You might say that Carl Sandstrom, proprietor of It's a Beautiful Pizza at 3342 S.E. Belmont St., is a 60s kind of guy. He wears tie-dye shirts every day, and the pizzas on his menu are named after the likes of Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and until a recent letter from the Jerry Garcia Estate threatening to sue him for "unauthorized commercial use" if he didn't cease and desist the late, great leader of the Grateful Dead. Not spoiling for a fight, Sandstrom immediately removed Garcia's surname from his menu, so that the pepperoni, ham, Italian sausage, beef, mushroom, black olive and green pepper pizza is now listed simply as the Jerry. "Which stands for Jerry Jeff Walker (a somewhat less famous 60s musician) if they decide to pursue it," Sandstrom says. " If Jerry Garcia were alive today, he' d be turning over in his grave."
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