Expanding like pizza dough, Seattle-based pizza company MOD Pizza plans to open a total of five store in the St. Louis area next year. Ellisville, Kirkwood, St. Charles, Wentzville and Cottleville residents will all have a new place to get their pizza fix when the fast-casual DIY pizza concept opens in 2016.
Founded by husband-wife team Scott and Ally Svenson, MOD Pizza had 31 stores in January 2015 and will close the year with 98 locations across the country.
“You get to custom-make your own pizza or order one of our classic pizzas,” said Scott Svenson. “It’s an 11-inch, thin-crust pizza with unlimited toppings for one price. From start to finish, the process takes about seven to eight minutes.”
Choose from red, white or barbecue sauces, a bevy of veggies including artichokes, sun-dried tomatoes and arugula, meats ranging from pepperoni to chorizo and finishing sauces like Buffalo or balsamic-fig glaze. Then watch it all bake up in a quick three to four minutes in the oven.
Typical locations seat between 60 and 80 diners and are open from 10:30 a.m. until 10 or 11 p.m.
Editor’s Note: This Scoop was updated at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 2 to correct Scott Svenson’s name.
This article appears in October 2015.