Denino's Pizzeria Thousand Oaks Opened Today, Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Denino’s Pizzeria Thousand Oaks made its grand opening today after a long wait at 1710 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, offering authentic New York style pizza, heroes, salads and appetizers.

This is a very casual eatery, with outdoor seating only, takeout and delivery. My initial try was a simple Cheese Pie. Definitely tastes of New York - light, crisp, thin crust and tasty. Next time I’ll kick it up a notch with A Salute Pie (Ricotta, Fresh Mozzarella, Olive Oil, Seasoned Arugula), Denino’s M.O.R. Pie (Meatball, Fresh Onions, Ricotta), Garbage Pie (Sausage, Meatballs, Pepperoni, Mushrooms, Onions) or others.

Their appetizers include Scungili and Scungili Salad, which I can’t recall seeing anywhere else locally, Italian Egg Roll, Fried Calamari and more.

More information at www.deninosthousandoaks.com.

Magma Modern Italian Pizzeria Opened in the Moorpark Marketplace Earlier This Month

Michael R sent over this photo of the new Magma Modern Italian Pizzeria that recently opened in the former home of Brick Oven Pizza in the Moorpark Marketplace, 888 New Los Angeles Avenue in neighboring Moorpark. They are offering 20% off for dine in and takeout only right now as part of their soft opening during the month of February. See their menu at www.pizzeriamagma.restaurant/menu.

Denino's Pizzeria & Cafe Opening Soon in Thousand Oaks (UPDATE: April 16, 2023)

UPDATE: We heard on March 15th on the Leone’s Italian Ice’s Instagram page that Denino’s Thousand Oaks will be opening on Sunday, April 9, 2023.

Photo courtesy of Chef Blair (via Instagram).

The Denino's Pizzeria & Cafe sign went up yesterday at 1710 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Thousand Oaks (at Erbes). "In Crust We Trust" Opening soon.

Updates at deninosthousandoaks.com

What Is Your Favorite Topper's Pizza? Conejo Valley Guide Facebook Followers Do Tell

Since mid-July,, we’ve been raising funds from Conejo Valley Guide social media followers and using proceeds raised to purchase gift cards at local Conejo Valley area eateries (that in turn were suggested by CVG Facebook Page followers). As of August 4h, we have raised over $2,000 from 113 individuals and organizations. If every social media follower gave a $1, we’d have well over $40,000 earmarked for local business!

To give to this fund, and every $1 helps, donate via credit card at bit.ly/CVG Fund or via Paypal at paypal.me/ConejoValleyGuide.

So a few days ago we asked CVG Facebook followers to enter the drawing by reviewing the Topper’s Pizza Place menu at www.topperspizzaplace.com/menu and choose their pizza of choice. We decided to compile the results of these responses below.

• BBQ Chicken Pizza - mentioned 33 times

• Cheese Pizza - mentioned 14 times

• Chicken Ranch Dijon Pizza - mentioned 12 times

• Vegetarian Combination Pizza - mentioned 35 times

• Combo Pizza - mentioned 14 times

• Hawaiian Heat Pizza - mentioned 24 times

• Carnitas Chipotle Pizza - mentioned 16 times

• Pepperoni Pizza - mentioned 39 times

• Canadian Bacon and Pineapple Pizza - mentioned 4 times

• Sausage and Black Olive Pizza

• Spicy Garlic Italian Pizza - mentioned 9 times

• Meatinator Pizza - mentioned 7 times

• BCT Pizza (Bacon, Chicken, Tomatoes) - mentioned 3 times

• Meatball Pizza - mentioned 3 times

• Creamy Garlic Chicken - mentioned 12 times

• Italian Sausage Pizza - mentioned 2 times

• Canadian Bacon and Mushroom

• Jalapeno Combo Pizzas (with Mushroom, Pineapple, etc.) - mentioned 2 times

• Hot Honey Pizza - mentioned 15 times

• Buffalo Chicken Pizza - mentioned 3 times

• Sausage Combos with Olives, Onion and Mushrooms - mentioned 4 times

• Pineapple Pizza - mentioned 5 times

• Chicken and Bacon

• Chorizo Pizza

• Pepperoni Combos (with Bacon Bits , Olives, Pineapple, Sausage, Mushroom, Chorizo or Jalapeno) - mentioned 35 times

