The Salvatore’s Pizza Family celebrated their 46 year anniversary on July 5, 2024.
Salvatore’s Pizza was started by Salvatore SoccerSam Fantauzzo as a young entrepreneur in his Home Economics class at Eastridge High School in 1978. On July 5, 1978, the first location opened at 1985 East Main Street. The inaugural location is still open today as one of the busiest pizzerias in the country and the region now has 30 full service Salvatore’s Pizzeria locations, two Donuts Delite locations, and pizza outlets at the Rochester Airport and Innovative Field.
The Salvatore’s Pizza Family also opened their first out of state location in Jacksonville, Florida this year, with former Rochesterian Dr. Ferdinand Formoso and family. The group anticipates to open many locations in Florida.
In celebration of their 46 year anniversary, the Salvatore’s Pizza Family has more exciting news to share.
“We would like to thank all past and current location owners, managers, employees, office teams, vendors, business partners, media members, community leaders and most importantly … our amazing customers!” said CEO and Founder Salvatore SoccerSam Fantauzzo, “46 years of business in this great community would not have been possible without everyone’s continued support.”
As a thank you, Salvatore’s will be offering free 10 piece Heart Nuggets with the purchase of a menu-priced pizza during the month of July, while supplies last. Coupon and details can be found at http://salvatores.com
Salvatore’s will be opening three additional locations in the coming months, including one in Churchville. Located at 48 South Main Street, Salvatore’s #34 will be owned and operated by Salvatore’s President of Business Operations and new brand spokesperson, Kayla Kent-Moreira. Kayla has been part of team Salvatore’s since 2011.
“When the opportunity arose to own my own location, I knew I had to do it!” said Kayla Kent-Moreira. “This brand has been a part of my life for more than 10 years and I am so excited for my entire family to now be involved as well.”
The village of Churchville location will be a full menu Pizza Pub with inside and outside seating. The location is scheduled to open this September.
In 2015, Salvatore’s introduced pink pizza boxes for the month of October, to raise awareness for the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester. Since 2018, Salvatore’s extended the pink campaign and switched to pink boxes year round, and continues to show support to the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester with monthly donations.
“Salvatore’s plans to continue this campaign for years to come, in hope to not only donate funds, but to raise awareness and name recognition for the BCCR organization through pink marketing efforts and pink rebranding at all locations,” said President of Restaurant Operations Silvio Fantauzzo.
Salvatore’s is re-branding signs, cars, rugs and more to fit the pink theme.
In addition, Fantauzzo Family Brands has been awarded the Sandbar Restaurant project on the former Bay Side Pub land in Webster. This will be a new concept, and not a Salvatore’s Pizzeria location.
The team’s goal is to bring something truly amazing to Webster. They hope to bring back some of the old, add some new, with many surprises for this future new restaurant on the bay that is scheduled to open in March of 2025. This location will feature a 20-foot bar and upper seating overlooking the Bay and Lake Ontario with stages for live entertainment.
The future looks bright, busy and pink – and Salvatore’s is looking forward to serving the Rochester community (and new state expansion communities) for many more years to come.
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