Straw Hat Pizza is a chain of pizza restaurants founded in 1959 in San Leandro, California.
Charlie Olson and Bill Henderlong founded Straw Hat Pizza in 1959, after working together for a regional chain called Me-N-Ed's. They named the store after hats worn by employees at their former employer. At one point there were 230 locations across California and Nevada.
As of February 2024, the company's website lists 28 locations spread across California.