Pizzas at Tony Sacco's are cooked in a 1,000-degree coal-burning oven.
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The full-service restaurant is set to open at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the outlot building of the Cranbrook Village Shopping Center at 980 W. Eisenhower Pkwy. Whole Foods Market and REI anchor the center.
Tony Sacco's is opening Tuesday in the outlot building of the Cranbrook Village Shopping Center.
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The Florida-based restaurant chain has more than a dozen locations in six states, including restaurants in Novi and Lansing. It serves coal oven-fired pizzas, sandwiches, wraps, salads and desserts, and Gulian said everything is prepared fresh daily. The pizza cooks in about five minutes in a 1,000-degree coal-burning oven.
“It makes the crust very light and fluffy and keeps the original flavors there,” said Tony Sacco’s operations director John Keurajian. “We use real plum tomatoes in our sauce, and nothing is frozen and nothing is bagged.”
Pizzas cost $9.95 for a small and $13.95 for a large. A personal pizza costs $5.95, and specialty pizzas range between $12 and $18.
The restaurant's interior has a full bar and room for about 100 diners.
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The restaurant has about 100 indoor seats, a full bar, five flat-screen TVs and an outdoor patio with about 20 seats.
“It’s a higher-end pizzeria,” he said. “We want the Whole Foods demographic we will serve seven local craft beers. We’re big on being a part of the (Ann Arbor) community.”
Gulian hired 45 employees, but said he’s still accepting applications. (Apply online) The restaurant’s hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Lizzy Alfs is a business reporter for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at 734-623-2584 or email her at lizzyalfs@annarbor.com. Follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/lizzyalfs.