Bay Area Pizza Week: Deals and New Slices

Bay Area Pizza Week is underway through May 3, with 85 restaurants serving limited-time pies, slices and meal deals across the region. (bayareapizzaweek.com) The 2026 event began Wednesday, April 22, and spans 12 days in 11 counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Sonoma. (bayareapizzaweek.com) The restaurant list runs from San Francisco staples like Tony’s Pizza Napoletana and Goat Hill Pizza to chains and independents including A16, Square Pie Guys, Mary’s Pizza Shack, North Beach Pizza and Tandoori Pizza. (bayareapizzaweek.com) This is the first Bay Area-wide edition after separate North Bay, Santa Cruz and Silicon Valley pizza weeks ran in 2025. A Press Banner report said 128 restaurants took part in those local events last year. (pressbanner.com) Organizers are using the event to turn scattered local promotions into one regional food calendar item, with official guides published April 22 in East Bay Express, Good Times Santa Cruz, Metro Silicon Valley, North Bay Bohemian and Pacific Sun. (bayareapizzaweek.com) The promotion is also built around an app that lists restaurants and lets diners check in, rate meals, post photos and earn prizes tied to food and drink purchases. Bohemian said the campaign also includes giveaway drawings on May 20 and June 17 for pizza gift certificates. (bayareapizzaweek.com) (bohemian.com) Some restaurants are posting concrete offers. A16 is running the promotion at its San Francisco, Oakland and Napa locations with a $42 per person Pizza Week menu and a $28 pizza special from April 22 to May 3. (a16pizza.com) In the East Bay, East Bay Express highlighted Berkeley’s North Beach Pizza, Oakland’s Plank, Oakland’s A16, Walnut Creek’s Square Pie Guys, Pleasanton’s Parktown Pizza, and Tandoori Pizza locations in Richmond and Fremont. (eastbayexpress.com) In Napa, The Fink is using the event to feature a Sicilian-style square pie with house-made dough and sauce, mozzarella, pecorino and vodka sauce. (visitnapavalley.com) For diners, the practical part is simple: the specials are live now, they end Sunday, May 3, and the full restaurant-by-restaurant list is changing the usual pizza crawl into a timed regional promotion. (bayareapizzaweek.com)