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Austin’s Pizza owner JD Torian: What’s in Your Fridge Friday?
It’s been just more than five years since JD Torian took over Austin’s Pizza, the local chain of 12 pizzerias that started in 1999. (Random fact: The Westlake location is BYOB.)
JD, who lives in Austin with his wife and two young sons, occasionally coordinates a book of the month club and writes about everything from the pizza business to what kind of music he likes on a company blog, but one of the coolest projects that the restaurant participates in is Random Acts of Pizza, a national campaign hosted on the site Reddit.com that connects people who could use a pizza with people in the mood to give one.
Austin’s Pizza has been giving away five pizzas a day for the past few weeks, either in response to a request on the Random Acts of Pizza site or via mentions on Twitter.
The company is also hosting a contest called “What’s Your Austin’s Pizza?” where customers submit their favorite pizza topping combinations, and the winning pizza will win a spot on the fall menu, which includes their new thin crust pizza.
What three things are always in your fridge? We have two young boys, so milk and eggs are always in there. The 4-year-old plows through about two gallons of milk a week. Other than those two items, our other go-to is actually our own Austin’s Pizza’s pizza sauce. We use it on practically everything from pastas to sandwiches. We have really found a lot of different uses for it. Austin’s Pizza as a whole has often wondered if we should seriously consider selling it by the pint in the stores.
What’s your favorite condiment? Just like most people, I have to say salsa. We always buy Cookwell & Company. It’s local, and it’s high quality. I recommend both the tomatillo and escabeche; they are both fantastic.
If you had to eat the same slice of pizza for the rest of your life, what would be on it? A cheese pizza. We go camping a lot. Out in the cudds. you get worn out with too many flavors etc. when faced with limited options. So, if I had to eat only one slice, it’d be plain cheese. It has the lowest satiation factor. Less is more when repetition is involved.
Photo by JD Torian.
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