Gold Dust Pizza

Gold Dust Pizza is a family-owned pizzeria known for handcrafted pizzas, hot wings and cold beer. Its Triple Strike pizza, loaded with diced, traditional and cupped pepperoni, is one of the menu items people talk about most. The Ripon restaurant is one of seven Gold Dust locations, which also include Oakdale, Modesto, Manteca, Sutter Creek, Copperopolis and El Dorado Hills, and the brand has been serving pizza since 1984.

Guests can dine in, take out or order delivery, and orders can be placed online through the restaurant's website. The business describes itself as locally owned, and its roots go back to a small pizzeria in Ripon that grew into the current group. Families and groups make up much of the crowd, so it works well for a casual meal out.