Anupam Chandola (559 HA ’95) and his company will be helping his friend Roberto Caporuscio with the final touches to what will be one of the best Pizzerias in the US. “Mano caio Roberto” will be opening in Ridgewood, NJ at 24 Franklin Ave. Click to read more about this report sent to us by Anupam.
Anupam Chandola (559 HA ’95) and his company will be helping his friend Roberto Caporuscio with the final touches to what will be one of the best Pizzerias in the US. “Mano caio Roberto” will be opening in Ridgewood, NJ at 24 Franklin Ave. The opening will be on the 10th of December 06. If you are looking for great Neopolitan pies and amazing disserts, take the 20 min trip from New York City to Ridgewood. It will be well worth it.
The restaurant will seat 100+ and will serve true Neopolitan Pizzas, salads and Hand Made Desserts and Gelato. The layout is true to an Italian Pizzeria with the Brick Ovens dominating the center. Every piece of building material used in the aesthetics of the restaurant was imported from Italy. From the wall tiles, to espresso bar, from the chairs and tables to the oven bricks, were imported from Italy. Even the huge brick pizza ovens were handmade from scratch by artisans who were flown in from Italy. The idea was to replicate an Italian Pizzeria 100%. All the food ingredients used are also imported from Italy.
Based in Pittsburgh, Restaurateur Roberto Caporuscio was invited to concoct his light-as-air pizzas at Naples 45 Ristorante on Park Avenue in New York. Among the crowd of 50 gathered to taste the special Neopolitan pies was NY food critic Ed Levine. A month later, Roberto says, "He called me and said, 'Can you please send a pizza to New York?" So Roberto whipped up his signature "Regina Margherita," -- with its fresh tomatoes, fresh basil and mozzarella di bufala -- froze it and spent $60 to ship it
overnight to Levine.
Last month Levine's book, "Pizza: A Slice of Heaven," landed in bookstores, marking the 100th anniversary of the nation's first licensed pizzeria, and on its list of America's 13 best pizzerias is Roberto's Pittsburgh restaurants, Regina Margherita and Roberto’s Pizzeria.
With Original locations in Pittsburgh, the Ridgewood, NJ location will add to the reach of Roberto’s signature pies. Future plans are to open several more locations in NJ and NY. In the next year they will likely open a location in Anupam's home town of Wexford, Pennsylvania.
You can e-mail Anupam at chandola@connecttime.net
Read more about Roberto Caporuscio Pizzas. http://www.post-gazette.com/dining/20020517dinec5.asp
