A new restaurant has opened on Baxter Avenue providing a place for Bellarmine students to experience authentic New-York-style pizza.
Goodfellas Pizzaria is a chain restaurant with locations in and around Kentucky. In February it began a “soft opening” of its new location and has slowly expanded its hours.
General manager Alex Newman said: “After talking and meeting with the owners here, I loved what they were doing. They're really community oriented, which means they really want to do something for the community.”
Goodfellas promotes an “Italian mafia” image for its restaurants. Specialty pizzas have names like “Tommy ‘Two Times,’” “The Don” and “Fuhgetaboutit.”
Junior chemistry major Casimir Schaefer has been to Goodfellas locations before and enjoyed his experience.
Schaefer said: “The first time I went to Goodfellas was the first time that I’ve ever been to a pizza place that had pizza by the slice. The atmosphere is like you’re walking into a little bistro. Generally, they have music, and the guys who are working decide the music so they’re having fun and dancing around.”
Not everyone who’s been to Goodfellas has had a positive experience. Phoenix Hanratty, a sophomore history and political science double major, went to the new Baxter location on a Friday and was surprised to see a large crowd. “My immediate impression was ‘damn, I chose the right place to come to, this must be some good food,’” he said.
However, Hanratty did not get the chance to try the food. “We sat in line for what must have been 45 minutes to an hour, maybe longer,” he said. “Then by the time we got up there, we learned that we couldn’t order pizza. We had to order online in advance. So, we went to order online and came to find out it wouldn’t let us since they were apparently out of stock on everything.”
Both Schaefer and Hanratty expressed interest in visiting Goodfellas again, and they might be able to snag a deal while doing so.
Newman said: “We’re going to start doing an industry night with just people who work in the service industry, but I’m going to tie in the colleges. Bellarmine students are welcome. I want you here.”
Newman said he could not give any specifics yet about when the student discount will be implemented or what the discount will be.
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