Joe's Pizza

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The Greenwich Village location of Joe's Pizza in November 2018
Joe's Pizza
Restaurant information
Established1975;50 years ago (1975)
Owner(s)Pino Pozzuoli
Head chefPino Pozzuoli
Street address7 Carmine Street
City New York City
County Manhattan
Postal/ZIP Code10014
Country United States
Other locations150 East 14th Street
Website www.joespizzanyc.com

Joe's Pizza, also called Famous Joe's Pizza, is a pizzeria located in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City on Carmine Street near Bleecker Street. The restaurant is known for serving a classic New York street-style pizza and has been called a "Greenwich Village institution". The pizzeria serves by the slice or as full pies. [1] [2]

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Locations

In addition to its original location in Greenwich Village, Joe's Pizza has four other locations New York City: in Manhattan at 150 East 14th Street, 1435 Broadway, and 124 Fulton Street, and in Brooklyn at 216 Bedford Avenue. Joe's also has multiple locations located elsewhere in the United States: in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at 1107 S University Ave, and in Cambridge, Massachusetts at 3 Brattle Street in Harvard Square. In the late 2010s, Joe's expanded internationally when three locations were opened in Shanghai, China, in Jing'an, Xuhui, and Changning. [3]

History

Joe's was founded in 1975 by Pino "Joe" Pozzuoli, an Italian immigrant originally from Naples, Italy. The restaurant briefly closed in 2005, but has since reopened. [1]

Joe's Pizza offers traditional New York slice-style pizza. In 2018, New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells noted, “When neoclassical slice-shop owners say they emulate the old-school joints that still obsess over quality, Joe’s is one of the places they’re talking about.” [4] Joe has been described by Ed Levine as a “slice purist”, and the restaurant serves only pizza. [5]

Joe's Pizza appears in the 2001 video game Grand Theft Auto III as it is located in two different areas of the game. However, both of the pizza parlors are inaccessible to the player. The pizza parlor appears once again in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and it remains inaccessible to the player, but you can start a side mission in-game titled "Pizza Boy", which can be found in this video.

In the 2004 film, Spider-Man 2 , Peter Parker is working at Joe's Pizza as a delivery boy, but is fired due to his constant tardiness and excessive delivery mishaps. The pizzeria has gained notability since its appearance in the movie, and several of its New York locations tout its appearance in the film. [6]

In 2011, Joe's Pizza made an appearance in an episode of Conan on TBS, when host Conan O’Brien visited in order to learn how to make authentic New York City pizza. [7] [8]

Joe's appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series on Netflix, Marvel's Jessica Jones and Marvel's Iron Fist, In Jessica Jones Trish Walker orders a pizza from this location before going on the run, the pizzeria is also mentioned in Iron Fist, being the establishment from which Claire Temple orders a pizza as a way to socialize with Davos, who reluctantly tries it due to his veganism. [9] [10]

In 2022, Joe's Pizza appeared in a commercial for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in the form of a food truck. Like Spider-Man 2, the film was also directed by Sam Raimi. [11]

Joe's Pizza location at 41st Street and Broadway PNYCMH.jpg
Joe's Pizza location at 41st Street and Broadway

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