Mountain Mike’s Pizza was started in Palo Alto, California as a single pizza restaurant with a very family oriented atmosphere.  It has grown into one of the leading choices for pizza in California, Oregon, Nevada, and Utah.  There are over 130 restaurants across these 4 states and they still offer a family oriented atmosphere that is considered to be a casual dining environment. 

Mountain Mike’s Pizza is known by many as the best pizza in the west and they offer delivery, carryout, and in restaurant dining.  They feature many specialty pizzas including The McKinley, The Everest, Ms. Veggiemore, Pikes Peak, Robber’s Roost, Pineapple Chicken Luau, Chicken Club, Sizzlin’ Bacon Classic, Garlic Tuscan, Diamond Head, and Mt. St. Helens.  They also allow you to create your own pie and they offer a variety of appetizers and sandwiches as well.  The pizzas also come in 4 different sizes.  If you dine in you can take advantage of their salad bar as well and they also have salads to go or for deliver along with soft drinks as well. 

Mountain Mike’s Pizza offers franchise opportunities for those that have experience in the restaurant business and can invest between $200,000 and $400,000 to get a location open.  This will cover the real estate, inside fixtures and furniture, signage, computer system, inventory, marketing, and training expenses.  The franchise fee is a one-time fee of $30,000 and they also charge a 5% royalty fee of the weekly sales.  They also expect each franchise location to contribute 3% of their sales to the advertising fund as well.  They offer comprehensive training to make sure you are ready to open and run your location and they also offer ongoing support with both the operations and the marketing.  Mountain Mike’s Pizza is looking to expand into new territories and has many areas available.