Five Stars

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Loyalty programs have such great perks and MAD Pizza loves offering our customers excellent deals, but we understand that carrying and keeping track of different cards is tiresome (and frustrating when you lose them which is bound to happen sometime). Have no fear because Five Stars is here! At MAD Pizza, we are happy to team up with Five Stars and offer our customers a loyalty program that can be combined with countless other loyalty programs in the city. You can pick up your FREE Five Stars card at any MAD Pizza location to get started and setting up your account using your phone number is easy. The points you occur at MAD Pizza can be easily checked online and if you’re looking for extra points, you can connect your loyalty card to your Facebook account to take advantage of bonus points for check-ins, etc. At MAD Pizza, we want to make it as easy to accumulate points and earn FREE food. Here’s a breakdown of our point system:

1 Point = Every $5 spent

5 points = 1 Free Slice of Pizza

10 points = 1 Free Order of Wings or Pesto Cheese Bread

20 points = 1 Free 12″ Pizza

Grab your cards and head to your local MAD Pizza to start accumulating points!

The Figgy Piggy Pie

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Despite the short month, February seems to be the time when everyone is clearly over the winter weather (assuming you weren’t to begin with) and ready for the daffodils to bloom and the sun to peak its head out. Our MAD Chef has designed a special pizza that is guaranteed to get you out of your winter funk. Our comforting pie has a garlic olive oil base, locally made Boat Street Kitchen fig compote, gorgonzola and goat cheese, and is finished with perfectly sliced prosciutto and a layer of cool, crisp baby arugula. The pickled figs are made with Black Mission Figs that are soaked in red wine, cane sugar, balsamic vinegar, rosemary and sea salt. Boat Street Kitchen’s fig compote paired perfectly with our sliced prosciutto and alas, our figgy piggy pie was born.

We think figs and prosciutto are a match made in heaven and they go together like spaghetti and meatballs, or cheese and pepperoni (coincidentally, all of those magical combinations are available at MAD). The crispness of the arugula adds a perfect freshness to the pizza which makes this pie perfect for a well-rounded meal. We cannot stress enough how excited we are to feature ingredients from the talented Boat Street Kitchen and we look forward to many pizza collaborations in the future! We are excited for everyone to try this new, seasonal addition to the menu and we cannot wait to hear what you think! Now back to the MAD Test Kitchen for me…

MAD Buys Local

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At MAD Pizza we pride ourselves in caring about our community and there’s no better way to support your neighborhood (an environment) than to buy local. Local Food = Local Money, which means that more money stays within the community, which in turn generates  income for the local economy. In addition to the financial aspect, supporting local businesses that buys local makes for fresher and greener eating experiences. In Seattle, we are so lucky to be surrounded by incredibly fresh, local, produce, seafood and meat, and many small businesses that provide truly special and delicious products. MAD Pizza is going to continue to increase the list of local products we offer to show our customers and our community how much we care.

In addition to our local beers and wine we offer, here are a few of the companies that MAD Pizza is proud to sell and support:

Boat Street Pickles: The talented Boat Street Kitchen produces delicious pickled figs made with Black Mission Figs that are soaked in red wine, cane sugar, balsamic vinegar, rosemary and sea salt. On February 1st, MAD Pizza introduces our Fig & Prosciutto that features this unique and incredibly tasty compote. Once you taste a bite of this pizza, you’ll be hooked.

Mama Lils Peppers: Howard at Mama Lils has created a perfect pickled product and we are thrilled to feature it on our Seattle-style Italian Beef Sandwich.

Beecher’s Handmade Cheese: Kurt Dammeier (seen on Top Chef Seattle) created Beecher’s Mac n’ Cheese, which was named World’s Best by Oprah. If Oprah and Top Chef go crazy for it, we know our customers at MAD Pizza will too!

Dry Soda: At our First Hill location we are offering this healthier (and tastier) alternative to soda. Dry soda uses less sugar and has unique flavors such as Cucumber, Blood Orange, Rhubarb and Wild Lime that are sure to drive your taste buds nuts.

Snoqualmie Gelato: At the end of January, MAD Pizza will adding dessert to the menu! Not just any dessert, but the smoothest, tastiest gelato the Pacific Northwest has to offer. Local cows, local milk, local gelato. Does it really get any better?

Help us do our part and continue to support our neighborhood and local community.

New Year’s Resolutions

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When the clock strikes midnight on the first of January (after the midnight kiss of course), most of us set new goals and make resolutions about what they’re going to do differently for the new year. By the middle of January, some people are still going strong and succeeding in achieving their goals, and others have already thought that maybe 2014 is the year for them. At MAD Pizza, we wanted to highlight one of our specialties that may help you achieve one of the most popular new year’s resolutions out there: eating healthy.

