SOUTH O’S FINEST
FOR FRESH INGREDIENTS AND ARTISAN BITES
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Reservations
Welcome to the Privateer
We are open Tuesday to Sunday taking for table service on our patio or inside and taking to-go orders by call-in, online or Doordash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, Postmates, and Slice.
Thank you to everyone for your outreach and support. It's been a humbling experience seeing our community come together. Please keep supporting small businesses in your area and we'll keep doing our best to service you with love and gratitude. Stay safe everyone.
Call ahead (760-453-2500) and we'll bring the order to your car. We also have wine and beer to-go.
UPDATED HOURS
Mon, Closed
Tue - Thu, 11:30 - 9p
Fri - Sat, 11:30 - 9p
Sun, 11:30 - 9p
HOW TO ORDER
Delivery: Order Now
Carryout / Curbside Pickup:
760-453-2500 or Order Online
IT'S ABOUT BEING FRESH
NATURAL INGREDIENTS
At the Privateer, we take the ultimate care and pride in each of our menu items. Our gourmet appetizers, salads, soups, specialty dishes, pizza pies and desserts are made from scratch with the freshest ingredients using organic greens, spices, veggies and herbs grown in our local neighborhood at Cyclops Farms - by local farmer Luke Girling, Palmquist Elementary, South "O" Elementary and Lincoln Middle School. Chef Oscar updates our bi-annual menus for Spring and Fall based on the freshest seasonal ingredients.
BLUE COLLAR GOURMET
We are not your ordinary, cookie-cutter pizza restaurant. Chef Oscar and his team create amazingly imaginative Gourmet lunch and dinner items in a relaxed, organic dining setting unique to South “O”. And that's a direct reflection of two South Oceanside locals living their dream of opening a seaside restaurant and doing it their way.
100% COAL FIRE OVEN
We are the one and only gourmet pizza restaurant in Southern California with a coal-fired oven using 100% coal fire, no gas for crisp Neapolitan-style pizzas, coal fire wings, baked pastas and more. Our oven is 7 feet in diameter and weighs 6,500 pounds. As a matter of fact, we built the entire restaurant around our oven!
Gift Cards
Perfect for friends, family, or yourself. Gift cards can be enjoyed at both the Privateer and Privateer Marketplace & Wine Bar. Use them when ordering online and in-store. Available in any amount and instantly delivered via email.
IT'S ABOUT THE OVEN
So what’s the big deal with coal fire you ask?
Coal fire is the secret to our recipes. At a temperature of 850-to-900°F, the oven cooks our delicious Neapolitan-style pizzas in three to four minutes. This leaves the pizza crust thin and crisp on the outside, allowing the inside of the pizza to be elastic so all that chewy goodness melts in your mouth.
Our oven takes 2 hrs. to heat up every morning. We then add dried oak to stoke the fire, along with 100% Pennsylvania coal that creates the magic.
