PIZZERIA PARADISO HYATTSVILLE TO OPEN JULY 8
Opening week marked by a Maryland brewery tap takeover and local crab specials
The fourth location of Pizzeria Paradiso will open for business on Saturday, July 8 at 4800 Rhode Island Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20781. Credited with introducing the Washington area to Neapolitan-style pizza more than 25 years ago, chef and owner Ruth Gresser’s latest outpost will be part of the newly renovated Marché florist building, which also houses Art Works Now, a non-profit creative community center offering arts education and social justice programming for toddlers through seniors. Pizzeria Paradiso Hyattsville will serve lunch and dinner seven days a week, featuring the signature pizzas that are available at all Pizzeria Paradiso locations as well as a robust beer program helmed by executive beverage director Drew McCormick. With 16 beers on tap at any given time, Pizzeria Paradiso will offer the largest continuously rotating draft beer selection in Hyattsville.
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During the opening week of July 8 to July 18, the restaurant will celebrate their first Maryland location with an all-Maryland brewery tap takeover as well as a special Maryland crab pizza by Chef Gresser using a recipe based on her mom’s, a Baltimore native, crab cake recipe. The pizza, “Maryland is for Lovage” will be made with a parsley and lovage pesto sauce, hominy, cherry tomatoes, and topped with a Maryland crab salad after cooking (crab, escarole, sweet red peppers and creamy Maryland dressing) and will be available for $15 for a small and $21 for a large. The regular menu will feature Chef Gresser’s pizzas, which start with her signature yeasty dough, topped with the highest quality ingredients including organic tomato sauce, housemade sausage made from locally raised meats, fresh vegetables, fresh herbs, and specialty cheeses cooked in the custom-designed Neapolitan style oven.
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Gresser and her spouse, Art Works Now founder Barbara Johnson, began renovating the Marché florist building in 2012, working closely with their award-winning architect Mark McInturff on the building, and Eric Gronning, who served as the architect for the restaurant space. The building was a landmark in Barbara’s childhood, growing up in Mt. Rainier. Her family used Marché as their family florist, which provided the yellow roses her father would send to her mother for every holiday, as well as the floral for family weddings. Their vision was to create a community gathering place in the emerging Gateway Arts District of Prince George’s County featuring art education and delicious food, appealing to the diverse and growing, yet underserved community.
Pizzeria Paradiso collaborated with Art Works Now and the Prince George's Arts and Humanities Council to have local artists create more than 20 pizza-inspired art pieces for the restaurant’s decor using various mediums. The space will feature 55 interior seats and another 18 outdoor seats, including a five-seat exterior beer bar with a folding window, which links the interior bar to the patio. Local artist Valerie Theberge installed a mosaic flame on the restaurant’s custom Marra Forni pizza oven, prominently placed inside the main entrance.
Art Works Now and Pizzeria Paradiso are developing programs and activities that will bring together pizza and beer with art, such as a tasting and art showcase with Graft Cider and their label designer in the fall. Art Works Now will utilize the shared space with the restaurant to incorporate food into their educational youth programming.
Preliminary hours will be Monday – Thursday 11:30 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Friday - Saturday 11:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.; Sundays 12:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Pizzeria Paradiso Hyattsville is located at
4800 Rhode Island Ave, Hyattsville, MD 20781.
For more information please call 240-467-3210 or
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