Know where you're food is from –

Zaw has SOUL. In fact, we use SOUL – Seasonal, Organic, Unique, Local – as a guide to help us in our decisions of where and who to get our ingredients from.

Seasonality can be seen through the company: our incredible seasonal pizzas, made with only the best ingredients from local farms, as well as seasonally rotating salads, desserts and beverages. Our presence at our Farmers Market booths – and our close relationships with the farms that are our neighbors there – keep us in touch with our seasonal side.

We try to be organic in many ways, while taking into account many other factors. Our ruby red tomato sauce is made from organic tomatoes. All of our produce is organic. When choosing our ingredients, we find many items that support organic farming and have as minimal a carbon footprint as possible. In some cases, this means choosing local suppliers and farms who are committed to sustainable and organic practices, but who may not meet or seek the USDA standards for organic certification. We try to look at the big picture with our business, which is much more complex (and frankly we think better) than simply trying to put an 'all organic' stamp on our product.

As often as possible, we try to provide unique and dynamic flavor profiles. You will see unique come through in our own recipes and how we make our own dressings and sauces. Unique can also be seen in some of our sweet–yet–savory combinations, such as the popular Cowardly Apricot, or the playful Pig ‘n Pear. We take advantage of the season, as well: last Thanksgiving, we offered a full holiday dinner on a pizza: the Winner Winner Chicken Dinner was even featured by the Seattle Met’s food blog!

The Pacific Northwest is a rich bounty of amazing farms, creameries, butchers and the like. Because of this, we celebrate the region on each and every one of our pizzas. Local is paramount. Anything that can’t be found in our region at any given time of year, we look to find a purveyor that is as close as possible. A great example is our extra virgin olive oil from California, instead of the Mediterranean. (Just a few thousand miles difference! – and you know what? growing some of the best olives in the world, it tastes better too!)

We are always considering ways to get better, so don't be shy, drop us a note with any questions or suggestions that you may have. Think of a better product? Know of something closer? Let us know, we would love to hear about it.

House-Prepared in our own Kitchen

We relish in 'In-House' preparing as much as we can (even when we don't need to prepare any relish). By preparing our own sauces and dressings and other items, we can utilize ingredients that fit our SOUL guidelines and keep us incredibly FRESH – and cut down on an amazing amount of shipping and packaging as well.

Featured Farms & Suppliers For Zaw

We are very proud of our farms and suppliers – and don't mind telling you that we are, and who they are. We care about where our food comes from – and we are always open to hear suggestions from our customers, farms, employees, and our families, about ideas to make us even better.