In a recent drawing on the Conejo Valley Guide Facebook Page, we asked folks to comment on their favorite local pizza place in the Conejo Valley and surrounding areas. 

Over 50 pizza places were mentioned in 380 responses to the half-day drawing. There was a clear top choice - Topper's Pizza Place. 

Operating for over 20 years, with Ventura County locations in Thousand Oaks, Oxnard (3), Camarillo, Simi Valley and Ventura, Toppers clearly has a huge fan base. It received 143 votes, nearly 38% of all votes cast.

Toppers all the way! Love their combination pizza and salad bar! Plus their turkey and bacon sandwich is pretty darn good too. - Maria D.

But the beauty of this survey was to learn about other local places to expand our collective pizzeria universe. I for one have not tried all of the 50+ pizzerias called out.

Rounding out the top 10 most mentioned pizzas:

• Tony's Pizza (Newbury Park) (28 votes)
• Pieology (Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village) (14 votes)
• Winners NY Pizza (Agoura Hills) (12 votes)
• MOD Pizza (Simi Valley, Newbury Park) (11 votes)
• Fresh Brothers (Westlake Village, Calabasas) (11 votes)
• Ameci Pizza (Newbury Park, Agoura, Camarillo, Fillmore, Oxnard, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Ventura) (11 votes)
• D'Amore's Famous Pizza (Thousand Oaks, Camarillo) (11 votes)
• Rock & Roll Pizza (Moorpark) (10 votes)
• Lamppost Pizza (Westlake Village) (10 votes)

Fresh Brothers in Westlake Village! Pepperoni, pineapple and jalapeno! Their pizza is cut into smaller squares so I don't feel so guilty eating more squares ;) -Meredith J.

This next group of a dozen local pizza places had a solid showing, receiving between five and seven mentions.

• 7 mentions: Costco (for those looking for a value priced pizza)
• 6 mentions:
  • Parma Pizzeria Napoletana (Thousand Oaks)
  • Numero Uno Pizzeria (Agoura Hills)
  • East Coast Pizza Company (Simi Valley)
  • Greco's New York Pizzeria (Thousand Oaks)
  • Chi Chi's Pizza (Simi Valley - since 1958!) 
• 5 mentions:
  • California Pizza Kitchen (Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Ventura)
  • Pitfire Pizza (Westlake Village)
  • Round Table Pizza (Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, Simi Valley)
  • Urban Pizza (Westlake Village, Simi Valley)
  • PizzaRev (Thousand Oaks, Camarillo)
  • Barone's Pizzeria (Westlake Village)

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But there were dozens of other pizzerias mentioned that may be worth a look. Or taste.

Receiving 2 to 4 mentions: BJ's (deep dish pizza), Custom Pie (Moorpark), Butler's Pizza (Thousand Oaks), Tony's (Oak Park), Al Mulino Eatalian (Westlake Village), Draughts (Thousand Oaks), Farfalla (Westlake Village), Papa Johns (various), Jax (Moorpark), Pizza Man Dan's (various). Allegro Pizza (Thousand Oaks), Pizza Nosh (Agoura Hills)

I love the gluten-free pizza at Pizza Man Dan's in Moorpark. So good! -Chelsee D.

Other mentions included Spumoni (Newbury Park), Roma Deli (Newbury Park), Tonino's Place (Westlake Village), Palermo (Simi Valley), Little Caesar's (various), Tony's (Camarillo), Marcello (Thousand Oaks), Valentino's (Camarillo), Santino's (Ventura), Whole Foods, Stonehaus (Westlake Village), Guido's (Simi Valley), Boney Mountain Tavern (Newbury Park), Chuck E. Cheese's, Blaze Pizza (Oxnard), Pizzeria Bianca Russo (Camarillo), Blue Table (Thousand Oaks), Pizzeria La Piccola (Thousand Oaks), Brick Oven Pizza (Moorpark) and Domino's.