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Employee Management
Interact — March 2014
Stay connected by using #PizzaEXPO #PIZZAEXPO Be sure to label all of your Pizza Expo posts on social networks with hashtag Pizza Expo. It’s a great way to connect with fellow attendees and get the latest on all of the show happenings. Search: #Piz...
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Menu Development
Trending Recipe: Polpette Alla Napoletana
By Johnathan Goldsmith Owner — Spacca Napoli, Chicago Illinois 3 cups dried crustless bread, cut into 1-inch cubes, soaked in cold water until soft (mollica) 1 1/4 pounds ground beef, 80 percent lean 2 eggs, beaten to mix well 2 large cloves ga...
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People & Pizzerias
Places that Rock: RENO / Powder River / Spicy Pie / Timone’s
Timone’s 1409 N. Highland Ave. NE Atlanta, Georgia 30306 (404) 809-2979 timonespizzaatlanta.com New to Atlanta’s rising pizza scene is Timone’s with its New York-style pizzas. The pizzeria offers a unique beverage program with house-made Italia...
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Operations
Sign Language
Signage plays an important — but often overlooked — part in restaurant success A restaurant’s sign spells out more to customers than just its name. It says who you are and what customers can expect when they walk in the door. Casual or f...
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Menu Development
Coal Miners Pasta
Carbonara sauce offers smoky, intense flavor Carbonara is what some folks consider the fusion of the holy trinity of taste. The pork, egg, cheese and pepper thicken like cooling lava around the pasta bringing a savory, fulfilling richness that begs f...
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Menu Development
Soak Up the Sun
Sun-dried tomatoes heat up spring menus Spring may bring a bounty of produce, but a good tomato? Not as likely. What’s a pizzeria operator to do? With its sweet, intense flavor and multiple uses — sun-dried tomatoes are the answer. Sun-dried toma...
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Employee Management
Follow the Rules
Operations manuals arm restaurants with the consistency to compete After college, graduate school and work at a national pizza chain, Dean Koutroumanis returned to his family business –– New Haven, Connecticut-based Yorkside Pizza –– in the e...
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Brand & Marketing
How to get media coverage
PR pros offer tips on getting media coverage There’s no magic formula to generate media attention for your pizzeria. The media’s perception — or even awareness — of your pizzeria is driven by your restaurant’s word-of-mouth reputation that ...
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People & Pizzerias
Five steps to more informed site selection
When it comes to site selection, Samit Varma isn’t taking chances. At The Pizza Studio, Varma’s California-based chain that claims more than 125 units in its development pipeline, the company has crafted a proprietary algorithm that will help The...
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People & Pizzerias
Beyond Main Street
Nontraditional locations bring plenty of potential — and special considerations In the early 1990s, in a move to diversify its portfolio and tap new revenue streams, New Jersey-based Villa Enterprises began exploring expansion into nontraditional l...
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People & Pizzerias
Pizza Delicious — New Orleans, LA: From pop up to phenomenon
[SlideDeck2 id=30405] New Orleans’ Bywater community helps make Pizza Delicious a reality Native New Yorkers Michael Friedman and Greg Augarten longed for the pizza they grew up eating when they moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, to study at Tula...
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People & Pizzerias
Ancora Pizzeria & Salumeria, New Orleans, LA: Old is new again
[SlideDeck2 id=30443] Ancora Pizzeria & Salumeria brings Neapolitan pizza to a revitalized New Orleans district What’s in a name? ‘Ancora’ holds special meaning for Jeff Talbot, who co-owns Ancora Pizzeria & Salumeria in New Orleans, Lo...