• Canadian Bacon Combos (with Red Onion, Chorizo, or Jalapeno) - mentioned 5 times

• Green Pepper and Tomato, Green Pepper and Mushrooms - mentioned 3 times

Pizza Places in the Conejo Valley and Greater Ventura County

Pizza is the perfect food. It is easy to order over the phone. Easy to pick up. Easy to deliver. Pizza does not require utensils and thus saves time on cleaning and dishwashing. Though often greasy, it provides us with all 4 major food groups (keeping in mind tomatoes are a fruit). Kids love pizza. Pizza can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, snacktime and dinner and does not require heating (at least in my house). And of course, pizza makes a very good accompaniment to beer. What's not to love about pizza? Here is an alphabetical list of pizza places in the Conejo Valley and neighboring areas.

Ameci's Pizza and Pasta is at 1560 Newbury Road, #3, Newbury Park (805.499.8300), 30651 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd, Agoura (818.889.7722), 1724 Avenida de los Arboles, Thousand Oaks (805.493.2914), Westlake Village (DELIVERY ONLY) (818.889.7778), 302 W. Los Angeles St., Moorpark (805.529.3399) and 2780 Tapo Canyon Blvd., Simi Valley (805.581.9770)

Barone's Pizzeria is located at 30990 Russell Ranch Road, Westlake Village. (818.889.1474). baronespizzeria.com

Butler's Pizza (formerly Mulberry Street Pizzeria and prior to that, PizzaSalad) at 1655 E. Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Thousand Oaks 805.379.1121

Cafe Topanga is at 171 North Reino Road, Newbury Park (805.498.2166) Decent food at this place. They deliver. I've had their pizzas several times and they were pretty good.

California Pizza Kitchen is at 2200 East Thousand Oaks Blvd.,Thousand Oaks (at The Lakes) (805.777.1778) and 1555 Simi Town Center Way, #790, Simi Valley (Simi Valley Town Center) (805.522.0030) www.cpk.com

Chuck E. Cheese's is at 130 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks (805.497.2522) and 4714 Telephone Road, Ventura (805.644.9777) www.chuckecheese.com

Costco is at 5700 Lindero Canyon Road, Westlake Village (818.597.3900), 2001 East Ventura Blvd., Oxnard (805.983.4200) and 2660 Park Center Drive, Simi Valley (805.578.3301). www.costco.com I love Costco pizza.  Huge slices of pizza for small sums of money.  My top choice for bargain pizza that is well stocked with cheese.

D'Amore's Famous Pizza is located at 2869 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks (805.496.0030) and 300 N. Lantana, #34, Camarillo (805.445.6534). www.damoresfamouspizza.com D'Amore's has baking pizzas since 1987.

Domino's Pizza locations include 2405 Michael Drive, Suite B, Newbury Park (805.499.0681), 2220 N. Moorpark Road, Suite 10, Thousand Oaks (805.496.6221), 2855 Agoura Road, Westlake Village (805.495.3834), 481 High Street, Moorpark (805.523.3030) and 665 E. Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley (805.527.7493) www.dominos.com

Draughts is located at 398 North Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks www.draughtsrestaurant.com (805.777.7883) The pizza is delicious and their menu is full of great combinations.

Fresh Brothers Pizza has locations at The Promenade at Westlake (100 Promenade Way) (805.777.8448) and another location at The Commons at Calabasas (4799 Commons Way).

Greco's New York Pizzeria is at 245 North Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks (Janss Marketplace) (805.777.7271) Huge NY style pizzas that my family loves. You'll be hard pressed to find larger slices than these.

