knows about a concern so we can respond and make it right.

Sometimes, we notice the same piece of feedback coming up more than once. That can lead to a closer look, conversations with our teams, or internal audits to understand what’s happening.

And sometimes, you tell us about an employee who made your night, remembered your order, took extra care of your family, or simply made you feel welcome.
We want those stories to make their way back to our teams, too. ❤️

Because there’s something important about reviews that can be easy to forget when you’re typing one into your phone:
There are people on the other side reading them.

We may spend a lot of time talking about the Spinato’s Experience, but you’re the one actually experiencing it.

So when you take the time to tell us how it went, we’re listening. 🍕❤️

Want to win a Wizard of Za Collab Basket? 🧙‍♂️🍕🍺 GIVEAWAY QUESTION  #3 is here!And for the final question, we’re ending ...
10/08/2026

Want to win a Wizard of Za Collab Basket? 🧙‍♂️🍕🍺 GIVEAWAY QUESTION #3 is here!

And for the final question, we’re ending where this year’s Wizard of Za officially began: Pistachio Palooza. 💚
On October 1, we gathered at SanTan Gardens with our friends from AZ LOC ALE B**r Co., SanTan Brewing + Distilling and wizard_of_za to kick off year five.

There was live music. There was Pistachio Palooza flowing. We handed out free slices of this year’s Wizard of Za Pizza. And most importantly, a whole bunch of you showed up to celebrate with us.

Thank you to everyone who came out. ❤️

Five years ago, Wizard of Za started with a pretty simple idea: What happens when you bring pizza and craft b**r together and have a little fun with it?

After five years, eight pizza and b**r pairings, a lot of local collaborations and one very pistachio-filled party, we figured there was only one appropriate way to end this giveaway.

We’re adding music to the mix. 🎶

GIVEAWAY QUESTION #3: What’s your favorite song or music artist? If they were a pizza, what kind of pizza would they be, and what b**r would you pair with it? 🍕🍺🎶

There are no wrong answers. In fact, the weirder you get with this one, the more we want to hear it. 😂
Drop your creation in the comments!

🎁 THE PRIZE: A Wizard of Za Collab Basket packed with brewery tour vouchers, hats, shirts, koozies, Wizard hot sauces, stickers, patches + more from SanTan, Wizard of Za, AZ LOC ALE and Spinato’s, plus a Spinato’s gift certificate!

And remember, answering Question #3 isn’t quite enough. To complete your entry, make sure you’ve answered all three giveaway questions on their respective posts:
🧙‍♂️ #1: Oct. 6
🧙‍♂️ #2: Oct. 7
🧙‍♂️ #3: Oct. 8

Answer all three and you’re entered! We’ll select and contact our winner the week of Oct. 12.
Now turn your favorite music into pizza. We can’t wait to see what you come up with. 🧙‍♂️🍕🎶

Want to win a Wizard of Za Collab Basket packed with goodies from this year’s collaborators? 🧙‍♂️🍕🍺 GIVEAWAY QUESTION  #...
10/07/2026

Want to win a Wizard of Za Collab Basket packed with goodies from this year’s collaborators? 🧙‍♂️🍕🍺 GIVEAWAY QUESTION #2 is here!

If there’s one person who understands what it means to be part of Arizona’s b**r community, it’s Teddy Golden.

Teddy has been part of it for 27 years. And when he hit his 25th anniversary, he decided to start something of his own: AZ LOC ALE B**r Co.

Yes, he put “AZ Local” right in the name. 💚

The idea behind it was pretty simple:
“Sell good b**r to good people and have a good time doing it.”

But AZ LOC ALE looks a little different from your typical brewery.

Teddy doesn’t have a brick-and-mortar brewery or taproom. Instead, he’s built AZ LOC ALE around the relationships he’s made in Arizona’s b**r community. He collaborates, gets his b**r onto taps around the state, shows up at festivals and events, and stays personally involved in just about everything.

He even brews with his friends and colleagues at SanTan Brewing + Distilling, using their brewery to bring AZ LOC ALE b**rs to life. 🍺

Those custom AZ LOC ALE tap handles you see? Teddy makes them himself. The events, sales, promos and presentations? He’s there for those, too.

