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Joe's Pizza, also called Famous Joe's Pizza, is a
pizzeria
A pizzeria is a restaurant focusing on pizza. As well as pizza, dishes at pizzerias can include kebab, salads and pasta.
Many pizzerias offer take-away, where the customer orders their food either in advance or at the restaurant and then t ...
located in Greenwich Village
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, Manhattan
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, New York City
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on Carmine Street near Bleecker Street. The restaurant is known for serving a classic New York street styled pizza and has been called a "Greenwich Village institution." The pizzeria serves by the slice or by full pie.
Locations
In addition to its original location in Greenwich Village, Joe's Pizza has other locations in Manhattan at 150 East 14th Street, 1435 Broadway, and 124 Fulton Street; in Brooklyn, at 216 Bedford Avenue; and in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at 1107 S University Ave. In the late 2010s, three locations were opened in Shanghai, China, in Jing'an, Xuhui, and Changning.
History
Joe's was founded in 1975 by Pino "Joe" Pozzuoli, an Italian immigrant originally fromNaples, Italy
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
. Joe's Pizza is considered a classic by the slice pizza and a favorite among tourists. The restaurant briefly closed in 2005, but has since reopened.
In popular culture
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." In the 2004 film, ''Spider-Man 2
''Spider-Man 2'' is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Michael Chabon. Based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name, it is the ...
'', Peter Parker
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is working at Joe's Pizza as a delivery boy, but is fired due to insubordination 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.
In 2022, Joe's Pizza made its first Marvel Cinematic Universe
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debut in a commercial for ''Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
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'' in the form of a food truck. Like ''Spider-Man 2'', Sam Raimi also directed the film.
See also
* List of Italian restaurants *List of restaurants in New York City
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References
External links
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