NY Style Pizza On The Way

Awesome pizza!

Interesting Fact: The best New York Style pizza can't be found in New York State. You have to go to New Haven, CT. Frank Pepe's on Woster St. If you are ever on I-95 going to or from Boston you have to check it out. It is right off the Thruway.

Sorry to be somewhat off topic...

I'm glad someone moved in to this space, but its still just another pizza place (from what i've heard my mind might be changed once i try it, but we'll see about that) i'm gonna miss the sahara grill, I hope someone picks up the hookah bar concept somewhere else in the EV

Not sure if this is what Elmwood needs, given that pizza is everywhere to be found already. The sign is ugly. I wish them well, but I can't see this as a plus for the neighborhood.

We can spin this as good, but I think it's a sign of how tenuous Elmwood's business health is. It's mostly hand to mouth survival on the strip, many vacancies, diminishing variety of restaurants and shops. Overall, the street looks tired. The new building on Elmwood/Bryant is the only brightness I see.

Elmwood could really use a boutique hotel or something along those lines, say at Elmwood and Forest. I think that would really positive impact on that end of Elmwood.

New pizzerias open every week throughout Buffalo. It seems like this is news only because it's in EV.

Zetti's is already in the city limits, in University Heights.

Pizza Plant strikes me as the kind of business that will never locate in the city, unfortunately. They'll probably do the usual four locations in Amherst/Williamsville, one on Transit Road in Clarence, one by the Galleria in Cheektowaga, and one by McKinley Mall in Hamburg before they even consider a city location.

They do awesome catering size pasta dishes - and I don't mean "pasta" but pasta done correctly. It is a pizza place, but it's different enough that it might do well. Maybe somewhere between Just Pizza and Just Pasta. It's better than a poke in the eye anyway.

ho hum. more pizza. and yes, that sign does belong in the boulevard mall food court. its always nice to see investment in the city but its getting a little boring.

agreed that the only way i would have been excited for a pizza place here is if it had been pizza plant. i really don't understand why they don't open a location in the city, they'd make a killing! especially because they're so vegetarian/vegan friendly, that has to make up half their business.

has anyone actually talked to the owner to see what the mental block is against a city location? i've encouraged it on their facebook page and leave the suggestion every time i go on one of their comment cards to no avail :(

I love Zetti's pizza. This is a great location for them.

You're right that this is likely a story only because it's in the Elmwood Village.

Nonetheless, I am glad. Zetti's has good pizza, and furthermore, the competition might actually serve as an incentive to make Just Pizza and Avenue more committed to serving fresh slices.

technically the zetti's by south campus is in amherst

Very sad to see Sahara Grille replaced by a pizza joint. I've eaten at Zetti's in the Heights (haven't tried the pasta, just the pizza) and it's nothing to write home about -- overly greasy. I'm all for the big NYC slices, but the roll-down-your-chin grease I can really do without. I just don't understand the appeal....

That said, "something is better than nothing"...said through my teeth. Anyone else want to start a replacement North African restaurant somewhere in the city?

Zettis is/are expanding like crazy. They opened two locations is Amherst/Williamsville last year. They opened in two prime locations so I assume their overhead is relatively high. Is the Transit Rd location still open? Their pizza is OK but not great. Seeing this rapid expansion makes me wonder if they are doing too much too fast. Time will tell.

The large signs may be in violation of the City Charter:

§ 511-104. General standards.

"(4) (b)Lots in the C1 Neighborhood Business District: 35 square feet per use, provided that exterior signs pertain only to a permitted use on the premises, are attached flat against the building, do not project above the roofline and do not face the side of any adjoining lot in any R District."

Probably each of the 4 signs in larger than 35 square feet.

I know - other businesses at the location had such large signs. Doesn't make it legal.

I hope the pizza is good.

Zetti's hit the tipping point, it is a huge hit with buffalo people...this place will be absolutely mobbed. Great addition and now people dont have to drive to UB to get it.

I wouldn't mind having a brick oven or more gourmet pizza / wine bar on Elmwood (Rochester has a good one near Spot Coffee there). We really do not have any options for that. I love pizza so this is a nice new option for me but I would like to see more thought put into the restaurant side with a nicer place to eat and spend time, not just takeout or fast food style.

best pizza in buffalo. period. best of luck to john on yet another expansion..

Speaking of pizza - does anyone know anything about the Jocobi's at Tupper. A sign has been up for a while....

Although it's not the best pizza in the area it is pretty damn good. Plenty of NYC people I know do love it. It's the closest they can get in Buffalo that resembles what I would consider is a medium grade NYC pizza. Make sure you get cheese pizza, it's quite greasy with pepperoni.

I was surprised that he opened on Transit because of the massive size of the building, and from what I heard he got out and cut his loses, which was a good move.

I do agree that I wish more people around here did brick oven or gourmet pizza's. Siena does do a pretty decent wood oven pizza, but it's nothing to die for. I think the problem here is that places offer too much. If you go to a good Pizzeria near NYC basically all they do is pizza, not subs and wings.

as a buffalonian who loves thin crust pizza, i am really excited about this. it is not gourmet but zetti's provides good nyc style pizza. i will stop ordering from mr pizza and just pizza as soon as zetti's opens.

i think maybe the signs would look a little better if they change the color of the awnings, they clash badly, i think that any business is better than nothing and i think that this will be a good fit for that location given that its a high traffic area, both vehicles and pedestrian, its a shame that sahara had to close, loved that place but anytime i was there it was always dead so guess not surprised

There's a tiny place in Crystal Beach called Mabel's, corner of Erie Rd. and Oakwood Ave. Best pizza (NY style, everything homemade) for 400 miles.

CHICAGO

As much as I'm a Zetti's fan, and am FIRED UP to have it in the 'hood, it is disappointing to see another Middle Eastern restaurant leave. What nobody's said yet, though, is how subpar Sahara Grill was. It's really not surprising at all that the place folded - I tried it twice since moving to Buffalo and both times 'twas like ordering during Middle Eastern day at the school cafeteria. Get a real falafel place in the neighborhood (and I'm not talking Falafel Bar, either, which is only a slight step up from Sahara), and I've no doubt it would succeed.

They better serve a Middle Eastern Pizza or Not In My Backyard to them. We will picket and protest until our knees hurt from jerking so much

Listen to all this pizza snob talk....Coal vs fire, blah, blah, blah. Milano's is the pizza that ex pats crave. Hands down.

I guess no one is aware of the city's desire to be in the Guinness B.W.R. for having a pizza joint &/or Italian rest. on every corner.

Ahhh! Nothing like a pizza post to drive up pageviews!

Just to clarify. This is not NY style Pizza. IT IS New York Pizza. Growing up in the Big Apple, I know the difference between NY Style pizza versus NY pizza. Have eaten at his other locations and have converted my local Buffalonian buddies. Definitely an assett to the area.
Try it, you'll love it.

Every NY pizza I've tried was as thin, uninteresting, and bland as the pizza we used to have at our high school lunch cafeteria (just like west coast pizza).

Real Buffalonians prefer Buffalo style pizza. I suspect they'll attract students & yuppies not born here with no taste for our delicious tangy, thick, juicy local pizzas, or maybe those people who'd rather eat very light rather than get off their butt and get some exercise to keep fit.