AZ LOC ALE is family, female and employee-owned, and for Teddy, seeing his b**r poured at local places like Spinato’s means a lot.

In his words, it’s “Local helping Local.”

And this year, that local connection ended up inspiring our entire Wizard of Za collaboration.
Inspired by the pistachio farms of Southern Arizona, Teddy brought an idea to the table:
What if we brewed a b**r with pistachio?

That spark became Pistachio Palooza, the Pistachio Nut Brown Ale from AZ LOC ALE that pairs with this year’s Wizard of Za Pizza.

But the collaboration kept growing.

With Teddy already brewing alongside his friends at SanTan, they joined the fun, too. Their locally made spirits became part of our Green Godfather Old Fashioned and Tipsy Pistachio Espresso Martini.

Before we knew it, one idea inspired by Southern Arizona had brought AZ LOC ALE, SanTan, Spinato’s and wizard_of_za around the same table.

And that’s a pretty good example of what Teddy means by “Local helping Local.” 💚

It’s also what has made Wizard of Za so much fun for the past five years. There are a LOT of talented people making really good b**r right here in Arizona, and every collaboration gives us a chance to bring a few of them together.

So, with plenty of love for Teddy and Pistachio Palooza still in our glasses, we want you to help us dream about where the Wizard of Za could go next. 👀

GIVEAWAY QUESTION #2: What local Arizona brewery would you love to see us collaborate with for next year’s Wizard of Za? 🍺

Give them a shoutout in the comments!

Remember, this is a three-part giveaway. To complete your entry for a chance to win our Wizard of Za Collab Basket, you need to answer all three questions on their respective Facebook posts:
🧙‍♂️ Question #1: October 6
🧙‍♂️ Question #2: October 7
🧙‍♂️ Question #3: October 8

And here’s what you’re playing for: brewery tour vouchers, hats, shirts, koozies, Wizard hot sauces, stickers, patches, a coaster and more from SanTan Brewing + Distilling, Wizard of Za, AZ LOC ALE and Spinato’s, plus an official 2026 Wizard of Za collab tee and a Spinato’s gift certificate. 🎁

Answer all three, and you’ll be entered for a chance to win the whole basket. We’ll select and contact our winner the week of October 12.

Teddy, cheers to 27 years of Arizona b**r, and to everything one local idea can bring together. 🍻💚

Want to win a Wizard of Za Collab Basket packed with goodies from Spinato’s, wizard_of_za, AZ LOC ALE B**r Co. and SanTa...
10/06/2026

Want to win a Wizard of Za Collab Basket packed with goodies from Spinato’s, wizard_of_za, AZ LOC ALE B**r Co. and SanTan Brewing + Distilling? 🧙‍♂️🍕🍺

We’re celebrating five years of the Wizard of Za with a three-part giveaway, and we’re starting with a trip back through every pizza and b**r pairing that got us here.

For the past five years, we’ve teamed up with wizard_of_za, a local pizza and b**r expert, to bring two of his favorite worlds together.

Each year, he helps connect our Spinato’s team with a local Arizona brewery, and together we create a pizza and craft b**r pairing designed to be enjoyed side by side.

It started in 2022 with one pizza, one b**r, and our friends at B.R.I. Taproom & Arcade.
Five years later, we’ve created eight different pizza and b**r pairings with some incredible local breweries, celebrated Spinato’s 50th anniversary with an entire Wizarding World of Za, and this year expanded the collaboration further than ever before.

So for GIVEAWAY QUESTION #1, we’re going all the way back to the beginning. 👀
🍕 2022: The one that started it all
Our first Wizard of Za Pizza was a Chicago beef pizza topped with Italian beef, giardiniera and onions, paired with Fire & Rice, a light Rice L***r from B.R.I. brewed with Altus hops that brought a spicy tangerine flavor to the pairing.

🍕 2023: Things got a little magical
Our artichoke dip Wizard of Za Pizza was made with pesto cream, spinach, secret spice, mushrooms, artichoke dip and mozzarella, paired with Simple Magic, an American Pale Ale from Simple Machine Brewery.

