| Joe's Pizza | |
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 The Greenwich Village location of Joe's Pizza in November 2018 | |
 Interactive map of Joe's Pizza | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1975; 50 years ago (1975) |
| Owner | Pino Pozzuoli |
| Head chef | Pino Pozzuoli |
| Food type | Italian-Americanpizzeria |
| Location | 7 Carmine Street,New York City,Manhattan, 10014,United States |
| Other locations | 150 East 14th Street |
| Website | www |
Joe's Pizza, also calledFamous Joe's Pizza, is apizzeria located inGreenwich Village,Manhattan,New York City on Carmine Street nearBleecker Street. The restaurant is known for serving a classicNew York street-style pizza and has been called a "Greenwich Village institution". The pizzeria servesby the slice or as full pies.[1][2]
In addition to its original location inGreenwich Village, Joe's Pizza has four other locations New York City: in Manhattan at 150 East 14th Street, 1435 Broadway, and 124 Fulton Street, and in Brooklyn at 216 Bedford Avenue. Joe's also has multiple locations located elsewhere in the United States: in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at 1107 S University Ave, and inCambridge, Massachusetts at 3 Brattle Street inHarvard Square. In the late 2010s, Joe's expanded internationally when three locations were opened in Shanghai, China, in Jing'an, Xuhui, and Changning.[3]
Joe's was founded in 1975 by Pino "Joe" Pozzuoli, an Italian immigrant originally fromNaples, Italy. The restaurant briefly closed in 2005, but has since reopened.[1]
Joe's Pizza offers traditional New York slice-style pizza. In 2018,New York Times restaurant criticPete Wells noted, “When neoclassical slice-shop owners say they emulate the old-school joints that still obsess over quality, Joe’s is one of the places they’re talking about.”[4] Joe has been described by Ed Levine as a “slice purist”, and the restaurant serves only pizza.[5]
Joe's Pizza appears in the 2001 video gameGrand Theft Auto III as it is located in two different areas of the game. However, both of the pizza parlors are inaccessible to the player. The pizza parlor appears once again inGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and it remains inaccessible to the player, but you can start a side mission in-game titled "Pizza Boy", which can be found in thisvideo.
In the 2004 film,Spider-Man 2,Peter Parker is working at Joe's Pizza as a delivery boy, but is fired due to his constant tardiness and excessive delivery mishaps resulting from his career as Spider-Man. The pizzeria has gained notability since its appearance in the movie, and several of its New York locations tout its appearance in the film.[6]
In 2011, Joe's Pizza made an appearance in an episode ofConan onTBS, when hostConan O’Brien visited in order to learn how to make authentic New York City pizza.[7][8]
Joe's appears in theMarvel Cinematic Universe series onNetflix,Marvel's Jessica Jones andMarvel's Iron Fist, In Jessica Jones Trish Walker orders a pizza from this location before going on the run, the pizzeria is also mentioned in Iron Fist, being the establishment from whichClaire Temple orders a pizza as a way to socialize with Davos, who reluctantly tries it due to hisveganism.[9][10]
In 2022, Joe's Pizza appeared in a commercial forDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in the form of a food truck. LikeSpider-Man 2, the film was also directed by Sam Raimi.[11]
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