MOD Pizza employees raise their hands in the air to celebrate the grand opening of their restaurant during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, March 19. From left is Richard Arena (with the Paul Linder Educational Foundation), Jenny Haunton, Ben Alvestad, Brittany Engquist, Daniel Fields, Wayne Russman, general manager Natasha Frost, Bari Strauss, Alexis Huggins, Andy Grow, Breyanna Haynes, district manager Chris Bober, Kyle James, Krista Callahan, Steven Thomas, Maegan James, Kailee Unciano, Brenden Hegarty, David Aguilar, Stephanie Thoman and Marissa Curren.
MOD Pizza employees cook pizza during the opening day. The restaurant has 32 employees and cooks “made-on-demand” (hence “MOD”) pizzas in an 800-degree oven in about four minutes. The Silverdale store is the 114th MOD Pizza restaurant to open. The first one opened in Seattle.
Customers walk past the MOD Pizza restaurant. It is located in The Trails at Silverdale shopping center.