North Vancouver’s Capilano Mall has added a local pizzeria concept to its tenant roster with the opening of Captain’s Oven Pizza — the first location on the North Shore and the first in-mall location for the brand.
“Given that our customer profile spotlights young families, Capilano Mall is the perfect fit for us. The best part of this location is our North Shore customers will no longer need to cross over to Vancouver to grab their favourite pie from one of the best pizzerias in the Lower Mainland,” said Nevin Fernandes, Co-Owner of Captain’s Oven Pizza.
The pizzeria has opened in 1,127 square feet of space across from the BC Liquor Store near the Third Street Entrance.
It specializes in authentic Neapolitan-style pizzas in over 40 varieties — ranging from meat to vegetarian to specialty options — plus the capability to customize one’s own pizza. The team at Captain’s Oven Pizza bakes top-quality pizzas in a three-ton, handmade stone brick oven shipped directly from Italy. Also on offer is a variety of appetizers, salads, and pastas.
“Given the local pizzeria’s popularity in both downtown Vancouver and Surrey, we are absolutely thrilled to welcome Captain’s Oven Pizza to Capilano Mall,” said Chrystal Burns, Senior Vice President, Retail, QuadReal Property Group, which operates the mall. “This addition solidifies Capilano Mall as the best and most convenient destination on the North Shore for customers to pick up their everyday this and that, including fresh-out-the-oven pizza. We are also looking forward to welcoming Captain’s Oven Pizza to Willowbrook Shopping Centre as part of The Courtyard expansion.”
Image: Captain’s Oven Pizza 
Image: Captain’s Oven Pizza
Founded in 2019, Captain’s Oven Pizza is a family-owned pizza restaurant with locations in Surrey, Vancouver, and North Vancouver with two more locations on the horizon in Langley and Burnaby.
Located along the busy Marine Drive corridor and anchored by the only Walmart on the North Shore, Capilano Mall is the preferred value and convenience mall serving both West and North Vancouver communities.
Elroy Fernandes, who manages Captain’s Oven Pizza, said the company is scheduled to open a new location at Willowbrook Shopping Centre in Langley in January.
Image: Captain’s Oven Pizza 
Image: Captain’s Oven Pizza
The company is also negotiating to open a new location in the future at Station Square in Burnaby.
“We’re looking to expand into 15 locations in BC. Once we expand to 15 locations in BC, then we are looking at branching into Alberta and Ontario,” he said.
“We’re an authentic Neapolitan brand and what makes us unique is we source everything locally where we can and we also export everything from Italy. What really sets us apart is we try to cater to every single group. We try to cater to different ethnicities. So for example we have a concept called Pizzas Around the World. We try to reach out to the palette of different nationalities. We have Brazilian flavours, we have Asian flavours, we have Indian flavours, we have a Middle Eastern touch to it.”
