Uncle Joe’s Well-known Pizzeria might be opening in Miller Place after buying Fusilli, in line with an organization assertion.
Phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed.
The Miller Place deal is a part of the model’s enlargement plan after Uncle Joe’s was acquired in June 2023 by Hamptons Manufacturers, an funding group led by Hampton Bays residents Tana Gerber, artist and historic curator, and Scott Gerber, CEO of Neighborhood.co and BrandNext.
Uncle Joe’s was based by Giuseppe “Joe” Sciara, who immigrated to america from Sicily in 1958 along with his spouse, Frances and opened his first restaurant in Bay Shore in 1968. Later, Sciara opened Uncle Joe’s in Hampton Bays and the restaurant has been a well-liked spot for locals and guests to the East Finish for greater than half a century.
When the brand new homeowners took over final 12 months, they introduced a plan to develop the Uncle Joe’s model past Hampton Bays. The Miller Place restaurant is the primary new location in these plans.
“I need to thank the residents of Miller Place and the encircling space from the underside of my coronary heart,” Chad Powell, proprietor of Fusilli, stated within the assertion. “It has been a labor of affection for my household and I to serve the group for over 13 years. We have now made nice reminiscences and lifelong mates alongside the best way. We’re extraordinarily proud to have served them. It’s with nice confidence that I go away it to the Uncle Joe’s crew to proceed our success. Fusilli clients are in nice fingers with them.”
The previous Fusilli restaurant situated at 691 Route 25A will reopen as Uncle Joe’s Pizza & Parlour in March.
“It is extremely essential to us to uphold Fusilli’s long-standing traditions of culinary excellence, significant group engagement and high-quality customer support that locals have come to know and love,” Tana Gerber stated within the assertion. “We’re additionally excited to introduce the Miller Place group to a number of the specialties which have made us a trusted, family-friendly model for over 50 years.”
Uncle Joe’s serves authentic Lengthy Island panko pizzas, New York-style pizzas and different Italian specialties, together with wings and its signature Dolci Doughknots.
The corporate is searching for to amass extra Lengthy Island pizzerias.
“It’s our distinctive honor to supply beloved pizzaiolos and pizzeria homeowners respectable retirements befitting their many years of laborious work and repair to their communities,” Scott Gerber stated within the assertion. “Uncle Joe’s will proceed to develop by buying and preserving extra high-quality pizzerias all through Lengthy Island within the years forward.”