Raphael here in the office just asked, "I want to know, officially, is it 'Co.' or 'Company'?" So I just called. Co.: "Hello, Co." Me: "Adam Kuban here, from Slice, America's Favorite Pizza Weblog." Co.: "Um, yes?" Me: "So there's been some confusion about your name. Are you 'Co.' or 'Company'?" Co.: We're 'Co.' as in 'company.'" Does that sort out any confusion, Raphael? It's still sort of a nonanswer answer. But we'll just make the call and say that we'll refer to it on Slice officially as "Co." and pronounce it as co.... More

"Our pizzas are not always round." Clockwise from top left: Co. opened with a soft launch this evening; there were actual people from the general public in the dining room. As FOS Kathryn Yu said, from the outside, it looks less like a pizzeria than a fancy Asian restaurant. One of the stars of the evening, the Ham and Cheese pie. (You can click all images bigger.) When I checked in late afternoon to find out if Co. really was opening on Friday, the gentleman in the dining room told me, "Yes—and tonight, too." It was a sort of soft... More

Target date was December 2. Lahey and company said December 5 or 9 were other possible opening dates. Stay tuned. Update: Time Out New York says it's been delayed till 2009. Possibly January 2. More on Co. here on Slice »... More

Co. 230 Ninth Avenue, New York NY 10001 (at West 24th Street; map) The Skinny: Actual round pizza from Jim Lahey, the bread man behind Sullivan Street Bakery (as opposed to his Roman-style flatbread pizzas found at the bakery). And, oh, it is awesome Pizza Style: A sort of Neapolitan–New York-style hybrid Oven Type: Earthstone gas oven; Lahey may burn a couple logs of wood or add wood chips to aromatize the crust Opening: Target open date is Tuesday, December 2, but Lahey says, "realistically the 5th or the 9th" Related: Update on Jim Lahey's Co., Co. Is 'Pizza... More

The New York Times has a nice interview with Jim Lahey, of Co., the pizzeria he just might open later this month. It's "Pizza Hut," in that it will be reasonably priced and welcoming, he says, and "Blue Hill," in that it'll be ingredient-driven. So the menu is still a draft. "We'll have six to eight annual pizzas — no, let's say five pizzas we'll do annually, then three seasonal pizzas," Mr. Lahey said, sounding like a student caught off-guard by a pop quiz. "But I'm sure that one of the seasonal pizzas will be topped with freshly shaved... More

Lahey abandoned the idea of using this pass-through window. It's going to be more of a sit-down restaurant instead, he said. After reading Gael Greene's post about Jean-Georges Vongerichten's involvement in Sullivan Street Bakery founder Jim Lahey's pizzeria, I called Lahey for a clarification. He said that Vongerichten and his partner, Phil Suarez, were investors in his pizzeria but they will have no involvement in either the management or the food being made there. The pizzeria will be called Company, spelled "Co." in the logo. Lahey also told me that the equipment for the pizzeria hadn't arrived yet, and... More