Hard Times for House of Pizza & Calzone

Posted by Adam Kuban, October 13, 2008 at 9:45 PM

What's it like spending hundreds of thousands on a pizzeria reno only to open on the first day of the Dow crash? Pretty lousy. But the new owners of House of Pizza & Calzone are soldiering on: "'The bottom line is that we have to absorb these exorbitant cost increases [mozzarella, flour, etc.],' [co-owner Paul] DiAgostino said last week 'I can't pass it on to my customers. You can't charge people $6 for a slice of pizza.'"

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Tags: Brooklyn, hard times, House of Pizza, NYC, Red Hook

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I stopped in on Sunday night on my way to Lucali. The place looks great. They'll do fine. Especially since Paulie D has a great version one of the city's rarest treasures; a fried ham and cheese calzone. If anyone out there knows of another place to get a good one, please let me know.

Ciao,

Paulie Gee

pauliegee at 12:27AM on 10/14/08

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