The pizza worth the drive is at Full of Life Flatbread in Los Alamos, on 50 Top Pizza's 2026 USA list of Excellent Pizzerias, Thursday to Sunday. In Santa Ynez, Stica sells slices daily until 7pm, steps from sister restaurant S.Y. Kitchen. Lucky Penny in Los Olivos fires artisanal pizza at 900 degrees daily. Gino's in Buellton delivers.
This week
- Nov6–8Buellton Fall Festival · Visit Buellton
Avenue of the Flags; Fri 4-10pm, Sat-Sun 12-10pm; carnival rides, live music on two stages; Ales on the Avenue beer and wine tasting Sat (tickets) · Free · by City of Buellton
- FriNov 6NatureTrack Film Festival · Visit NatureTrack Foundation
8th annual; reception 6pm, program 6:45pm at the SYV Grange Hall · $25 · by NatureTrack Foundation
- SatNov 7SYV Historical Museum Vaquero Benefit Dinner & Auction · Visit Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum
42nd annual · Tickets (early bird from Aug 1) · by Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum
- SatNov 7Alma Rosa Fall Harvest Dinner · Visit Alma Rosa Winery
Winery event; check access on the listing · Not published · by Alma Rosa Winery
Go for
- Happy hour: Los Olivos Café
- A patio: Lucky Penny Los Olivos
- Families: Full of Life Flatbread and Gino's Pizza Buellton
- A picnic: Lucky Penny Los Olivos
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What is the best pizza in the Santa Ynez Valley?
Full of Life Flatbread in Los Alamos, on 50 Top Pizza's 2026 USA list, comes first. The other ten stops follow, and every card lists when that place is open.
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“Helped transform a small passing town into a pizza stop”
50 Top Pizza, May 27 2026 Editor's pickWood-fired California flatbread · Los Alamos
Full of Life Flatbread
50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza USA 2026: Excellent Pizzerias
Tony Michael's pick. He lives in Los Alamos and calls the flatbread incredible.
Founder Clark Staub built the wood-fired hearth that sits in the middle of the dining room when Full of Life arrived in Los Alamos in 2003. The restaurant says the hearth took 22 tons of stone and sand from the area. The menu changes every week, but the thin, crisp flatbreads stay: Shaman's Bread with pistachio, red onion and rosemary ($10 or $17), or Coachella Valley Date and Bacon with blue cheese and arugula ($16 or $27). 50 Top Pizza calls it family-friendly, and Bell Street is 17 minutes up Highway 101 from Buellton.
Go if you'll drive for pizza. It bakes Thursday to Sunday only.
- Open
- Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday; closed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thu 4–8pm; Fri 4–9pm; Sat noon–9pm; Sun noon–8pm
- Price
- Flatbreads $10–$28
- Booking
- Order online for pick-up
Go with The kids
More details
Press 50 Top Pizza USA 2026: Excellent Pizzerias: "helped transform a small passing town into a pizza stop". 50 Top Pizza, May 27 2026
Press Eater LA's best places to eat around the Santa Ynez Valley: "every ingredient is well-sourced and considered". Eater LA, Aug 18 2026
- Closed Monday to Wednesday
- Menu changes weekly (prices from the Oct 22–25, 2026 menu)
- To go: Family Meal of two 15-inch flatbreads and a salad, $65
- 10-inch gluten-free crust available
225 Bell St, Los Alamos, CA 93440
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Pizza by the slice & Italian market · Santa Ynez
Stica
Chef Luca Crestanelli opened this counter in July 2025, a few steps from S.Y. Kitchen, his sit-down restaurant. The pizza is naturally leavened and sold by the slice, the half (three slices) or the whole (six): a Fig & Cheese slice with brie and balsamic is $7, and a whole Salsiccia with house-made sausage and Taggiasca olives is $51. Shelves of Italian pasta, olive oil and frozen sauces mean dinner can come back to the room with you.
Go if you want a slice and a salad between tastings, or a whole pizza back to the room.
- Open
- Open every day. Daily 11am–7pm
- Price
- Slices $5.50–$9.50; whole pizzas $34–$57
- Booking
- Counter service; order ahead for pick-up
More details
Connections Same owners, three styles: chef-partner Luca Crestanelli runs S.Y. Kitchen (wood-fired pizza at dinner) and Stica (slices, a few steps away) in Santa Ynez, and Nella Kitchen & Bar (Roman pinsa) at the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn in Los Olivos. Source
- Opened July 2025
- By the slice, half (3 slices) or whole (6 slices)
- Market: Italian pasta, oils, frozen sauces and lasagna
3563 Numancia Street, Suite 104, Santa Ynez, CA 93460 · 805-697-7068
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Wood-fired pizza, coffee & ice cream · Los Olivos
Lucky Penny Los Olivos
Pizzas come out of a wood-burning oven heated to 900 degrees, for blistered, charred artisanal pizzas. Ask for a "light bake" if you want less char. It opens at 8am for coffee and pastries and stays open until 8pm, so it covers breakfast, a pizza lunch between tastings and an ice cream stop. Eat on the picnic patio or take it to a tasting room.