While we’re certainly crazy about our pizza, pasta, sandwiches and wings, one of our menu items that is sometimes forgotten is our salad. MAD Pizza offers six healthy salad options that will make you swoon. Never thought you would crave a salad? It’s probably because you haven’t tried one of ours. They are available in whole and half-size portions so you can either have one as a meal, or as a side dish with a MAD slice. Our salad toppings are endless from Jamaican Jerk Chicken, Grape Tomatoes, Roasted Cashews, Fresh Apples, Feta, or Gorgonzola. Our salad options are guaranteed to satisfy any of your cravings. The MAD Chef’s personal favorite is our Greek Havoc salad that is piled high with Romaine lettuce, Feta Cheese, Grape Tomatoes, Green Peppers, Cucumbers, Red Onions, Capers, Kalamata Olives, topped with Pepperoncini and tossed with our Basil-Italian Vinaigrette. Let us help you keep your New Year’s Resolution and come into MAD Pizza to indulge in one of our tasty salads. Check out our menu for to hear about our other salad options!

(mad) Red Ribbon Pizza

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It’s officially the holiday season and MAD Pizza is ready to celebrate! We love this time of the year and tis the season for sharing great food and drinks with family and friends! An important part of MAD Pizza’s holiday season is to give back to our local community and that’s where our program Slice4Life comes in. Slice4Life was created because we wanted to create a platform where we could get contribute to philanthropic causes that our MAD family cares deeply about. World AIDS Day on December 1st, kicks off a month full of fundraising and raising awareness to benefit AIDS research. During the entire month of December at MAD Pizza, a speciality Red Ribbon Pizza will be available to honor World AIDS awareness. Ten percent of the profits from every Red Ribbon Pizza sold will go to Seattle’s Lifelong AIDS Alliance.

Our MAD Chef came up with our Red Ribbon Pizza that has a tomato sauce base, mozzarella and fontina cheese, and it’s topped with pepperoni, roasted tomatoes, whole-roasted garlic cloves and served with red pepper flakes (on the side) for a kick. MAD Pizza is honored to donate to this Seattle-based non-profit organization whose goal it is to provide support and empowerment to people who have or are at risk of HIV/AIDS. Every Red Ribbon Pizza will come with a red ribbon pin that can be worn throughout the month to show your support.

At MAD Pizza, we feel that there is no better way to celebrate the holiday season than to give back to our community. Come join us for a tasty pizza and an opportunity to support this great cause. See you at your neighborhood MAD Pizza soon!

Trebbi’s Meatball Sandwich

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Last week we introduced you to our Italian Beef Sandwich, and now it’s time to get up close and personal with our new signature sandwich, Trebbi’s Meatball. We called in a few favors from our connections on the East Coast and our favorite Italian from Boston was nice enough to share his family recipe with us. MAD Pizza knew that if we had a meatball sandwich on the menu, it had to be done right, so our meatballs are made in-house daily . That’s right, the beef and pork mixture is combined every morning with additonal secret spices, so our customers can enjoy fresh, tender meatballs every day that are packed full of flavor.

With our signature sandwich, we are striving for a simple and traditional Italian-style sandwich that highlights the high quality ingredients going into it. Trebbi’s meatball is loaded with provolone and parmesan cheese, smothered with our sweet marinara sauce, and toasted in the oven until everything is gooey. It’s the perfect sandwich for lunch or dinner, especially with the temperatures starting to drop around here (I’ve even been known to eat one in the morning, which is the true breakfast of champions). We thank Trebbi for joining the MAD family and sharing his family’s recipes with us. We can’t share his secret recipe because if we did, then we’d have to….well, you know the rest of the story. MAD Pizza’s menu just got a little crazier with our two new sandwiches and you should come by and try the maddness yourself.

Mad’s Italian Beef

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Have you heard the news? Mad Pizza just added two new additions to the family! Both are sandwiches, one is our signature Trebbi’s Meatball and the other is our soon to be famous Italian Beef. The Italian Beef is served on a warm, soft roll with thinly sliced roast beef that’s wet-roasted, soaked in garlic and Italian spices, and served Chicago style or Seattle style. For the Chicago style, we dip the sandwich in our warm gravy and serve it with Giardiniera (which is a fancy Italian way of saying pickled vegetables). The Italian Beef originated in the midwest, but we all live in the Pacific Northwest so we came up with a Seattle style as well. What’s the difference you ask? The Seattle style is served with a side of gravy so you can dip it yourself and top it with Mama Lil’s Peppers. We’re crazy about Mama Lil’s Peppers, and we are so happy to feature and support a local Seattle company.

Ever wondered about the history behind the Italian Beef sandwich (or sangwitch as they call it in Chicago)? The exact origin of the sandwich is unknown, but sources do know that it originated in the early 1900′s from Italian immigrants. When times were tough, people brought home tougher cuts of beef and cooked it low and slow for hours until it was tender. They sliced the beef paper-thin and put it into a sandwich that was perfect for a bagged lunch since the immigrants worked long, hard hours at the Union Stock Yard. As to the first vendor that put it on the menu? That’s a toss-up between Al’s #1 Italian Beef and Pasquale Scala, a South Side Butcher and owner of Scala Packing Company. No one will ever know who offered the first Italian Beef, but what we do know is that we are lucky to live in Seattle and have an authentic Italian Beef sandwich offered right around the corner at MAD Pizza. Come on in and get your Chicago or Seattle-Style beef on!