Bay Area Pizza Week

Bay Area Pizza Week opened Wednesday, April 22, with limited-time pizza specials running through Sunday, May 3, at restaurants across 11 Bay Area and Central Coast counties. (bayareapizzaweek.com) The official event site says the 2026 lineup spans Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties. The restaurant directory listed 85 participating spots when viewed Thursday. (bayareapizzaweek.com 1) (bayareapizzaweek.com 2) Organizers describe the promotion as a run of “special menus and special prices,” with restaurants encouraged to offer a featured pizza plus slice or meal combos alongside their regular menus. The event guide also says participating restaurants appear in an app where diners can check in and pursue prizes. (bayareapizzaweek.com) (bohemian.com) The format pulls together several local pizza promotions that ran separately last year. Press Banner reported the new regional version builds on North Bay Pizza Week, Santa Cruz Pizza Week and Silicon Valley Pizza Week in 2025. (pressbanner.com) That broader footprint shows up in the restaurant list. It includes neighborhood pizzerias and restaurant groups with multiple locations, from Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco to Mary’s Pizza Shack in Sonoma County and Square Pie Guys in Campbell, Palo Alto and Walnut Creek. (bayareapizzaweek.com) Some operators are using the event for fixed-price menus rather than a single discounted pie. A16 says its Pizza Week offer runs at its San Francisco, Oakland and Napa locations, with a $42-per-person menu and a $28 pizza special available April 22 through May 3. (a16pizza.com) The event is also being pushed through a coordinated local media campaign. The official site says printed guides ran in the April 22 editions of East Bay Express, Good Times Santa Cruz, Metro Silicon Valley, North Bay Bohemian and Pacific Sun, with digital ads and email promotions tied to the same rollout. (bayareapizzaweek.com) For diners, the practical detail is simple: the menus are temporary, and the list is regional. The official directory and participating restaurants’ own pages are the places to check before May 3. (bayareapizzaweek.com) (sanjose.org)