9 responses to “the best of the best: pizza guru”

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  Armando March 6th, 2011 at 10:23

  Hmm. I may have to check this place out. I’ve hit up a lot of vegan pizza places in Southern California and to this day I still feel that cheezy pizza out in Colton has the best vegan pizza in all of So Cal. Though it will be awhile before I trek out to Santa Barbara, I’m not a fan of 3 hour drives but sometimes you gotta bite the bullet for good pizza!

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  melissa March 6th, 2011 at 10:41

  pizza guru is good if you can get past the awful awful restaurant vibe and terrible customer service. the last time we were there, every table was dirty and our table (the only empty table that wasn’t covered in filth) had some weird fly infestation going on. it pains me to say that because the food is excellent, and we love their support of local farmers. and there’s not a ton a vegan food in SB, so we want to support this place…but so many of us locals want to like PG, but have had terrible experiences. including a friend who ordered a vegan pizza that came with cheese… the girl behind the counter said “sorry” and told him he could buy another pizza if he wanted to. yeah. maybe QG’s picture is hung up somewhere behind the counter? because your experiences seem to be better than most. i even wrote an email to the owner to let her know of our experience, and never got a response. thumbs down to pizza guru. sorry. maybe a good option for delivery instead of a restaurant destination?

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  Fritz March 6th, 2011 at 10:50

  Poor ol’ Santa Barbara! Just looked it up on Happy Cow and found a total of ONE vegetarian restaurant listed! ONE!!!!!!! Maybe I should just start calling it ‘Santa Barbry’! Hahahahaha!

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  Gauri Radha गौरी राधा March 6th, 2011 at 13:37

  The breadsticks look good.

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  Erica March 6th, 2011 at 14:02

  Yep, considering how organic this city can be, we have shitty veg*n options. BUT… there is a new restaurant opening up that is 100% vegan! It’ll be a few months, but I’m just happy that eventually I’ll be able to eat food from a restaurant that doesn’t also serve meat/cheese.

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  Ang March 6th, 2011 at 15:32

  I agree with Melissa! I live in SB, and last time I went there they gave us a soy cheese pizza, that looked oddly melted. We asked the girl working what cheese they use, and she said she “didn’t know” but would show us the packaging. We asked why they weren’t using Follow Your Heart (which is what they used before they finally got Daiya) and she said they never used Follow Your Heart which was a complete lie. Not only that, but the cheese they were using had casein in it! The girl was incredibly rude, and unapologetic when confronted. This was last year, and I haven’t gone since. I MIGHT give them another try, but for now, I’ll stick to homemade 🙂

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  quarrygirl March 6th, 2011 at 17:44

  hmmm, that’s very odd. i’ve been to pizza guru several times, and they’ve always used daiya. i’ve never seen a soy cheese option.

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  VeganInLA March 7th, 2011 at 13:29

  I’ve only been once and it was last year. Planning on going again in the next few months. Our experience was great. The place was clean, the woman who took our order was really, really nice and was very supportive of us being vegan and gave us several suggestions. It was also the best damn pizza I’ve ever had. The vegan garlic cream sauce is worth the 2 hour drive alone.

  I wish they delivered to LA!!

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  melissa March 7th, 2011 at 22:34

  can’t wait for a vegan restaurant in this town. if i didn’t already have my hands full at co-op i would have taken the plunge years ago. how we have the most beautiful organic produce almost in the whole country and no raw or vegan restaurant here is a sin. good news, that is, about a restaurant. hopefully local farmers are supported abundantly! luckily our lack of vegan restaurants has allowed for excellent forays into home cooking 🙂
  any QG readers want to take it up a notch, how about we start throwing epic vegan potlucks for ourselves? we don’t need a freaking restaurant to know how good we have it up here ingredients-wise… let’s take it to our own tables. find me at the isla vista food co-op.