There’s lots of food news around the neighborhood this week:
On the pizza front: Hakki Pizza has taken over the Visco discount clothing store space at 123 Essex, at the intersection with Rivington; this week, the former corner store is gutted, Hakki’s signs are up over the doorway, and construction work continues apace. New pizza options are springing up all over the LES; Fork in the Road reported last week that Goodfellas Brick Oven Pizza is scheduled to open in about two weeks in the former Kebab House at 144 Orchard. St.
Sorella has put together a sumptuous-sounding menu for Easter brunch on Sunday. From noon to 5 p.m., choose an appetizer, entree and dessert for $48 per person. The duck fat English muffin with chicken liver mousse and coconut-cream filled bomboloni with chocolate passion fruit sauce are not to be missed. Know of other Easter specials in local restaurants? Email us here.
Goodfellas Brick Oven Pizza participates in ‘National Pizza Day,’ donates food to the hungry
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
The Original Goodfellas Brick Oven Pizza in Dongan Hills, Staten Island, along with pizzerias across the country, will come together Tuesday, Feb. 9, to feed the hungry through the Pizza Across America campaign. (Courtesy of Goodfella s/ Instagram)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Goodfellas Brick Oven Pizza in Dongan Hills is donating its award-winning pizza to the less fortunate this month.
The Pizza Across America campaign has selected the Staten Island restaurant, located at 1718 Hylan Blvd., to donate and deliver at least 10 large pizzas to local food banks, shelters or care centers of their choice. The initiative will take place Tuesday, Feb. 9, for “National Pizza Day.” Pizzerias across the U.S. will join the World Pizza Champions, a group of pizza industry leaders, in supporting their neighbors in need. Hormel Foods, the ma