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Village Voice

AFTER TEN YEARS IN BUSINESS, THIS PROSPECT PARK PIZZERIA IS STILL SERVING SUPER SEASONAL PIES

BY KATHERINE KNOWLES

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015

Celebrating its ten-year anniversary this weekend, Prospect Park pizzeria Amorina (624 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn) has been a neighborhood joint “since way before this was at all a food place,” says Ellen Fishman, who, along with her husband, Albano Ballerini, owns and runs the restaurant, where they host and cook.

 

“People thought we were crazy, and that we’d never last, but here we are, a decade on.

 

“We live in the neighborhood. Our kids grew up here. My son is working here right now. And we’ve had servers and customers here for so long — we really know people. Last night I was chatting to a couple who had their first date here and had come in with their two children. There’s a family we see quite often — the wife went into labor here! We named a pizza after her daughter Hazel to celebrate.”

 

Amorina serves up Roman-style thin-crust pizza and seasonal pastas and salads rooted in tradition. “My husband, Albano, grew up in Italy,” says Fishman. “His grandmother founded an ice cream … Read more >