California Slice Pizzeria is at 1087 Scandia Avenue, Ventura (805.323.5154) californiaslice.com

Lamppost Pizza is at 1145 Lindero Canyon Road, Westlake Village (818.879.2195), 3921 Cochran St, Simi Valley (805.522.9030) and 530 E. Los Angeles, Ste. 101, Moorpark (805.529.6220). This is a family favorite for post game gatherings and parties. 

Little Caesars has locations in Thousand Oaks, Oxnard (3), Camarillo, Moorpark, Santa Paula, Simi Valley, Fillmore and Ventura (2). littlecaesars.com

MOD (Made on Demand) Pizza has locations in Simi Valley (2941 Cochran Street) 805.842.4442 and Newbury Park (1015 Broadbeck Drive) 805.214.7010 with "design your own" pizzas. modpizza.com

Papa John's is at 3321 Kimber Drive, Newbury Park (805.480.3939), 2072 E. Avenida de los Arboles, Thousand Oaks (805.241.7171), 1877 E. Daily Drive, Ste G, Camarillo (805.482.9911) 393 W. Los Angeles Ave., Moorpark (805.529.9100), 706 Lindero Canyon Road, Oak Park (818.879.2111), 1308 Madera Road, Simi Valley (805.584.8500), 2350 Vineyard Ave., Oxnard (805.278.7272), 1411 W. Channel Islands Blvd., Oxnard (805.487.7800), 2202 Tapo Street, Simi Valley (805.584.1700), and 5722 Telephone Road, Ventura (805.650.3200) www.papajohns.com

Parma Pizzeria Napoletana opened in January 2017 at 796 E. Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks, offering up delicious New York, Detroit style and Neapolitan style pizzas. parmapizzerianapoletana.com 805.370.1370

Pieology Pizzeria opened at 593 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks (805.273.9500) in August 2013 and more recently in Westlake Village at 5776 Lindero Canyon Road (818.991.4999), the first in a series of "design your own" pizza places around town.

Pitfire Artisan Pizza is located in the Westlake Plaza at 966 S. Westlake Blvd, Westlake Village. www.pitfirepizza.com 805.409.4181

Pizza Hut is at 421 South Reino Road, Newbury Park (805.375.0174), 73 Rancho Road, Thousand Oaks (805.371.3700), 5146 Kanan Road, Agoura (818.991.7508), 252 Los Angeles Ave., #9, Moorpark (805.529.1199), and 2050D First Street, Simi Valley (805.522.8200). www.pizzahut.com

Pizza Man Dan's has seven locations in Ventura County, including Camarillo, Oxnard (2), Ventura (2), Port Hueneme and Moorpark. www.pizzamandans.com

Pizza Rev has locations in Camarillo (Camarillo Outlets) 805.482.0419 and at The Oaks in Thousand Oaks, serving up "design your own" pizza. pizzarev.com

Pizzeria Bianco Rosso is located at 365 Arneill Road in Camarillo. www.pizzeriabiancorosso.com 805.389.4700

Pizzeria La Piccola is located at 2388 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd in Thousand Oaks. www.pizzeria-lapiccola.com 805.497.3653

Presto Pasta is at 1025 Broadbeck Road, Newbury Park (805.498.7737), 1701 Daily Drive, Camarillo (805.445.7737) and 5722 Telephone Road, Ventura (805.658.2898) www.prestopasta.com  The pasta is pretty darn good for a very reasonable price.  As far as the pizza, the kids ordered it here one time and it looked o.k.  They have pizza too.

Roma Deli is at 2247 Michael Drive, Newbury Park (805.499.2455) www.romaitaliandeli.com Roma is known mostly for its pasta and other Italian goodies for nearly 30 years but the pizza is definitely something to consider. As a matter of fact, today we tried the "Pizza Rustica" (olive oil, garlic, fresh tomato, greek olives, ricotta, feta cheese, mozzarella and ham) and it was excellentj.

