Anselmo's Coal-Oven Pizza Progress Report

Posted by Adam Kuban, October 10, 2008 at 11:30 AM

Above: Before and ... after some progress. Click me bigger » Progress photographs courtesy of Anselmo's Pizzeria

What would be New York City's latest coal-oven pizzeria, Anselmo's Pizzeria Restaurant, looks like it's making some progress after failing to meet its previously stated July 4 opening target.

Says the Red Hook pizzeria's Roger Fischer, "I'm 90 percent done. The oven is taking a long time to build."

From everything I've ever read or heard about custom oven jobs, they always take longer than expected. A couple more pix, after the jump.

Anselmo's Pizzeria Restaurant

354 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn NY 11231 (at Sullivan Street, Red Hook; map)
718-775-5386
anselmosbakery.com

6 Comments

Tags: Anselmo's Bakery, Anselmo's Pizzeria, Brooklyn, Coal-Oven, NYC, Openings, Red Hook

6 Comments:

Coal? That is the new odor I smell on Van Brunt? They are going to burn coal across the street from P.S. 15? Doesn't coal burning cause cognitive problems in children? At what level is mercury toxic? Would burning wood be as bad?

http://www.coal-is-dirty.com/coal-effects-on-family-health

http://network.nature.com/people/sefrankel/blog/2008/07/20/coal-childrens-health-and-technology-transfer

mercury at 8:26AM on 10/30/08

BOOO. We don't take too kindly to yer kind round these here parts, Mercury. This is coal country.

Adam Kuban at 9:49AM on 10/30/08

Just went by there today and things didn't look very different. Come on pizza, where ya at?!?

capndesign at 4:26PM on 01/04/09

The coal i am burning is low sulfur coal and very safe and no odor. You can't smell the coal burning or see smoke because it's smokeless. My coal is very safe.

anselmo at 10:41PM on 02/23/09

not to mention that mercury's links discuss coal-burning power plants, not pizza ovens. also, as far as van brunt goes, smoke would be a welcome change from most of the odors i've encountered there.

sloppy at 11:36AM on 02/24/09

That was Mercury's one and only comment. Whatevs.

Mercury is a toxic metal, too, I believe.

Adam Kuban at 11:43AM on 02/24/09

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