Not even a fire can keep this family business away from Fort Greene/Clinton Hill!
Perhaps you remember Little Louie's Pizzeria, a mainstay for 15 years on Myrtle Avenue during the 90s and 2000s, before it shut down in 2010 due to complications from a 4-alarm fire?
Well, they're back on Myrtle Ave-- right across the street from their old location-- with a new name and new attitude! Joe & Sal's Pizzeria, located at 353 Myrtle in Fort Greene, officially (re-)opened on January 6, run by Little Louie's son, Salvio Randazzo and co-owner Joseph Anapoli.
The owners celebrated their opening with a ribbon-cutting on January 27, handing out free slices to the first 50 people who came through.
It's their second location, actually: Randazzo and Anapoli got a head start when they opened their first Joe & Sal's in 2016, on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights. But still, they never lost sight of the idea of returning to Fort Greene.
"I've always been looking around to see if I can come back to the block, because we knew the area needed a pizzeria," Randazzo said. "My Dad started in the pizza business when he came here as an Italian immigrant in 1960. He opened a few locations over the years. And Loui's on Myrtle Avenue was one of his last pizzerias."
With a smaller kitchen at the Myrtle Ave location, the menu differs slightly from the one on Franklin Ave in that it's mostly pizza-- no larger entrees or appetizers.
Still, there's plenty of pizza options, from the classic cheese slice to a wide variety of specialty toppings including burrata and gorgonzola cheese, Italian artichokes, arugula, sweet salami, hot salami, and caramelized onions. And they make their own red chili sauce.
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"People are more educated in food; people know their ingredients, and they want the quality stuff," said Randazzo. "So we've experimented with specialty toppings. It's quality pizza at affordable prices."
The slices go from $2.75 for a single cheese slice to $5.50 for a specialty slice. Whole pizza pies are $8-$12.50 for the personal (8") and $16 - $25 for the large (12").
To see a full menu and store hours, go here.
