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OCTOBER 1, 1975
The dream to create happiness and loyalty for generations became a reality on October 1, 1975. At 4:00 PM we opened the doors to Pontillo’s Pizzeria on 41 Cleveland Ave S – we brought New York-style pizza and (the first to offer) Hot Hoagies to the Twin Cities area. The original Pontillo’s opened in Batavia, New York in 1947. By the end of the ’70s, we had 4 locations: St. Paul, Riverside Minneapolis, Richfield, and Bloomington.
Take a trip back in time to an Italian Village where pizzas are created from dough (made from scratch each morning), fresh mozzarella cheese, handpicked basil, ripe tomatoes, rich Italian olive oil, and baked in an original Stefano Ferrara Neapolitan handmade brick wood-fired oven to a blistering 800 degrees.cooking in 90 seconds! THE PIZZAFIRE STORY – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE If you’re looking for a ground-floor opportunity with all the necessary elements for success, PizzaFire is a franchise you might want to investigate. Start with an award-winning chef who has already shown he can grow a Mom and Pop pizza location into a thriving franchise.
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As we began to grow, we needed to have a name that could be trademarked. In going through the process of the name change, Davanti’s was suggested which means leader in Italian. When tested with our customers, the idea of Davanti’s meant a tablecloth and candle-type of a restaurant. So, we dropped the t and added an n and the Davanni’s name was born on August 15, 1983. It tested better with customers describing a more laid back, casual atmosphere. Some of the most memorable marketing our customers still comment on is from our name change.
Davanni’s continued to grow and by the end of the 80’s we had increased to 12 locations. In 1986 we added delivery to all shops and provided it all day, every day. This same year we held our first ever Pizzalympics. By the end of the ’90s, we had 17 restaurants and our very own bakery Oven Hearth in St. Paul. Our bakery was established in 1997, born from the need for a bakery with large capacity efficiency, quality, and hands-on products. The new millennium brought 4 additions to round out our restaurant roster and in February of 2006, Coffee Bené – our very own coffee shop next door to Cleveland & Grand Davanni’s in St. Paul. So if you’re keeping up that’s 21 Davanni’s restaurant locations + our very own Oven Hearth Bakery + a coffee shop – Coffee Bené. More than 40 years later, we are still Minnesota local, privately held, and now family-owned.
We’ve added many items to our menu throughout the years that are either created internally by our very own employees or just requested frequently by our customers. A few that have stood the test of time are the Garlic Cheese Bread, Turkey Bacon Chipotle Hoagie, Solo Pizza, Deep Dish Pizza, White Pizza, and handmade in-shop 15 layer Lasagna.
Davanni’s currently employs more than 1,000 Minnesota locals throughout the metro and enjoy some of the longest tenures in our industry. Our employees create the magic that is Davanni’s and are led by some of the finest managers in the industry. Among all of our management ranks, we have an average tenure of just over 17 years with general managers averaging 26 years. Altogether, including our corporate staff, management at our shops, bakery and coffee shop we have well over 1,500 combined years of experience. This has allowed us over the years to take care of the most important part of our success – our customer! Since 1975 we have built our business through word-of-mouth advertising: “If You Like It, Tell Others. If You Don’t, Tell Us”® So please, spread the word and go tell others about Davanni’s!
