Sally’s Apizza in New Haven is reopening Wednesday and celebrating by offering free pizza.
Members of the team of Lineage Hospitality, which acquired the famous local pizza shop, as well as the sons of the founder of Sally’s, will be giving free pizza to the first 80 tables to be seated Wednesday, starting at 3 p.m., when the doors open at 237 Wooster St.
Sally’s has been on Wooster Street or New Haven’s “Little Italy,” since 1938. It closed temporarily late last year and is reopening its doors under the new ownership.
Lineage Hospitality acquired the restaurant from the Consiglio family in December 2017 and has plans to expand the local pizza shop across the country.
A statement from Lineage Hospitality says members of the Consiglio family will remain with the restaurant indefinitely to help lead the next phase of its evolution and they will work with Lineage Hospitality to manage operations and preserve the family’s proprietary recipes and baking techniques.
“My family has spent a lifetime building Sally’s into a strong restaurant business, and we look forward to seeing our pizza being brought to many more people,” Bobby Consiglio, son of Sal Consiglio, who founded the restaurant 80 years ago, said in a statement. “We are very excited to bring a passionate investor group like Lineage Hospitality on board and help them share the Sally’s eating experience nationally.”