🍕 2024: One pairing wasn't enough
For Spinato’s 50th anniversary, we created the Wizarding World of Za. Four members of the Spinato family teamed up with wizard_of_za and four local breweries to create four completely different pairings:

✨ Nicole Spinato’s Truffle Puff featured a white pesto base, mozzarella, handmade lemon ricotta, mushrooms, yellow cherry tomatoes, garlic, cracked black pepper and truffle oil. It was paired with Puff the Magic Wizard, a lemony White IPA from Simple Machine Brewery.

🔥 Anthony Spinato’s Guancialador was topped with guanciale, Calabrian chili peppers, red onions, mozzarella and Pecorino Romano, paired with Wizard of the West, a Honey IPA from 12 West Brewing Co.

🐍 Chris Kienlen’s Slytherwich Mixto started with a mustard aioli base and was topped with ham, pulled pork, mozzarella, house-made pickles and Swiss cheese, then finished with house-made green mojo sauce. It was paired with Wizard Craft B**r, a Czech/Bohemian Pilsner from Catalyst Crafted Ales.

💙 Jaime Spinato’s Rose Au Gratin featured a creamy Alfredo base layered with rosemary and thyme potatoes, caramelized onions, garlic and ricotta, then finished with borage blossoms and edible blue glitter. It was paired with The Witty Wizard, a Belgian Wit from Roses by the Stairs Brewing brewed with grapefruit and lemon thyme.

🍑 2025: The Wizard found a giant peach
Our Wizard of Za Pizza started with a chipotle peach sauce with a hint of habanero heat, then was topped with grilled chicken, red onions, sliced peaches, mozzarella and creamy ricotta before being finished with fresh basil. It was paired with PeachZa, a Hazy Peach IPA from Hundred Mile Brewing.

💚 2026: We went a little nuts
This year’s Wizard of Za Pizza starts with an olive oil base and is topped with mozzarella, stracciatella, fresh arugula and toasted chopped pistachios, then finished with a balsamic glaze drizzle. It’s paired with Pistachio Palooza, a pistachio-infused Nut Brown Ale from AZ LOC ALE B**r Co.

And for year five, pizza and b**r were only the beginning. The collaboration grew to include a sandwich, pistachio cannoli and two pistachio cocktails made with our friends at SanTan Brewing + Distilling.

Okay, now comes the hard part. 👀

GIVEAWAY QUESTION #1 🧙‍♂️🍕🍺
Of all the Wizard of Za pizza and b**r pairings from the past five years, which one has been your favorite?

Tell us in the comments!

But don’t stop there. To complete your entry for a chance to win our Wizard of Za Collab Basket, you’ll need to answer all three giveaway questions on their respective Facebook posts.

And this basket is PACKED. The winner will take home Wizard of Za goodies from all four of this year’s collaborators, including:
🍺 SanTan Brewing + Distilling: brewery tour vouchers, koozies and a SanTan Spirits hat
🧙‍♂️ Wizard of Za: Wizard hot sauces, a hat, shirt and koozies
💚 AZ LOC ALE: stickers, patches, a coaster and shirt
🍕 Spinato’s: an official 2026 Wizard of Za collab tee, stickers and a Spinato’s gift certificate

🧙‍♂️ Question #1: October 6
🧙‍♂️ Question #2: October 7
🧙‍♂️ Question #3: October 8

Answer all three, and you’ll be entered for a chance to win the Wizard of Za Collab Basket. We’ll select and contact our winner the week of October 12.

Spinato's experience dinner giveaway question  #5 🍕❤️ Getting the chance to serve Spinato’s pizza inside a professional ...
10/05/2026

Spinato's experience dinner giveaway question #5 🍕❤️

Getting the chance to serve Spinato’s pizza inside a professional sports venue sounds like a pretty easy “yes.”

We were honored and thrilled with the opportunity, but before our family could say yes, Anthony Spinato and our team had a much more important question to answer:

Could we actually make Spinato’s pizza there the way we make it in our restaurants?

We have a mindset we call “restaurant to you.” If we can’t take what we do in our restaurants and find a way to bring that same experience to you somewhere else, we’d rather not do it. And making pizza inside an arena is very different from making it inside a Spinato’s.

There was an easier solution. We could prepare pizzas ahead of time, freeze them, and build the operation around baking them on game day. But that wasn’t how we wanted to do it.

We wanted to roll out the dough that day. Add the sauce and fresh toppings. Put each pizza into the oven and serve it fresh, just like we would in one of our restaurants.

