Much Ado About Pizza

MISSION SUCCESS: U.S. Pizza Team Delivers During Pizza Across America

USPT members fire up their ovens to feed communities nationwide. When Pizza Across America returned this February, members of PMQ’s U.S. Pizza Team once again demonstrated that the spirit of the pizza industry extends far beyond competitions and conference stages. Across the country, USPT members joined hundreds of independent pizzerias participating in Slice Out Hunger’s … [Read more...] about MISSION SUCCESS: U.S. Pizza Team Delivers During Pizza Across America

Behind the Theme: How Much Ado About Pizza Stands Out With Bard-Focused Branding

Tracy Morin is PMQ’s associate editor. Pleasanton, California-based Much Ado About Pizza have long been on PMQ’s radar—and not only because husband-and-wife managing partners Mark and Kira Zabrowski are high-scoring competitors with the U.S. Pizza Team. Much Ado’s unique Shakespearean theme commands literature lovers’ attention, including … [Read more...] about Behind the Theme: How Much Ado About Pizza Stands Out With Bard-Focused Branding

The Missing Pork and the Moment the Clock Got Real

The Setup: A Young Hero Steps Up Every great kid-hero adventure has that moment when the young champion is almost there, and the universe drops a plot twist in their lap. In Orlando, at last fall’s Galbani Professionale Pizza Cup during the Pizza Tomorrow Summit and Florida Restaurant Show, that twist was simple and terrifying: The pork went missing. Not just any pork, but … [Read more...] about The Missing Pork and the Moment the Clock Got Real

How a Pandemic Passion Project Became a Nationally Ranked Pizzeria

This Woman-Owned, Shakespearean-Themed Pizzeria Just Became One of Yelp’s Top 100 Restaurants—Again! Much Ado About Pizza, the little Shakespearean pizzeria that could, has done it again! For the second year in a row, this Pleasanton, California gem has landed on Yelp’s prestigious Top 100 Places to Eat in the U.S. for 2025. And let’s be clear: This isn’t some “Best Pizza … [Read more...] about How a Pandemic Passion Project Became a Nationally Ranked Pizzeria

#21 Kira Zabrowski – Much Ado About Pizza, Pleasanton, CA.

Kira Zabrowski is the owner and operator of Much Ado About Pizza, Pleasanton, California.  Much Ado was recently placed on Yelp’s 2024 Top US restaurants list. In 2023, Diablo magazine dubbed Much Ado as 1 of the top 5 pizzerias in the Bay Area. Prior to opening the business in 2022, she was a Theatre and English teacher for 25 years.  Hence, inspiring the … [Read more...] about #21 Kira Zabrowski – Much Ado About Pizza, Pleasanton, CA.