| Patsy's Pizzeria | |
|---|---|
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1933; 88 years ago |
| Owner(s) | Frank Brija |
| Previous owner(s) | Pasquale 'Patsy' Lancieri |
| Food type | |
| Dress code | casual |
| Street address | 2287 1st Avenue and East 117th Street in East Harlem |
| City | New York City |
| County | Manhattan |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 10035 |
| Country | United States |
| Other locations | 12 locations in New York, and counting |
| Other information | Franchise owned by Frank Brija |
| Website | www.thepatsyspizza.com |
Patsy's Pizzeria is a historic coal-ovenpizzeria in New York City and is regarded as one of New York's original pizzerias as well as for its use of traditional New York style thin crust pizza.[1]
History[edit]
Patsy's Pizzeria was founded in what used to be the predominantly Italian neighborhood of East Harlem in 1933 by Pasquale 'Patsy' Lanceri.[2] When it opened it was one of New York's earliest pizzerias along with Lombardi's, Totonno's and John's.[3] Patsy's claims to have originated the idea of selling pizza by the slice.[4] Lancieri is said to have learned his craft at Lombardi's brick-walled coal oven.[5] New York's pizza dynasties are now in their third and fourth generations, and counting.[5] And in its neighborhood of Spanish Harlem (which at the time the restaurants were started was known as Italian Harlem), two restaurants 'vie for the title of El Barrio's best bite': Patsy's Pizzeria 'where — so they say — the archetypal thin-crust New York pizza was first invented' and nearby Rao's, which was run by legendary restaurateur/ Sopranos actor Frank Pellegrino until his death in 2017.[6]
Patsy's Pizzeria was sold and expanded after its founder's death to Frank Brija, an Albanian from Kosovo, who bought the pizzeria from its founder's widow in 1991.[7] Brija, the current owner of the East Harlem Patsy's Pizzeria, trademarked the name and in 1995 opened Patsy's Pizzeria franchise at 509 Third Avenue, near 34th Street.[5] Tsoulos, 'a member of a Greek pizza-making clan in Queens', and his partners opened four more franchise locations in Manhattan.[7]
Dispute over Patsy's name[edit]
The original Patsy died in the 1970s and his widow sold the East Harlem pizzeria to longtime employees in 1991, 'to the chagrin of Patsy Grimaldi, her nephew, who opened a Patsy's in Brooklyn in 1990'.[5] The feuding deepened when Frank Brija began expanding his Patsy's Pizzeria franchise in Manhattan, and Patsy Grimaldi changed the name of his pizzeria to Grimaldi's Pizzeria, which the New York Times said is the best and truest to the original.[5]
In 2009, there was a legal battle with Patsy's Restaurant on West 56th Street, founded by Pasquale (Patsy) Scognamillo in 1944 and a haven for Frank Sinatra and many celebrities, and Patsy's Pizzeria which was sold to Frank Brija in 1991.[2][8][9]
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Renaissance of pizza[edit]
A story from The New York Times reported in 1998 that, before the 'pizza renaissance' of the 1990s, 'the classic pizza was on the endangered list, treasured as an artifact of old New York but bypassed by a culture that preferred its pizzas fast, cheap and delivered.' The tradition was kept alive by 'just a few pizza landmarks, most famously John's Pizzeria on Bleecker Street, Patsy's Pizza in East Harlem and Totonno's Pizzeria Napolitano in Coney Island ... [who] zealously preserved the traditions.'[5] Environmental regulations made it hard to build new coal ovens because they could only be rebuilt or replaced under an environmental grandfather clause, 'not installed from scratch.'[5] According to The New York Times, 'Pizza makers have become architectural historians, seeking out spaces that once housed a coal-burning oven, like old bakeries or restaurants'.[5]
In 2019, a waiter at Patsy's Pizzeria returned a $423,987.55 cashier's check to a customer who left it behind on one of their tables. The customer had left without tipping, after complaining that the restaurant didn't have enough photos of women on their walls.[10]
Media[edit]
Patsy's Pizzeria was featured in a Manhattan-based episode of the Cooking Channel show Man v. Food, which first aired on April 7, 2020.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Irving DeJohn (2013-04-02). 'Patsy's Pizzeria opening first outer-borough location in Queens'. NY Daily News. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
- ^ abJohn Marzulli Patsy's feud continues with heart of matter of name July 6, 2009 Daily News
- ^'104 Years of Pizza in New York'. NYMag. 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ^Galen Moore (October 15, 2003). 'An enticing slice of New York: In a city known for its coal-fired pies, pizzerias are keeping the tradition alive'. The Boston Globe.
- ^ abcdefghEric Asimov New York Pizza, the Real Thing, Makes a Comeback June 10, 1998 New York Times
- ^Thomas, Amelia (August 11, 2008). 'A taste of Spanish Harlem'. Chron.com. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
- ^ abLeslie Eaton The Patsy's Connection; Two Competing Pasta Sauces Share a Name and a Trademark Lawsuit February 1, 2000 New York Times
- ^Clear sign they're still fighting July 7, 2009 Daily News
- ^Anthony M. Destefano Restaurant winner in battle of the Patsys April 11, 2008 Newsday
- ^Slattery, Denis; Adams Otis, Ginger (10 May 2019). 'NYC pizzeria waiter returns half-million dollar cashier's check to retired social worker who failed to tip him'. New York Daily News. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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