Round Table Pizza

Round Table Pizza is a large chain of pizza parlors in the western United States. The company's headquarters are located in Concord, California.

The company slogan for many years has been "The last honest pizza".

History

The company was founded in 1959 by William R. Larson Sr. (1933–2006). The company opened its first restaurant in Menlo Park, California.

In 1961 a friend of Larson's drew some sketches of members of King Arthur's court eating pizza, and Mr. Larson then adopted the King Arthur theme for his restaurants."Obituaries: Bill Larson, 73, founder of Round Table chain of pizza parlors", Los Angeles Times, November 21, 2006, page B8

From around 2003 until 2005, Round Table Pizza's official mascots were two puppets, Matt and Marcus, appearing in the company's past television commercials. In the third quarter of 2007, Round Table Pizza's mascot became the...
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