Our Town Pizzeria & Deli’s Ovens are Hot!

 

GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) – After months of jumping through hoops and waiting, Our Town Pizzeria and Deli is finally open!

The pizzeria announced their first official day of business as Wednesday, June 30^th, 2021. The Deli portion of the business will follow next week, allowing for a softer opening period. Business hours are between noon and 8:30 pm -closed Sundays. Our Town Pizzeria and Deli plans to have delivery services, which will deliver to Gridley and Biggs (Live Oak folks will have to wait until a little later). Their menu, which can be viewed on their Facebook page features salads, calzones, sides/appetizers, pizzas and the “Weekday Special”. The future will see deli sandwiches and potentially even take-home family size meals.

An hour before the doors opened, we asked owner Levi Dake, how he felt about opening day- He said, “Be patient with us, we’ve never done this before!”

Both Dake and business partner Eric Jurado worked at the original Sylvios and remember its ambiance and flavors, which they hoped to improve on but hold true to. Literally minutes before opening their doors, there were a few die-hard Sylvio’s fans waiting outside for a taste of the new and improved version of the iconic community pizzeria.

Manuel Ramos and Bruno Salvatierra, who will go down in the history books as the first two official customers of Our Town Pizzeria and Deli, waited patiently outside, for the “okay” to come in and order.

When asked how long they had been waiting for this (the whole town has been waiting months for the new pizzeria to open, which was held up by the county) Ramos said, “Ever since the old Sylvio’s closed!”  He continued to reminisce about coming to the Sylvio’s with his brothers as a kid and the arcade games - that sentimentality and family-centered atmosphere is something that the new owners hope to revive.

Overall, community support has been huge for the new establishment. Ramos and Salvatierra said they were there early because they were afraid it would be too busy later. “I think it’s going to be good…. they got a lot of support. I’m just glad there’s something down here,” said Salvatierra. “We’re excited!”