by Dan Katz
Answer: SBARRO
Problem: Halloween Town/​Thanksgiving Town

As clued by “cheesy” and “dough” in the flavortext, the eight-sector circles represent pizzas. In each circle, you can find three pizza toppings reading clockwise or counterclockwise, without using any letters more than once (unless they appear more than once). There are two unused letters for each circle.

Numbering the wedges 1 to 8, starting from the top and proceeding clockwise, the starting sectors and directions for the toppings, and unused letters and their positions, are:

  • SUN-DRIED TOMATOES (4, counterclockwise)
  • SPINACH (1, clockwise)
  • ASIAGO (7, clockwise)
  • Unused letters: N(5), O(8)
  • HAMBURGER (2, counterclockwise)
  • MUSHROOMS (4, clockwise)
  • PROVOLONE (1, counterclockwise)
  • Unused letters: A(5), R(7)
  • GREEN PEPPERS (5, counterclockwise)
  • MOZZARELLA (8, clockwise)
  • SALAMI (8, counterclockwise)
  • Unused letters: T(1), R(6)
  • PROSCIUTTO (8, counterclockwise)
  • ANCHOVIES (2, counterclockwise)
  • PINEAPPLE (5, clockwise)
  • Unused letters: R(1), A(4)
  • CANADIAN BACON (4, clockwise)
  • BROCCOLI (6, clockwise)
  • SAUSAGE (7, counterclockwise)
  • Unused letters: S(2), E(8)
  • GORGONZOLA (7, clockwise)
  • PEPPERONI (5, counterclockwise)
  • EGGPLANT (2, counterclockwise)
  • Unused letters: H(2), S(6)
  • BUFFALO CHICKEN (8, clockwise)
  • MEATBALLS (2, counterclockwise)
  • OLIVES (1, counterclockwise)
  • Unused letters: S(3), W(7)
  • CARAMELIZED ONIONS (5, clockwise)
  • RICOTTA (2, counterclockwise)
  • GARLIC (3, counterclockwise)
  • Unused letters: E(3), B(4)

There are two unused letters that appear in each sector:

  • 1: T, R
  • 2: H, S
  • 3: S, E
  • 4: A, B
  • 5: N, A
  • 6: R, S
  • 7: R, W
  • 8: O, E

Reading one letter at a time clockwise starting from sector 1 (by which the circles are alphabetized, establishing it as the “first” sector) reveals the phrase THE ANSWER’S SBARRO.