My Pizza Week adventure was amazing. Last week I told you that I was going to try all of the featured pizzas that The Source posted during this special week, that rivals some of the more popular observations, like Cat Herder Day, Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day and The Festival of Sleep. I’ve decided that there’s no sense in critiquing each pizza, since yumminess is in the tastebuds of the devourer, and I didn’t run into a pizza I didn’t like. What I will share is that this experience had me looking for some places and flavors I never knew existed in Central Oregon. It was almost like a saucy cheesy goodness scavenger hunt for my friends, family and myself.
I tried pizzas I never would have tried, at restaurants and food trucks I had never been to. Worthy Brewing’s pizza had potato on it! I would have never tried it, and now I know that Alicia got the idea when scooping out potatoes for potato skins. There was also a pizza at the I Love Ceviche food truck that had shrimp on it! Chonie’s Pizza’s “Lone Star Luau” was great, and I think the owner and his fiancee should get married already. Anybody who can spend all day working in a food truck with someone and still love them at the end of the week has demonstrated they’re in it for the long haul. Fat Tony’s is in the middle of a neighborhood. Great pizza, at a place I would have never found!
I ate a lot of pizza in the last week, and I love pizza, but the best part of all this was getting out and about, finding new places and meeting new people. I learned that pizza-people are passionate about their craft, and we all benefit from it. This was lots of fun. My thanks to The Source for a cool idea. Meanwhile, my doctor says my blood type is now “marinara,” but that should work itself out in plenty of time for Burger Week. Until we meet again, buon appetito!
This article appears in the Source February 26, 2026.
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