A New Name For Local Pizzeria

New year, new name. 

It’s official. Newark’s local pizza shop that has been known as Shaker’s for decades has a new name: .

The new name was created by husband-and-wife owners Tom and Kelly Thomas, last December.

And since taking over, the Thomases and their staff have been experimenting with new menu items and have increased their efforts in being more involved in the community.

Some of their newest food items include a thin-crusted cranberry-brie pizza and individual pizza pockets.

Love At First Slice also serves new Soju drinks, margaritas, mojitos, cosmopolitans and imported and domestic beers.

This year, the restaurant has been a venue for schools and organizations to host fundraisers and the owners have added events such as open mic nights on Wednesdays and karaoke nights for families on Thursdays.

Kelly Thomas has said her aspiration is to make the eatery the go-to pizzeria for families, friends, groups and teams of all kinds.

"We just want people to come in and we want to people to enjoy it," Kelly Thomas said in a previous interview with Patch. "We want to be what’s important to us, and that’s family."

The name change was pursued so that Love At First Slice could become independent of an eatery with the Shakers name that is based in Fremont.

For more information about and to keep up with the events they host, follow them at facebook.com/loveat1stslice and at twitter.com/loveat1stslice.