"Teko": I'd be more careful about calling people paranoid on line. Some genuinely crazy person might take it amiss.
On the due diligence point: If the staff had systematically compared menus of Davis Square pizza purveyors they would surely have noted it in the public record, because (as you point out) it strengthens the case for their conditional* support of the Special Permit. They would appear to have relied instead on a news clip about Oath's South Station outlet that highlighted the ovens. Livejournal discussion has already gone beyond this.
[*One material condition is that Oath underwrite the cost of four parking meters as a parking/traffic mitigation measure. The meters must accept both coins and credit cards. They obviously have a good lawyer.]
RE: lack of due diligence by planning staff
On the due diligence point: If the staff had systematically compared menus of Davis Square pizza purveyors they would surely have noted it in the public record, because (as you point out) it strengthens the case for their conditional* support of the Special Permit. They would appear to have relied instead on a news clip about Oath's South Station outlet that highlighted the ovens. Livejournal discussion has already gone beyond this.
[*One material condition is that Oath underwrite the cost of four parking meters as a parking/traffic mitigation measure. The meters must accept both coins and credit cards. They obviously have a good lawyer.]