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We charge 2% on every credit card transaction. No complaints. Walter

Thanks George 🙂

We made the Yelp Top 100 Places to Eat for 2018. This is the 2nd year we made the list in our 2 years open. Last year we were 46 and this year 98. I think we dropped because most places on the list have more reviews than we do. I know people slam Yelp but the bottom line is people write the...

Boy have times changed - a dough press in Brooklyn? Is the demand for pizza exceeding the # of skilled pizza makers or is your concept a chain like thing? Growing up in the NYC area during 50’s-70’s a pizza maker job was hard to get and you had to work your way up through the ranks and be family...

I would try it all and see what you like. We make the pies I like and fortunately others like them that way too 🙂 I grew up with 1st generation Italians as teachers and they emphasized minimum, great ingredients, flavorful crust, and balance of flavors. Being on the west coast now I find the...

Put on the amount your taste buds tell you to get the pie in balance. I think asking others what is right is the wrong way to go. The taste buds don’t lie and there is no right or wrong. I can tell you we go very light on Grande and it has earned us recognition around the world. Walter

It is all about what you are after for balance in a pie 🙂

I grew up a few miles outside NYC in NJ and Grande has always been the staple. If you want to make an authentic NY pie it is the one. Mixing cheeses is more a Midwest/west thing. One thing about Grande is the cheese melt coverage is far superior to other cheeses and with a NY pie the toppings...

We have no specials and when people ask for them I say " Everything here is special including you 🙂 . We have no alternative in place of specials and no one has left due to it. Walter

I had a great time last year and thanks for letting me play a tune. This year is a no go as we have to close the shop and the cost of hotels and everything else make it not feasible. Have fun! Walter

Steve: I agree with you 100%. We all need to run our shops in a way that makes us proud of our business. I share our model because it is fading from the pizza world. It is the way I was raised and it is sad to see it fading so fast. It doesn’t have to be so as one can survive quite well without...

We are operating at near capacity most every night. I make every pizza and am anal about each one going out to my level of quality and consistency. I guess this is why we get such high ratings and has created a momentum that brings in people that are foodies. They are willing to pay a good price...

I hear you but the headache of managing delivery along with the decay of the pies via delivery keeps us to dine in and carry out (begrudgingly I compromised to my wife’s wishes on that 🙂 ) Never underestimate a great pizza’s ability to draw people. Walter

We get about 4 calls a month for delivery and thanks to our solid reputation most all that ask for it come in to get it. We started the business as a no delivery, emphasized pizza is best eaten right out of the oven to the table, and there is yet a box or delivery system invented that can come...

They are bakers pride ovens. There should be an info tag inside the gas/temp dial door. Walter

we are a small mom/pop pizzeria with me making the pies/dough/preps and my wife running the register. It is the model I grew up in back in NJ/NYC (1950’s-70’s). We use the carbonless order pads. It works great. I can look over our supplies and order for the week in less than 5 minutes. No need...

The Yelp guy here called when we first opened and I told him we do not spend any $ on advertising. He said OK and I have not had a call since but when I was in Ohio running the Smiling with Hope Bakery as my high school classroom they pressured me. The rep out here is a good guy. We do have 11...

Thanks for that information. We haven’t spent a dime with Yelp. Walter

I wish you much success and peace.

I hate to rain on the parade but this will just dumb pizza down a few more notches. Profit over art seems to be the ever growing norm in our society. Walter