If you live in Garden Court, Cobbs Creek or Cedar Park and need a pizza fix, check out Park Pizza, a new restaurant and pizzeria at 434 S. 52nd Street across from Malcolm X. Park. Park Pizza’s co-owners are experienced restaurateur Joe Scarpa, the former owner of Allegro Pizza at 40th and Spruce, and his son Sean Dundon who worked as a restaurant manager.

They both were approached by the Spak Group, a local real estate company which has been renovating buildings on 52nd Street, to open a neighborhood pizzeria. But, it took a few years for Park Pizza to get going, according to Dundon. 

“My father and I have been working on opening Park Pizza for almost three years,” Dundon said in an email. “We encountered every obstacle imaginable when opening up a new restaurant and just as we were about to get our final approval to open our doors…. COVID struck.”

Despite the pandemic, Park Pizza finally opened its doors on August 6th. The pizzeria is following safe practices, including frequent sanitizing and social distancing and masks or facial coverings must be worn to enter the restaurant.

Park Pizza serves authentic Neapolitan and gourmet pizzas (all hand stretched, thin crust) and tomato pies, as well as a traditional American menu. Here’s the full menu.

Park Pizza is open for take-out, delivery and outdoor dining daily: from 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Friday & Saturday, and 12 – 7 p.m. on Sunday.

For more information, visit: www.parkpizzeria.com.