Shakey's Pizza Parlor on Thousand Oaks Boulevard in the 1960s
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Shakey's Pizza Parlor in the background at the 1966 Conejo Valley Days Parade
Back in the day, there were only a few pizza places in Thousand Oaks, including this Shakey's Pizza Parlor on the north side of Thousand Oaks Boulevard, located across the street from Jungleland (where the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza now resides).
The exact address of Shakey's was 2361 Thousand Oaks Blvd., where Toyota of Thousand Oaks resides today.
Today we have more pizza choices than ever imagined in the Conejo Valley. Over the last several years, newcomers to the Conejo Valley pizza scene include:
Pitfire Artisan Pizza in Westlake Village (now closed)
Barone's in Westlake Village (now in Thousand Oaks)
Urban Pizza in Westlake Village (now closed)
Pieology in Westlake Village (now closed)
MOD Pizza in Newbury Park (now closed)
Pieology in Thousand Oaks (now closed…but coming back to the Janss Marketplace)
To name a few...not to mention Toppers Pizza, Winner’s Pizza, D’Amore’s Pizza, Butler's Pizza, California Pizza Kitchen, Pizzeria La Piccola (now closed), Tony's Pizza, Greco's Pizzeria, Parma Pizza and many others.
Shakey's Pizza was founded in Sacramento on April 30, 1954, by Sherwood "Shakey" Johnson and Ed Plummer. Johnson's nickname resulted from nerve damage following a bout of malaria suffered during World War II. In the 1970s, there were approximately 500 Shakey's locations in the U.S. Today there are 54, the majority of which are still here in Southern California. The closest Shakey's to Thousand Oaks is 30 miles away, in Northridge.
Another scene from the 1966 Conejo Valley Days Parade. Miss Shakey's is absent! But Miss Sizzler is present!