Round Table Pizza locations include 2000 East Avenida de los Arboles, Suite B, Thousand Oaks (805.492.2403), 239 W. Los Angeles Avenue, Moorpark (805.529.2207), 880 Arneill Road, Camarillo (805.484.8900), 1213 South Victoria Avenue, Oxnard (805.382.1300) and 4255-8 East Main Street, Ventura (805.654.0777). www.roundtablepizza.com

Tonino's Place Pizzeria opened at 2805 Agoura Road, Westlake Village in July 2016. (805.370.3730) www.toninosplacepizzeria.com

Tony's New York Pizza is located at 3333-A Kimber Drive, Newbury Park (corner of Kimber and Wendy) 805.499.0365. Authentic, thin crust pizza. Quality is excellent and consistent.  Pizzas are nice and simple New York style that are not overloaded with too much sauce.

Toppers Pizza is at 1416 North Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks (805.495.4444) and 520 Arneill Road, Camarillo (805.385.4444)  Toppers in one of my personal favorites. topperspizzaplace.com

Urban Pizza is another "design your own" pizzeria with locations in Westlake Village (3835 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd) 805.418.9797 and Simi Valley (2916 Tapo Canyon Road) 805.387.0073. www.urbanpizza.com

Vittello's Trattoria at 3316 E. Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Thousand Oaks (805.496.3333) serves Italian food that includes pizza at both lunch and dinner.

Winners Pizza is located at 1805 E. Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks. www.winnerspizza.com 805.379.4212

Urban Pizza Westlake Village is Opening Soon

Update 3/12/15: It's been awhile, but the Urban Pizza sign is up and they indicate they will be "opening soon" at www.facebook.com/urbanpizzawestlakevillage.

Originally posted 7/21/14:

Darts Promoter Extraordinaire L. David Irete tipped us off that this new place called Urban Pizza looks to open in "Late 2014" according to this storefront at the North Ranch Center in Westlake Village. If it looks familiar, it is because this space at 3835 E. Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite A2 is the former home of the Qdoba that closed in June 2013, near the Trader Joe's.

The tagline, "Your Creation, Our Oven" would indicate that this is yet another addition to the make your own pizza trend we've been seeing around town, including Pieology in Thousand Oaks, MOD "Made on Demand" Pizza coming to Newbury Park in September 2014, Pizza Rev locations in Oxnard and soon at the Camarillo Premium Outlets, and Pitfire Pizza coming to the Westlake Plaza at some point soon.

Otherwise I know nothing yet about Urban Pizza other than that their website at www.urbanpizza.com indicates they locations in Simi Valley, Woodland Hills and Westlake Village are coming soon...so stay tuned.

Pieology Opening 2nd Conejo Valley Pizzeria in Westlake Village

Update 2/4/15: According to folks at the Thousand Oaks location, the new Westlake Village location is anticipated to open on Monday, February 16th.

Posted 9/26/14: Pieology is opening a second pizzeria in the Conejo Valley, at the former ZPizza location, 5776 Lindero Canyon Road, Westlake Village. The indicate it will open in December. The first Conejo Valley Pieology opened in Thousand Oaks in August 2013. Learn more about Pieology at www.pieology.com.

On a recent visit to Pieology Thousand Oaks I customized my pie with sausage, meatballs and olives.

"Make your own" pizza is all the rage these days and is the fastest growing food concept since frozen yogurt it seems:

• PizzaRev opened its Oxnard location in August 2013 and a new location at the Camarillo Premium Outlets is opening soon.
• MOD Pizza is opening in Newbury Park next Thursday, October 2nd.
• Urban Pizza will be opening locations soon in Westlake Village and Simi Valley.
• Pitfire Pizza is coming to the Westlake Plaza.

Chicago's Finest Restaurant Deep Dish Pizza Opened in Ventura in December

Chicago's Finest Restaurant "Home of the Original Deep Dish Pizza" opened at 1780 S Victoria Ave, Suite C, in Ventura (Ralphs Shopping Center) last month, serving up authentic Chicago style deep dish pizza, thin crust pizza, Chicago style hot dogs, sandwiches and more. CVG Facebook page follower Jennifer U. is a fan and said that one large, delicious deep dish pizza fed her entire family of five and three others! Visit www.chicagosfinestrestaurants.com for more information.