Hey, pizza lovers! Good news! Pizzeria Santa Lucia has started work on a brick-and-mortar shop at Terry’s Finer Foods in the Heights!
Santa Lucia at Terry’s Finer Foods will move into the space that was previously occupied by The Restaurant at Terry’s Finer Foods. The Restaurant recently moved to the opposite side of the building, which opened the door for Santa Lucia, and its owners, Jeremy and Jacquelyn Pittman.
The Pittmans, of Palette Catering and Event Planning, already sell some of their processed foods at Terry’s Finer Foods, owned by Lex and Ellen Golden, and operate The Pie Shop at Terry’s.
Santa Lucia’s official open date has not been set yet, but Jacquelyn Pittman said it would be open by mid-summer. The date could be affected by how quickly the Mario Acunto brick oven is shipped from Italy.
“It’s a classic, Neapolitan style, pizza baking oven,” Jacquelyn Pittman said.
The oven, between 120 and 140 inches in diameter, will establish residence in a corner of the restaurant, and cook three to five pizzas at a time.
“The oven will come a couple of feet in the window, and mortar around it,” Pittman said. “The dome and stack will be on the exterior of the building, and the window will be in the interior.”
Pittman said the shop will be “less of a restaurant, and more of a gastropub,” and have seating for about 40 patrons. The restaurant will feature a full-service bar, with an emphasis on craft beer.
“The pizza will be classical, similar to what we already offer,” Pittman said. For a look at the menu for Santa Lucia’s mobile wood oven, click here.
As for the Santa Lucia traveling wood oven, don’t worry, it will still be around.
“We will continue to do the catering and community events,” Pittman said. “We’re just adding the brick-and-mortar.”
The restaurant hours will be 5-11 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, and 5 p.m. to at least midnight on Friday and Saturday.
“And if the Tuesday through Thursday demands more, the restaurant will be open,” Pittman said.