Leucadia Pizza Encinitas in the Moonlight Plaza on South Coast Highway 101 is the founding location of the San Diego pizzeria chain, serving the Old Encinitas corridor near Moonlight Beach since 1980. The full Italian menu spans specialty pizzas in sizes from 7-inch personal to 16-inch large, pastas, calzones, entrees, subs, and desserts built from a scratch-made kitchen, a menu depth that positions the restaurant closer to a full-service trattoria than a slice shop -- overlapping with the Italian breadth at Buona Forchetta on the same South Coast Highway corridor. The Moonlight Plaza location houses the Surfing Madonna mosaic, the community art installation originally mounted in 2011 that became an Encinitas cultural landmark and now draws visitors to the restaurant's building. A delivery operation covers Encinitas, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Olivenhain, La Costa, and portions of Carlsbad, ranking among the largest direct-delivery fleets in San Diego County -- a distribution capacity that extends the brand's reach beyond the walk-in traffic shared with neighboring stops like Broad Street Dough Co. The most ingredient-layered build is the lobster calzone, folding roasted red bell peppers, mozzarella, and a lobster-seafood mix in house-made pizza dough with a choice of garlic-butter or brandy cream sauce, then baking to a golden-brown crust.