So Anthony and the team started working backward from that.

If our restaurant equipment was too big for a concession stand, could we find smaller versions of it? We sourced smaller dough rollers and smaller ovens that could fit the space but allowed our team to follow the same process we use in our restaurants.

At our Family Kitchen, our team makes our dough and rolls it into individual dough balls before they’re delivered to our restaurants. That meant the dough heading to the venue could come from the exact same place and follow the same process as the dough heading to your neighborhood Spinato’s.

Once it arrived, our team could roll it out, sauce it, top it, bake it, and serve it fresh on game day. 🍕

For us, it can’t be as simple as putting our name on a sign. If you find Spinato’s somewhere unexpected, we want the way your pizza is made to travel with us, too.

Now we want to know where you’d take it next. 👀

GIVEAWAY #5: Where else would you love to see the Spinato’s Experience show up?

Tell us in the comments! And remember to check back every Monday at 12 PM through October 19 for a new question. Answer them all for your chance to join us for the Spinato’s Experience Dinner! 🍕❤️

And if you’re seeing this on Monday, you get another say in the dinner! 👀 Head to our Stories to vote for which pasta we’ll be serving at the Spinato’s Experience Dinner.

A lot can happen in three and a half years. ❤️🍕When Dom joined the Spinato’s family, our Gilbert restaurant hadn’t even ...
10/04/2026

A lot can happen in three and a half years. ❤️🍕

When Dom joined the Spinato’s family, our Gilbert restaurant hadn’t even opened yet.

He was part of the opening team alongside Anthony Spinato, starting with the basics and learning the fundamentals of what it takes to run a Spinato’s kitchen.

Then he kept learning.

Over the next three and a half years, Dom grew into a lead at Gilbert.

But a new restaurant and a new career weren’t the only things waiting for him at Spinato’s.

He met his partner here, too. ❤️

And as of 2025, Spinato’s became 49% employee-owned, giving eligible team members like Dom the opportunity to own a piece of the company they’re helping build every day, making Dom an employee-owner!

October is National Employee Ownership Month, and throughout the month, we’re celebrating some of the employee-owners behind your Spinato’s.

Thank you, Dom, for all that you do!

What makes Spinato’s feel like Spinato’s? ❤️🍕When our family really thought about that question, the answer came down to...
10/02/2026

What makes Spinato’s feel like Spinato’s? ❤️🍕

When our family really thought about that question, the answer came down to two groups of people. Our guests. And our employees.

For more than 50 years, you’ve both helped shape the Spinato’s Experience. Our guests have made our restaurants part of their family traditions, and our employees are the people who make those experiences possible every day.

So in 2025, our family made one of the biggest decisions in Spinato’s history.

We became 49% employee-owned. ❤️

That means the people making your pizza, welcoming you at the door, mixing your favorite cocktail, making ingredients at Spinato’s Family Kitchen, delivering your dinner, and doing countless things behind the scenes aren’t just employees.

They’re owners.

Or, as we like to say, they have a piece of the pie. 🍕

And that piece means something. When Spinato’s succeeds, our employee-owners get to share in that success. Every great guest experience, every teammate they support, and every idea that makes Spinato’s a little better helps build something that belongs, in part, to them.

The Spinato family still owns 51% of the company.

The other 49% belongs to the people helping carry the Spinato’s Experience forward every single day.

October is National Employee Ownership Month, and throughout the month, we’re going to introduce you to some of the employee-owners behind your Spinato’s and share what ownership means to them. ❤️

After more than 50 years as a family business, our family got a whole lot bigger. 🍕

10/01/2026

THE WIZARD IS BACK. 🧙‍♂️🍕💚

Five years ago, the Wizard of Za started with a pizza, a b**r, and a few friends having fun with great food.

This year, we may have gotten a little carried away. 😂

Terry, our wizard_of_za, teamed up with Teddy from AZ LOC ALE B**r Co. and our friends at SanTan Brewing + Distilling to take one ingredient and see just how far they could go with it.

If you’ve been following along, you already know the answer: pistachio. 💚

After all the experimenting, tasting, brewing, mixing, and teasing, today you finally get to try what they’ve been working on.

