The San Francisco pop-up pizza joint betting on Balboa Street

For Clement Street business owner Jake Savas, starting off with a pop-up to bring his pandemic-born pizza passion project to the masses was simply good business sense: There’s low overhead, and he’s been able to stoke interest in his style of thick-crust, Detroit-inspired pizza.

The masses appear stoked. Savas’ pizzas, which he has sold under the banner of “Piedays,” will have a brick-and-mortar home come August, he told Mission Local on Sunday.

“I don’t think we’ve ever not sold a pop-up out,” Savas said. “I only make 50 to 75 a night, but it’s a good temperature check.”…

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