What is Al Taglio Pizza?
Pizza al taglio or pizza al trancio (Italian for pizza by the slice - literally "by the cut") is a variety of pizza baked in large rectangular trays, and generally sold in rectangular or square slices by weight.
Pizzas are displayed side by side at a shop's counter. It's not uncommon to walk into a pizzeria and see 12 or 15 different varieties, so it can be hard to pick just one flavor.
The beauty of pizza al taglio is that it is sold by the weight, allowing you to try multiple types of pizza without worrying about ending up with more pizza than you can eat.Our Philosophy
PRODUCT | Fresh Ingredients
Our products are sourced locally and globally to obtain the best ingredients for our recipes. We buy our olive oil and unique spices from suppliers in Italy, Spain, and India.
Our pizza dough is ripened for 72 hours. We make our marinara daily from scratch in our kitchen. We start with fresh garlic, onions, and basil. We add ripened Modesto tomatoes. Finally, we add our carefully curated spices and herbs to the mix.
PROCESS | Fresh Made In-House
Our kitchen is bustling. Our chefs carefully execute each recipe, following our process, ensuring the highest quality food is delivered. With 20 years of experience comes a well-designed process for running and operating each restaurant.
Whether our chefs are mixing our dough, building lasagna, or blending ricotta, they are creating each dish with care and precision every time they step into the kitchen.
TEAM | Customer Experience Driven
Each team member does everything possible to add value to our customers' experience. This includes working together to continually improve product quality, service, and operations.
When a customer walks into a DeSantis Restaurant Concepts establishment, they are joining our family for a meal. That means we treat each customer as we would treat our own family.
Our Story
A veteran of the pizza industry, Joseph DeSantis comes from a family with a 55-year history in the pizzeria business.
Joe's grandparents, from Calabri, Italy, opened Pizza Pete's in Glendale, in 1954. He crafted pizza and other authentic Italian dishes from original recipes from Italy, with an emphasis on using the freshest produce, meats and cheeses available, to create the most authentic pizza experience.He went on to expand the DeSantis Restaurant Concepts portfolio with the addition of two FatBurger franchise locations in 2011. In 2013, Joe opened his first Social Life Pizza restaurant in San Diego, CA. Today, the DeSantis Restaurant Concepts restaurant brands consists of L.A. Italian Kitchen, FatBurger, and Social Life Pizza, and coming soon, Bite Pizza.
