A beloved Bay Area pizza shop ownershocked fans after announcingthat he’s closing his doors after more than 10 years and going into the frozen pizza business exclusively.
Jon Darsky, owner of San Francisco Del Popolo pizza, thanked the city and all who visited his restaurant over the years before explaining that, after much consideration, he’s decided that the best path forward is toclose the restaurantfollowing service Friday night.
Darsky shared details of his decision in a previousmessage posted on Instagram.
The pizzeria— located at 855 Bush Street — isn’t shutting down for some of the usual reasons other businesses in the state have closed, likethe insanely high cost to liveand operate in California, but instead because the owner said he wants tochange the way people think about frozen pies.
Darsky started the business in 2012 making what he describes as Neapolitan-inspired pizzas out of a food truck made out of a glass enclosed shipping container on a Freightliner truck, before deciding to open a shop a few years later.
“In 2014, after a couple of years making pizza from our truck, I decided to open a restaurant. It felt like an appropriate next step. I wanted to make simple yet distinctive pizza and share it with more people,” Darsky wrote.
“I had no idea what I was doing or what to expect, but today I feel great knowing that it happened, it worked, and people actually liked it,” before announcing that the last day to get pizza at his shop would be Friday May 8th.
After that, the owner of the pizzeria said people can find their favorite Del Popolo pizza in the freezer section of your local grocery store.
“While this marks the end of Del Popolo as a bricks-and-mortar restaurant, I’m excited to begin a new chapter focusing on our frozen sourdough pizza,” the message read.
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