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Antonio’s Real NY Pizza named BEST IN COLORADO by Washington Post

Posted on September 8, 2023 by by

brooklyn Posted in New York Pizza

Washington Post names Antonio’s Real New York Pizza the top New York Style Pizzeria in the STATE OF COLORADO! 2023

Top New York Style Pizza in all of Colorado for 2023!…

Competing in Parma Italy

Posted on April 18, 2023 by by

brooklyn Posted in New York Pizza

Competing in Italy!

Among the Americans in the competition, I scored 3rd. In the entire competition, I was 37th. Given that I was missing two toppings, it was an overwhelming success. If they let me do it again an hour later, I believe top 10 was possible for mistakes were made..

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July 5th 2022 – Changing of the guard

Posted on July 5, 2022 by by

brooklyn Posted in New York Pizza

On January 6th, 2022, one year after the capital of our country was attacked by its own people, Antonio’s suffered a similarly near-fatal blow through the culmination of a well-thought-out exodus that started long before d-day. In hindsight, at some time in year 4, a fifth column developed, headed by the couple I trusted to run the place in my absence.

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#WorldPizzaChampion

Posted on August 16, 2021 by by

brooklyn Posted in New York Pizza

Right in the midst of the pandemic, early in 2021, a phone call came in from the one and only Tony Gemignani. He asked if I wanted to be part of the World Pizza Champions team and explained that the character I had displayed over the years was what the team was all about.

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December 20, 2020 – Year 6 – CoronaVirus

Posted on December 20, 2020 by by

brooklyn Posted in New York Pizza

November 6th 2020 marked 6 full years in business. At that moment, there was really nothing to celebrate because an employee brought COVID to the safest-run business on the planet! We hadn’t had a single person in the store to dine-in since March 16th 2020 and an employee brought it through the back door.

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New Triple Deck PizzaMaster Oven is IN!

Posted on March 16, 2018 by by

brooklyn Posted in Insight, Milestones, New York Pizza

PizzaMaster 943 Installation & Bakers Pride Y602-BL Removal

One of the most exciting events for a restaurant owner is adding a piece of equipment that makes you more efficient, makes a better product or increases output. This PizzaMaster Oven does all 3! I first spied this oven in 2015 at the Pizza Expo when we just opened and didn’t know our ass from our proverbial elbows.

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Year 3: Harnessing Growth & Opening Location 2.

Posted on February 14, 2018 by by

brooklyn Posted in Insight, Milestones, New York Pizza

During the early months of 2017, we experienced growth that looked unsustainable because it was the low season. Turns out it was foreshadowing of the season to come. What were we going to do if it continued? We need a bigger boat and more staff and and and… But first,

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Dream, Innovate, Execute, Repeat!

Posted on May 25, 2017 by by

brooklyn Posted in Insight, New York Pizza, Reviews

Perseverance and fortitude are found by the truckload in people who are very successful! I’d like to share a few of my experiences to normalize what many idea-filled people experience. This picture is of my great grandfather his sons. Great Grandpa Francesco came to America fleeing starvation and seeking opportunity just as those with ideas look to create opportunities for themselves and others.

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Pizza as a Science

Posted on April 12, 2017 by by

brooklyn Posted in Insight, Milestones, New York Pizza

Gone are the days of stereotypical guidos making pizza in white t-shirts. When companies like Chipotle start backing pizzerias, there is far more thought and science going into the processes than you would believe. Having only been in the game a short time, I have quickly learned that just about any heat source will cook a pizza,

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Year 2: Innovation & Growth

Posted on November 4, 2016 by by

brooklyn Posted in Insight, Milestones, New York Pizza

“What a great problem to have!” This was said to me many times in the face of lines out the door, lines before we opened complete with a full parking lot and 30 orders on the board at dinner. On this side of the counter,

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Our 1st anniversary!

Posted on February 1, 2016 by by

brooklyn Posted in Insight, New York Pizza

365 DAYS UNDER OUR BELTS! Well, it was back in November, 2015 actually, but time has flown. Yes, we made it one full year and are standing proud given the atmosphere, workplace environment, growth and success that our diligence, perseverance and hard work has fostered! How does one go from nothing to something in one year?

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5 Month checkup! Reflections on the first 150 days.

Posted on April 28, 2015 by by

brooklyn Posted in Insight, New York Pizza, wood fired pizza

And we’re off!

What a run! There are days I have to stop and sit a minute just to reflect and felt it was worth writing down the thoughts. The main areas of reflection are customer satisfaction, our progress and musings pertaining to what we’ve learned.

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