Get ready for Occupy Pinky's Pizza? That's what loyal, excited Pinky's fans say about the day their favorite pizzeria returns to Walnut Creek. Tom Beisheim, the former owner who is managing the beloved restaurant's resurrection, says Pinky's will open this Friday at 11 a.m. That is, for those inclined to clever number combinations: 11/11/11 at 11 a.m.
"Here's the dealy," wrote one Pinky's fan on Pinky's Facebook page. "
"Whether we are ready or not, we open 11/11/11 at 11am !" (Here's a photo from inside the new restaurant.)
Pinky's
closed in August 2008 at its location in the strip mall on South
California Boulevard across from Trader Joe's.
As with others posting on the Facebook page, Pinky's provided my lifelong standard for pizza. I grew up living in the neighborhood near Pinky's and even went to school with a brother of Tom Beisheim. So, that's where my family would go out or from where we would order pizza. I still compare every pizza I eat--even when I was traveling in Italy--to what I used to get at Pinky's--especially to the Pinky's everything-you-can-throw-on-it Combination pizza.
Tom says he was happily enjoying retirement after nearly 40 years of running the Walnut Creek institution, the site of local sports team parties, family dinners, and Las Lomas High get-togethers. But Tom, who has two young children, admitted he missed the "chaos" of running the restaurant and the comaraderie with customers and co-workers.
As with others posting on the Facebook page, Pinky's provided my lifelong standard for pizza. I grew up living in the neighborhood near Pinky's and even went to school with a brother of Tom Beisheim. So, that's where my family would go out or from where we would order pizza. I still compare every pizza I eat--even when I was traveling in Italy--to what I used to get at Pinky's--especially to the Pinky's everything-you-can-throw-on-it Combination pizza.
Tom says he was happily enjoying retirement after nearly 40 years of running the Walnut Creek institution, the site of local sports team parties, family dinners, and Las Lomas High get-togethers. But Tom, who has two young children, admitted he missed the "chaos" of running the restaurant and the comaraderie with customers and co-workers.
So,
with another Las Lomas High alum, Dan Lilly, Beisheim is re-opening Pinky's in a
new location at North Broadway, across the street from the Toyota of
Walnut Creek dealership.
6 comments:
I can't wait! :)
Kind of fun to have something so simple as a pizza parlor opening create so much excitement among the 'downtown' residents of Walnut Creek!
Many wonderful memories were made at the old location over those 40 years and now we can look forward to making new ones on N. Broadway.
Welcome back TOM!!!
Looking forward to it. Fond memories of the place near our Parkmead neighborhood but willing to travel cross town for the best pizza.
yummm! Lucky for me, I can still eat wheat!
Great write up on Pinky's... Thank you. Soccer is awesome, hope you son has fun in whatever he does!
My first Pinkys pizza on my return to W.C. had best be good after the reviews here.
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