Napolitanos getting closer to opening pizza shop

Aug. 19, 2019

The hand-built brick oven is almost ready for the new pizza shop that the parents of Breadico’s founder are opening on South Minnesota Avenue.

David Napolitano’s father and mother, Dennis and Linda, will own the restaurant, which doesn’t have a name yet.

“We’re still focused on construction,” said Dennis Napolitano, who built the oven and is doing much of the restaurant build-out himself.

“It’s taking a little while,” he said of the work, which began in spring. “We’ve got a master plan, and we’re changing things as we go along.”

But the bigger pieces are falling together. The first fire has been started in the oven. The counter where customers will order and a half-wall between the dining area and oven have been built, and boards for them have been stained in hues ranging from brown to reddish brown. Booths for seating have been delivered.

The restaurant could open in the next month, Napolitano said, noting that it may take longer.

David has been helping with the interior design of the restaurant and its menu, which is still being developed, Napolitano said. They’ll start to talk about finalizing the offerings in the next week or two.

“It’s going to have some of the old standbys that people loved,” he said of Breadico’s restaurant, which closed late last year. David continues to operate the original bread-making part of his business, selling his product through retailers, at the Falls Park Farmers Market and wholesale to restaurants.

The new restaurant’s pizza options will be similar to Breadico’s, with a few additions and deletions.

The restaurant will seat 40 to 50 people at booths and tables, said Napolitano, who built outdoor kitchens and pizza ovens and did landscaping work in California before moving to Mount Vernon in 1991. They family has lived in Sioux Falls for a decade, and David started Breadico out of the family’s garage in 2012.

Napolitano said he and his wife have enjoyed helping their son with the business over the years. Now, it’s their chance to share the family’s talents with Sioux Falls.

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Napolitanos getting closer to opening pizza shop

The hand-built brick oven is almost ready for the new pizza shop that the parents of Breadico’s founder are opening on South Minnesota Avenue.

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