Go if you want pizza, coffee or ice cream at almost any hour.
- Open
- Open every day. Daily 8am–8pm
- Booking
- Walk in or order ahead
Go for A picnic · Patio time
More details
- Wood-burning oven at 900 degrees; ask for a "light bake"
- Pastries, craft coffee, ice cream, beer, wine, Frosé
2902 San Marcos Avenue, Los Olivos, CA 93441 · 805-691-8159
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Missvain, CC BY 4.0 Wood-fired pizza at an Italian dinner · Santa Ynez
S.Y. KitchenReserve
The pizzas are wood-fired and on the dinner menu, at an Italian restaurant set in an old farmhouse on Faraday Street. Go for the Burrata & Sausage with 'nduja and potatoes ($30) or the Onion & Rosemary with mascarpone and caramelized onions ($28), and split a house-made pasta. Verona-born chef Luca Crestanelli opened it in 2013, and his slice counter Stica is a few steps away. Only service animals are allowed.
Go if you want pizza at a proper sit-down dinner, with cocktails and a booking.
- Open
- Pizza at dinner: Mon–Thu 5–9pm; Fri–Sun 4:30–9pm
- Price
- Pizzas $26–$30
- Booking
- Book on OpenTable
More details
Connections Same owners, three styles: chef-partner Luca Crestanelli runs S.Y. Kitchen (wood-fired pizza at dinner) and Stica (slices, a few steps away) in Santa Ynez, and Nella Kitchen & Bar (Roman pinsa) at the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn in Los Olivos. Source
- Margherita $26; Calabrese with spicy salame $29
- Service animals only
1110 Faraday Street, Santa Ynez, CA 93460 · 805-691-9794
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“A gorgeous mix of Italian flavors and coastal California sensibilities”
Eater LA, Aug 18 2026 Editor's pickRoman-style pinsa on Grand Avenue · Los Olivos
Nella Kitchen & BarReserve
Eater LA Eater LA's best places to eat around the Santa Ynez Valley
The Fess Parker Wine Country Inn's restaurant makes its pizza as Roman-style pinsa, and it seats from 11:30am every day, so it works as lunch between Los Olivos tasting rooms. Try the Mortadella & Pistachio with burrata and pistachio pesto ($29) or the Bianca 2.0 with sausage, porcini and Challerhocker cheese ($30), out on the porch over Grand Avenue. The S.Y. Kitchen team runs it, led by chef Luca Crestanelli. Only service animals are allowed.
Go if you want a pinsa lunch on a porch between Los Olivos tasting rooms.
- Open
- Daily 11:30am–8:45pm (last seating)
- Price
- Pinsas $24–$30
- Booking
- Book on OpenTable
More details
Connections Same owners, three styles: chef-partner Luca Crestanelli runs S.Y. Kitchen (wood-fired pizza at dinner) and Stica (slices, a few steps away) in Santa Ynez, and Nella Kitchen & Bar (Roman pinsa) at the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn in Los Olivos. Source
Press Eater LA's best places to eat around the Santa Ynez Valley: "a gorgeous mix of Italian flavors and coastal California sensibilities". Eater LA, Aug 18 2026
- Restaurant of the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn
- Margherita pinsa $24
- Porch seating on Grand Avenue
- Service animals only
2860 Grand Avenue, Los Olivos, CA 93441 · 805-686-1359
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Thin-crust pizza · Solvang
Toscana Ristorante PizzeriaReserve
Thin-crust pizzas are the reason to come, with a Quattro Stagioni on the menu next to the Italian plates and wine. It opens at 1pm on weekends and 3pm Wednesday to Friday, and stays open until 9:30pm on Friday and Saturday, later than most Solvang kitchens. It's closed Monday.
Go if you want pizza or gelato after most kitchens have closed.
