Over the weekend, I got a chance to visit the famous Cheese Board Collective in Berkeley.
Cheese Board Collective is known for its one-style-per-day veggie pizza as well as its cheese and bakery. It is comprised of two stores: a cheese and bakery shop (”Cheese Board”) and a pizzeria (“Cheese Board Pizza”) two doors away. Along with the famed Chez Panisse and Peet’s Coffee, Cheese Board Collective contributed to the formation of “The Gourmet Ghetto” – the North Berkeley business district which not only became as a culinary destination of the San Francisco Bay Area, but also popularized the concept of California cuisine.
There is always a long line in front of the open-table pizzeria.
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- The cheese and bakery shop
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- The cheese and bakery shop.
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- The cheese and bakery shop
One style of veggie pizza per day
Cheese Board Collective has been employee-owned and operated since 1971.
Made with fresh local produce.
While devouring a few pieces quickly, I could tell that the ingredients were really fresh. This is partly because the store only makes one type of pizza each day so customers always get their pizza fresh from the oven. But more importantly, the freshness of Cheese Board’s pizzas comes from something more fundamental—the farm-to-table concept of California cuisine. By using fresh, locally-grown produce, the pizzeria is able to make truly fresh taste that endears everyone’s heart.
An old saying crossed my mind: You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy pizza, and that’s kind of the same thing.
Indeed, I had some really fresh pizzas—which made me happy.
Loved the read Chris. Thanks for the share.
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It was nice to read about this place. Thanks for sharing the pics 🙂
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Thanks for your great review. Those pizzas sound amazing! Wish I could try them.
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When you visit Berkeley, be sure to drop by — and get ready to stand in line 🙂
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Nice review! Thanks for the info – hope to visit Berkeley one day! 🙂
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I’m intrigued by how the Cheese Board Collective has been able to be so successful while serving only one type of pizza each day. It’s a very interesting business model.
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Yeah, the long lines speak for its popularity. I guess the business has been successful because no matter what kind they serve, people just like their pizzas.
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The one-style-per-day veggie pizza sounds really interesting. Thanks for giving a virtual tour of this awesome place 🙂
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Excellent review and the pizza looks AMAZING!
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Oh man those pizzas look so good – and so true pizza is my happiness anyway. Great review 🙂
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