{"id":91557,"date":"2023-04-05T03:13:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T03:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/05\/barstool-pizza-david-portnoy-praises-ah-beetz-in-delray-beach\/"},"modified":"2023-04-05T03:13:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T03:13:14","slug":"barstool-pizza-david-portnoy-praises-ah-beetz-in-delray-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/05\/barstool-pizza-david-portnoy-praises-ah-beetz-in-delray-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Barstool Pizza David Portnoy Praises Ah-Beetz in Delray Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.miaminewtimes.com\/mia\/imager\/u\/16x9-m\/16661679\/img-4781.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\nIt solely takes one chunk \u2014 you all know the principles. <\/p>\n<p>Especially in case you&#8217;re a fan of David Portnoy, the globe-trotting pizza aficionado who\u00a0lately selected a Palm Beach County restaurant as certainly one of his favourite spots to search out genuine apizza outdoors New Haven, Connecticut \u2014 a metropolis oft thought of floor zero for a few of the finest Neapolitan-inspired pies within the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Those acquainted with Portnoy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barstoolsports.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barstool Sports<\/a> &#8220;One Bite Pizza Reviews&#8221; \u2014 additionally posted to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5PrkGgI_cIaSStOyRmLAKA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel <\/a>with greater than 900,000 subscribers \u2014 look to Portnoy for his evaluations on pizzerias and their potential to fulfill his pie-approval requirements made with simply &#8220;one chunk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For Portnoy, that now consists of <a href=\"https:\/\/ah-beetz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ah-Beetz<\/a>, a Delray Beach pizzeria he gave an 8.4 rating for what he says is a primary for a restaurant positioned outdoors the Connecticut metropolis. He admits he is\u00a0struggled to search out New Haven-style pizza outdoors New Haven.<\/p>\n<p>New Haven is dwelling to a number of of the nation&#8217;s most lauded pizzerias, together with Sally&#8217;s, Modern, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miaminewtimes.com\/restaurants\/frank-pepes-new-haven-pizzeria-is-coming-to-miami-13329854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana<\/a>, which opened its first Florida outpost earlier this yr in Plantation. They every supply their tackle the normal pizza cooked in coal fired ovens which boasts a skinny, smoky charred crust paired with a lightweight layer of tomato sauce and a sprinkling of Parmesan and Pecorino Romano or mozzarella cheeses. <\/p>\n<p>To date, Portnoy has rated dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onebitepizzarankings.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Florida pizza eating places above an 8.0<\/a>, providing prime rankings to eating places together with Miami&#8217;s Mister 01, Lucali, Eleventh Street Pizza, and Block&#8217;s Pizza Deli, in addition to Palm Beach- and Broward-based Tucci&#8217;s Fire N&#8217; Coal Pizza, Heritage, and Pizza Craft Artisan Pizzeria. \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>None, nonetheless, have delivered a New Haven-style apizza apart from Ah-Beetz, which opened final May at 15200 Jog Road, in response to Portnoy.<\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barstoolsports.com\/video\/3458977\/barstool-pizza-review-ah-beetz-new-haven-pizza-delray-beach-fl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March assessment<\/a>, Portnoy shares:\u00a0&#8220;If you see apizza, which means drop your drawers, drop your drink, drop your balls, and run \u2014 as a result of they&#8217;ve one of the best pizza on the planet. I&#8217;ve been to Italy \u2014 and one of the best pizza is in New Haven, interval. This is the best-feeling New Haven pizza I&#8217;ve had outdoors New Haven, or no less than within the Florida space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since Portnoy&#8217;s go to, the restaurant&#8217;s house owners say the enterprise has obtained an inflow of shoppers which have compelled them to briefly disable their supply and ordering app, and droop phone-in orders past what the restaurant&#8217;s small employees can deal with every day.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Ah-Beetz staff \u2014 house owners Cassandra Frantz and father-and-son founders Nick Laudano senior and Nick Laudano junior \u2014 Portnoy&#8217;s assessment has turn out to be a blessing for his or her small enterprise that goals to supply an\u00a0genuine style of New Haven-style pizza in South Florida.<\/p>\n<div>\n<br \/>\nOn a latest Wednesday afternoon, as employees labored diligently to prep for a 4:30 p.m. opening, a gradual stream of inquisitive clients stopped by in an try to position orders and go searching.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"8S83EebcizA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Barstool Pizza Review - Ah-Beetz New Haven Pizza (Delray Beach, FL)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8S83EebcizA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p> &#8220;This is all day, day by day since Portnoy posted his video. People have pushed so far as Fort Myers \u2014 even Georgia,&#8221; Laudano junior tells <i>New Times<\/i>. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been doing about 300 to 360 pies an evening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Business has elevated massively, and we&#8217;re past grateful. We&#8217;ve at all times been massive followers of Portnoy, and to get his stamp of approval has been a blessing,&#8221; provides Frantz. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nThe Laudano\u00a0household has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newhavenindependent.org\/index.php\/article\/ah_beetz_opening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lengthy historical past of proudly owning and working pizzerias<\/a> in Connecticut and South Florida, together with\u00a0Nick&#8217;s New Haven-Style Pizzeria and Bar in Boca Raton, a restaurant Laudano senior opened in 2011 alongside Anthony Gilvaniello. A second Coral Springs restaurant opened in 2014 and closed in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Ah-Beetz is the household&#8217;s latest endeavor, at the moment operated by Laudano junior, additionally the restaurant&#8217;s lead pizza chef who has been crafting New Haven-style pies for almost 30 years, and Frantz, a member of the family who additionally hails from the New Haven space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nLaudano junior tells <i>New Times<\/i> every little thing is ready recent in-house, from the sauce and toppings to the pies and twice-baked rooster wings. The coal oven, designed by Laudano senior, is the restaurant&#8217;s solely supply of warmth.<\/p>\n<p>The Ah-Beetz pies are made utilizing a easy, proprietary recipe. One factor Laudano is certain to say: there is no fancy water. His course of yields a supple dough that&#8217;s hand formed and pulled, and chars to perfection at temperatures as excessive as 780 levels.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThe brief and candy menu presents the gamut of conventional appiza choices. They embody a traditional tomato pie topped with tomato sauce, Pecorino Romano, recent oregano, and olive oil; the &#8220;Mootz,&#8221; ready with tomato sauce, Pecorino Romano, oregano, and mozzarella; and the white clam, a sauceless pie topped with oregano, garlic, olive oil, Pecorino Romano, mozzarella, and New England-sourced clams that arrive recent a number of occasions every week and shucked in-house every day. <\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen toppings permits clients to construct their very own pies with meats like pepperoni, sausage, bacon, and rooster, alongside greens like broccolini, cherry peppers, mushrooms, and spinach.\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;What units us aside [is that] the general public that work listed below are from New Haven,&#8221; sums up Frantz. &#8220;Making one of these pizza is a craft. This is a household enterprise, and quite a lot of work has gone into creating the pies you style right here. These are their recipes, their ovens, and their design. This is true New Haven apizza.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<b>Ah-Beetz<\/b>. <i>15200 Jog Rd., Delray Beach; 561-908-2466; <a href=\"https:\/\/ah-beetz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ah-beetz.com<\/a>.\u00a0Open 4:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday via Saturday, and 1 to eight p.m. Sunday.<\/i>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '197538823750041'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] It solely takes one chunk \u2014 you all know the principles. 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