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If you’re looking for a pizza shop in Bend, Pizza Mondo is the way to go. Located downtown, amid Bend’s chaos, Pizza Mondo offers excellent pies, calzones and salads. Mondo has been the winner of the Best Pizza award for 24 years in a row. The owners, Steve Koch and John Picarazzi, started the business in 1996, when Bend’s population was only 30,000!

By being local and reliable, Pizza Mondo has built a reputation with locals and vacationers. Pizza Mondo is proud to say that most employees remain good friends, emphasizing important staff relationships. Mondo has gluten sensitive pizza, as well as a Lunch Special (slice, salad, and a soda for $6.50), After Mountain Special (two slices, and a bottomless soda for $6.50), and the Twilight Special (half off drinks, starters and salads with the purchase of a whole pie). Pizza Mondo has proven to be affordable and convenient, so take a stroll downtown and get some pizza.

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Pizza Mondo

811 NW Wall St., Bend

541-330-9093

Second Place: Old Towne Pizza

This article appears in Best of Central Oregon 2021.

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Best Pizza

by Isaac Akenson, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 18, 2021

<h1>Best Pizza</h1> <p class="byline">by Isaac Akenson, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 18, 2021</p> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">I</span>f you're looking for a pizza shop in Bend, Pizza Mondo is the way to go. Located downtown, amid Bend's chaos, Pizza Mondo offers excellent pies, calzones and salads. Mondo has been the winner of the Best Pizza award for 24 years in a row. The owners, Steve Koch and John Picarazzi, started the business in 1996, when Bend's population was only 30,000! </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/food6.1-a4fb0c750eaf8052.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/food6.1-a4fb0c750eaf8052.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-51865" /></a></figure> <p> By being local and reliable, Pizza Mondo has built a reputation with locals and vacationers. Pizza Mondo is proud to say that most employees remain good friends, emphasizing important staff relationships. Mondo has gluten sensitive pizza, as well as a Lunch Special (slice, salad, and a soda for $6.50), After Mountain Special (two slices, and a bottomless soda for $6.50), and the Twilight Special (half off drinks, starters and salads with the purchase of a whole pie). Pizza Mondo has proven to be affordable and convenient, so take a stroll downtown and get some pizza. </p> </p> <h5 class="content_h5"><b><br /> <a href="http://Pizzamondobend.com" target="_blank">Pizzamondobend.com</a></b></h5> <div class="wp-block-group is-style-border" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"> <div class="wp-block-columns"> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top" style="flex-basis:25%"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large newspack-event-teaser-image"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/picture_2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-57214" /></figure> </p></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch" style="flex-basis:75%"> <div class="wp-block-group community-card__content"> <div class="wp-block-group"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Pizza Mondo</h3> <div class="wp-block-group has-small-font-size"> <p class="has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size">811 NW Wall St., Bend</p> <p class="has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size">541-330-9093</p> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> <p> <b><br /></b> </p> <p> <b>Second Place: Old Towne Pizza</b> </p> <div class="wp-block-group is-style-border" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"> <div class="wp-block-columns"> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch" style="flex-basis:100%"> <div class="wp-block-group community-card__content"> <div class="wp-block-group"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Olde Towne Pizza</h3> <div class="wp-block-group has-small-font-size"> <p class="has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size">118 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend</p> <p class="has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size">541-318-9018</p> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/bestof/best-pizza-15227894/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=51860&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/bestof/best-pizza-15227894/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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