D'Amore's Famous Pizza has plans to open its second location in Malibu this week.
The soft opening is set for Friday, Feb. 1 at the Point Dume Village and will only offer pizza and salads, according to owner Joe D'Amore, who plans to be on hand to talk to customers.
"All the veggies are organic and the meats are hormone and steroid free. They are natural, grass-fed, even the sausage and everything," D'Amore said. "Of course we have vegan cheese and gluten free crust and our regular dough is imported from Italy along with the water."
The menu will be expanded to sandwiches and pastas once more equipment arrives in the coming weeks. The official opening will be shortly after that, D'Amore said.
The restaurant is opening at the former location of Point Pizza Malibu, which closed on New Years Eve after the landlord, Zan Marquis, opted not to extend the lease and bring in D'Amore as part of an effort to offer a healthier menu.
D'Amore's Famous Pizza has another location in Malibu at 22601 Pacific Coast Highway.
You cast (I think the word you're looking for is - ) aspersions all over here. That she didn't have "commitment". You imply that she hadn't had long term leases and didn't try to get them. You then state that she "OPTED to be at the mercy of the landlord". That she made a choice to be at the mercy - that she wasn't smart enough, committed enough or cared enough about her business. None of these aspersions are based on facts.
intr.v. opt·ed, opt·ing, opts To make a choice or decision:
as·ser·tion noun 1. a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
This comment is for Elizabeth. I would be careful about eating gluten-free pizza in that particular store if you have celiac. We told the landlord we could not do gluten free because there is not enough space in that store to have a separate prep area that would be free of the regular flour. Also, I would not even feel comfortable doing gluten free without a separate oven.
Please tell me what I said that was "condescending"?, even remotely.... I said nothing inaccurate about her lease because I said nothing about her lease other than to say that she was in a position where her lease was over and exposed to termination by the landlord. This is just a very bizarre venue, and one I will gladly withdraw from.... I was out carrying a sign for point pizza on the street corner.
That is DRIPPING with smug condescension. We have read the facts, as presented thoroughly by you. Many of us have reached different opinions and conclusions than you. You are entitled to your opinion, and to express them. We are entitled to ours, without your CONDESCENDING remonstrations, thank you.
Yes, we all have our opinions and mine aren't any more valid than yours. If you say that Zan was wrong in not renewing HyeSong's lease I won't argue with that. I wouldn't have terminated the lease if I were the landlord, based on what I know. But, it doesn't ever stop there. There is a lot of collateral damage that goes on when people are allowed to say anything they want (often hiding their true identities). Saying that a pizza slice cost $10 when it actually costs $4.50, using this highly flammable public forum to say that someone is "sleeping" with someone and indirectly implicated in a suicide, careless accusations that were spewed (mob style) regarding Savory-gate. It's wrong, it's careless, and it's irresponsible, and it can destroy lives. I have a friend whose life was devastated over innuendo that "caught fire". He'll never be the same again. Where is the ombudsmen? This is very tabloid-sequence and it seems to be getting worse. In my opinion, way more harm than good. If this were a court of law, 90% of this stuff would be thrown out, inadmissable. The Patch cares a lot about stray dogs and threatened businesses, and that's great and noble, but it should also be the caretaker of truthful and accurate and civil discourse, not a platform for innuendo, slurs, and ad hominem attacks. You have some great opinions, in general, well researched, etc.. They are probably better than a lot of my opinions...this isn't about opinions!
It's so much more than pizza . . . :) Thank you to Hye Song for her decades of care in Malibu, it is not now and won't ever be forgotten!
You are SO right. This is now and always has been about much more than pizza! It's about humanity and doing the right thing. It's about compassion and consideration for our fellow human beings. We love you Hye Song! And we'll support you any way we can...
which scumbag do you blame?
"bravo" is to folks having a little more of a sane dialogue than what was going on earlier on this page, that's all.
Jill, you are one brave lady.
She did not accuse others of being wrong on the facts, or of being emotional, and she did not lecture people. People who may disagree with her, like me, do not automatically "load shotguns." Can you see why some people have objected -- not to your opinions about Point Pizza -- but to your opinions about us?
The landlord could have just flat out said to point pizza, "your pizza sucks...you need to split, and take all of your noisy loitering punk kids with you!", but he didn't. The weasel made up a lie that if she made all the "adjustments, she could stay. When these kind of things happen to people we care about, we can have a say in the matter as well.
I said well, which is it, Point Pizza, or D'amore's?" "This is D'Amore's." "So why did you answer Point Pizza?" "No, this is D'Amore's." "So you answer as Point Pizza, then change it to D'amores, and you are using Point Pizza's phone number?" "Yes, the number has stayed the same." "THAT'S GREAT." *CLICK* Pretty sweet when other people's decades of hard work just fall right into your lap, eh? Good for yooouuuuuu! BOYCOTT D'AMORES!!!