Shakey's Pizza - Sahara Centre

About Shakey's Pizza - Sahara Centre

Shakey’s is and has always been about serving fun to the guests. When Sherwood “Shakey” Jonhson and Ed Plummer opened the first Shakey’s Pizza Parlor and Ye Public House, they had one thing in mind – opening a great place where people could get together, eat, drink, and enjoy favorite ragtime standards. On a Friday, they created a hang-out for beer drinkers, pizza eaters, and music lovers. Johnson entertained guests by playing the piano and Plummer served the beer. Over the weekend, money from the beer sales was used to sell the Original Thin Crust pizza. Shakey’s gained a huge following and the increased sales eventually allowed our two founders to branch out into different states in the US, including Oregon in 1956, Washington, and California in 1957.