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Conversation
Brian Zepsa
Zepeddie's Pizzeria | Charlotte, North Carolina
Concept:
Neighborhood pizza joint focused on high
quality ingredients and customer service.
Trying to offer something a little elevated
from the typical pizza joint.
Pizza Style & Dough:
We offer both a thin crispy crust as well
as a thicker Sicilian style crust. We spent
over a year working on our dough. We make
everything in house as well as our fresh bread
for sandwiches, focaccia appetizer and our
gluten free option. All our fl our is organic and
locally sourced in NC.
What prompted you to reopen the
restaurant after so many years?
When the family closed the original
location, I think we all knew that one day,
we would open again. There was a reason
we held on to the original neon for so many
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years. The building we are in was part of the
family's woodworking business throughout
the 1990s and early 2000s. As we have
seen the neighborhood change and become
more of a residential hotspot, we all knew it
was time to dust off the old sign and go at it
again.
How were you able re-engage with
the community and market to a new
customer base?
The community now in this area is very
different. What used to be heavy business
and commuter traffi c at the old restaurant
has become young professionals and young
families who can literally walk over and grab
a pie from us.
How has the restaurant changed since
its initial opening?
Charlotte has changed dramatically in
the last 25 years. We used to be a heavy
lunch crowd with a pizza buffet and salad
bar at lunch for $4.95. Line out the door
every day. (Remember the Wendy's Buffet?)
It was the thing to do in the 90s. Now, we are
more focused on the craft of making pizza
and trying to stand out amongst the ton of
competition out there.
What's on the horizon for Zepeddie's
Pizzeria?
Right now, the sole focus is growing our
customer base and providing a consistent,
good-quality product and experience to our
customers. After that, who knows? Charlotte
is growing, and even though we have only
been open a little while, customers are asking
when we will open a second location in their
" neighborhood. "
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