By West Side Rag
Mama’s Too!, the immensely popular and well-reviewed Upper West Side pizzeria, will be expanding its footprint by taking over the adjacent storefront.
The pizza spot at 2750 Broadway, between West 105th and 106th streets, is taking over the storefront to its north at 2752 Broadway, a spokesperson for Mama’s Too! told West Side Rag.
The new space will allow the eatery to offer indoor seating and extra counter space.
The expanded footprint will also allow the pizzeria to add an additional oven.
Mama’s Too! told the Rag that its team is working around the clock to have the new space opened “within a month.”
Mama’s Too! was recently named among the 16 best pizzerias in New York City by Eater NY.
You can find out more about the pizzeria on its website.
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When they first opened (?) up to 2020 the pizza counter was a good 4 feet back and they had 6(?) stools and a tiny shelf/counter where 4 people can actually fit. It was better than nothing.
The first sidewalk seating, then the 2 parking space dinning shed helped them a great deal even if they had to pay a small fee (which I don’t think they did).
I’m glad they’re doing well and can afford to take over the barbar shop.. I don’t like pizza that much tk stand outside when it’s 15 degree .
Pretty sure barber shop is staying – they are moving into the empty nail salon.
Good for Mama Too’s!!
@J.L. They do offer to pack it to go.
Hope this helps.
Great news. Hopefully with out the dining sheds, restaurants will expand.
would this be Mama’s Three ?
2.0
2.5!
With the extra space, perhaps they won’t be such jerks to their customers…
I was a settler of the pre-NY Times 1-star review Mama’s Too. Back then, it behaved logistically like every other slice place in town. You could buy your 2 slices, sit on a stool, eat, leave. No ordering drama or wondering where to take one’s food. Ahhh those were the days
Maybe now we can actually use the sidewalk instead of dodging past tourists who think they own the space. Rude patrons, rude owners. Take a page from the Silver Mooners. It’s a SIDEWALK. Move to the Side, or Walk!!
Love their pizza. BUT, maybe they could offer the option of adding the usual toppings to a regular pie, eg, mushrooms, sausage, etc?
The lines are long enough as it is. Imagine how bad it would get if everyone could request a custom slice.
I love Mama’s Too and it’s great news about the expansion. I’m hoping very much that, with the larger space and an extra oven, some of the original offerings will return — for example spinach-mozzarella, roasted eggplant, etc. These were delicious and seem to have disappeared.
Any affiliation to the Mama’s Pizza at W106 and Amsterdam?
The young proprietor is something along the lines of the nephew of the son of the original Mama, I remember Mamas pizza from when they were in the space Plowshares Coffee currently operates. At the time it was the go to slice in the neighborhood, second only to Sal & Carmine. It is indeed a family operation, but I’m not sure the businesses are associated in a legal sense. In any case the Mama’s Pizza story spans the family generations and I respect and admire it and have been patronizing both for almost 30 years.
@TonyB
Though hot (🌶️) honey on pizza as a after purchase condiment is common place for pizzarias in the NE of the United States. MT is where I had it first in the UWS. I hope they offer that again at the register if they’re worried about people stealing the whole bottle.
I know that it’s sacrilege to some aficionados, but I like pear, (pineapple) on pizza, as well as their house slice. Kung Pao Pastrami from Mission Chinese LES when they were open pre-2020, an era when $40/50 for a meal was a special treat.
@TonyB
Though hot (🌶️) honey on pizza as a after purchase condiment is common place for pizzarias in the NE of the United States. MT is where I had it first in the UWS. I hope they offer that again at the register if they’re worried about people stealing the whole bottle.
I know that it’s sacrilege to some aficionados, but I like pear, (pineapple) on pizza, as well as their house slice. Kung Pao Pastrami from Mission Chinese LES when they were open pre-2020, an era when $40/50 for a meal was a special treat.