Our 5th annual Wizard of Za menu is officially available at all Spinato’s locations:

🍕 Wizard of Za Pizza
🥪 Mortadella Vita Pinsa
💚 Pistachio Cannoli
🍺 Pistachio Palooza by AZ LOC ALE
🥃 Green Godfather Old Fashioned
☕ Tipsy Pistachio Espresso Martini
👕 Wizard of Za T-shirts available for $25

One ingredient. Six creations. And our biggest Wizard of Za collaboration yet.

And SanTan is getting in on the pizza fun, too! They’ll be serving their own version of this year’s Wizard of Za Pizza at the SanTan Brewery in downtown Chandler!

And if you’re reading this on October 1, come celebrate with us TONIGHT! 🎉
📍 SanTan Gardens
⏰ 5–8 PM
🍕 FREE Spinato’s pizza slices while supplies last
🍺 Pistachio Palooza
🍸 Wizard of Za cocktails
🎶 Live music

Come raise a glass, grab a slice, and help us kick off year five with the people who made it happen.

The Wizard has officially returned. 🧙‍♂️🍕💚

SanTan Brewing + Distilling AZ LOC ALE B**r Co. wizard_of_za

Every Kindness Bag has found its way into the community. And that means this year’s Kindness Challenge is officially a s...
09/29/2026

Every Kindness Bag has found its way into the community. And that means this year’s Kindness Challenge is officially a success! ❤️

To everyone who donated, picked up a bag, shared the challenge, told a friend, or helped spread a little more kindness throughout our community: thank you.

Our guests showed up. Our team members showed up. Our partners showed up. And together, you helped make this year’s Kindness Challenge something pretty special.

We’re incredibly grateful to our presenting partners, Phoenix Suns/Phoenix Mercury Foundation and Greco and Sons, and our sponsors, Johnston & Co., Pepsi, Crescent Crown, and Diner & Patriot Insurance, for showing up alongside us.

Every bag is gone, and we couldn’t have done it without you. ❤️

@‌phxoffcourt | @‌grecoandsonsinc | @‌johnstonandcoaz | @‌pepsi | @‌crescentcrownaz | @‌heydiner | @‌patriotgrowthinsurance | @‌svdpaz

Spinato’s Experience Dinner Giveaway Question 4!After more than 50 years, Spinato’s has six restaurants. And we know tha...
09/28/2026

Spinato’s Experience Dinner Giveaway Question 4!

After more than 50 years, Spinato’s has six restaurants. And we know that for many of you, one of those six isn’t just a Spinato’s.

It’s your Spinato’s.

It’s where your family always asks to sit in the same booth. Where birthdays have been celebrated year after year. Where your kids grew up eating pizza, and maybe started bringing kids of their own.

That’s something we think about every time we talk about growing.

More than 50 years and six restaurants didn’t happen by accident. We’ve grown slowly on purpose, because opening the next Spinato’s has never been more important than taking care of the ones you already call yours.

Our Bell Road restaurant brought that responsibility into focus.

When the opportunity came to move Bell Road, the decision wasn’t an immediate “yes.” There was a lot of back and forth.

A new home meant we could finally give you more of the Spinato’s Experience, with our full menu, a full bar, private dining for your celebrations, and more room to gather.

But the old Bell Road wasn’t simply a building we could leave behind without a second thought.

It held decades of your memories.

Families celebrated birthdays there. Kids who once came in with their parents eventually returned with children of their own. Friday night dinners, celebrations, and ordinary meals together became part of the story of that restaurant.

So as exciting as the possibilities of a new Bell Road were, we kept coming back to one question:

How do we move forward without losing what Bell Road means to the people who made it theirs?

That question has stayed with us as we’ve continued to grow. Because bringing Spinato’s to a new community matters, but so does taking care of the places you already call yours.

And that brings us to this week’s question. ❤️

GIVEAWAY #4: Which Spinato’s location feels like your Spinato’s, and what’s a memory you have there?

Tell us in the comments! And remember to check back every Monday at 12 PM through October 19 for a new question. Answer them all for your chance to join us for the Spinato’s Experience Dinner! 🍕

AND if you're seeing this on Monday or Tuesday, head over to our stories and vote for which salad you'd like to enjoy at the Spinato's Experience Dinner!

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