Private company

John's Incredible Pizza

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Buffet and entertainment business

John's Incredible Pizza Company is an American all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant, arcade, and family entertainment center business founded by John Parlet in 1997. The company has 9 locations on the West Coast of the United States as of October 2025 (8 in California, 1 in Nevada). Its corporate office is located in Rancho Santa Margarita, California.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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John's Incredible Pizza Company is an American all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant, arcade, and family entertainment center business founded by John Parlet in 1997. The company has 9 locations on the West Coast of the United States as of October 2025 (8 in California, 1 in Nevada). Its corporate office is located in Rancho Santa Margarita, California.2

The story

John's Incredible Pizza Company was founded in 1997 by John Parlet in Victorville, California. The original Victorville location was permanently closed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Timeline

  1. 1997Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$163.9K 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $163.9K in all. PPP loans $163.9K.$0$50K$100K$150K$200K2020 · PPP loans: $163.9K2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$163.9K$163.9K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA6. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 15, 2020$163.9K PPP loan (first draw) from Citizens Bank, National Association6To JOHN'S INCREDIBLE PIZZA CO., INC., Rancho Santa Margarita CA; $41.0K forgiven Oct 7, 2021