IT'S A PIZZA BLOG

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What is California-Style Pizza?

In the kaleidoscope of pizza styles, California's culinary scene has given birth to a unique and tantalizing creation – California-style pizza. While our crust shares a resemblance with the thin and crispy tradition of a classic hand-tossed pizza, what truly sets it...

Carryout vs Dine In

Nothing is more relieving than coming home from a long workday and knowing you don't have to cook dinner tonight.  Most households hold this glorious day for Fridays, typically making it a pizza night.  Now you have to decide, carry out or dine in? Everyone has a...

Pizza & Beer

Pairing alcohol with certain types of food is nothing new. The idea has been around for centuries: red wines with steak and white wines with fish. It only makes sense that pairing pizza with beer is a great combination. The flavors can enhance and contrast, making the...

Perfect Pizza for September

Ultimate California Pizza has a lot of wild pizza topping combinations on our menu. In our attempts to create the perfect pizza picky people love, we have come across many interesting combinations for many people who are picky about different things. So how can we say...

New at UCP

Ultimate California Pizza is well known across the Grand Strand for some of the best pizza available, even more so for some of the best and most unique ingredient combinations you can put on top of the round dough.  With offerings like the Berkeley, High Sierra, and...

Chicken Wings

Perfect sized to eat with your hands, packed with flavor, and ideal to be consumed while watching sporting events, Chicken Wings have a relatively short history when compared to some of the other pop culture foods in the United States. This month we focus on where...

Olives… Why are They on Pizza?

You will find black olives on several pizzas at Ultimate California Pizza. They are fruity, earthy, and smooth and provide an excellent level of sophistication to a pizza. In a meat conversation, black olives belong. But they fit just as well sprinkled over spinach,...

Peppers, Peppers, MORE Peppers!

Green Peppers, Red Peppers, Banana Peppers, More! Cherry Peppers, Jalapeno Peppers, Peppers Galore! Colorful, flavorful, and full of health-friendly properties, peppers in some form or another are the favorite spice all over the world and they are commonly used in all...

Surf’s Up for Subs!

Sub, hoagie, hero, po-boy, or grinder… whatever you call it, these large, long bread rolls served hot or cold and stuffed with delicious combinations of meats, cheeses and vegetables are the perfect meal. This portable, easy-to-eat sandwich that requires no utensils...

Why is Pizza Round?

As I sit here staring at a very cool-looking surfboard hanging on the wall next to some elegant black and white photos, I can't help but wonder why this delicious Santa Cruz pizza is round. I know it isn't the main concern. Most are enthralled by the Garlic Herb Extra...

Cheddar Cheese

Cheddar cheese isn't the type of cheese one usually thinks about when you think about pizza. Instead, most people immediately think about mozzarella. That gooey, stringy, creamy, and fresh white cheese is typically used on pizza. So why are we writing a blog on...

Can Pizza Be Healthy?

It's that time of year.  New Year's Resolutions, diets, weight loss goals, bucket lists, etc., are clogging up all of our social feeds.  You can't avoid it.  There is something about the new year that screams, "it's time to remake myself." How many times have you...

How is Cheese Made?

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that cheese is a critical ingredient at Ultimate California Pizza.  There are eight different types of cheese on our menu and it finds its way onto 88% of our menu items. Sometimes you will even find more than one type of cheese on an...

So Many Flavors to Choose From!

At Ultimate California Pizza we pride ourselves on serving the perfect pizza that picky people love! But we also put a large amount of our focus on big, bold flavor combinations. While the ingredients and cheeses that go on top of your pizza are a big part of that...

BBQ? On Pizza?

I spend a large amount of time on the internet. It is what I do. I monitor multiple Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google accounts. It is an amazing career centered on helping people find their way to our food. It truly doesn’t get any better than this. I am a very...

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GIFT CARDS!

If you’d like to purchase a gift card, please visit any Divine Dining location or reference our company website www.divinedininggroup.com for mail orders.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

Questions, comments, or concerns? Our corporate office can be reached from 8am – 4:30pm Monday – Friday at (843)238-9381.

OTHER GREAT CONCEPTS NEAR YOU!

If you love Ultimate California Pizza, you’ll love these restaurants too! Check out all the concepts and locations brought to you by the Divine Dining Group.