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<\/p>\nFrom his newly remodeled rear patio, owner Luigi Agostini discussed being an Ocean Beach entrepreneur and Pizzeria Luigi\u2019s place in the local culinary mix.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe interesting story is here (patio), this used to be a separate lot with two buildings,\u201d said Agostini, an Italian native who grew up north of Milano near the Swiss border, of his spacious patio with picnic tables, sun umbrellas, and fire pits. \u201cThey used to have a furniture shop and upholster stuff with horsehair back in the day.\u201d<\/p>\n
The owner of three other Pizzeria Luigi\u2019s, the restaurateur pointed out OB \u201cwas always in the plan\u201d for expanding, noting it took some time to find just the right spot at 5001 Newport Ave. \u201cI came here and it worked out pretty good,\u201d he said adding he\u2019s always been a fan of OB\u2019s \u201csmall-town vibe. I grew up in a small neighborhood in my hometown and everybody kind of knew each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
How Agostini came to the States is an interesting story in itself. \u201cI was supposed to move to Australia and then a friend of mine said, \u2018Hey, you want to go to California?\u2019 said Agostini. \u201cNext day I bought a plane ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n
Luigi left his small Italian hometown for San Francisco where he began what would be years of cooking and pizza making in restaurants from Los Angeles to Hawaii.<\/p>\n
Finally, after coming to San Diego, he opened his first pizzeria in Poway in 2002. A short time later he opened up shop in Golden Hill. Pizzeria Luigi soon became a neighborhood institution for fast, affordable, and simple Italian food served from lunch to late at night.<\/p>\n
After a pivotal visit from Guy Fieri of Food Network\u2019s \u201cDiners, Drive-ins & Dives\u201d in the fall of 2008, Pizzeria Luigi\u2019s business skyrocketed and pizza enthusiasts traveled from near and far for a slice of his signature pizzas.<\/p>\n
The restaurateur has been in Ocean Beach since July of last year.<\/p>\n
Are we going to see Pizzeria Luigi franchised? \u201cI\u2019m probably not going to open up another shop by myself,\u201d replied Agostini. \u201cI\u2019m probably going to involve some of my boys who want to do their own thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pizzeria Luigi is not Italian-style, as you might expect. \u201cIt\u2019s New York-style,\u201d said Agostini pointing out there are two key ingredients to crafting a delectable pie. \u201cWater is important, and a good balance in the product,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe use bottled water. I change cheese very rarely. You don\u2019t want something that is too overpowering. Then it\u2019s going to kill the flavor of everything else. I like pizzas more on the mild side with tastes that blend well together.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The pizzeria owner is working with his chef on introducing a couple of new pizza items like eggplant parmigiana, as well as a candy bar pie, and a cheese nugget pie with a cheese bowl deep-fried on it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re working on changing our pasta a little bit,\u201d Agostini said. Chicken wings and sandwiches are also menu staples. \u201cWe\u2019re also working on making our own bread, but that\u2019s a little more complicated,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to keep the consistency on making bread.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Of his new patio, Agostini said: \u201cWe just wanted to create an ambiance more than anything else. We\u2019re going to build a little bar outside, nothing fixed, something mobile so people can sit. We\u2019ll see. It\u2019s going to take some time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pointing out \u201clocal people seem to embrace us pretty well,\u201d Agostini added, \u201cThey like the product. We have tons of repeat customers. If you\u2019ve got a good product \u2013 people will come. We\u2019ve got a decent name out there in the City.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pizzeria Luigi\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n Where: 5001 Newport Ave.<\/p>\n Hours: Sundays-Thursdays 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays 11 a.m.-2 a.m.<\/p>\n Contacto: pizzerialuigi.com<\/a>, 619-539-7025<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From his newly remodeled rear patio, owner Luigi Agostini discussed being an Ocean Beach entrepreneur and Pizzeria Luigi\u2019s place in the local culinary mix. \u201cThe interesting story is here (patio), this used to be a separate lot with two buildings,\u201d said Agostini, an Italian native who grew up north of Milano near the Swiss border, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":840,"featured_media":312410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11561","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"From his newly remodeled rear patio, owner Luigi Agostini discussed being an Ocean Beach entrepreneur and Pizzeria Luigi\u2019s place in the local culinary mix.","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11551,11561],"tags":[13289,13287,13286,12547,13288],"class_list":["post-312409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-peninsula-beacon","tag-diners-drive-ins-dives","tag-food-network","tag-guy-fieri","tag-ocean-beach","tag-pizzeria-luigis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/840"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}