Yes we do, but, they are called Philly Cheesesteaks. This is a matter of semantics, but as someone that grew up eating cheesesteaks, it's a difference to me. Even the bread is better and I import the same bread from Philly that I had when I was younger.

Yes, we sell good ol' submarine sandwiches, or as we call them, hoagies. I am from South Jersey originally, and hoagies are what we ate growing up. So, that's what we sell. Same thing as a sub, footlong, hero, etc, just better, in my opinion. We import the rolls Amorosa, which are used in Jersey and Philly for cheesesteaks and hoagies.

For those asking the question legitimately, any food service establishment should only sell fresh food, as it's a requirement by the state. We follow all protocols, and only sell fresh food, and are very careful about the quality of all food we sell. Everything we offer is either fresh or frozen.

This answers another question we sometimes get, like "can I add fresh broccoli on my pizza?" My first thought is "why?" and my second is that this is only the 2nd person we've heard ask it in the 2 years we have been here. So, this is why we won't sell fresh broccoli, etc. because if we are only open 2-3 days per week, it's not going to hold over those days we are closed as something in the freezer would. If we don't use sauce, cheese, etc. by the closing time, and if we are not open for 5 more days or doing any special events, all of that gets tossed. If we were open full time, this wouldn't need to happen, but again, this is all part of what we answer on our business FAQs.

 

The funny thing is, the only people who have asked this were actually trolls on social media and when I trace back their account and whom they follow, I have found in every single case it was someone related to, or good friends with, a so-called "competitor." Further, they never ask this to get an answer, they make a comment like "their food can't be good, they're never open!" This is the way some people feel is an appropriate strategy to market their business; having friends and family insult the competition on social media.  Seems unethical to me, but this is the way some people are.

 

Yes, yes, and another yes for good measure. We have a plant-based option for everything on our menu. Heck, we even have a version of our Mikey's Meatlovers pizza for vegans! It's called the Donatello's Meatlovers (Not!) pizza. We have vegan cheesesteaks, meatball subs, etc. If you are a vegan or have a vegan who is tired of eating at places that only treat your diet as an afterthought, you've come to the right place!

We serve the food we believe we would be best equiped to make. We don't serve fish, because I think there are likely better cooks equiped to sell fish. We don't sell X food because there are people that specialize in X. We sell food that we know we cook well and have something to offer that appeals to people visiting a pizza restaurant.

Also, we don't sell beer because we want to be a family restaurant and aren't interested in the liability or even more added insurance costs of selling alcohol. Insurance is already high, we don't need the added costs of alcohol as well.

This should answer the questions we sometimes get:

Customer: Hi, do you have any tuna?
Me: No, I'm sorry, we don't.
Customer: Hi, okay, can you make a tuna fish sandwich?
Me: No, we don’t have tuna, so we can’t make a tuna fish sandwich.
Customer: How about a fried fish sandwich?
Me: No, we don't have that either.
Customer: Do you have any sushi?
Me: No, we don't sell sushi.
Customer: Do you have any chow mein?
Me: No, we don't have that either.
Customer: Hmm, do you have any tacos?
Me: No, we don't have any tacos.
Customer: Maybe some Pad Thai?
Me: No, I'm sorry, we don't have that.
Customer: Do you have any Pho?
Me: No, we don't have Pho either.
Customer: How about some curry?
Me: No, we don't sell curry.
Customer: Do you have any Eggs Benedict?
Me: No, we don't serve breakfast foods.
Customer: How about a Lobster Bisque?
Me: No, we don't have that either.
Customer: Do you have any escargot?
Me: No, we definitely don't have escargot.
Customer: Do you have any Beef Wellington?
Me: No.
Customer: Do you have any oysters?
Me: No.
Customer: Caviar?
Me: No.
Customer: Foie Gras?
Me: No.
Customer: How about some Tacos?
Me: No.
Customer: Chiles en Nogada?
Me: No.
Customer: Burritos?
Me: No.
Customer: Quesadillas?
Me: No.
Customer: Spanakopita?
Me: No.
Customer: Strawberry flavored milk curds from sweden?
Me: No. We only carry the items that are listed on our menu, which are mostly pizzas, subs, cheesesteaks, chicken fingers, and the regular stuff you would get at a pizza place.

* Side note: While I understand people have specific food preferences, I'm not sure why someone would ask if we carry things that most pizza places do not, and other pizza places do carry these things, I'm not sure they would be that good of a place if they are simply a jack of all trades. Even our plant-based vegan options are all based on traditional pizza place foods, and not exotic dishes from other countries. We focus on what we do well, and do not believe in adding every single possible option to our menu. We already have 2 refrigerators, 4 freezers, and just simply do not have the space for every possible option on earth.