Mountain Mike's Pizza on Jackson Drive serves the San Carlos section of San Diego from a family-oriented dining room at 7377 Jackson Dr in the 92119 ZIP. The brand has rolled dough fresh at every location since 1978, topping each pie with 100-percent whole-milk mozzarella and vegetables and meats sliced on-site. Jackson Drive connects to the San Carlos residential core surrounding Cowles Mountain, and the shop draws post-hike family groups who combine a grocery run at Keil's Fresh Food Store on Navajo Road with a pizza pickup on the way home. Mountain Mike's signature is the crispy, curly pepperoni — a natural-casing cut that cups and chars during baking, concentrating rendered fat into each curl for a textural contrast against the cheese layer. A weekday lunch buffet rotates pizza varieties alongside a salad bar stocked with greens, chilled salads, and raw vegetables, and the dining room runs arcade games and large-screen televisions for the after-school and weekend sports crowd. Gluten-free crust keeps the full topping menu available for restricted diets, and a rewards app tracks points toward free menu items. The broader San Diego pizza scene in the College Area orbit includes independent New York-style shops, chef-driven concepts, and a deep bench of Mexican kitchens — El Tio's Restaurant on El Cajon Blvd anchors the taco end of that dining corridor east of SDSU. This Jackson Drive location processes delivery within a five-mile radius covering San Carlos, Del Cerro, and the western edge of Santee.