Forbes: Z Pizza Among Nation's Best New Chains

Z Pizza, a chain specializing in organic pizza, pasta and salads, opened shop in Clayton in March. General manager Scott Newhouse told Patch that business in the first two weeks exceeded his expectations. 

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Artisinal pizza chains, like Z Pizza, are growing in popularity, according to a recent Forbes report. They named the restaurant among '13 tasty new chains to try.' The chain will have an estimated 115 locations by the end of this year, according to the report.

"Additive- and preservative-free, featuring 100 percent whole-wheat pizza dough, zpizza was early out of the gate in the organic/natural pizza niche, and is the biggest chain in the sector," Forbes writes. 

Z Pizza isn't the area's only option for artisan pizza, though--Katie Lee has been dishing out St. Louis' favorite pizzas for five years. She and her fiancee and business partner, Ted Collier, are hard at work on their new restaurant in Rock Hill, Katie's Pizza and Pasta.

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