A beloved Bay Space pizza store proprietor shocked followers after asserting that he’s closing his doorways after greater than 10 years and going into the frozen pizza enterprise solely.
Jon Darsky, proprietor of San Francisco Del Popolo pizza, thanked town and all who visited his restaurant through the years earlier than explaining that, after a lot consideration, he’s determined that one of the best path ahead is to shut the restaurant following service Friday night time.
Darsky shared particulars of his resolution in a earlier message posted on Instagram.
The pizzeria — positioned at 855 Bush Avenue — isn’t shutting down for a number of the normal causes different companies within the state have closed, like the insanely excessive price to dwell and function in California, however as a substitute as a result of the proprietor stated he desires to change the best way individuals take into consideration frozen pies.
Darsky began the enterprise in 2012 making what he describes as Neapolitan-inspired pizzas out of a meals truck made out of a glass enclosed delivery container on a Freightliner truck, earlier than deciding to open a store a number of years later.
“In 2014, after a few years making pizza from our truck, I made a decision to open a restaurant. It felt like an applicable subsequent step. I needed to make easy but distinctive pizza and share it with extra individuals,” Darsky wrote.
“I had no thought what I used to be doing or what to anticipate, however at present I really feel nice figuring out that it occurred, it labored, and other people truly appreciated it,” earlier than asserting that the final day to get pizza at his store could be Friday Could eighth.
After that, the proprietor of the pizzeria stated individuals can discover their favourite Del Popolo pizza within the freezer part of your native grocery retailer.
“Whereas this marks the top of Del Popolo as a bricks-and-mortar restaurant, I’m excited to start a brand new chapter specializing in our frozen sourdough pizza,” the message learn.
Darsky defined that his new mission is to alter “the best way individuals take into consideration frozen pizza” and stated that he’s “desirous to proceed constructing” on what the enterprise has already completed.
“It’s guided by the identical dedication to authenticity, course of, and high quality that constructed and sustained each the truck and the restaurant.”
The pie store — which does a twist on the same old pizza dough by including sourdough to the combo — scored high honors quite a few instances, with it touchdown on the San Francisco Chronicle’s Top 100 Eating places 4 years in a row, per the outlet. It even scored a spot as one of many High 50 Pizza Eating places in 2022.
In 2020, the proprietor started promoting frozen pizzas in the course of the pandemic, which at the moment are bought in over 100 grocery shops throughout California, Nevada and Arizona, per the web site.
With the intention to have his frozen pizzas out there nationwide, Darsky advised the outlet that he’s going to should get a bigger facility with extra machines and freezers. It can take tens of millions from buyers to make that occur and will probably imply having to maneuver out of the realm, he stated.
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Darsky stated it’s simply arduous saying goodbye to all of the regulars.
“I’m simply unhappy however excited on the similar time. This was a significant a part of my life,” he advised the outlet.
Within the letter on social media, Darsky additionally thanked the “company who visited from all around the world, crammed our eating room, validated our intentions and efforts, and bestowed upon us the wonderful honor of making reminiscences in our area.”
He additionally expressed his gratitude to each single one who helped make the enterprise profitable from these within the neighborhood, together with colleagues within the business, to his supportive workers and the growers who helped him make one of the best product.
The Submit reached out to the pizzeria for additional remark.
