For Some Real Frozen Pizza, Try Siberia

Posted by Adam Kuban, December 1, 2005 at 11:17 AM

We're always interested in instances of expatriate New Yorkers opening pizzerias in lands far from home, moving into a market to capitalize on the perceived lack of good pies. Usually that means Las Vegas, Kansas City, or elsewhere in the United States.

We never thought that phenomenon would occur in Siberia. It did, except that the expat New Yorker is an expat Minnesotan. Eric Shogren (right) has built up an impressive empire of New York–style pizza chains in Novosibirsk:

Shogren is the founder of New York Pizza, Siberia's fastest-growing fast-food chain. His little empire includes 14 New York Pizza joints, 13 other restaurants, a bakery that churns out three tons of bread and cake a day, an 1,100-seat cinema that was the first in town to play Hollywood hits, and a nightclub called the New York Times.

Thanks to reader T. Jackson for the link.

Bringing New York Pizza to Siberia [CNNMoney.com]

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