Ponce City Market pizza spot Pizza Jeans has reopened on the food hall’s first floor after temporarily closing its second-floor location earlier this year.
Located in the former Farm to Ladle space, the counter service Pizza Jeans will offer whole pies, giant “mall slices” and hero sandwiches. Seating is available at the bar or in the food hall’s main seating area, and takeout and delivery will continue to be available.
On the beverage side, offerings will include drinks like Frozen Jack and Coke, Spicy Paloma and Pickleback shots, as well as draft beer and wines with a focus on woman-owned or -operated vineyards and those that employ sustainable farming practices.
Credit: Courtesy of Jamestown Properties
Credit: Courtesy of Jamestown Properties
Chris Wilkins, who was named a semifinalist in the James Beard Awards’ outstanding baker category in 2019 and 2020, founded Pizza Jeans as a pop-up with Nicole Lewis in 2019 and turned it into an established brick-and-mortar in 2020. The pair also owned Root Baking Co. in Ponce City Market, which closed earlier this year.
Wilkins, who will remain behind the scenes at Pizza Jeans, has brought on as partners restaurateurs Billy Streck, who also co-owns Atlanta restaurants Hampton + Hudson, Nina & Rafi, Lyla Lila and Pielands, and Jeremy Gatto, who has spent more than 30 years in the food and beverage industry and serves as director of operations at Streck’s restaurants.
“The best kind of partnerships are when skill sets complement each other,” Wilkins said in a prepared statement. “Billy and Jeremy get the vibe of Pizza Jeans and the quality of the ingredients we’re committed to, and I’m thrilled it will live on as a neighborhood pizza spot with our community of regulars. While I’m passing the baton on the day-to-day, I’ll be a partner to help Pizza Jeans stay true to its original identity.”
Opening hours are 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sundays.
Pizza Jeans’ move is one of several changes Ponce City Market’s Central Food Hall has undergone in recent months.
Central Food Hall is in the middle of a major expansion, with the recent opening of Nani’s Piri Piri Chicken, Vietvana, Excuse My French, Cake Culture, Atrium, Spicewalla, Umbrella Bar and Bibi.
Existing Ponce City Market food and beverage concepts include Sweetgreen, Bar Vegan, and Eleven TLC as well as longer-term tenants like H&F Burger, Botiwalla, Biltong Bar and Ton Ton.
675 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE, Atlanta. pizzajeans.com.
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