- Open
- Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday; closed Monday. Closed Mon; until 9:30pm Fri–Sat
- Booking
- Walk in or order online
More details
- Closed Monday
- Thin-crust pizza, pasta, gelato
485 Alisal Road #163, Solvang, CA 93463
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Vinyl bar with pizza · Solvang
Analogue Room
Records spin every open hour, and the pizza is there to go with the wine. It calls itself a walk-in bar "open later than most places in Solvang," pouring small-production area wines, craft beer and zero-proof drinks. Go Thursday through Saturday, when it stays open until 10pm. It's closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Open
- Open Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday; closed Tuesday, Wednesday. Thu–Sat 4–10pm; Sun–Mon 4–8pm
- Booking
- Walk-in bar
More details
- Pizza and salads; order online ahead
- Vinyl only, area wine, craft beer, zero-proof
1693 Mission Drive, Suite D2, Solvang, CA 93463 · 805-691-9093
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Wood-fired pizza & pasta · Solvang
Cecco RistoranteReserve
Organic wood-fired cooking is the core of the kitchen, and the Margherita comes off a board with the oven behind it. Handmade pastas and seafood round out the menu. It opens at noon but closes early, at 6pm Sunday and Tuesday to Thursday and 7pm Friday and Saturday, and it's shut on Monday, so plan on a late lunch or an early dinner.
- Open
- Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday; closed Monday. Sun, Tue–Thu noon–6pm; Fri–Sat noon–7pm; closed Mon
- Booking
- Walk in or order online
More details
- Sun, Tue–Thu noon–6pm; Fri–Sat noon–7pm
- Closed Monday
- Wood-fired pizza, handmade pasta
475 1st Street #9, Solvang, CA 93463
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Italian, wood-fired pizza · Santa Ynez
Trattoria GrappoloReserve
Here pizza comes with a tablecloth. Grappolo has been on Sagunto Street since 1997, and the menu lists wood-fired pizzas next to house-made pasta, seafood and steaks. Dinner only, from 5pm every night. Reserve, especially on weekends.
- Open
- Dinner daily from 5pm
- Booking
- Reservations
More details
- Open daily 5pm–close
- Since 1997
- Wood-fired pizza, house-made pasta
3687 Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez, CA 93460 · 805-688-6899
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Neighborhood pizzeria · Buellton
Gino's Pizza Buellton
The one that delivers, with contact-free pick-up too. It's open 11am to 9pm every day, which makes it the easy call when everyone is tired after a day of tasting and nobody wants to go back out. The menu runs to calzones, pastas, sandwiches, lunch specials and a kids' menu, and dine-in is open again.
- Open
- Open every day. Daily 11am–9pm
- Booking
- Dine in, pick up or delivery
Go with The kids
More details
- Contact-free pick-up and delivery; dine-in open
- Calzones, pasta, lunch specials, kids' menu
383 Avenue of the Flags, Suite E, Buellton, CA 93427 · 805-688-9442
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Wine country café · Los Olivos
Los Olivos Café
Open since 1995 on Grand Avenue, and it's the easy, reliable lunch in Los Olivos: 11:30am every day. Between 3pm and 5pm it switches to a short menu of pizzas, salads and appetizers, with happy hour discounts Monday to Thursday. Reservations are recommended, so book for dinner.
Go if you're a Sideways fan, or want lunch with a wine shop attached.
- Open
- Daily lunch & dinner from 11:30am
- Booking
- Reservations recommended
Go for Happy hour
More details
- 3–5pm afternoon menu: pizzas, salads, appetizers
- Happy hour discounts Mon–Thu
2879 Grand Avenue, Los Olivos, CA 93441 · 805-688-7265
Where can you get wood-fired pizza near Solvang?
Lucky Penny Los Olivos bakes in a wood-burning oven at 900 degrees (ask for a "light bake" if you want less char). In Solvang, Cecco Ristorante builds its kitchen around organic wood-fired cooking, and in Santa Ynez Trattoria Grappolo lists wood-fired pizzas next to its pasta, for a sit-down dinner from 5pm. In the same town, S.Y. Kitchen puts wood-fired pizzas on its dinner menu ($26 to $30). The one worth a drive is up Highway 101 in Los Alamos, where Full of Life Flatbread bakes its flatbreads in a stone hearth in the middle of the dining room, Thursday to Sunday.
Where can you get pinsa or pizza by the slice?
Both come from the same team. Nella Kitchen & Bar, the restaurant at the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn in Los Olivos, bakes Roman-style pinsas from 11:30am daily ($24 to $30). Stica in Santa Ynez sells naturally leavened pizza by the slice, by the half or whole, until 7pm daily. Chef Luca Crestanelli runs both, plus S.Y. Kitchen a few steps from Stica, so you can grab a slice at lunch and sit down for pizza at dinner without moving the car.
Which pizza places are open late?
Toscana and Analogue Room both serve until 9:30pm or 10pm on Friday and Saturday. That is late by valley standards. Gino's stops at 9pm every night, and so does S.Y. Kitchen. In Los Alamos, Full of Life Flatbread bakes until 9pm on Friday and Saturday. Want a drink afterward? See Solvang nightlife.
