State of Mind Pizza: Something Special in the Bay Area

Published: July 30, 2023, 4 p.m.

Lars and Cristina Smith must be doing something right. Their restaurant,\xa0State of Mind Public House and Pizzeria, is killing it in Los Altos, California, just south of San Francisco. Lars is also competing on the USA Pizza Champions Team and is a fast-rising star in the American pizza community. They are joined in this episode by Lars' former mentor and previous Pizza Quest guest, Leah Scurto, who is having similar success on the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge at her popular restaurant, Pizza Leah, in Windsor (Sonoma County). Join us as they swap stories of how they elevated each other's game over the years and all became major players in the pizza world.