Does anywhere deliver pizza to Solvang or Buellton hotels?
Gino's Pizza Buellton offers contact-free pick-up and delivery, 11am to 9pm daily, and Toscana in Solvang delivers too. Cecco and Analogue Room take online orders for pick-up, and so do Stica and Full of Life Flatbread, whose to-go Family Meal is two 15-inch flatbreads and a salad for $65. If you are staying in Buellton, see Buellton hotels.
Where should you take kids for pizza?
Lucky Penny has a picnic patio and ice cream on site, and it pitches itself as the place for "pizza after school." Gino's has a kids' menu, and 50 Top Pizza calls Full of Life Flatbread family-friendly. For more family options, see where to eat in Solvang.
Plan your day
- MorningBreakfast first: Breakfast in SolvangDanish pancakes to bear claws
- MiddayGo tasting: Wine tasting in SolvangNebbiolo to Rhône in an adobe
- EveningBook dinner: Solvang restaurantsBib Gourmand chicken to aebleskiver
- LateNight out: Solvang happy hoursSpritzes, Industry Night, 8pm deals
- OvernightFind a bed: Solvang hotelsNordic rooms to a 1946 ranch
Good to know
Is there wood-fired pizza in Los Olivos? Yes. Lucky Penny Los Olivos, at 2902 San Marcos Avenue, bakes artisanal pizza in a wood-burning oven at 900 degrees. It is open daily 8am to 8pm. For Roman-style pinsa, Nella Kitchen & Bar at the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn seats from 11:30am every day.
Is there good pizza in Los Alamos? Yes. Full of Life Flatbread, at 225 Bell Street, bakes thin, crisp California flatbread in a wood-fired stone hearth, and 50 Top Pizza put it on its 2026 list of Excellent Pizzerias in the USA. It is open Thursday 4 to 8pm, Friday 4 to 9pm, Saturday noon to 9pm and Sunday noon to 8pm.
Where can you get pizza by the slice in Santa Ynez? Stica, at 3563 Numancia Street, sells naturally leavened pizza by the slice ($5.50 to $9.50), by the half or whole, every day from 11am to 7pm. It comes from the team behind S.Y. Kitchen, which serves wood-fired pizza at dinner a few steps away.
Do S.Y. Kitchen, Nella and Stica have the same owner? Yes. Chef Luca Crestanelli is owner-partner and executive chef of S.Y. Kitchen in Santa Ynez and Nella Kitchen & Bar at the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn in Los Olivos, and Stica is his newest place, opened in July 2025. All three belong to Toscana Restaurant Group. Toscana Ristorante Pizzeria in Solvang is not one of its restaurants.
Does any pizza place deliver in the Santa Ynez Valley? Gino's Pizza Buellton offers contact-free pick-up and delivery, 11am to 9pm every day, from 383 Avenue of the Flags. Toscana in Solvang delivers too.
Which pizza places are closed on Mondays? Toscana and Cecco in Solvang are closed Monday, and Full of Life Flatbread in Los Alamos is closed Monday to Wednesday. Analogue Room is closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Stica, S.Y. Kitchen, Nella, Lucky Penny, Gino's, Trattoria Grappolo and Los Olivos Café are open every day.
Quick answers
What is the best pizza in Solvang?
For thin crust, Toscana Ristorante Pizzeria on Alisal Road, open until 9:30pm Friday and Saturday and closed Monday. For wood-fired, Cecco Ristorante on 1st Street. Analogue Room on Mission Drive serves pizza with wine and vinyl Thursday through Monday.
Sources
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- Each venue's own website or official page, linked in its listing above.
- Source log with supporting quotes kept on file for every name, hour and price.
- Ownership of S.Y. Kitchen, Nella and Stica: Toscana Restaurant Group, Fess Parker Wine Country Inn dining page and santabarbara.com (Aug 12, 2025).
- Full of Life Flatbread: 50 Top Pizza USA 2026 and its weekly menu for Oct 22 to 25, 2026 (checked Oct 24, 2026).
- Gino's Pizza Buellton: home page, "Contact Free Pick-up and Delivery" (checked Oct 24, 2026).
- Cecco Ristorante: home page hours, Sunday and Tuesday to Thursday noon to 6pm, Friday and Saturday noon to 7pm, Monday closed (checked Oct 24, 2026).
- Toscana Ristorante Pizzeria: home page FAQ, "Yes, we offer Delivery and Takeout" (checked Oct 24, 2026).
Last updated Oct 18, 2026. We list what each place publishes. We haven't eaten or drunk at every one, and we never copy reviews. Confirm hours before you go.
